Permira Credit appoints Ian Jackson to lead new strategy 

Permira Credit is an arm of global investment firm Permira. It provides flexible financing solutions for businesses across direct lending, collateralised loan organisation management, structured credit and strategic opportunities

Its PSO strategy will focus on opportunistic and special situations investing, aiming to provide complex and bespoke structures for good business.

The strategy will integrate Permira’s experience in underwriting, sourcing and operational expertise across the private equity and private credit platforms.

Jackson brings over 25 years of experience in private credit, with a track record of advising on special situations investment opportunities.

He joins Permira Credit from Carlyle, which he joined in 2009, and was most recently a managing director and head of Carlyle strategic partners.

Prior to joining Carlyle, Jackson was a senior research analyst with Deutsche Bank’s European Distressed and Special Situations Group, investing across the capital structure from senior secured debt to equity, liquidations, refinancings, private equity and special situations.

James Greenwood, chief executive of Permira Credit, commented: “Expanding the Permira Credit platform into strategic adjacencies has long been part of our growth plan.

“We are therefore delighted to welcome Ian, whose track record and reputation are extremely impressive, to the team to lead PSO.”

Ian Jackson, head of strategic opportunities at Permira Credit, added: “Over a period of 15 years the team at Permira Credit has built an unparalleled pan-European, mid-market sourcing platform that finds attractive investments and delivers value for its investors.

“The firm’s ambition for growth, particularly as an integrated part of the Permira platform, is evident throughout, and I’m looking forward to working alongside the entire team to develop and lead the new PSO strategy going forward.”