Mr. Boulanger is a Managing Director and Head of Europe at HPS Investment Partners. Before returning to HPS in 2024, Mr. Boulanger was a Partner at KKR & Co. where he was Global Co-Head and a Portfolio Manager for KKR’s Private Credit funds and portfolios. From 2008 to 2017, Mr. Boulanger was a Managing Director at HPS Investment Partners where he focused primarily on private credit strategies in the U.S. and in Europe. Prior to 2008, Mr. Boulanger worked at Citigroup, most recently in the Global Special Situations Group (a credit-focused, on-balance sheet proprietary investment fund, where he was responsible for leading the origination and execution of private equity and mezzanine investments), and before that in the Infrastructure & Energy Finance Group and in the Banking division. Mr. Boulanger received a BA in Finance and Economics from the University of Paris IX (Dauphine) and an MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science.