Sonia Rocher

Sonia Rocher, Managing Director, is a lead senior portfolio manager within Global Private Debt team focusing on European Senior loans, as well as Sustainability lead investor for the Global Private Debt platform.

Sonia joined BlackRock in 2015 as a senior investment professional and is a founding member of BlackRock Middle Market Private Debt in Europe within BlackRock Alternative Investors (BAI). Based in London, Sonia is responsible for leading the underwriting of Private Debt investments in Europe. She has also been leading ESG engagement and integration for Private Credit globally.

Prior to joining BlackRock, Sonia was part of RBS' Corporate & Institutional Banking Division where she spent 10 years in roles of increasing responsibility in leveraged finance. Her last role was in their Financial Sponsor Group focusing on sourcing and aligning capital and risk appetite for new leveraged finance transactions. Prior to RBS, she was a Senior Auditor in audit and transaction services at KPMG in Paris. She started her career at Societe Generale in Leveraged Finance Mid Cap and M&A teams in Paris and London.