Wednesday, February 23rd - Webinar

Join us on Wednesday February 23 at 12:00 p.m. for a free webinar.

Paul D. Horvath
Group CEO, Houston

Mr. Horvath is Group Chief Executive Officer for Orchard Global Capital Group. Prior to co-founding the firm, Mr. Horvath held Global Head of Structured Credit and Derivatives roles at JPMorgan and Merrill Lynch from 1994-2008. Mr. Horvath began his career at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, where he monitored the Mortgage-Backed Securities sector, as well as the bank and thrift industry. He received his BS in economics and international relations from Georgetown University and earned his MBA from Harvard Business School. Mr. Horvath is a Trustee of the National Cathedral School sitting on the Finance Committee and Chairing the Investment Committee. He is a trustee of the Washington National Cathedral and Chairman of the Investment Committee. He is on the Board of Regents of Georgetown University and is an active member of the Johns Hopkins Physics and Astronomy Advisory Council. He is the Chairman of the Board of the Hungarian American Institute and is on the American board of the Munich Security Conference.

Charis Edwards
Credit Product Specialist, London

Ms. Edwards joined Orchard’s London office in September 2021 as a Credit Product Specialist within the Structured Credit Business department. Ms. Edwards joins from Cairn Capital where she was a Portfolio Manager in the Private Structured Credit team, responsible for origination, underwriting, structuring and execution of investments in Significant Risk Transfer transactions and other private structured credit investments. Prior to Cairn, Ms. Edwards was a Director at Bank of Montreal, where she led the London-based Risk and Capital Solutions team and established BMO’s SRT franchise in Europe. Ms. Edwards was responsible for the structuring and distribution of risk transfer transactions (including SRT transactions and Non-Payment Insurance), which were focussed on optimising BMO’s own regulatory capital position and supporting corporate banking deal origination. Other experience includes a variety of structuring roles at RBS, Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan specialising in structured credit, credit derivatives, securitisations and bank capital solutions. Ms. Edwards holds an MBA from Imperial College Business School, London and BSc (Hons) in Maths from Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine, London.

Carrie Leonard
Portfolio Manager, Houston

Ms. Leonard joined OGAM in its London office in 2016. Her primary responsibility is to develop and lead the Firm’s litigation finance business. Prior to joining OGAM, Ms. Leonard was Head of Community and In-house Counsel for a Silicon Valley based startup. Ms. Leonard launched her career at Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP, where she represented clients in class actions and complex commercial litigation. Ms. Leonard is a US qualified lawyer and a member of the California bar. She received her B.A., cum laude, from Boston College and her J.D., cum laude, from Loyola University Chicago School of Law.