Tom Tharayil, Senior Vice President, joined the firm in 2018. Tom is a Senior Research Analyst on the European Non-Investment Grade Credit team. Tom covers the Automotive, transportation, leisure, education and services sectors. Previously, Tom was a Senior Credit Analyst in the European Leveraged Finance Credit team at Medirect. Prior to that, Tom spent his associate and analyst years at HSBC and Credit Suisse in their Leveraged Finance origination teams, respectively. Tom holds a master’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge and a bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering from Anna University.