About the authors
DARREN SMITH, London, UK, currently heads the Credit Structuring team at WestLB. He has over 12 years' experience in the cash CDO market, and has executed numerous transactions in asset classes as diverse as loans, bonds, emerging market bonds, asset backed securities, CDOs and credit default swaps. Prior to WestLB Darren worked in CDOs at PaineWebber, UBS, and was co-head of CDOs at Dresdner Kleinwort. He has spoken at numerous conferences including the Global ABS Conference, Barcelona, and CDO Europe conferences sponsored by Opal. Darren holds a bachelor's degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of South Australia.
PAMELA WINCHIE, London, UK, is currently a Managing Director at Cross Point Capital, London. Prior to this Pamela held positions as a Director in the European CDO group at Barclays Capital, and a Director in the CDO group at Dresdner Kleinwort. She has over 10 years' experience both as a cash CDO structurer and as a
