Howard is chairman and co-head of Alcentra’s private credit activities in Europe.  In this role, he leverages his extensive sponsor and investor relationships built over a 35 year career in credit.  He was previously Alcentra’s head of origination, direct lending in Europe.

Prior to Alcentra, Howard was a partner at Park Square Capital, creating and then overseeing that firm’s mid-market direct lending strategy.

Before Park Square, Howard was head of origination and sponsor coverage at GE Capital’s European acquisition finance business and won awards in 2014 and 2015 as Debt Provider of the Year, pioneering the use of unitranche financing in European buyouts.

Earlier in his career, Howard held senior credit roles at RBS and Société Générale, working in both Paris and London.

Howard is married with three grown children and lives in west London.  He enjoys photography, Chelsea football club, the theatre and classical music.