Kevin Roche
Director, Direct Lending, Federated Hermes
Director, Direct Lending, Federated Hermes
Kevin Roche is Director, Direct Lending at Federated Hermes. He joined in May 2019 as a Director in the Private Credit team. Roche started his career as an analyst within Commerzbank AG’s Market Risk division. He spent seven years working in a variety of structured finance roles within RBS/NatWest; including Loan Markets, Corporate Acquisitions, Financial Institutions, Asset Finance and Portfolio Management. He was Director in AIB’s Leveraged Finance team where he was responsible for originating and executing loans to mid-market, private-equity backed companies. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business with Arts Management from IADT, Dublin and a Master’s of Science from UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School. Kevin is an Irish national and CFA charterholder.