Alp Ercil is the Founding Partner and Chief Investment Officer of ARCM, a Hong Kong based investment management business focused primarily on distressed securities. The Firm was founded in 2011 with the goal of building a credit focused multi-asset platform in the region. ARCM currently manages approximately $3.7 billion through closed end funds, in addition to a group of coinvestment vehicles. Previously, Alp spent 10 years at Perry Capital where he managed the firm’s Asian and global cyclicals portfolios. He was also a member of the firm’s four person Management Committee. Alp joined Perry Capital after earning his MBA at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. Prior to attending Stanford, Alp was an associate at The Blackstone Group and in the mergers and acquisitions group at Deutsche Bank. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1995 with a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of Business and a B.S. in Systems Engineering from The Moore School of Engineering. Alp is currently a member of the University of Pennsylvania’s Asia Leadership Committee and has been a guest lecturer at the Wharton School of Business, Harvard Business School and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.