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Alan Shaffran

Investor

Senior Portfolio Manager, Alternative Credit and Fixed Income; Head of London Office at Magnetar AI Ventures

London

About

Alan Shaffran has been a Senior Portfolio Manager in Magnetar's Alternative Credit and Fixed Income group since 2008 and heads the firm's London office, overseeing the European portion of the ACFI portfolio across strategies such as synthetic risk transfer transactions, growth capital and specialty finance. He sits on Magnetar's firm-wide Management Committee. Before joining Magnetar, he was global head of structuring at Rabobank in London and spent over 19 years at Salomon Brothers/Citigroup, including as head of European credit derivatives. He holds degrees in Systems Science and Engineering and in Economics (Finance) from the University of Pennsylvania.

Invests in

Fintech

Experience

Magnetar CapitalSenior Portfolio Manager, Partnercurrent2008 — present
Rabobank InternationalGlobal Head of Structuring2006 — 2008
CitigroupHead of European Credit Derivatives1987 — 2006

Education

University of PennsylvaniaBS, Systems Science and Engineering1983 — 1987
The Wharton SchoolBSE, Finance1983 — 1987

Same school

Also attended University of Pennsylvania646

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Also attended The Wharton School1,366

Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square Ventures Josh KopelmanFounder and Partner at First Round Capital Aydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at Felicis Katie RiesterPartner, Head of Investor Relations at Felicis Ventures Trevor OelschigInvestment Team at General Catalyst Rebecca JamesInvestor at Index Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Rabobank International69

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Also worked at Citigroup655

Nina AchadjianInvestor at Index Ventures Rishi ModiInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)RustyAdvisor at Clear Ventures Kerry WongHead of Investor Relations at Pantera Capital Tori KorineInvestor at OpenView Venture Partners Ann PauloseSenior Investor Relations Associate at Greycroft

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Investments

Board seats

Aero Services GlobalAnton Capital EntertainmentResi Wholesale Funding

Per the firm's website.

Colleagues at Magnetar AI Ventures

Chief Operating Officer, Liquid Strategies at Magnetar AI Ventures

Barbara Bernstein

Chief Human Resources Officer, Partner at Magnetar AI Ventures

David Snyderman

Managing Partner and Global Head of Alternative Credit and Fixed Income at Magnetar AI Ventures

Head of Products, Quantitative Investing, Partner at Magnetar AI Ventures

Head of Strategy, Partner at Magnetar AI Ventures

Chief Compliance Officer at Magnetar AI Ventures

Chief Risk Officer at Magnetar AI Ventures

Senior Portfolio Manager, Partner at Magnetar AI Ventures