Mr. Aubert (Swiss) is a Principal at LGT CP. Prior to joining LGT CP in 2005, Mr. Aubert was a Principal at Index Ventures, a pan-European venture capital firm, which he joined in 1999. At Index Mr. Aubert focused on investment opportunities in the communications, semiconductor and embedded software sectors. Prior to joining Index, Mr. Aubert worked as a consultant for McKinsey & Company in the Zurich and Geneva offices, primarily in the telecommunications and banking sectors. Before that, he worked as a research assistant in the telecom laboratory of the University of Tokyo in Japan. He holds an MSc in Telecom Engineering from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, an MSc in Electrical Engineering from Duke University and an MBA from INSEAD. He is fluent in English, French and German.

Within 1998 and 2002 held several key positions in investment banking in Dresdner Kleinwort Benson/Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein

In 2002, Andrey was invited by MDM Bank to create and head International Capital Markets division. Within 4 years MDM took the leading position in arranging international debt placements for Russian mid-caps.

In April 2006, Andrey joined Alfa-Bank (the largest privately owned bank in Russia) as the Head of IB & Merchant Banking Origination.

In the second part of 2006 in partnership with Alexei Panferov created NRG and attracted 177 million USD in Volga River One.

Education: degree from Yaroslavl State University 1997 (economics), Vassar College, NY 1994-1995, Philips-University Marburg, Germany 1996-1997, INSEAD, France 2001

Annette Wilson is Managing Director of Investor Relations and Marketing at Palamon Capital Partners, a mid-market, pan-European firm focusing on growth services businesses. She joined Palamon in 1999 as the Firm’s founding Chief Financial Officer and held this position until 2005, when the Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations roles were separated. Before joining Palamon, Mrs Wilson built up extensive general and financial management experience through a corporate business career principally at Sedgwick Group plc (now part of Marsh McLennan Inc) and PricewaterhouseCoopers. She graduated from the University of Johannesburg with a BCom (Honours) degree and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1985. Mrs Wilson is a member of the Investor Relations Committee of the British Venture Capital Association.

Alex Stirling is a Director in the European buyout team, with a particular focus on business, industrial and consumer services sectors. He is based in London.

Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Stirling worked for seven years as an Investment Director with PPM Capital, and as a Principal with Apax Partners.

Mr. Stirling's current Carlyle investments include IDH, NBTY and Applus. His prior investments include Focus Wickes, Promethean and PCM Uitgevers.

Mr. Stirling completed his undergraduate degree at Cambridge University and has an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He speaks French, German, Italian and Spanish.

Christiaan de Lint is a partner and co-founder of Headway Capital, a London based firm which invests in private equity secondaries in Europe and the US. Headway provides liquidity to institutions and individuals seeking an exit from their private equity investments, including both limited partnership interests and portfolios of direct investments. Headway focuses on small to medium sized deals and more complex situations.

Prior to co-founding Headway in early 2004, Christiaan was part of the investment team at Coller Capital, one of the largest players in the private equity secondaries market where he worked since early 1999. Prior to Coller Capital, Christiaan worked in the Alternative Investment Strategies and Corporate Banking divisions of Citibank in London and New York.

Christiaan received a BA in Economics and an MBA from the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Christiaan is Swiss-Dutch and is a CFA Charter-holder.

2011 Challenge: There is a large amount of money being raised currently by private equity secondary funds. Combined with funds available from non-traditional secondary buyers, this means that there is a massive amount of capital looking for secondary investments. I think the private equity secondaries industry will suffer from hot competition and high pricing. Investors will face the challenge of finding secondary funds with differentiated approaches that set them apart from the competition as I believe that only these funds will be able to deliver attractive returns in this environment.

Why Capital Creation: Capital Creation is THE place to connect with the private equity industry and to discuss relevant topics in an unbeatable environment with a great atmosphere. It’s the perfect way to re-engage after the summer months.

Wants to meet: I hope to meet with an interesting mix of players within the private equity sector to discuss the latest challenges and trends facing the industry as well as with potential investors and with potential transaction counterparties.

Erik Kaas is a Partner, a member of the business development committee, co-head of the investment solutions business department and responsible for strategic client relationship development. Partners Group’s investment solutions team is globally responsible for investment origination, business development and client relationship management. He is also a member of EVCA (European Venture Capital Association) Investor Relations Committee. He was pivotal in building up the investment solutions team to its global reach. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at Goldman Sachs & Co for eight years, spending the first five years in London, New York and Tokyo before relocating to Zurich, where he was responsible for the institutional products business in Switzerland and Austria. He started his career in finance in the swaps and OTC bond options group at Liberty Eurobrokers in London. He holds a dual degree in business administration from the European Partnership of Business Schools in London and Reutlingen.

2011 Challenge: Staying flexible to react quickly in the faster moving/changing investment climate.

Why Capital Creation: I have joined on several occasions. I like that you meet a lot of GPs, LPs and other network partners while at the same time being at an event that is not outsized. So you actually meet whom you want to meet and it is not a zoo. As we are GP and LP at the same time I have always found sufficient interesting counterparties to talk to.

Wants to meet: A lot of our existing network partners. Having over 20bn in private equity there tend to be a lot of our partners (lawyers, GPs, LPs). And hopefully a few interesting new connections.

Gus Black focuses his practice on private investment funds; advising international asset management businesses (including team spin-outs and seeding deals); corporate and commercial transactions in the financial services sector; and general UK financial services regulation.

In the sphere of private fund formation, Mr. Black has advised sponsors and cornerstone investors on the structuring, formation and investment of numerous funds and other co-investment structures ranging widely in size, strategy and focus (including hedge, hybrid, private equity, debt, emerging market, clean tech/energy, agriculture, infrastructure and real estate). Mr Black has advised on funds established in various jurisdictions including Jersey, Guernsey, Cayman Islands, BVI, Luxembourg, Ireland, Singapore, Mauritius, Delaware and England. Mr. Black also advises on a range of portfolio investments, secondaries and other portfolio transactions.

Mr. Black holds an MA from Cambridge University and took the LPC at Guildford College of Law.

Hans van Swaay has been more than twenty years in private equity as co-founder of Lyrique, as Head of Private Equity at Pictet & Cie, as Managing Director of UBS Capital, as Managing Director of Merifin and as partner of Lowe Finance.
He has made fund investments worldwide and direct investments in Switzerland, Germany, France, the United Kingdom and in the Netherlands. He sat on numerous boards, restructured companies and ran companies as CEO when necessary.

Hans van Swaay holds an MBA with honours from IMD (Switzerland), an MSc. in engineering geology from Leeds University (UK) and a BSc. in geology from Leiden University (the Netherlands).

2011 Challenge: Too much money chasing too few deals combined with shrinking fundraising. Solution is to uncover niches, where it is less busy, but this will be impossible for large amounts of money.

Why Capital Creation: Because it is a high quality conference without being mammoth size; it seems to attract a higher proportion of the real players and fewer of the hangers-on

Francois is an Investment Principal responsible for origination, execution and monitoring of investments.

Prior to joining Coller Capital in 2007, Francois was an Associate Director in the Telecoms team at UBS Investment Bank. Previously, he worked as an Associate at Gimar Finance in Paris, and as an Analyst at PAI Partners in Paris.

Francois has an MSc in Engineering from École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in France, and an MBA from INSEAD.

2011 Challenge: Absorb the huge secondaries dealflow and simultaneously remain cautious in an environment whose evolution is extremely difficult to predict.

Why Capital Creation: Networking is essential in our industry and CapCre offers an ideal format for that purpose in terms of size, location and timing.

Wants to meet: Our business partners in general, GPs and LPs in particular.

Helen leads Pantheon’s European primary investment activity and chairs the European Investment Committee. Helen is also a member of the International Investment Committee and the Co-investment Committee. Helen joined Pantheon in 2004 from Russell Investments in Paris, where she was Managing Director with overall responsibility for private equity in Europe. Prior to joining Russell in 1999, Helen spent five years as Director, European Private Equity with the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec. From 1989 to 1994, Helen was a senior investment manager at the Business Development Bank of Canada in Montréal. Helen received a BA and an MA in Engineering from the University of Cambridge and an MBA from the University of Western Ontario in Canada. Helen is bilingual in English and French.

Jeremy Golding, a British national, is Founder and Managing Director of Golding Capital Partners based in Munich. Since 1999 he has grown Golding Capital Partners to become one of Germany’s leading investment managers for private equity fund of funds investments.

Jeremy Golding looks back on a 20-year international career with leading multinational companies. Mr. Golding has lived and worked in Germany, US, France, UK and the Middle East, holding management positions with General Electric, GE International, GE Capital, and the Boston Consulting Group. He holds an MBA from INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France.

John A. Hess is a co-founder of Altius and has served as Chief Executive Officer since 1998 when the firm was formed. He is responsible for Altius’ relationships with a number of clients, and sits on Altius’ Investment Policy Committee. John is recognized as a thought-leader in private equity and contributes regularly to industry panels and periodicals. He has been involved in the financial services sector for 35 years, focusing on private equity for 25 years. John has established strong relationships with the leading private equity managers and institutions across Europe, Asia and the USA.

Challenge: Challenges facing the industry this year include raising new and add-on funds; dealing with portfolio company issues such as debt restructuring and dealing with weak economic growth.
Why CapCre: Capital Creation combines information sharing with a collegial, yet professional atmosphere that is rare among private equity conferences these days. It has a wonderful European atmosphere.
Wants to meet: I hope to meet a good mix of investors from different geographies and organizations, including those interested in infrastructure and other 'hard' asset classes.

Sebastien joined Pomona in 2010 and focuses on secondary investment analysis and deal sourcing in Europe. He has over eight years of primary and secondary fund investing experience. Prior to joining Pomona, he was a Director at MetLife Investments and was previously at AXA Private Equity in London where he spent most of his career. Sebastien joined AXA Private Equity in 2002 where he focused predominantly on primary and secondary private equity opportunities in Europe. Sebastien has a M.A. from the University of Edinburgh.

Mark C. Boyle, CFA, is a Vice President of Northwestern Mutual Capital Limited and has been located in the company’s London offices since early 2007. Northwestern Mutual Capital Limited is a subsidiary of The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, a prominent U.S. based insurer with over $145 billion in assets. Mr. Boyle has been involved in Northwestern Mutual’s investment business for over 30 years. He attended the University of Wisconsin School of Business and the University of Wisconsin Law School where he was conferred the respective degrees of Bachelor of Business Administration and Juris Doctor.

Mr. Boyle is a member of Northwestern Mutual’s private debt and equity group where he focuses on private equity and mezzanine investments. Mr. Boyle has also served as a member of the investment committee for Northwestern Mutual’s pension fund.

Mr. Boyle is married to Colleen McCarthy Boyle, a 1977 University of Wisconsin – Madison School of Nursing graduate. They have three adult children.

2011 Challenge: Balancing reup and new commitment demand. Stay as informed as possible.

Why Capital Creation: To network with leading GP’s and LP’s.

Wants to meet: Interesting GP’s and LP’s.

Peter McKellar Peter McKellar (Partner and Chief Investment Officer) started his career in investment banking at JP Morgan and worked in corporate finance before moving into industry in 1995 as corporate development director and then group finance director of Clydeport plc, a London Stock Exchange listed company and a former Montagu Private Equity buyout.

Peter joined Standard Life Investments’ private equity team in the autumn of 1999, as Investment Director, and was promoted to Chief Investment Officer in December 2006.

SL Capital Partners LLP (formerly Standard Life Investments (Private Equity) Limited) currently manages in excess €6.2 billion of private equity money on behalf of around 150 clients worldwide.

Ms. Ryan joined the firm in 2006. In addition to heading the European private funds group, Ms. Ryan focuses on private equity investment activities on a global basis at PineBridge Investments. Her responsibilities include evaluating and meeting with private capital fund managers, making investment recommendations and monitoring the performance of the private capital portfolios. Prior to joining the firm, she was Head of Private Equity at Insight Investment, which she joined in 2001. Ms. Ryan's investment experience began in 1992 and since 1997 her experience has included private equity investing in Europe and the United States. Ms. Ryan also serves on a number of private equity fund advisory boards. Ms. Ryan received a Bachelor of Economics and BA (Asian Studies) from The Australian National University and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment from the Securities Institute of Australia. In addition to English, Ms. Ryan speaks Japanese.

Lorenzo is a Partner and joined Vision Capital in 2008.

Before joining Vision Capital, he was a Director at Change Capital Partners for over five years, focusing on mid-market buyouts in the consumer and retail goods industries across Europe. He joined Change Capital from TD Capital, the private equity arm of Toronto Dominion, where he was an associate in the Telecom and Media group. Lorenzo is an Italian citizen and has a degree in business administration (cum laude) from Universita’ Bocconi, Milan and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He speaks fluent Italian and Spanish.

Bob Barry is a Partner in the Corporate Department and a member of the Private Investment Funds Group, resident in the London office.

Bob focuses on structuring private investment funds and advising institutional investors on their alternative investments. His work encompasses a wide variety of funds, including infrastructure, private equity, real estate, fund of funds, venture capital and hedge funds, in their formation and ongoing operations and investments. Over recent years, he has led teams of lawyers advising sponsors on more than 30 fundraisings and investors on more than 150 fund investments and direct co-investments.

In addition, Bob has significant experience advising on spin-outs of asset managers, fund secondary transactions, conversions of management companies into LLPs and many general corporate matters.

Bob is personally recommended or highly recommended in the latest editions of Chambers UK, The Legal 500 UK, PLC Which Lawyer? Investment Funds, and PLC Which Lawyer? Private Equity.

Vince joined Montagu in 1993 from Coopers & Lybrand and has worked in the private equity industry for over 20 years. A graduate in Modern History and a qualified Chartered Accountant, Vince sits on Montagu's Investment Committee and is responsible for fund raising and all aspects of investor relations. He is a former Chairman of the British Venture Capital Association.                                                   

2011 Challenge: The big challenge facing private equity is convincing investors that the asset class will continue to generate strong returns after they have assessed the impact of the recession across Europe. With a huge amount of GP's looking to raise new funds in 2011/12 the arguments for private equity will need to be very compelling.

Why Capital Creation: Events like Capital Creation are an essential means of assessing the case for private equity, and have never been more important than this year. With its intimate environment and size, the conference promotes real interaction between audience and speakers – the level of debate and analysis offers the chance to really dig deep into to the key challenges the industry faces and see how others are approaching these issues successfully.

Wants to meet: I'll be hoping to meet a number of movers and shakers from the GP and advisor community. But I will also look forward to meeting a good selection of institutional investors and hearing what they are looking for in a fund.

Anselm is Director and Portfolio Manager at Private Equity Capital Advisers Limited (member of ILPA), a family office managing over US$ 100 M in private equity assets: fund-of-funds, funds and direct investments. He has more than 19 years experience in private equity, venture capital and investment banking. Anselm has worked at Schroders, Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs. He has passed the Series 3, 7, 63 and SFA exams. He has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the State University of New York at Stony Brook; and as a Fulbright Scholar, a M.S. in Electrical Engineering and also a M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from University of Pennsylvania. He has studied an Advance Management Program (AMP/PADE) at IESE. He has also attended courses in Private Equity and Venture Capital at the Harvard Business School, the EVCA Institute and the ILPA Institute. He is a member of the Wharton Private Equity Partners association.

2011 Challenge: Staying away from "Another Middle Market PE fund", I am moving to an isolated island.

Why Capital Creation: It is an exceptional venue to meet LP peers and GPs looking for funds. Saves me a lot of travelling!

Wants to meet: I hope to meet new spin out funds with good track record looking for LPs to back them.

Armando D’Amico is Managing Partner of Acanthus Advisers, an independent award-winning private equity advisory firm providing fund placement services with an exclusive focus on the European mid market. Since establishing Acanthus, Armando has advised general partners, limited partners and financial institutions from across Europe in fund conception, structuring and placement, strategy and investor development. Previously he spent six years as a senior banker with the EBRD where he co-managed a €700 million fund-of-funds programme.

Acanthus Advisers was established in 1998 with a sole focus and core specialty of raising European mid-market funds, supported by extensive research. Acanthus has been active in the private equity market longer than most private equity firms and has advised clients in Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands, Scandinavia, Poland and the UK. Acanthus provides incisive advice to clients based on in-depth analysis and the close involvement of experienced professionals. During 2010 alone Acanthus closed five funds totalling €1 billion, one of which was awarded ""Fundraising of the Year"" by the Swedish Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (SVCA). In testament to Acanthus' specialised focus, in depth analytical approach and its strong track record, it was recently awarded the Placement Agent of the Year award at the 10th annual European Private Equity Awards held by Real Deals.

2011 Challenge: Obtaining commitments for primary funds in difficult market conditions in competition with strong secondary interest remains a key challenge. The lack of visibility in portfolio performance is another major obstacle. Monitoring and forecasting investor activity within a rapidly changing and consolidating environment also continues to present a challenge. We are tackling these obstacles through working closely with our clients to ensure that they are in tune with their potential and existing investors. As due diligence requirements evolve, we advise our clients on best practice with respect to communication and transparency and how to optimally position their portfolios with growing emphasis on detailed financial projections.

Why Capital Creation: The content of the panels this year shows great potential for compelling discussion and thought leadership. The topics are contemporary and relevant for all those looking to get a clearer sense of the parameters that will define the new era the private equity industry is entering. The opportunity to engage in thought provoking debate with peers on both sides of the fundraising fence is always appreciated!

Wants to meet: As Acanthus has operated in the private equity industry for nearly thirteen years, we know only too well the challenges inherent in maintaining communication with a wide network, especially in turbulent times such as those we are now, collectively as an industry, overcoming. The event presents us with the opportunity to reconnect with our contacts from a wide range of geographies and promises to provide a forum for interesting discussion as we assess what the future holds.

Marc co-founded 747 Capital and serves as Managing Partner of the firm. 747 Capital is a New York City based private equity investment firm focused on investments in unique, frequently smaller, private equity funds. 747 Capital, through fund of funds and managed accounts, focuses exclusively on the small-cap private equity market in the U.S. and Canada.

Prior to forming 747 Capital, from 1994 until 2000, Marc was Executive Vice President of Greenfield Capital Partners, in New York, the US subsidiary of a Dutch private equity group. From 1992 to 1994, Marc was a private equity analyst at the Noro Group of Companies in the Netherlands. He started his career in 1989 with HomeBanc, a Saving and Loan in Atlanta.

Marc received a M.B.A. from Nijenrode School of Business and a B.B.A. from European University.

2011 Challenge: Staying on the radar of investors while offering only a limited, highly specialized niche investment strategy.

Why Capital Creation: To meet interesting professionals and learn about new “macro” developments and market sentiments.

Wants to meet: Family offices and institutional investors

Paul was appointed Vice President of Product Marketing in 2008 and is responsible for the company's hedge fund and private equity business. In this role, Paul guides IntraLinks' business strategy and product roadmap. Paul also regularly speaks at conferences about the alternative investment market and contributes to industry articles.

Prior to joining IntraLinks, Paul served as President for a successful start up company that provided outsourced IT to hedge funds and also held senior positions at SunGard, OMX and BT Radianz.

Paul has an MBA from Baruch College and currently resides in London.

2011 Challenge: Anticipating where the opportunities are for our clients and ensuring that IntraLinks is there to help them capitalize on them.

Why Capital Creation: It’s a great opportunity to meet senior business people and understand what’s top of mind for them.

Wants to meet: Senior IR people across Europe.

Michael Diehl is a founding Partner of Activa Capital, an independent private equity firm dedicated to French mid-market MBOs. Activa Capital manages over €500 million on behalf of leading pension funds, insurance companies and family offices. Activa Capital invests across all sectors in companies with sales up to €300 million but with a strong emphasis on agro-food, pharma, consumer and service industries, including private education.
In 2010, Activa Capital successfully exited three portfolio companies: Materne-Mont Blanc, Françoise Saget-Linvosges and BFI Optilas and made two new investments: Albarelle-Galien – a build-up platform dedicated to the private education sector and Ergalis-Selpro, a build-up platform dedicated to Human Ressources.
More recently in 2011, Activa Capital invested in Findis, a leading distributor of electrical, audiovisual and culinary products and Abrisud, Europe’s leading swimming pool enclosure manufacturer.
Prior to co-founding Activa Capital, Michael was a Director at UBS Warburg France. He is a graduate of the University of Geneva (Sciences économiques et commerciales) and holds an MBA from the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP-EAP). He is married with two children.

2011 Challenge: Restore the image of private equity ownership across family vendors and corporate vendors so that these sources of deals represent a greater part of deal flow. Demonstrate that private equity can add real operational value through active ownership and therefore increase earnings.

Why Capital Creation: Participating at Capital Creation because it’s the best small conference venue for exchanging ideas.

Wants to meet: Peers, LPs and potential LPs.

Laurent de Rosière was previously with Citi where he was most recently a Director in the Citi Alternatives Distribution Group, focusing on investor relationships in Europe. Prior to this Laurent was a Principal at Acanthus Advisers LLP, a corporate finance advisory firm focused on private equity. Previously Laurent was Marketing Director in Munich and London at venture capital firm RVC Capital Europe ltd (a spin-out from Reuters) and prior to that he was Assistant Vice President in the Alternative Investments Group at LCF Rothschild. Laurent graduated from Imperial College in London, with a BEng in Aeronautical Engineering, and holds a Diploma in Portfolio Management.

Louis Elson co-founded Palamon Capital Partners in 1999 and is the Firm’s Managing Partner. Palamon is a mid-market, pan-European firm focusing on growth services businesses. He is a former London-based partner of Warburg Pincus and has extensive experience in European private equity. Before joining Warburg Pincus, Mr Elson was involved in investment banking at Goldman, Sachs & Co and in publishing at Time Inc. He is a member of the Mid-Market Committee of the British Venture Capital Association and is also a member of the BVCA’s Research Advisory Board. Mr Elson is Chairman of Impetus Trust, serves on the Development Board of The Prince’s Trust and previously was a member of Harvard University's Task Force on Academic Resources. Mr Elson received a BA with honours from Harvard University and an MBA with honours from the Colgate Darden School at the University of Virginia.

Mr Engelien is a Managing Director in Cogent Partners’ London office and advises clients in the UK, continental Europe and the Middle East. Prior to joining the firm, Mr Engelien was an Associate Principal at McKinsey & Company where he worked for six years serving financial services companies and private equity firms on a broad range of strategy and corporate finance topics in the UK, continental Europe and the Middle East. He was also a leader of McKinsey’s European Banking & Securities practice. Mr Engelien started his career at Goldman Sachs in London.

Mr Engelien holds a Master’s Degree in Economics from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, and a Master’s Degree in International Management from the Community of European Management Schools (CEMS). He is a Level III candidate in the CFA Programme.

Challenge: Prioritising transaction opportunities.

Why CapCre: CapCre is a unique opportunity to catch up with the latest developments after the summer break and network with the leading market players.

Wants to meet: Limited partners.

Dr. Ekkehard Franzke is a partner with A.T. Kearney and leads the firm’s Private Equity Practice in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. He has over twenty-three years of consulting and private equity experience. In his consulting career he advised around 100 buyout situations with an aggregate value of more than € 30 B.
Ekkehard focuses on general industries and consumer/retail. Functionally his focus is on strategy and corporate finance, as well as on top and bottom-line operational improvement programs.

Ekkehard made 14 private equity investments (lead and co-) .

Ekkehard holds a Ph.D. with highest distinction in Economics form Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration and a Master’s in Economics from Regensburg University / University of Colorado / Boulder / U.S.A.

Why Capital Creation: Capital Creation is a unique opportunity to meet European Private Equity Professionals and Investors in a relaxed setting to discuss the key issues of the industry

Professor Oliver Gottschalg is Head of Research at Peracs LLC, a specialized advisory firm providing advanced private equity fund due diligence and benchmarking services. He is part of the Strategy Department at HEC School of Management, Paris. He serves as HEC’s Academic Director for the TRIUM Global Executive MBA Program, Director of the Entrepreneurship Track in the HEC MBA program, directs the HEC Buyout Research Group and teaches courses on strategy, entrepreneurship, business plan design and management buyouts. He holds a Wirtschaftsingenieur Diploma from the University of Karlsruhe, an MBA from Georgia State University and a M.Sc. and PhD degree from INSEAD. His current research focuses on the strategic logic and the performance determinants of private equity investments. His work has been published in leading academic journals and in various publications for practitioners and was widely featured in the business press. He regularly presents his research at academic conferences and private equity symposia and serves as an advisor to leading investors in the private equity industry. Most recently, he served as an advisor to the European Parliament in the context of the current debate about a possible need for regulation of the Private Equity industry.

Simon joined Investec in 2006 and established the Fund Finance business which focuses on lending to the private equity industry. Prior to Investec Simon had numerous lending and strategy roles within LloydsTSB, focused the middle markets.

Simon has a MEng in Mechanical Engineering from Bristol University.

2011 Challenge: Managing exposure with a volatile & uncertain economic backdrop.

Why Capital Creation: Capital Creation brings together leading private equity individuals and gives us a great opportunity to meet with them. The sessions are well thought out and lead to high quality debate and insight.

Wants to meet: Private Equity partners who are keen to understand how Investec can help them create a competitive advantage through our services and our approach to deals.

Karin Jans is a Vice President at Swiss Re Private Equity Partners (SRPEP). In her function as
Senior Investor Solutions Professional, Karin focuses on the development of private market
investment solutions for insurance companies and pension funds, addressing industry
specific requirements such as Solvency II. Previously, Karin was responsible for private equity
client services for Swiss Re and its co-investors.
Karin Jans has many years of experience in the private equity and asset management
industry. She started her career in 2004 as a member of Swiss Re’s Private Equity Funds unit.
Karin Jans holds a bachelors degree in Banking and Finance from University of Applied
Sciences Zurich, Switzerland. Her bachelor thesis on “The Impact of the Swiss Solvency Test
on the Asset Allocation of Swiss Insurance Companies with a Focus on Alternative
Investments” was granted the Jefferies Recognition Award.
Swiss Re Private Equity Partners is Swiss Re’s dedicated platform for private investments.
With around forty specialists in Zurich, New York, Hong Kong and Bratislava, SRPEP manages
a portfolio of roughly USD 7.5 billion in private markets funds on behalf of Swiss Re and likeminded
investors.

Kai Jordahl joined CapMan in 2004 as a Senior Partner. From 2010 he has been Head of CapMan’s Buyout business.

Prior to joining CapMan Kai spent five years as Investment Director at Industrifinans forvaltning ASA, where he was responsible for private equity investment activities in the Nordic countries. In prior years, Kai has held various senior positions at McKinsey & Company, Norsk Hydro ASA and the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy.

2011 Challenge: The biggest challenges facing us (and the industry) is to manage continuity and development of the operation in a situation of dramatic variations in LP appetite and investment capacity. We have not yet seen the effects on the industry from the reduction in allocation to Private Equity during and after the financial crisis.

Why Capital Creation: I'm looking forward to interesting and insightful discussions with key industry players in a pleasant setting. One of the most interesting industry gatherings, with attractive participation.

Wants to meet: Both new and existing LPs and of course GP colleagues.

Javier Echarri Eraso, Independent Board member of GED since 2006, became managing Partner of GED in April 2011.

Javier’s active engagement includes GED and LDS partners where he is also managing partner. In addition, he has a few non executive positions within the European Federation of Junior Enterprises (JADE), The Asian Pacific Private Equity Association, the European Venture Philanthropy Association (EVPA), and the Advisory Board of CRECER+ (Business Angel Network in the Basque region).

Javier Echarri started his career path in the Grupo Mondragón followed by the Spanish Association of machinery-tools producers. In 1992, he was appointed as General Secretary of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Brussels with mandate over the Benelux activities. In 1995, Javier moved to work for the BBVA as an Institutional Bank Director, in charge of the European institutions. In 1999, he joined the European Venture Capital Association (EVCA), where a year later he was appointed its fourth General Secretary, remaining at this position until the end of 2010.

He holds a degree in Economics and Business Administration by the University of Deusto and a Masters degree in European Integration by the University of Amsterdam.

Michael Barben is a Partner, head of the private infrastructure team and chairman of the private infrastructure investment committee. He was originally responsible for European buyout and special situations partnership selection before, after an initial assignment in Switzerland, he was made responsible for building the firm's US based manager selection team, and subsequently was appointed global head of the alternative strategies manager selection team. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked as an investment manager for Zurmont Management, a Swiss company focused on late stage growth financing and mid-sized buyout transactions, and for UBS Investment Bank in the institutional equity and derivatives group. He holds a master's degree in economics from the University of St. Gallen (HSG), the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and the Financial Risk Manager (FRM) designations, and is a certified Swiss stock trader.

Mr. Langer has been a partner with The Riverside Company since 2006. He currently leads the firm’s investment and portfolio management activities in the Benelux and France. Prior to this role, he spent three years building up Riverside’s pan-European origination team. Previously, Mr. Langer was Managing Partner of an independent corporate finance firm in Brussels, advising on numerous transactions across Europe for blue-chip multinationals and private equity firms. He also spent five years with GE Capital Europe, including as Chief Operating Officer of TIP and Modular Space, and in corporate business development. Mr. Langer started his career with Danske Bank in Copenhagen. He holds a BSc (econ) from the Copenhagen Business School and a Masters in Management from EAP – European School of Management (now ESCP Europe), and speaks English, French, Danish, German, Portuguese and basic Dutch.

Mr. Langer is Chairman of the EVCA (European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association) for the year until June 2012.

At Capital Creation Mr. Langer will deliver an opening keynote address providing key insight into the future of private equity and an up-to-minute analysis of newly released data on current market and financial conditions.

Neil MacDougall heads up a team of 45 staff based in offices in London, Munich, Paris and Chicago. He joined Silverfleet Capital in 1989 and was appointed Managing Partner in 2004. Neil has been a board member of several Silverfleet Capital portfolio companies and is currently a director of Kalle Luxembourg Sarl. Before joining Silverfleet Capital, Neil was a Strategic Management Consultant at Bain & Co. He read Natural Sciences and Computer Science at Cambridge. Neil is the chairman of Silverfleet Capital’s Investment Committee.

Mr. Marquardt joined Doughty Hanson & Co in February 2000. He currently serves as CEO and Head of Investor Relations and is based in London. At Doughty Hanson he has been responsible for raising Doughty Hanson & Co Technology Ventures I and II, Doughty Hanson & Co European Real Estate II and the two most recent private equity funds, Doughty Hanson & Co IV and V, which focus on mid-market pan-European buyouts.

Prior to joining, Mr. Marquardt was a Managing Director of Investment Banking and Head of the London office of the Global Technology Group of Merrill Lynch. He spent a total of 22 years at Merrill Lynch.

Mr. Marquardt has a Masters degree in Business Administration from Harvard Business School, a Juris Doctor from Loyola University (Chicago) and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Northwestern University.

2011 Challenge: The private equity world seems to be focused on challenges on several fronts simultaneously – new regulations in various jurisdictions, new requirements for broader public disclosure about funds and investments and changes to the traditional investor base.

Why Capital Creation: Lots of changes – which means lots of new thinking.

Wants to meet: Perhaps at a small and focused conference like Capital Creation, both LPs and GPs, spending some thoughtful time together, can come up with some useful approaches for all of these issues.

Robert has responsibility for Private Equity investments within Lord North Street Ltd, a Private Investment Office with high net worth families, charities and endowments as clients.
An Oxford graduate, Robert served 6 years in the British Army and in 1983 joined JPMorgan. In 1987 he launched the European Leveraged Transaction Group for JPMorgan and then in 1989 founded European Acquisition Capital, an independent Private Equity investment firm. He successfully raised and invested more than €500m in three funds before leaving the business in 2006.

2011 Challenge: Steadying the nerves of clients new to the asset class to get them to pursue a long term strategy of consistently investing, through the cycles, in top quartile GPs. This needs constant care and a lack of downside surprises from GPs.

Why Capital Creation: I did not attend last year and missed both the market intelligence and colleagues in the industry in this relatively small and informal gathering.

Wants to meet: The best future GPs in the world, and old friends.

Günther completed a trainee program at Morgan Guaranty Trust (today J.P. Morgan), after having completed his studies in mathematics and business economics. After various management activities in corporate banking, corporate finance, and institutional sales, in 1989 he accepted the responsibility for the asset management business of JP Morgan for Germany and Central Europe and was appointed to the European management board of JPMIM. In 1997 and 1998 he was responsible for Schroeder Investment Management’s asset-management transactions in German speaking Europe as well as Eastern Europe. From 1999 to 2003, as Country Head, he was responsible for the German business of AXA Investment Managers. Besides, as a member of the global executive board he was directly responsible, among others, for AXA IM Netherlands, and institutional transactions in northern Europe. In 2003, he founded Augur Capital together with his partner Dr. Thomas Schmitt.

Mr Costeletos is a Partner and Head of TPG Capital in Europe and has over 19 years experience in private equity.
Since joining TPG in 2003, he led the €3.0 billion take private of Debenhams, a leading department store chain in the UK, the €2.0 billion buyout of TIM Hellas and Q Telecom, two wireless telecom operators in Greece, representing the first significant buyout in the country and was involved in the €5 billion buyout of TDF, the leading European TV and radio transmission group.
Prior to joining TPG, Mr Costeletos was a Member of the Management Committee at Investcorp. Mr Costeletos joined Investcorp from JP Morgan Capital where he was involved in private equity investments across Europe and Latin America. Previously, Mr Costeletos worked with Morgan Stanley in London and New York.
Mr Costeletos graduated magna cum laude with a BA with distinction in Mathematics from Yale University and received an MBA from Columbia Business School (Beta Gamma Sigma). He is a director of the Rebuilding Childhood Appeal Board of the NSPCC Charity.

Kelly Mayer is a Partner of Lion Capital and is responsible for Investor Relations. Prior to the formation of Lion Capital, Kelly served with Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst for seven years as one of two professionals responsible for investor relations. Prior to joining Hicks Muse, he served with the institutional consulting operations of both Watson Wyatt Worldwide and SEI Corporation. Kelly received his BS from the US Naval Academy and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Dr. Olaf Neubert is the Managing Partner of Hedges Capital, an Alternative Asset investment firm specialized in Private Equity Secondaries, Distressed Debt and Restructurings and Capital Introductions. Hedges Capital is the leading buy side agent for Private Equity Secondaries working as agent and advisor with the principal Secondaries investors as well as nontraditional institutional and private investors in Secondaries. On the Primary side Hedges Capital is expanding its Alternative Asset placement business with our partners in Europe, highly specialized and focused on institutional quality managers, spin-outs and growth funds of excellent management teams. We introduce select top flight Private Equity, Venture and HedgeFunds from the U.S., Canada and Latin America to European investors, with a focus on Family Offices, Private Banks, Insurance Co.'s and other institutional investors.

Prior to founding Hedges Capital in 1999, Dr. Neubert was a Managing Director with Citibank in international postings. He served in executive positions in New York, Buenos Aires, Brussels, Dublin, as Chairman of Citibank AG in Austria, and as Managing Director of Citibank Germany in Frankfurt. Dr. Neubert is a German and US citizen. He graduated from the University of Hamburg, Germany, with undergraduate degrees in business administration and economics and a Masters in Business Administration. He received his Ph.D. in political science from the Christian Albrechts University of Kiel.

Paul Newsome is an Executive Director, head of Unigestion's private equity investment team responsible for the oversight of primary fund investments, secondaries and co-investments globally. Unigestion is an alternative asset management firm with EUR 7 billion of assets under management, headquartered in Geneva with offices in London, Paris, New York and Singapore. Before joining the firm in 2002, he worked at BancBoston Capital as an investment officer, making and managing venture capital investments in Europe. Earlier in his career, he was a finance manager at Procter & Gamble. Mr. Newsome holds a first class Masters degree in Engineering, Economics and Management from Oxford University and is a Chartered Management Accountant.

2011 Challenge: Finding great GPs in the emerging markets.

Why Capital Creation: Very good cross section of the European GP and LP community.

Wants to meet: Very good GPs and LPs (and catching up with old friends)

Rory Quinlan is a Managing Director at Capital Dynamics. He has held several senior executive roles in the renewable and conventional energy and mining industries in the United Kingdom and Australia over the past 15 years. Rory has extensive experience in the development, structuring, financing and management of complex energy infrastructure projects and businesses. In addition, he has mergers and acquisition, equity capital markets and public company experience with involvement as lead executive in deal origination, asset valuation and pricing, project financing and corporate governance. Rory was the former Finance Director of Novera Energy with an asset portfolio spanning Landfill Gas, Wind Power, small hydroelectric and Waste to Energy. Novera Energy was voted New Energy Awards’ “Company of the Year 2009” in recognition of several innovative renewable energy investment and financing transactions led by Rory and his team. Prior to joining Novera Energy, Rory served as a Director of Private Energy Partners, a specialist advisory and project development firm that represented several energy multinationals in a diverse range of energy and infrastructure projects in Australia, the UK and South-East Asia. Rory has a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) and Master of Commerce (Banking and Finance) from Queensland University of Technology, and is a CPA, Australian Society of Certified Practicing Accountants.

Tom is Associate Director for Private Equity at Hermes Equity Ownership Services (EOS), whose beneficial owner is the BT Pension Scheme (BTPS). In this role Tom helps limited partners to better align interests with their private equity houses. Tom Co-Chairs the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) work on Private Equity and represents BTPS on the ILPA Principles Committee. Tom sits on the EVCA (European) and AVCAL (Australian) working groups on environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG). Prior to joining HEOS Tom had a fourteen-year career in various roles advising investors, companies, governments and multinational companies on sustainable development, trade and investment policy.

2011 Challenge: Clarifying where a LP’s “fiduciary duty” abuts “limited liability”; and promoting dynamic fund governance in GPs.

Why Capital Creation: The speakers and themes are very topical and current.

Wants to meet: Like-minded LPs and GPs willing to think outside the box on aligning interest.

Katja has been a Senior Portfolio Manager at Ilmarinen responsible for sourcing, analysing and monitoring of private equity funds since January 2000.

Before joining Ilmarinen, she worked at the Shell UK Pension Fund in London with the analysis of private equity funds and monitoring of a global private equity portfolio with over USD 1 billion of commitments, and earlier as an Investment Analyst in the European team at private equity specialists Pantheon Ventures.

Katja has a Masters degree in Economics from the University of Helsinki, is a CFA charterholder and is fluent in Swedish, Finnish, English and French.

Richard is a Director at Quartilium, a Paris-based private equity fund-of-funds where he is also a member of the firm’s Investment Committee.
Richard joined Quartilium in 2007 from Access Capital Partners where he was an Investment Director responsible for investing in European mid-market private equity and Venture capital funds.
Prior to this, he worked for Proparco from 2001 – 2005 focusing on direct investments and fund investments in Emerging Markets, including in infrastructure. He began his career with Barclays Capital where he worked in the Investment Banking Division.
Richard has an Msc (Econ) from the University of London and a BA from Leeds University.

Andrew joined Campbell Lutyens in 1990 and became the Managing Partner in 2003. He also leads the firm’s secondary advisory activities which he has done since 2000. Previously he was responsible for developing the firm’s activities in fund placement. Campbell Lutyens is an independent advisory firm founded in 1988 with a team of 55 between its London, New York and a recently opened Hong Kong office exclusively focussed on the private equity and infrastructure markets. Prior to joining Campbell Lutyens, Andrew worked for David Hume Investment Management, a specialist listed and unlisted investment fund manager.

Paul is a Founding Partner of Beechbrook Capital, where he acts as Chief Investment Officer and is responsible for originating and executing new mezzanine and equity co-investment opportunities. He sits on the Investment Committee. Beechbrook focuses on investments in the lower mid-market in Europe by financing new LBO transactions or providing expansion or acquisition finance for private equity portfolio companies.
Paul is a veteran of the European market, with an extensive network of relationships in the European private equity and banking community. Before starting up Beechbrook in 2008, Paul worked at Mizuho Investment Management, where he joined forces with his Partner at Beechbrook, Nick Fenn, to arrange Mizuho’s inaugural, €300m Mezzanine Fund. Paul previously worked at MetLife Investments for five years and the investment bank of Schroders for four years. He graduated from Oxford University in 1996 with an MA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics.

As Head of Private Equity, Frank Amberg is responsible for private equity and infrastructure fund and direct investments of Munich Re Group. Prior to joining, Frank spent eight years in the execution of direct investments in venture capital, buyout and mezzanine financings and worked in private equity fundraising. Previously, he was responsible for M&A with a Germany based industrial company.

2011 Challenge: Uncertainty and instability of financial markets in the mid term. Diversify your allocation and increase alternative assets in the long run.

Why Capital Creation: CapCre is an ideal mid year event in PE to update the community on market situation and potential outlooks.

Wants to meet: Thoughtful leaders from the PE community (GPs as well as LPs).

Mr. Smith is a Managing Director and is Chief Investment Officer and Co-Head of Secondaries for DB Private Equity, based in London. Mr Smith led the formation of the Secondaries Business within DB Private Equity through the raising of the $775 million DB Secondary Opportunities Fund in January 2007 and is responsible for the management of that fund as well as the investment activities across the rest of the DB Private Equity platform. Prior to moving to his current role, Mr. Smith was Head of UK Corporate Investments responsible for the restructuring of Deutsche Bank’s €5 billion proprietary private equity portfolio in the United Kingdom and United States. During his 11 year career in mergers and acquisitions at Bankers Trust and Deutsche Bank in London and New York., Charles completed more than 30 transactions with an aggregate deal value in excess of $15 billion across a wide range of industry sectors and geographies. Mr. Smith holds an MA in Natural Sciences and Management Studies from Cambridge University.

David is a Managing Director and co-head of the Co-Investment team at Capital Dynamics. He has over 20 years of experience in private equity and infrastructure financing. Prior to joining Capital Dynamics, David worked with GE Capital in the UK and US, as well as GE’s European private equity businesses. David also served as an advisor to AXA Private Equity and established the European business of First Reserve Corporation. David has an MBA from London’s Cass Business School. He also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master’s degree in Engineering from the University of Southampton.

2011 Challenge: One of the biggest challenges facing our industry at the moment is meeting the demand from investors for a better economic deal against the backdrop of a torrent of funds coming to market. Our industry’s ability to rise to this challenge will shape the future of private equity. I’ve no doubt that this will spur innovation in co-investment solutions, in particular. Intelligent co-investment is an economic imperative in private equity asset allocation today.

Why Capital Creation: Capital Creation offers a unique confluence of LPs, GPs and industry opinion formers in an environment where innovation is nurtured and encouraged. Commentary is incisive and relevant. There is stimulating dialogue. This allows us to be creative, taking private equity to the next level.

Wants to meet: I hope to listen to LPs and learn of their own individual challenges. There is no “One size fits all” solution in private equity today. I’m particularly keen to hear from those with an interest in securing a better economic deal in private equity. I’ll be keeping an eye out for participants in the clean energy and infrastructure sub-asset class, too.

David is Managing Partner of Nova Capital Management, a firm he co-founded in 2002, and which is an innovator and leading player in the specialist Direct Secondaries market.

Nova has a team of 20 professionals based in the UK and US, including 6 Operating Partners. Its focus is on acquiring portfolios of non-core subsidiaries from corporate sellers, where the underlying businesses can benefit from Nova’s highly operational approach to value creation. To date, Nova has completed 15 acquisitions with an aggregate transactional value of almost €1bn. It currently manages investments in some 30 businesses, primarily in Western Europe and North America, across a broad range of sectors.

Prior to founding Nova, David was Chief Executive of the private equity and investment banking specialist Granville, where he worked for almost 20 years. Between 1983 and 1995 David was central to building up Granville's corporate finance and private equity businesses and was directly involved in over 30 private equity investments made by the firm. In 1995 he became chief executive and continued to lead the business following its sale to the US investment banking group, Robert W. Baird in 1999.

Jean-Christophe Rey is a senior member of the ICG Investor Relations team, managing the relationships with ICG’s 250 institutional investors, representing over 9€bn of AuM invested in mezzanine, senior loans and high yield. Jean-Christophe has over ten years experience in managing relationships with investors gained with global financial and investment institutions in London, Paris and New York.

Jean-Christophe is a graduate of BEM, Bordeaux School of Finance and Management, holds an MSc in International finance from Salford University, is a CFA charterholder and a member of the UK Society of Investment Professionals.

Gordon Hargraves has been actively investing private equity since 1993. He is a Partner with Rho Fund Investors ("RFI") and has overall responsibility for its activities. RFI is the division of Rho Capital Partners that commits to venture capital and other specialized private equity funds whose strategies afford unique advantages, such as domain expertise, operational expertise or focus on a particularly attractive sector. Since 1981, RFI has successfully invested in, and realized substantial returns from, private equity funds through numerous economic cycles, committing $2.0 billion to over 170 venture capital and specialized growth buyout funds throughout the world.

Prior to joining Rho in 1999, Gordon was responsible for developing and managing the private equity program at the National Bank of Kuwait in New York, which included leading direct investments, co-investments and private equity fund investments. Gordon began his private equity career in 1993 when he joined GCC Investments and made direct growth investments in the US and Western Europe. Gordon received his MBA from the University of Chicago.

Richard co-founded August Equity in 2001. He is now Chairman of the firm and chairs its Investment Committee.
He previously spent 13 years at Kleinwort Benson (latterly Dresdner Kleinwort Benson) where he started his private equity career. Prior to that, Richard spent five years with Coopers and Lybrand where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant.

Richard has a BA in Accountancy and is a member of the council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (“ICAEW”) and is a vice chairman of the Corporate Finance Faculty of the ICAEW. Richard is a past chairman of the British Venture Capital Association and still represents August Equity on the BVCA’s Mid Market Committee. Richard is a regular speaker at private equity events and conferences.

Thierry co-founded Astorg Partners in 1998, after joining the private equity teams at Suez in 1995. He started his professional life in 1989 at Calyon, where he held several positions in London and Paris, particularly in the project finance division.

Thierry holds an MBA from the ESCP-EAP graduate school of management.

Mark O’Hare is Founder and Chief Executive of Preqin, the alternative assets information service. Preqin provides extensive research and data on the entire global alternative assets industry, covering private equity, private real estate, infrastructure and hedge funds. Preqin is an independent business with 85 staff based in London, New York and Singapore, providing market-leading online and hard copy data services to many of the world’s leading institutional investors, money managers and advisors. Preqin’s online databases are used by over 5,000 customers in 72 countries worldwide. In addition, over 50,000 industry professionals receive Preqin’s newsletters and research reports every month. Preqin tracks fund returns, fund raising information, fund terms and conditions, profiles of the GPs running the funds, and the LPs investing in them. Preqin’s databases also cover buyout and infrastructure deals globally.

Before Preqin, Mark’s initial career was as a Manager with Boston Consulting Group, where he advised clients in Europe, the US and Africa, across several industries including financial services, healthcare, retail, industrial and consumer products. Following BCG he founded Goodall Alexander O’Hare & Co, an independent strategy consulting firm. In 1993 he founded Citywatch, the UK’s leading shareholder information service, which was acquired by Reuters in 1998, and now provides a global service on the ownership of listed equities.

Mark studied Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics at Cambridge University, where he graduated with First Class Honours and was awarded the Stokes Prize. He represented his college 1st VIII in rowing. Subsequent to this he studied Finance at London Business School.

Mr. de Kerleau is a Partner at Dahlia Partners, a European fund-of-funds which is jointly sponsored by Natixis Private Equity and the European Investment Fund. At Dahlia, he is mainly responsible for primary investments in small and mid-cap private equity funds in Europe, as well as direct co-investments.

Prior to joining Dahlia in 2008, Mr. de Kerleau was an Investment Director in the fund-of-funds of BNP Paribas Private Equity, which he joined in 2006. At BNP Mr. de Kerleau mostly focused on investing in European LBO funds.

Prior to joining BNP, Mr. de Kerleau worked during 8 years at PAI Partners, one of the leading European financial sponsors. He initially joined PAI in the finance Department (fund raising and funds structuring) then joined the transaction team in 2002. Before that, he worked as an auditor at Arthur Andersen for 4 years and served in the French Navy. He holds a degree from HEC Paris, and is fluent in English and French.

Caroline Huyskes joined Egeria in 2003 as fund director.

Caroline started her career in 1992 as an associate with the corporate finance & capital markets division of MeesPierson, where she worked closely together with Peter Visser and Jan Niessen. She was involved in a number of transactions. Furthermore, during 1994 and 1995, she was syndication manager of MeesPierson.
For 15 months (end 1995 through 1996) Caroline worked for the structured finance division of ABN AMRO Bank in Johannesburg, South Africa. From 1997 to 2002 she worked with Van Lanschot Bankiers, where she headed the corporate office department.
Caroline holds a Master Degree in Business Economics from the University of Groningen.

Within Egeria Caroline is responsible for the back office, investor relations and external communication.

Menno Antal joined 3i in 2000. He has been a key member of the teams working on several of the Benelux team’s buyouts including VNU Media, Dockwise, Refresco, ABX, Hyva, UTT, Malmberg, De Telefoongids and YBR.

Menno is part of the 3i Leadership Team, having been MD for the Benelux since 2003 and having reshaped and been responsible for the sector organisation. He is in charge of the Benelux, Germany and the Nordic region and has overall responsibility for 3i's buyout funds. Prior to joining 3i, Menno held a broad range of international managerial positions within Heineken. He has an MSc in Electrical Engineering from Delft University of Technology and an MBA from IMD, Switzerland. Menno formerly sat on the Board of Directors of Dockwise, ABX Logistics, Refresco, De Telefoongids and YBR.

Christophe is a portfolio manager for the Private Equity Fund of Funds group and co-leads AIP's secondary team. He joined Morgan Stanley AIP in 2008 to launch and invest AIP's first dedicated secondary private equity fund and has 18 years of relevant industry experience. Christophe has over 10 years of experience as a principal investor in the private equity asset class. Christophe's prior professional experience includes four years as a senior investment director responsible in a global secondary investment fund and three years at Permira,sourcing and executing buyout investments in the TMT sector in Europe. Prior to Permira, he worked for five years at Broadview (now Jefferies), the global M&A and private equity advisor, as a principal. He started his career in investment banking at Goldman Sachs and BNP in Hong Kong. He holds an MBA from Ecole Superieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP). Christophe is a native French speaker.

David York is Managing Director of Top Tier Capital Partners. He is responsible for the day-to-day management of the firm, and the development and growth of its funds of funds and co-investment offerings. Mr. York currently serves on fifteen venture capital fund advisory committees. Prior to the formation of Top Tier, Mr. York was a Managing Director with Paul Capital, overseeing the firm’s venture capital fund of funds offerings. Before joining Paul Capital, Mr. York was Managing Director of Equity Capital Markets Trading Services at Chase H&Q, which provided exit strategies to the worldwide private equity community. Prior to H&Q, he managed Volpe Welty & Company’s Corporate and Venture Services Group, and founded the Specialty Equity Transaction group at Drexel Burnham Lambert. Mr. York began his career as an Executive Consultant at Paine Webber. He received his B.S.E. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.

Kate Gulliver is the Managing Partner of PepCo Services LLP. PepCo is a leader in providing procurement advice and delivering savings to leading European private equity houses and their portfolio companies. Kate is responsible for service delivery to the private equity companies and the overall management of PepCo.

PepCo was founded by Bridgepoint Capital in 1999 and now services 28 leading Private Equity houses and their portfolios.

Gunter joined AlpInvest Partners in 2007 from Lehman Brother's Investment Banking Division in London, where he was an Executive Director responsible for advising clients primarily on transactions in the media and communications sector in Germany, Austria, the UK, Scandinavia, and the Benelux working also closely with many private equity investors. Bringing 10 years of related experience to AlpInvest Partners, Gunter is responsible for sourcing, evaluating, and executing secondary private equity transaction opportunities across Europe with a particular focus on German speaking Europe, the UK and Italy.

Gunter received a master in business and economics from Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration. He is an Austrian national.

Julie joined CPPIB in 2007 and is focused on assessing and managing primary fund commitments and secondaries investments on a global basis.

Ms. Gray sits on a number of Advisory Committees and is responsible for CPPIB’s European fund investment activities.

Prior to joining CPP Investment Board, Julie worked with The Boston Consulting Group.

USS is the principal pension fund for the UK university sector with in excess of 250,000 members and approximately £28 billion in assets. USS has targeted a 20% allocation of total assets into alternatives over the medium term and currently has approximately £3 billion invested across private equity, infrastructure and hedge funds. Mike has overall responsibility for the Alternatives programme and is Chairman of the Alternatives Investment Committee. He is also a member of the Asset Allocation Committee and the Management Committee for the London Investment Office.

Prior to joining USS, Mike spent the majority of his career at Shell Pensions Management Services Limited in a variety of investment roles, latterly as the Head of Strategy. Mike serves on a number of advisory boards for private equity funds and is also Deputy Chairman of the Private Equity Investors Association and a member of the BVCA Responsible Investment Advisory Board.

Mike graduated with a first class honours degree in Economics from the University of Warwick where he was awarded the John Brack Memorial Prize for Applied Economics. He is an Associate of the CFA Society of the UK.

Prior to co-founding Citadel Capital in 2004, Mr. El-Khazindar was Executive Director of Investment Banking at EFG-Hermes, where he advised on key transactions including the IPOs of Orascom Construction Industries, Ezz Steel and Orascom Telecom. In 1999, he was on secondment to Goldman Sachs in London, where he advised European firms on strategic options and M&A transactions. Mr. El-Khazindar sits on the boards of leading regional companies including ASEC Holding and El Sewedy Cables. He is the Chairman of the Capital Markets and Investment Committee at the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt and a board member of the Egyptian Capital Markets Association. He holds a BA in Economics from the American University in Cairo and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Sam is a partner with Pioneer Point Partners LLP, a private equity firm focused on growth investments in the European lower mid market. Recent investments including Peak Gen Power Limited, which is acquiring and building a portfolio of peaking power plants across the UK based on long term contracts with National Grid, and Masotina spa, a leading paper and waste recycling company in Northern Italy. Current areas of interest include flexible power generation and waste water treatment in Europe.

Sam has been investing in the energy and environmental sectors for a decade. He was a founding board member of Zephyr which became the leading UK onshore and offshore wind farm owner and operator, holding approximately 21% of the UK’s operating wind farms at the time of its successful exit. The deal became an industry template and received Project Finance International’s “Power Deal of the Year”, Euromoney’s “European Renewable Deal of the Year” and Power Finance and Risk’s “Best Global Renewable Energy Deal” awards. Sam was also involved in buying a controlling stake in AccuRead, the leading UK multi-utility metering business, which was also successfully exited.

Sam joined Englefield Capital, a European mid-market private equity firm, as a non founding partner in 2003 along with four other colleagues from Morgan Stanley. At Englefield, Sam pioneered investments in the energy and environment sectors until he left to pursue what is now Pioneer Point Partners in 2008. He was previously with Morgan Stanley Private Equity in London, from 1999 to 2003, where he was Vice President and member of the Global Investment Committee. Prior to business school, Sam was an Associate with Freeman Spogli, a leading US mid-market private equity firm, and an investment banking Analyst with Salomon Brothers.

Sam received his MBA as a Baker Scholar from Harvard Business School, and graduated summa cum laude from the University of Southern California, where he received a BS in Business Administration. He was a recent Chairman of Young Presidents’ Organization’s (YPO) London Westminster Chapter.

2011 Challenge: 

The biggest challenge is continuing to achieve 3x plus equity returns from growth combined with significant downside protection. Pioneer achieves this by being very proactive in our deal sourcing methodology, being pioneers and picking subsectors ahead of the crowds, completing detailed subsector analysis including changes in regulation and industry dynamics, conducting tens of interviews with industry executives and players. We are happy to get involved in situations which may not look like a ‘deal’ but we work hard on filling in the key missing pieces and hand-craft it to a fully baked proprietary deal. Over 90% of our historic deals have been off market and we plan to keep this ratio which is hard work but achievable.

The recycling company Pioneer acquired this year in Milan is a good example. It did not have a CEO, business plan or even consolidated financials when we met them almost 3 years ago. We helped them recruit a well respected professional CEO, worked with him for almost a year on developing a business plan and did our financial analysis bottom up starting with invoices. As a result, we managed to acquire control of a company with 2 unique sites in a major European city at a substantial discount to historic multiples in this sector.

Why Capital Creation: Network with LP’s and other GP’s and get some insights into market trends.

Wants to meet: LP’s who similar to us like growth, focus on downside protection and sector based approach to investing in the European lower mid market.

As Head of Infrastructure at Hermes GPE, Peter Hofbauer is responsible for all of the firm’s relationships with managers active in the infrastructure sector and for coordinating the analysis, due diligence and monitoring of Hermes GPE's infrastructure investments.
Peter has over 25 years’ experience in infrastructure investment and management. He was previously Global Head of Infrastructure at Babcock & Brown, where he spent 20 years and held various roles specialising in alternative asset investment and management including Head of Public Private Partnerships (PPP), London and Head of Infrastructure & Project Finance, Australia. Peter commenced his career with Price Waterhouse in 1980 and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1985 before joining Westpac Banking Corporation in 1985 as Associate Director specialising in project finance and advisory services.

Mark Florman is Chief Executive of the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA).

He joined The Northern Trust Bank, Chicago, in 1981 where he co-founded the interest rate swap business in America and worked in corporate banking, US T-Bills and money & capital markets. From the mid-1980s as a Director of County Bank and then as a Partner of Enskilda Securities, he advised on corporate restructurings, M&A and equity capital markets.

In 1992 Mark founded Maizels, Westerberg & Co which became the leading independent firm in M&A and corporate restructurings. Maizels established advisory businesses in shipping and structured finance and in principal investing.

Between 2001 and 2008 he was Senior Principal at the European private equity firm, Doughty Hanson. He served as Vice Chairman and later Chairman of LM Glasfiber, today the world’s leading manufacturer of blades and components for wind turbines.

Away from his business activities, Mark has been active in politics, advising the UK Conservative Party on strategy and financing, and was Senior Deputy Treasurer of the Conservative Party.

Last year he became Chairman of the Centre for Social Justice, a think-tank which pioneers new approaches to combat poverty at home and abroad and an organisation which he co-founded in 2004. In addition, he remains non-executive vice chairman of 8 Miles, a new $500m private equity fund for Africa which he co-founded with Sir Bob Geldof.

Mark graduated from the London School of Economics. He is married and has three daughters.

Dorte is secretary general of the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA).

Dorte is a member of EVCA’s 12-strong Public Affairs Executive (PAE) which led the industry's campaign around the AIFM Directive; and a member of the advisory board to the German Federal Minister of Education and Research, where she holds responsibility for “financing of innovation”. She was previously Managing Director of the German private equity and venture capital association, the Berlin-based BVK. Before that, she was head of communications at Germany’s largest and most influential think-tank, the German Institute of Economic Research, (DIW Berlin)

Phil is a Director with PricewaterhouseCoopers, joining in 2005 to lead the Financial Services team within the Sustainability & Climate Change practice. Phil has worked extensively with Financial Services sector clients, and since 2009 has focused exclusively on assisting Private Equity (PE) House clients with their environmental, social and governance (ESG) opportunities and challenges.

Phil’s work with PE Houses has encompassed responsible investment strategy, policy and procedures development, including electronic tools for screening new investments for ESG risks and opportunities. He and his team have also developed an approach to identifying value-enhancing ESG initiatives, then working with portfolio management teams to validate and implement them.

Phil joined from Barclays Bank Plc, where he gained extensive experience and expertise in financial, environmental and “corporate responsibility” (CR) management. A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, he trained initially as a retail and corporate banker, before becoming involved in the environmental and social agendas in the early 1990s, when establishing Barclays Environmental Risk Management Unit. He was later Group Environmental Director of Barclays plc.

2011 Challenge: To demonstrate that it is possible to define a consistent methodology to ascribe a value to the environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives implemented by portfolio companies. The business case for taking action on ESG issues would then be more universally accepted!

Why Capital Creation: This will be my first visit, but judging by the testimonies of past delegates and speakers, it looks to be THE place to meet key representatives of the PE industry and to learn more of the issues currently being faced.

Wants to meet: GPs and LPs interesting in discussing the challenge of addressing ESG risks and opportunities in their businesses.

Mr. Murphy joined Citadel Capital, the leading private equity firm in the Middle East and Africa with more than US$ 8.6 billion in assets under control, in 2008. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Murphy was head of private placements at Citigroup Global Markets. With more than 20 years of experience in private equity fundraising and investment banking, Mr. Murphy held a range of positions with Salomon Brothers / Salomon Smith Barney in New York, Tokyo and London starting in 1985. Originally a mergers and acquisitions specialist who headed Salomon’s European M&A practice in the early 1990s, Mr. Murphy’s career has covered a wide range of advisory as well as public and private fundraising activities. He executed Salomon’s first lead-managed IPO in Europe and has handled yankee and convertible bond funding and private placements for both general partners and private companies. Before re-joining Citigroup in 2001, he held the post of Managing Director of E*Trade International Capital, where he was, among other things, responsible for setting up the company’s online distribution of equity offerings via its web portal.

Simon joined Actis in 2006. He is Head of Actis’s Portfolio Group for Africa and Latin America focusing on Actis’s value-add to its portfolio of investee companies. Simon is currently based in the Johannesburg office. Before this position, Simon was based in Lagos as the Head of Actis West Africa from 2006 - 2009.

Prior to Actis, Simon was founder and CEO of Virgin Nigeria, the private sector flag carrier airline for Nigeria. His earlier career was with S.G. Warburg, Boston Consulting Group, British Airways and in various entrepreneurial ventures in Europe and the Middle East.

Simon holds a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford and an MBA from INSEAD in France.

Andrew Brown is a Managing Director and the Chief Investment Officer for Emerging Capital Partners (ECP). With seven funds and over $1.8 billion under management, ECP is a leading private equity manager focused exclusively on Africa. Headquartered in Washington DC, ECP has six offices across Africa and over a decade of successful investing experience in companies operating in over 40 countries on the continent. Mr. Brown is responsible for overseeing the firm's investment process including deal sourcing, transaction execution, investment management and exit. He is based in ECP's Paris office.

Andrew joined ECP in May 2011 from Amundi Private Equity Funds where he was the Chief Investment Officer of the Kantara Fund a €150m buy out and expansion capital fund investing in North Africa. Andrew started working in emerging market private equity in 1998, when he joined CDC in London specialized in telecoms and infrastructure investments in Africa, Asia and Latin America. After the creation of Actis, an emerging market private equity investor, from CDC, Andrew became Actis's Egypt country manager based in Cairo. Prior to working in private equity, he worked as a management consultant for Coopers & Lybrand in London specialized in telecoms and media and latterly as Associate Director in Zambia specialized in privatization.

Andrew is a qualified chartered accountant (ACA prizewinner) and holds a degree in English Language and Literature from the University of Durham (UK). He is a British citizen and speaks English and French.

Michael Nouril is a Partner in the Corporate Department, resident in the London office and a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity and Private Investment Funds Groups.

Michael has handled a wide range of private equity, M&A, and other corporate transactions involving numerous industry sectors in over 15 years of practice. He has an extensive background in UK and international private equity deals, including leveraged and management buyouts, public to privates, strategic investments, growth capital, and venture capital. He also is an experienced M&A lawyer with a forte in complex multijurisdictional transactions as well as all other forms of corporate transactions, including joint ventures, public bids, real estate asset-based deals, and seller auction processes.

Michael is an adviser to a wide variety of clients, including private equity funds, hedge/hybrid funds, quoted and non-quoted companies, corporate finance/intermediaries and management teams, entrepreneurs and family offices.

Paul’s principal responsibilities lie in advising financial institutions around the globe on key aspects of risk and regulation.

Paul has led a variety of financial institution engagements throughout his career ranging from the design and implementations of enterprise-wide risk management programs to various operational risk (Basel II) advisory services including framework design, gap analysis, risk financing and transfer optimization, and capital allocation.

His financial institution clients range from global banking groups to specialist finance companies, insurance firms and international asset managers.

Paul holds a PhD in Economics and a post –graduate diploma in Risk Management.

Prior to joining the CPP Investment Board, Yann worked at Paul Capital Partners in private equity. He previously worked at CIBC World Markets and at JP Morgan Chase.

Yann holds a B. Comm from Dalhousie University. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst charterholder.

Philip joined August Equity in 2004 and has 20 years private equity experience. He recently led the investments in Active Assistance, Enara, Funeral Services Partnership, Healthcare Homes Group, Lifeways Community Care and Rixonway. Philip is a member of the Investment Committee.

Philip joined August Equity from JPMorgan Partners where he was involved in both the European and US private equity markets and went on to establish its European healthcare practice. Prior to this, Philip spent eight years at 3i where he completed investments across many sectors.

Philip has an honours degree in English from Oxford University.

David W. Tegeler is a Partner in the Corporate Department and co-head of the Private Investment Funds Group. He concentrates on representing private investment funds in a broad range of matters, including fund formations, buy and sell side secondary transactions, direct secondary transactions, restructurings and governance issues. He also has a substantial practice representing U.S. and non-U.S. institutional investors and investment advisors in their investments in all types of private investment funds.

Over the last three years, David managed teams of lawyers who have closed over 45 fund formation projects, with more than $18 billion raised. He has extensive experience in structuring all kinds of funds, including venture, buyout, fund of funds and secondary funds, as well as international funds.

In addition to his client work, David takes an active role in the private investment funds community. He gives numerous lectures and is a member of various boards and panels for events focusing on the subject and is a frequent contributor to industry publications. David has been a speaker at private investment fund industry events, including the Private Equity International COO & CFO Forum, the Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst Conference, SuperInvestor, SuperReturn International and the IBA Conference on Private Investment Funds, among others.

David has received numerous accolades for his private investment funds work. Chambers Global listed him as one of the “World's Leading Lawyers” and Chambers USA named him one of “America's Leading Business Lawyers,” each for seven years, and he was selected as one of the world’s leading practitioners in the field by The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers in each of the last ten years. He also has been recognized in US Legal 500 for the last three years, been recommended in the PLC Cross-Border Private Equity Handbook for private equity/venture capital representation, and has been selected for inclusion in the Massachusetts Super Lawyers directory for five years.

As CEO and co-founder of Secondcap, François delivers the strategic vision for SecondaryNet, the first independent, online platform for secondaries with execution tools to manage your transactions. SecondaryNet facilitates buyers and sellers of LP interests to transact through a highly efficient, GP centric process and presents the most meaningful network of market participants (GPs, LPs and advisors). Previously, Francois was a Partner at Fondinvest, a €2Bn Fund-of-Funds and sourced large numbers of global primary and secondary private equity funds.

Mrs. Trocmé-Le Page is responsible for generating new business, identifying qualified potential limited partners, and is the "lead partner" on engagements.

She has 19 years of experience in the investment business, and 12 years in private equity.

Prior to co-founding GPE, Mrs. Trocmé-Le Page was an Associate Director at Crédit Agricole Indosuez where she worked with Patrick Petit in managing the bank's worldwide private placement business.

Prior to this, Mrs. Trocmé-Le Page was a Senior Vice President with Crédit Agricole in charge of large U.S. Institutional clients. Mrs. Trocmé-Le Page began her career in New York as a financial analyst on Wall Street.

Mrs. Trocmé-Le Page has an MA in Finance from Paris-Dauphine, and an MBA from University of New York, Baruch College.

Dan has 26 years of experience in legal matters relating to private equity and other financial transactions and has been responsible for negotiating and structuring terms and conditions governing all portfolio investments in the Danske PEP I-IV funds-of-funds. Dan serves on the advisory committees of Close Brothers Private Equity Fund VI and VII. Furthermore, Dan serves on the LP Platform Council of the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA) and has served on the Legal Affairs Committee of the Danish Venture Capital and Private Equity Association.

Dan’s focus on negotiating and drafting commercially minded contractual relationships ensures an ongoing alignment of interest between Danske Private Equity, its investors and portfolio funds. Before joining Danske Private Equity, Dan was Head of the Legal Section in Danske Securities Corporate Finance, where his duties included due diligence on and monitoring of equity fund investments made by the Danske Bank Group, and advising clients on a range of transactions involving private equity funds. Prior to heading the legal section of Danske Securities, Dan held various legal positions within Danske Bank (HandelsBanken).

Dan holds a masters degree in law from the University of Copenhagen.

Alex Munteanu has experience in buyouts, expansions, restructurings and realizations in EE, in particular in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus and Moldova. Alex Munteanu joined Dragon Capital, the largest investment house in Ukraine, in 2008.

Alex Munteanu worked for the National Bank of Moldova, World Bank in Washington, D.C. and Horizon Capital.

He holds a Master`s Degrees from Columbia University in NY and a Master’s Degree from Moscow University.
He is President-founder of Alliance Française of Moldova and Co-Chairman of the Business Advisory Council (BAC) for Southeastern Europe. Knight of Légion d’honneur of France.

2011 Challenge: Fund raising is the main challenge, especially for primary funds. The growth has resumed in CEE, need to go quick after the new opportunities while staying hands-on with the current portfolio in a volatile environment.

Why Capital Creation: A very friendly and professional crowd, nice atmosphere, good preparatory work by organizers.

Wants to meet: Peer GPs operating in different geographies to discuss recent trends and LPs, especially institutional investors, willing to consider new opportunities.

Gillian joined British Airways Pension Investment Management Ltd in March 2008 and is responsible for managing the private equity portfolios for the two British Airways pension schemes. She began her private equity career in 1987 when she developed and managed the private equity portfolio for the Greater Manchester Pension Fund. In the following years she spent time with William Mercer as a senior consultant where her role included advising pension funds on private equity strategy and investment. At Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, Gillian led the European investments made by its first fund of funds before moving to Hermes Private Equity to lead the fund investing team. After leaving Hermes she set up Tandem Private Equity which subsequently became Mithras Capital Partners.

Gillian is a member of the EVCA’s LP Platform Council and is this group’s representative on the Public Affairs Executive of the EVCA. She is also a member of the BVCA’s LP Advisory Board. Gillian holds an MA (Hons) in Politics & Economics from the University of Edinburgh.

Gerhard Nordemann is Managing Partner and co-founder of Gilde Equity Management (GEM) Benelux, a leading independent Benelux mid-market buyout fund. GEM Benelux manages EUR 500 million across various funds. In 2010 it raised its latest EUR 200 million fund, which focuses on transactions valued between EUR 25 and EUR 150 million. GEM Benelux invests in businesses alongside entrepreneurial management teams and in companies in which it can truly add-value and where GEM Benelux is the natural owner.

Since Gerhard founded GEM Benelux in 1996, he led many of the transactions that the firm completed. He has intimate knowledge about the food and manufacturing industry in which he has completed many successful buyouts. Examples of investments include Johma Hamal, the leading Benelux salad producer and marketer, owning strong brand names like Delio, Johma and Hamal; Dunlop Protective Footwear, the European market leader in protective footwear operating under the Dunlop brand and HG International, a branded supplier of specialist cleaning products in Belgium, The Netherlands and the UK .

Before founding GEM Benelux, Gerhard worked at The Alcar Group in London - a US consultancy firm specialized in company valuations - and at KPMG Corporate Finance where he was responsible for valuations, company takeovers and financial reorganizations.

Gerhard studied Financial Economics at the Free University of Amsterdam, where he graduated in 1991.

Lars Terney holds an MBA, with honors from Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, USA (1994) and a BS in management and economics from Odense University, Denmark.

Prior to joining Nordic Capital in 2008 as Partner with responsibilities for the Danish investment advisory activities, Lars spent almost 14 years with The Boston Consulting Group, where his was a Senior Partner & Managing Director, responsible for BCG’s Danish office for almost 8 years. He also worked 1½ years in Malaysia and 2½ years within sales at then Digital Equipment Corporation, Denmark, now HP.

Lars is the Chairman of EG A/S, an IT service company that Nordic Capital acquired from IBM (main owner) and delisted from the Danish Stock Exchange during summer 2008 .

Up until recently, Lars was also the vice chairman of Falck A/S, a global emergency and assistance service provider recently sold by Nordic Capital.

Dr. Benedikt Weiser advises on all aspects of asset management, regulated and unregulated funds, private equity, general M&A and corporate law. He focuses on advising both investors and fund sponsors on the structuring and formation of investment funds (private equity, real estate, infrastructure, mezzanine and hedge funds) and related tax and regulatory matters in all relevant fund jurisdictions. Benedikt has particular expertise in accompanying investments of German insurance companies and other regulated investors. He has in-depth experience in structuring and implementing fund-of-fund and multiple-tier structures, fund-platforms for indirect investments and tax efficient structured products.

JUVE, the German legal guide, has named Benedikt a "frequently recommended lawyer" and recognized his practice as a valued and established name for investment funds and regulatory matters. Benedikt is praised by Legal 500 EMEA 2011 for his “notable expertise in innovative fund structures.” “Clients enjoy working with Benedikt Weiser of Mayer Brown LLP” – Chambers Europe 2011.

Joe is the Head of CI Business Development in the Corporate Clients department of Kleinwort Benson, a leading fund administrator and custodian in the Channel Islands. Joe has been with Kleinwort Benson for 11 years.

Joe was educated at Elizabeth College in Guernsey before going to University in Aberdeen. He graduated with a degree in French and Spanish in 1995. On his graduation he returned to Guernsey and joined PricewaterhouseCoopers in 1996 where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1999.

Joe is a member of:
Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales,
Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners and
Chartered Institute of Securities and Investments.

He is also:
Chairman of the Guernsey Investment Fund Association Marketing sub-committee
Member of the Guernsey Investment Fund Association Executive and is a
Director of Kleinwort Benson (Channel Islands) Fund Services Limited.

Joe’s principal areas of interest are:

Investment fund administration and custody for both open and closed ended schemes across all asset classes but in particular alternatives such as funds of hedge funds, private equity and property funds.

Joe lives in Guernsey with his wife Sandra, three sons and a daughter.

Frederik Wijsenbeek joined Teachers’ Private Capital in 2010 with more than 10 years of mid-market private equity experience across Europe and North America. He is now responsible for direct and lead private equity efforts in Europe. Previously, Frederik was a partner at Englefield Capital, a €1.8 billion European mid-market private equity fund based in London, and served on the boards of five Englefield portfolio companies. Prior to this, he spent four years in New York at Securitas Capital, a global private equity fund focused on the financial services industry, where he was involved in investments across North America and Europe.
Frederik earned a BA (with Distinction) from Stanford University and has completed multiple Executive Education programs at Harvard Business School.

Martin Calderbank is Managing Partner at Agilitas Partners, a pan European mid-market firm which focuses on transformational investments in regulated industries. With 15 years experience in private equity, Martin focuses on the unique attribute of private equity over other equity models: the ability to support strong managers leading their companies through transformational change.

Before founding Agilitas, Martin was a founding partner of Stirling Square Capital Partners (2002), and Martin worked at Compass Partners International (1999). Martin entered private equity with Candover Investments plc in London (1994), and started his career with McKinsey & Co. (1989) in London and Paris.

Martin speaks English and French. He graduated in Mathematics from Cambridge University and received an MBA degree from Harvard Business School.