The fusion of diversity and experience.

Our team

Sona has grown to include 52 investment and 55 business professionals, many of whom have long-standing working relationships that go back as far as 20 years for many of the senior members.

We regard our investment team as one of the most experienced teams within the industry with an average experience of 20 years across all portfolio managers and senior analysts. Having a skilled and diverse team is incredibly important to Sona.

Our team construct facilitates innovative solutions and a broadened perspective.

  • 107
    Person team
  • 52
    Investment professionals
  • 20
    Average years senior investment team experience
  • 13
    Languages
  • 16
    Nationalities

Executive Team

John Aylward

John Aylward

Founder, Chief Investment Officer

JP Berkery

JP Berkery

Partner, Chief Operating Officer

Iain Colquhoun

Iain Colquhoun

Chief Financial Officer

Justin Tamaye

Justin Tamaye

Chief Risk Officer

Partners

Michael Boam

Michael Boam

Partner, Co-Head of European Leveraged Finance Research

Albert Marino

Albert Marino

Partner, Head of Strategic Development

Owain Griffiths

Owain Griffiths

Partner, Head of Capital Solutions

Thrishan Ramakrishnan

Thrishan Ramakrishnan

Partner, Portfolio Manager EU IG & Financials

Shaan Lal

Shaan Lal

Partner, Portfolio Manager, Convertibles & Equity-Linked

Jonathan Williamson

Jonathan Williamson

Partner, Senior Trader

Christopher Louw

Christopher Louw

Partner, Portfolio Manager US HY

Leadership Team

Gautam Chhabra

Gautam Chhabra

Managing Director

Mark Dawson

Mark Dawson

Head of Treasury & Portfolio Finance

Abigail Draper

Abigail Draper

Director of Investor Relations

Gabriel Erasmus

Gabriel Erasmus

Head of Portfolio Performance

Jared Erbst

Jared Erbst

Head of Structured Credit and Insurance Solutions

Michael Faasen

Michael Faasen

Head of Fund Accounting

Patrick Keneally

Patrick Keneally

Managing Director, Structured Credit

Chris Hart

Chris Hart

Portfolio Manager, EM

Steve Holdener

Steve Holdener

Director, Hong Kong Operations and Compliance

Lee Hope

Lee Hope

Co-Head of European Leveraged Finance Research

Ujjwala Jain

Ujjwala Jain

Head of Systems Development

Jusdeep Judge

Jusdeep Judge

Managing Director

Brian Kelly

Brian Kelly

Portfolio Manager, Merger Arb

Joon Kim

Joon Kim

Managing Director

Alexandra Kings

Alexandra Kings

Director, UK Operations

Shannan Lin

Shannan Lin

Director, US Operations

Aymeric Paillat

Aymeric Paillat

Portfolio Manager, Structured Credit

Phil Patafio

Phil Patafio

Portfolio Manager, US IG

Katherine Reece

Katherine Reece

Head of Human Resources

Siddhanth Sarin

Siddhanth Sarin

Director

Justin Shih

Justin Shih

Deputy COO

Stephen Smith

Stephen Smith

Head of Capital Markets

Narina Valimahomed

Narina Valimahomed

Director of Business Development

Ludovic Walter

Ludovic Walter

Co-Head of European CLOs

Jacob Walton

Jacob Walton

Co-Head of European CLOs