Nicholas is Chief Executive Officer and is a member of the Executive Management Committee.

Nicholas has over 25 years of experience and spent two years at Cairn Capital before its acquisition of Bybrook Capital in 2021 – the combined entity was subsequently rebranded as Polus Capital Management in 2022. Prior to Cairn Capital, Nicholas was CEO and President at Oceanwood Capital where he was instrumental in building a $2.5 billion European-focused event-driven hedge fund. Before this, he was with JH Whitney in a leadership role successfully building their public markets business. He started his career at Schroders where he ran their Alternative Investment Group initially in Asia Pacific and later in North America.

Robert is Chief Investment Officer of Opportunistic Credit and is a member of the Executive Management Committee.

Robert founded Bybrook Capital, an absolute return and special situations credit manager, in 2014. The firm was acquired by Cairn Capital in 2021 and the combined entity was subsequently rebranded as Polus Capital Management in 2022. Prior to founding Bybrook Capital, Robert was an Equity Partner and Senior Managing Director at Eton Park Capital Management with responsibility for the International Credit team. Before this, Robert was a Junior PM and analyst at Millennium Partners LP in London, specialising in High Yield and Loan Special Situations Credit. He started his career as an associate at Citi in High Yield and Loan Capital Markets, with a focus on restructurings.

Andrew is Chief Investment Officer of Leveraged Credit and is a member of the Executive Management Committee.

Andrew has over 40 years of credit markets experience and has been involved in the leveraged finance market since the early 1990s and the European CLO market since 2002. He spent 15 years at Cairn Capital before its acquisition of Bybrook Capital in 2021 – the combined entity was subsequently rebranded as Polus Capital Management in 2022. Prior to Cairn Capital, Andrew was at Harbourmaster Capital Management, which was acquired by GSO Capital Partners in 2012, and before that, he was a director at JP Morgan and a member of the Banking Executive Committee at Robert Fleming prior to the acquisition by JP Morgan Chase.

Melanie is Chief Operating Officer and is a member of the Executive Management Committee.

Melanie has over 40 years of experience and spent eight years as COO at Bybrook Capital before its acquisition by Cairn Capital in 2021 – the combined entity was subsequently rebranded as Polus Capital Management in 2022. Prior to Bybrook Capital, Melanie was COO at Goldbridge Capital Partners and before that, she spent 10 years with BlueBay Asset Management as Head of Operations.

Samantha is Chief Financial Officer and is a member of the Executive Management Committee.

Samantha has over 15 years of experience and spent seven years at Cairn Capital before its acquisition of Bybrook Capital in 2021 – the combined entity was subsequently rebranded as Polus Capital Management in 2022. Prior to Cairn Capital, Samantha was at Macquarie for eight years, latterly being the Finance Business Partner to the Macquarie Capital business in EMEA. Samantha is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.