Our strategy
Our strategy
Nordic Credit Partners is a niche Nordic asset manager focused on sustainable credit investments. Founded in 2013, we have 10 years’ through-the-cycle track record with top-decile performance. The experienced portfolio management team is backed by a senior investment committee and qualified industry and sustainability advisers.
Nordic Credit Partners invests in sustainable Nordic credit, targeting an attractive through-the-cycle risk-adjusted return. The investment strategy dates back to our inception in 2013 and we currently manage two Luxemburg-based funds (2020 vintages): Sustainable Corporate Bond 2XL and Sustainable Return.
Sweden-based NCP III (2017 vintage) is being harvested with top-decile performance and repaid to investors during 2023.
Two legacy funds, NCP I (2013 vintage) and NCP II (2015 vintage), have reached maturity and been repaid to investors with top-decile performance in their respective vintages.
Executed investments
MEUR Deployed
Our Team
NCP’s funds are managed by a portfolio management team with long-standing experience from private equity, private debt, leverage finance and sustainability investing from some of the world’s leading financial institutions and consultancy firms.
Similarly, our operations, sales and IR professionals have a background from leading Nordic and international financial institutions with experience in serving investors across Europe.
Emil is Portfolio Manager at NCP. He previously worked for four years in the Leveraged Finance team at Nordea Investment Banking focusing on high yield bonds, leveraged loans and syndications across the Nordics. He also performed analysis of sectors and companies for external credit ratings i.e. ratings advisory for LBOs and project led internal credit workstreams. Prior to joining Nordea, Emil worked as a securities broker at Nordnet bank.
Anders is an active investor and board member of several start-up companies in various industries, ranging from forestry to hedgefunds and tech-driven (B2B) Saas businesses.
Previous experience includes being a co-founder and CEO of IPM Informed Portfolio Management AB
Anders holds an MSc from Tekniska Högskolan in Linköping and an MSc (Management) from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cecilia is Chief Operation Officer CARM Solutions AB and Member of Board of Director in AMF Fonder, Euroclear AB, Teracom Group AB, Careium AB
She has previous experience as Head of Asset Management and CFO at Länsförsäkringar AB, Chief Investment Officer (CIO) and Head of Folksam Asset Management at Folksam Group and Head of Treasury at Tele2 Group AB.
Karl-Fredrik is Head of Sales and IR at NCP. He previously worked for Barclays Bank Europe in Paris and London where he was a Director and Head of Nordic Distribution at the cross assets solutions sales desk. Prior to that, Karl-Fredrik worked for almost ten years at Commerzbank in London as a Director and Head of Nordic Investor Solutions. He holds a M.Sc. in Corporate and Financial Management from Lund University, School of Economics and Management.
Jakob is Founder & CIO of NCP and co-leads the portfolio management with Cecilia.
Before founding NCP in 2013, he worked with private equity investments at CVC Capital Partners and Goldman Sachs. During his time at CVC he was co-opted on the board of Ahlsell and Synsam.
Jakob started his career at Credit Suisse in London and has a MSc from the Stockholm School of Economics.
Thomas is CEO of NCP. He previously worked for hedge fund Nyhavn Capital where he was deputy CEO, COO and served as board member of the Cayman Islands based fund, Nyhavn Global Equity Long Short. Prior to that, he worked for seven years as COO/CFO of hedge fund manager Madrague Capital Partners. Thomas started his career at Carnegie Investment Bank where he spent 15 years, ultimately as Head of Operations.
Chairman of BTS Group and board member of Skandia, Eterna Invest, Zacco, The Sweden-American Foundation and British Swedish Chamber of Commerce.
Previously CEO of The Royal Bank of Scotland´s Nordic branch, CEO of Nordisk Renting, CFO of Telia Company and CEO of Föreningssparbanken (now Swedbank).
He has also held various positions within Ericsson, SSAB and Weyerhaeuser Company.
Chief Active Ownership Officer at Första AP-fonden (AP1), member of the Nomination Committee for Vasakronan, Intrum, Saab and others, Director of the Board of The Ethical Council of the AP-funds and Director of the Board of Swedish Securities Council.
Previously held the position as member of the Nomination Committee of Hexagon, Tele 2, Recipharm and others. Deputy Chairman of the Swedish Society of Financial Analysts and Chairman of the Swedish Institutional Owners Association as well as Head of Analysis Group at the Swedish Central Bank.
Founder, board member and ex CEO of Dotcom (later a part of publicly listed Tieto and TDC) and publicly listed AllTele Allmänna Svenska Telefonaktiebolaget which he grew to a business with sales of close to SEK 1.0bn over 12 years. Previously various positions within Ericsson.
Chairman of Mobilearn and Bastuträsk Charkuteri and board member of Teleetablering Utveckling.
Director of Cordet Capital Partners and board member of NASDAQ OMX Clearing.
Previously Deputy Governor of the Swedish Central Bank (Sveriges Riksbank), Head of Investment Banking of Svenska Handelsbanken, CEO of Länsförsäkringsbolagens Förening and CFO of Föreningssparbanken (now Swedbank) and board member of Finansinspektionen (the Swedish FSA), the Stockholm Stock Exchange and Gjensidige Forsikring.
Member of the Governing Council of Skandia, chairman of the Board of Boform Fastighetsutveckling and board member of Almega Fastighetsarbetsgivarna and Villa Marieberg.
Previously Executive Vice President of Norrporten (Swedish real estate company with SEK 26bn of real estate assets), marketing director of Skandia, vice chairman of Investera i Sundsvall and board member of Kallax Cargo.
Professor Emeritus of Immunology and MD. Previously President of Karolinska Institutet and President of Karolinska Institutet’s Nobel Committee. Published more than 700 scientific articles in international peer-reviewed journals.
Board member of Karolinska Development, SOBI, RaySearch Laboratories, Valneva and Sarepta Therapeutics.
Board Member of Almi Företagspartner Stockholm Sörmland AB, ActionAid Sweden as well as Tre Kronor Property Investment AB.
Previously held the position as Head of Corporate Sustainability at SEB and has a long career within SEB in different roles.
Johanna Jeansson is an economist with broad experience of quantitative and qualitative analysis of macro-economic and political events. Her previous experiences include research at Nordea, the Central Bank of Sweden and Bloomberg Economics as well as writing for Swedish business daily Dagens Industri.
Johanna holds a Master of Science in Economics and Political Science from Lund University.
Pia Hagen is CIO at Volvo Cars Pension Fund. She has a 20+ year career in global finance. She started her career in Investment Banking as an Equity Analyst in London. After moving to Stockholm, Pia began at Skandia as a Fund Analyst, rising to become CIO and Portfolio Manager for Skandia Fonder. From there, she moved to Navigera AB, Max Matthiessen’s fund company, acting as both CIO and Portfolio Manager. She managed 10 funds, among them launching Navigera’s first Sustainable Investment Fund.
Pia obtained an MSc from the Swedish School of Economics. She has also completed studies in Sustainable Finance at the Stockholm School of Economics.
Hans has held various positions within Handelsbanken 1979-2004, including as Executive Vice President Regional Units, Managing Director Handelsbanken Hypotek and Head of Credits Handelsbanken Markets.
Since 2005, Hans has been senior advisor with focus on analysis and action plans for managing financial risks. Main customers have been Handelsbanken, DLL (Rabobank Group) and Scandinavian Credit Fund.
Hans has a Degree of Master of Science in Business and Economics and a Degree of Master of Law from Stockholm University.
Bengt is one of the founders of NCP and is a director of the board.
He was previously Governor of the Swedish Central Bank and Editor in chief of Dagens Nyheter, Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Trade and Director at the Ministry of Finance, Ambassador at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Advisor to East Capital and SEB.
Gunnar is one of the founders of NCP and is a director of the board and investment committee.
He was previously CEO of Sweden Financial Forum and Sweden Bond Promotion, CEO of Swedish Taxpayers’ Association, Programme Director at Centre for Business and Policy Studies (SNS) and private investor, venture capitalist and institutional investment advisor.
Björn is one of the founders of NCP and is a director of the board and investment committee.
He was previously CEO of Försäkrings AB Skandia and Chairman and board member of a large number of public and private companies including Telia, Industrivärden, Hufvudstaden, Samhall, Com hem, Bravida, Alltele, Svensk Exportkredit.