James Plunkett

James Plunkett joined Alantra in 2017 and is currently a Director within our Securitisation division. He focuses on regulatory capital management and fundraising solutions for clients across Europe through synthetic and cash securitisation. He has ten years of experience in European securitised credit across a range of asset classes in both buy-side and sell-side roles.

Notably, James structured Alantra’s first non-performing loan securitisation, Project Pillar, and was responsible for the first synthetic mortgage securitisation to be granted STS status. Alongside transaction advisory, James also designed and launched ACAP, Alantra’s valuation and analytics platform for credit portfolios.

Prior to Alantra, James was an analyst at 400 Capital Management, concentrating on the European securitisation market. He holds a B. Eng. in Automatic Systems and Control Engineering from The University of Sheffield and a Master’s in Portfolio Management from Bayes Business School.