Nikhil Chandra is Managing Director and Head of European Credit at OMERS’ European credit platform out of London. His team’s primary focus is the origination, execution and management of broadly syndicated leveraged loans, private credit, high yield, and structured credit across a broad range of sectors. He joined OMERS in February 2022. He began his career at McKinsey & Co and Deutsche Bank’s Distressed Products Group. He was previously a Senior Investment professional at a special situations hedge fund, with a focus on turnaround, distressed, and event-driven opportunities. He worked for a London-based family office, where he was responsible for direct investments in public and private equity, real estate, and credit investments across the capital structure. He was at Aviva Investors, where he sat on the Senior Leadership Team for Private Debt. He holds an AB in Economics from Harvard College, an MBA from Wharton School of Business, and an M.Phil. in Linguistics from Cambridge University.