Colesco, a sustainability-focused direct lender that gives finance to European mid-market companies, has appointed Didier Boumans as funding supervisor within the Benelux area.
Boumans has over 15 years of expertise in offering all kinds of debt and hybrid capital merchandise to assist each native and multinational corporates and monetary sponsors.
Previous to becoming a member of Colesco, he labored on Rabobank’s leveraged finance crew, specializing in the Benelux mid-corporate and wholesale market.
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He has been concerned in additional than 300 transactions so far, starting from bilateral financing of small major buyouts to the execution of syndicated loans of over €1bn (£841,000) in multinational LBOs.
Colesco mentioned that the appointment additional bolsters the agency’s capabilities to assist firms with formidable sustainability plans.
It lately accomplished its first funding within the vitality transition by offering a unitranche financing facility to the Circreate Group, which helps energy-efficient housing within the Netherlands.
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“We’re excited to welcome Didier to the Colesco crew,” mentioned Jacco Rolvink, head of Benelux at Colesco.
“Didier brings a wealth of deal expertise and has longstanding relationships with key monetary sponsors throughout the market. His appointment underlines our dedication to uniting capital and objective, and I do know his capacity to originate and execute transactions will instantly contribute to the following stage of our progress.”
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Boumans mentioned: “I’m delighted to affix Colesco. Being a former athlete, I really feel a burning ardour to make a sustainable distinction for our purchasers – to assist these firms to get the perfect out of themselves day out and in, and to put money into a greater world in step with our Colesco objective. I’m very happy with what the crew has already achieved in a brief period of time. I stay up for persevering with to reveal why we’re the perfect accomplice of alternative.”
