Two Seas Capital (Two Seas), an investment management firm that focuses on litigation-driven investments arising from restructurings, bankruptcies, and regulatory events, has appointed Altaf Mackeen as Managing Director and Head of Research, effective 1 January, 2025.
Mackeen brings approximately 20 years of buyside investing experience to Two Seas across multiple asset classes, geographies, and industries. Most recently, he spent nearly a decade as a Senior Portfolio Manager at VR Capital, where he focused on distressed corporate and sovereign credit investments and reorganisations in both North America and emerging markets.
Before his time at VR Capital, Mackeen was a Vice President at Harbinger Capital Partners, specialising in complex turnarounds and special situations. He also covered stressed and high-yield investments at Sankaty Advisors, which is now Bain Capital Credit.
Mackeen has served on multiple boards over his career and prior to his investing career, spent three years at Houlihan Lokey advising companies and creditors involved in insolvency proceedings, out-of- court restructurings, and recapitalisation transactions.
