Emmanuel Deblanc is Head of Private Markets since 2021 and a Managing Director with Allianz Global Investors. He leads and oversees the development of the firm’s Private Markets capability and investment offering. He is a member of AllianzGI’s Investment Executive Committee and International Management Group.

Emmanuel joined the company in 2017 as Head of Resilient Strategy. In this role he was instrumental to build out AllianzGI’s market-leading private debt franchise.

Before joining Allianz Global Investors, Emmanuel was a Managing Director at BNP Paribas co-heading a debt advisory and financing team. He was responsible for origination and execution of advisory and arranging mandates across a broad range of sectors. Selected mandates include: advising Heathrow on the 3rd runway, advising Borealis in relation to the acquisitions and refinancings of Fortum Sweden (Ellevio) and Fortum Finland (Caruna), both power networks with a total value of approximately EUR 8bn. Emmanuel has been involved in the infrastructure and energy sectors since 1997; prior to joining BNP Paribas, he was part of MBIA’s public finance team led by Deborah Zurkow.