Thomas Phillimore-Kelly

Head of Alternatives

Thomas is the Partner and Head of Alternatives at Blackbrook Partners Executive Search. He started his career working in buyside investment roles across asset management and private banking.

Extensive track record of placements at the Director, MD and Partner level in London, France, Germany, Nordics, Benelux, Southern Europe, and the UAE.

Thomas manages the senior search mandates, retained searches and advisory work that Blackbrook engage in; including, deal introductions in the region of £1m – £15m Ebitda.

Thomas holds a BSc in Finance from Durham University

Rory Court

Principal Private Credit

Rory is a lead Consultant in the Blackbrook Private Debt team. Rory’s background is in STEM research before transitioning to executive search.

Rory takes a lead on Direct Lending, Subordinated Lending, Growth Lending and fundraising mandates. He works start-up funds to the world leaders in the space managing trillions$ in AUM. Rory has also supported Director to Partner level mandates on a Pan-European basis. 

At Blackbrook, it is Rory’s responsibility to build out our market leading research product across the entire private debt space covering: diversity and inclusion, ESG, teams, structures, geographies and fund strategies.

Rory holds a MSc in Medical Science from Exeter University

Chris Veinbaums

Snr Consultant Equity and Credit Special Situations

Chris is a Snr Consultant at Blackbrook Partners. Chris has a background in Headhunting and Executive Search.

It is Chris’ responsibility to lead mandates at all levels in flexible, complex special situations strategies. This is across; PIK,  subordinated, preff, hyrid and tactical opportunities. Additionally: distressed, public and private, minority and majority equity mandates. Chris also supports the Pan-European research products that Blackbrook produce.  

Chris holds a BA from the University of Dublin and an MA from UCL

Daisy Balaga

Executive Assistant to the Managing Director

Daisy is an Executive Assistant to the Partner at Blackbrook and Operations Manager across the broader team.
Daisy supports Operations, HR and Finance across the business. She also supports the Consultants in process management allowing the team execute efficiently. Daisy joins from her previous role where she was supporting the CEO of an international corporation for over 8 years.
Daisy holds a BA in Management Accounting from Holy Name
University

Daisy holds a BA in Management Accounting from Holy
University