CIFC, a credit manager specializing in U.S. corporate and structured credit strategies, hired Dan Robinson as chief investment officer, Europe.

In this new role, Robinson will lead the build out of CIFC’s European investment business with a focus on developing the firm’s European corporate credit investment platform. Previously, Robinson served as a portfolio manager and head of Liquid Credit, Europe, for Apollo Global Management. Based in London, Robinson will report to CIFC’s CEO and CIO Steve Vaccaro.

“Dan is a widely respected credit investor whose deep knowledge of European leveraged loan, levered credit, high yield bond, and CLO strategies will prove invaluable as we establish our European investment platform,” said Vaccaro.

Prior to joining Apollo Global Management in 2015, Robinson worked for more than 12 years at Oaktree Capital Management, most recently as a managing director focused on Oaktree’s European and Global credit strategies. He began his in career in 1999 as an associate in KPMG’s Restructuring practice.