Julian is a Co-founder and Managing Partner at Avellinia Capital, a London and Luxembourg based investment firm focused on asset-based lending to startups and growth companies. Prior to this, Julian was the European Chief Executive of ZAIS Group, a previously NASDAQ-listed alternative asset manager focused on structured and complex credit with more than US$ 6bn in assets under management. Before ZAIS, he worked in commodities trading at Glencore in Zug, Switzerland. Julian started his career at Lehman Brothers in London, where he advised pension funds, insurance companies and asset management companies on structured credit products and solutions. Julian has also advised hedge fund and alternative asset management and insurance startups and scale-ups during his career.