Mr David Slade, Former Head of European Leveraged Finance at Credit Suisse.

Mr Slade is the former head of European Leveraged Finance at Credit Suisse and is the former Chairman of the Loan Market Association. Mr Slade spent 11 years at Credit Suisse, and held a variety of positions including head of the European Syndicated Loan Group and Head of European Loan Capital Markets.

Prior to joining Credit Suisse in 1997, Mr Slade was a professional in the Syndicated Loan Group at NatWest Markets, and prior to that at Citibank. Mr Slade holds a BA (Hons) degree in Jurisprudence from Trinity College, Oxford.