Our 2013 Speakers Included:

"Bridget is head of the investment funds and financial services group. She advises clients on establishing both onshore and offshore private funds for private equity, real estate, mezzanine, infrastructure, debt, renewable energy, hedge and other types of funds. She has considerable experience acting for both fund managers and also for a variety of investors from both the UK and abroad. In addition, Bridget advises on a variety of financial services and regulatory issues.

Bridget was listed in the table of “Most highly regarded individuals” in the International Who’s Who of Private Fund Lawyers in 2012. She has also been shortlisted for IFLR Women in Business Law awards in the investment funds category in 2011 and as “Female private equity adviser of the year” in the Awards for Excellence in Private Equity Advisory Services, Europe 2010."

"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".

Where I see the biggest opportunity in the market for 2013: Debt like investments, mezzanine, distressed and niche secondaries.

Why I attend Capital Creation: Expanding my network in a pleasant atmosphere.

"Craig Williamson is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. Prior to joining Standard Life in 2002 he was Finance Director of Landal Greenparks in the Netherlands and has gained extensive private equity experience with both Charterhouse Development Capital (1984-1989) and Vista Capital de Expansion (1989-1992). He has a degree in accountancy from Glasgow University.

"Where I see the biggest opportunity in the market for 2013: From the investment point of view there are plenty of opportunities in Europe, especially Northern Europe".

Why I attend Capital Creation: Speaking at CC helps maintain SL Capitals profile with investors and GPs."

"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."

"Dr Jos B. Peeters is Founder and Managing Partner of Capricorn Venture Partners, a Leuven based pan-European manager of venture capital funds seeking to invest in technology-based growth companies. Jos is regarded as one of the pioneers of the European venture capital industry, being active in this area since 1985. Jos is a founder and director of EASDAQ, which is relaunching as Equiduct, a regulated market for secondary trading in Europe. Jos has a PhD in Physics from the University of Leuven. He is a past chairman of the European Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (EVCA), a member of the Global Advisory Board of the London Business School and Chairman of Science@Leuven, the alumni association of the sciences students of the University of Leuven."

"Ferdinand Seibert is the Head of Private Equity at Zurich Alternative Asset Management (""ZAAM""), the New York-based alternative investment arm of Zurich Insurance Group, the Swiss listed company. He is member of the investment committee for the various alternative asset classes invested on behalf of the insurance group's balance sheet.

Prior to moving to ZAAM in 2006, Mr. Seibert was Head of Alternative Investments at Group level in Zurich (Switzerland) for Zurich Insurance Group. His private equity career began at Swiss Life Private Equity as associate, before being promoted to principal and member of its investment committee. Before private equity, he gained 5 years of M&A experience with CS First Boston and BNP Paribas, including secondments to London, Paris, Zurich and Frankfurt.

Mr. Seibert has a Ph.D from the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland) where he was a staff researcher for management strategy, consulting to the automotive sector. He graduated from EM Lyon in Management and from Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences in Engineering."

My major focus for the coming year: Is it worth being contrarian about Europe?

Where I see the biggest opportunity in the market for 2013: Fund secondaries, for our purposes

Why I attend Capital Creation: Reconnect with the European PE scene after the summer

François is a Partner responsible for origination and execution. He focuses on the French and Southern European markets. François joined Coller Capital in 2007 and has been part of the investment team responsible for investing Coller International Partners V and VI. He has sourced or managed a number of the firm’s investments, both direct and LP transactions.Prior to joining Coller Capital, François worked in the Investment Banking division of UBS in London. Previously, he worked at Gimar Finance and PAI Partners in Paris, and at Société Générale in New York. François has an MSc in Engineering from École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in France, and an MBA from INSEAD. He is currently on the advisory committees of CAPE FoF, DFJ Esprit II and Encore.

"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."

"Jonathan Blake is head of the International Private Funds practice and until May 2012 served for two consecutive three year terms as the firm’s Senior Partner. Jonathan joined SJ Berwin in 1982 and has been a partner since 1983. He founded the firm's private equity and private funds practices and was later head of the firm's corporate department. He is a corporate lawyer with a background in tax and with wide ranging experience of M&A, buyouts and capital markets transactions and has advised on numerous private funds.

Jonathan was responsible for negotiating with the Inland Revenue and Department of Trade and Industry the agreed statement and guidelines on the use of limited partnerships as venture capital investment funds. He has served on the Council of the British Venture Capital Association and chaired the EVCA Tax and Legal Committee for 15 years.

In April 2004, Jonathan was admitted to the BVCA Private Equity “Hall of Fame” in recognition of his contribution to the private equity industry over the past two decades. There were only three previous members. This was voted on by 500 of the most prominent people in the UK private equity industry.

In April 2005, Jonathan was named Global Lawyer of the Year for Private Funds by The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers. In December 2007, Jonathan was included in The Lawyer’s “Hall of Fame”. Jonathan is also included in Who’s Who, the leading reference book, which contains biographies of noteworthy and influential individuals. In November 2011, Jonathan was named as one of the 100 most influential people in private equity over the last decade by Private Equity International."

Lars Grinde is Managing Partner of Norvestor Equity where he has been a part of the team since 1991. During his time with Norvestor he has had joint responsibility for the overall management of the team as well as the investment activities. He has been responsible for a large number of acquisitions during this period. Lars is currently on the board of Panorama (the leading Norwegian jeweller chain). Previous board positions include of RenoNorden, ELIXIA, Component Software, Scan Geophysical, Trema and Sonans. Before joining the Norvestor team, he spent 5 years with Price Waterhouse. Lars has a M.Sc. in Business from Hochschule St. Gallen in Switzerland and is a State Authorised accountant from The Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration.

Mr. Dall Nygård (b.1968) joined the Team in 1996. He has 16 years of experience in managing private equity investments in Russia. Mr. Dall Nygård previously headed Norum's offices in St. Petersburg and Arkhangelsk and has had a key role in many of the Team’s successful investments. He now serves as the Head of CapMan Russia, is based in the Moscow office and leads the deal flow generation, investment processes and monitoring of portfolio companies. He also actively participates in transactions both when making the investments and at exit phase. Prior to joining the Team, Mr. Dall Nygård worked for Norwegian-Russian joint venture Forest Finance as controller and deputy director in Far East Russia in 1995. Mr. Dall Nygård is a Norwegian citizen and is fluent in Russian, having trained as a Russian language military interrogator in the Norwegian Army. He has lived in Russia since 1995.

James Pitt is a Partner of Lexington Partners and is responsible for the firm’s European and Asian co-investments within its overall near $4 billion co-investment programme. He is based in London. He joined Lexington in 2006 from AXA Private Equity where he was head of the firm’s London office and responsible for a range of activities within AXA’s private equity programme. He joined AXA in 2002 from J.H. Whitney, one of the oldest US private equity firms, where he was a Managing Director and responsible for European direct private equity investments. Prior to Whitney, he was a Vice President in the Investment Banking Division of Morgan Stanley & Co. in London and New York. Earlier in his career he worked as a strategy consultant at Arthur D. Little and served as a warfare officer in the Royal Navy. James has an MBA from INSEAD in France and a BSc (Hons.) in Operations Research from City University, London.

"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.

My major focus for the coming year: Northwestern Mutual’s focus will be on making commitments to private equity sponsors who will provide strong direct mezzanine and equity co-investment deal flow to Northwestern Mutual.

Where I see the biggest opportunity in the market for 2012-2013: This is a “buyers’ market” for potential LP’s. As a result, LP’s with capital availability will be able to be very selective, and will have the time and GP attention that will allow them to make informed decisions.

Why I attend Capital Creation: I’ve always regarded Capital Creation as an excellent smaller format networking opportunity."

"Martin Dunnett joined Warburg Pincus in 2009. He is a member of the firm’s fundraising and investor relations team. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Dunnett led the private equity group within Wealth Management at UBS, creating the leading team in the industry, building the AUM in PE to $9bn globally over 9 years.

My major focus for the coming year: Keeping the portfolio on track in terms of growth, de-leveraging and exits.

Where I see the biggest opportunity in the market for 2013: Emerging markets, growth transactions and Euro fall out.

Why I attend Capital Creation: Promote the industry and WP. Put a different perspective on PE investing and share our approach. Learn more about the industry."

Mary B. Kuusisto is a Partner in the Tax Department and a member of the Private Investment Funds Group at Proskauer, resident in the Boston office. Mary has over 15 years of experience in the private investment funds industry advising clients on structuring and operations globally, with particular experience in tax-related matters. She also advises investment fund managers and general partners on internal governance, compensation arrangements and economic structures. Mary’s practice involves advising various types of institutional investors on their investments in global private investment funds. She has advised funds of funds, pension funds, endowments and foundations – both U.S. and non-U.S. – in their alternative investment strategies. Mary currently represents the NVCA, a U.S. trade organization for the venture capital industry, in connection with its legislative agenda and lobbying activities, most notably with respect to the U.S. Congress’s recent registered investment adviser and carried interest tax proposals.

Michael is co-heading ACP’s global private equity fund investment team with a focus on investments in Europe. Prior to joining ACP in 2003, he was employed as a senior consultant for venture capital and buyout transactions in the corporate finance division of PricewaterhouseCoopers. Previously, he had started his career as auditor at PwC before he was appointed head of controlling at Yahoo! Deutschland. Michael is representing ACP on a number of fund and industry advisory boards. Michael holds a master degree in business administration from LMU Munich.

"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."

"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.

My major focus for the coming year: Fundraising and due diligence

Where I see the biggest opportunity in the market for 2013: European buyouts

Why I attend Capital Creation: Getting up to date industry insights and networking"

"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.

My major focus for the coming year: Value creation and hopefully exits

Where I see the biggest opportunity in the market for -2013: Small buy-out managers in the Nordic space

Why I attend Capital Creation: Engagement with the attendees and great networking"

"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.

Where I see the biggest opportunity in the market for 2013: New investments in service sectors and businesses that provide outsourcing

Why I attend Capital Creation: To highlight the attractions of investing in the UK mid-market"

Philippe Roesch is Managing Partner with RIAM, an alternative investment firm providing tailored advisory services and managed accounts solutions to select family offices and institutional investors. Philippe has a 19 years’ fund investments as well as co-investments track record gained with reputable investors like Auda, H. Quandt Holding, Triton, DBAG, in Europe, the Emerging Markets and the US.

Pilar Junco is a Managing Director in the London Investor Relations and Business Development Group and is based in London where she is involved with raising capital for Blackstone's funds and managing investor relations in Europe. Ms. Junco is also involved in the firm's relationships with investors, not only at the fund-raising stage, but throughout the life of the various Blackstone funds' activities. Ms. Junco joined Blackstone in 2006 as the Chief Operating Officer of the European Private Equity team where she was responsible for a variety of organizational and operational matters including career development, recruiting and training, staffing of assignments, new business and expansion opportunities and relationships with third party vendors. Before joining Blackstone, Ms. Junco worked at the Boston Consulting Group as a Project Leader in London for three years and at JP Morgan’s Structured Finance teams in London and New York for over four years. She has also worked for the Financial Times, both as a writer and as part of the editorial team. Ms. Junco received an MBA from INSEAD. She graduated from University College London with a B.Sc. in Economics and from the University of Siegen (Germany). She speaks fluent German, Spanish and French.

Tom is a partner in the private equity group in London. He regularly advises private equity institutions, management, general corporates and banks on both UK and international investments, mergers and acquisitions, disposals and restructurings. These include management buyouts, management buy-ins, bimbos, secondary buyouts, public to privates, exits and refinancings, as well as bolt-on acquisitions for portfolio companies and debt for equity swaps. Tom has worked on transactions in many industry sectors throughout his career including the financial services, transport/logistics, infrastructure, healthcare, hotels, media and telecoms, retail, real estate, water and energy sectors.

"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.

My major focus for the coming year: Portfolio management will be critical, ensuring that value creation initiatives are properly executed and that portfolio companies can deal with continued economic uncertainty.

Where I see the biggest opportunity in the market for 2013: Buyouts of defensive businesses headquartered in Northern Europe.

Why I attend Capital Creation: Taking the opportunity to hear what LP’s and GP’s are thinking about the marketplace."

"Vincenzo Morelli is Partner Emeritus and Senior Advisor at TPG Capital. While associated with TPG, since 2005, he has served as Chairman of Mey Içki and of Bally International SA, as well as a Director of TIM Hellas SARL and is presently Vice Chairman of Télédiffusion de France SA (TDF) and Chairman of Republic Retail Limited.

He is also Chairman of the European Private Equity Roundtable (EPER) and Chairman of the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA).Prior to joining TPG, Mr. Morelli was a Partner at Alvarez and Marsal, a Senior Advisor with Clayton, Dubilier and Rice, CEO of Kontron Instruments NV (a company owned by BC Partners) Executive Vice President of FIAT Group - in charge of New Holland, and President of GE Medical Systems-Europe and of Compagnie Générale de Radiologie (CGR)."