Avardi Team

Our team has over 70 years combined experience having raised over $50bn debt facilities globally.

Sarah Lobbardi

Sarah has worked in private debt markets and corporate finance for 17 years. She has over a decade’s experience in the fund finance space, originating and structuring over 120 transactions globally. In 2018, after 7 years at Lloyd’s Bank delivering financing solutions for the largest financial sponsors, she launched the world's first dedicated fund finance advisory team. 

Prior to that, she worked in various roles within leveraged finance, M&A and private equity. Sarah holds a Bachelor's degree in Business and a Master's in Corporate Finance from EM Lyon business school in France.

Guillaume Leredde

Guillaume has 17 years of experience in corporate and fund finance markets. Before joining Avardi, he worked at Deloitte in the debt & capital advisory team, focusing on leveraged finance transactions across Europe. 

Prior to that, Guillaume was a banker for almost 10 years, working in Barclays, GE Capital and Moody's leverage finance teams. Guillaume holds a Master of Science in Telecom and a Master in Corporate Finance from EM Lyon business school in France.

Selina Colgan

Selina has over 15 years of experience in debt financing and fund finance markets. Before joining Avardi she worked as a lawyer in a leading US law firm specialising in fund finance across the full range of fund finance products as well as assisting sponsors at the fund structuring and documentation stage to take into account their specific financing needs.


Prior to that, she was a general finance lawyer in leverage finance, real estate finance and acquisition finance. She holds a Bachelors degree in law from The Honorable Society of King's Inns in Ireland.

Matthew Ware

Matthew has 6 years of experience within the Banking sector across various roles. Before joining Avardi, Matthew worked in the fund finance team at Lloyds Bank, focusing on European clients.

Prior to that, he worked at Lloyd’s Bank in their Financial Sponsors team, focusing on both Sponsor Coverage & Fund Financing transactions. Matthew holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business with Finance from Bournemouth University and has completed CFA Level One.

Marko Dukic

Marko has worked in a variety of industries leading technology and transformation projects. For the last few years, Marko has been helping start-ups develop innovative products and services as well as running their technology initiatives.

Prior to that he worked as an entrepreneur, transformation lead and management consultant at LawAdvisor, Deutsche Bank and Deloitte being involved in large financial change projects. Marko holds a Masters of Engineering in Information Systems from Imperial College London.

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