Europe’s next phase in private credit will reward operators
Zach Lewy, Founder, CEO and Chief Investment Officer of Arrow Global, writes in the iConnections Global Debt Report that Europe’s next phase in private credit will reward operators with the local presence, operational capability and institutional discipline to manage complexity throughout the life of an asset.
The article explains why European private credit cannot be treated as a single market, how locally embedded origination and asset oversight strengthen downside protection, and how deliberately designed diversification, active duration management and technology can improve resilience, capital velocity and investment decision making.
“In this environment, the managers most likely to succeed are those who are closest to the asset, have people on the ground and can originate and manage granular opportunities at scale.”
Read the full article, Europe’s Next Phase in Private Credit Will Reward Operators.
Zach Lewy
Founder, CEO and CIO
Zach has more than 25 years of executive experience in investment management and asset servicing. He founded Arrow Global in 2005 and has since led the business as Group CEO and CIO, transforming it into a leading Pan-European investment manager specialising in private credit and real estate. Under Zach’s leadership, Arrow manages more than €125 billion of serviced assets across Western Europe and generates alpha across alternative asset classes, including opportunistic credit, real estate, and lending.
Zach has supervised over 3,000 deals at Arrow and plays a key role as lead Principal in Arrow’s fund manager. Prior to founding Arrow, he was an Officer of Sallie Mae, a Director at Vertex (the BPO division of United Utilities), and a Founder and Executive Director of 7C (a U.K. BPO company acquired by Vertex). He has also served as Chair of the U.K. Debt Buyers Association and the Chair of SCOR. In 2010, he was named an Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
Zach graduated from Princeton University with a BA in Economics with Honours and a Certificate in Applied and Computational Mathematics with Honours.