The Webinar

Emerging risks in private credit are rarely hidden. Strengthening due diligence and portfolio monitoring to get ahead of the regulatory response.

The warning signs are usually in plain sight. They sit in public filings, ownership structures, adverse media and litigation records that no one joins up. As private credit grows more complex, the risks that most often go unchecked are integrity risks: who really owns and controls a borrower, who it is connected to, and what its record already shows. Lenders, LPs, insurers and regulators are pressing the same question: were the financial crime and integrity checks adequate, and can you prove it?

This Themis webinar brings senior practitioners together to discuss how firms can strengthen borrower due diligence and portfolio monitoring before regulatory pressure or reputational risk becomes real exposure, and where traditional, point-in-time diligence no longer holds, from overlapping leverage and hidden counterparties to borrower behaviour that deteriorates between reporting cycles.

The discussion is practical and focused on what lenders and investment teams control:

• Independent borrower and principal verification
• Connected party and ownership risk mapping
• Ongoing monitoring across the life of a loan
• Sanctions, adverse media and integrity risk screening
• Creating auditable evidence for ICs, LPs, insurers and regulators

This is a live, registration-only webinar. A recording will be shared with attendees afterwards.

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Event Details

• Tuesday, 30^th June 2026
• 8:00am UTC /  9:00am BST / 12:00pm GST

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Speaker

Emily Shepperd

Emily Shepperd is a COO and Independent Advisor with extensive senior leadership experience across financial services. Most recently, she was the Chief Operating Officer of the Financial Conduct Authority, where she oversaw strategy, operations, technology, communications, and finances. Prior to the FCA, she held COO and Director-level roles at Bank of New York Mellon and Aegon UK. She has been recognised in the Top 100 Women in Finance in Europe and also served on the UK's Women in Finance executive task force.

‍Additional panellists to be announced shortly.

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Who Should Attend

Senior leaders across private credit and alternative lending:

• Heads of Credit
• Chief Compliance Officers
• General Counsel
• Chief Operating Officers
• Portfolio & Operations Leaders
• LPs, insurers and lender-side advisers

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Hosted by Olivia Dakeyne, Principal, Research, Themis

The session will run for approximately 50 minutes and include:

• Short practitioner interviews
• Moderated panel discussion
• Live audience Q&A