Amanda Cowles

Business Manager, US Private Credit, Man Group

Amanda Cowles is a business manager at Man Group, focused on US private credit.

She joined Man Group in 2017 through the finance and operations graduate scheme, where she gained broad experience across Investor Relations, Group Financial Accounting, Corporate Development, and M&A at the firm's London headquarters. Following Man Group's acquisition of Varagon Capital Partners in 2023, Amanda transitioned into the US Direct Lending team as a business manager. In 2026, her remit expanded to encompass the broader US private credit platform, covering US direct lending, US opportunistic credit and broadly syndicated loans, and US residential debt. She is based in New York. 

Amanda holds a degree in statistics and psychology from the University of St Andrews and is a Chartered Accountant (ACCA).