Bellinger Asset Management, an investment management firm that invests in alternative assets with a focus on the commercial aviation sector, appointed Greg Hampton CEO of its recently established Bellinger Credit business. In this role, Hampton will lead Bellinger’s credit strategy, which will initially focus on further secondary market debt and lending investments in the aviation sector while also exploring credit opportunities in other real asset classes over time.

Hampton joined Bellinger with more than 25 years of asset finance experience in the banking industry. Hampton was most recently the executive in charge of National Australia Bank’s global asset finance business and, prior to that, Hampton held senior roles in asset finance at Royal Bank of Scotland in Sydney, Bank of America Merrill Lynch in London and Commonwealth Bank of Australia in both Sydney and London.

“We are excited to welcome Greg as the CEO of Bellinger Credit as we look to grow our existing managed loan portfolio and scale our credit business,” René Mansveld, managing partner of Bellinger Asset Management, said. “Greg is a veteran finance professional with outstanding credentials. He has significant commercial and investment banking experience, specializing in real asset finance across global transportation and logistics markets. At NAB, from a near-zero base, Greg grew the asset finance business to be a global provider of credit solutions to the aviation, shipping, rail and logistics sectors with an international customer base and loan portfolio of over [$12 billion]. Bellinger will greatly benefit from Greg’s expertise and we look forward to having him on board.”

“This is a great time to join the Bellinger team as we look to grow the Bellinger Credit platform,” Hampton said. “Bellinger has an outstanding track record of successfully originating and managing loan assets and we will leverage the firm’s strong foundations and extensive asset expertise to bring scale and diversification to the platform. We look forward to building the team and establishing the business as a mainstay provider of private capital to customers in the global aviation, shipping and broader transportation credit markets.”