Head of Iberian businesss, Alonso will oversee all investment strategies and capital-raising for the firm's UK business, which includes private credit, real assets and private equity. She will run the London office jointly with Cirenza who also chairs the private equity business. “The new organisation will bolster fundraising for every strategy deployed in the UK and deepen the firm’s relationships with institutional investors in the UK,” the French asset and investment firm said.

Alonso, who joined Tikehau Capital in 2015, focused on building the firm’s Iberia business from its Madrid office. Previously, she worked in leverage finance at UBS and also spent time in investment banking at Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch and HVB.

Cirenza has led the UK team for four years helping to develop private asset strategies.

Tikehau manages around €26 billion in assets and €2.8 billion of shareholder equity from offices in Paris, London, Amsterdam, Brussels, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, New York, Seoul, Singapore and Tokyo.