Ian Hazelton

Mr. Ian Hazelton is Chief Executive Officer at Babson Capital Europe Ltd. He started the predecessor business (Duke Street Capital Debt Management) in 2000 joining from Royal Bank of Scotland ("RBS") Leveraged Finance.
He was a leading player in setting up and building the RBS's specialist acquisition finance business from a standing start in 1993 to its market leading position.
As the business grew strongly in the mid to late 1990s he was responsible for managing UK senior secured loan origination and credit control activities becoming Managing Director, Leveraged Finance in 1999.
In this role he added responsibility for mezzanine as well as senior loan products for UK and Continental European leveraged transactions.
Prior to joining the RBS, he spent eight years at 3i engaged in private equity investment.
Mr Hazelton qualified as an ACA with Deloitte Haskins & Sells in 1979 (FCA in 1991).
He also spent five years in the engineering industry before joining 3i.