Pre-Conference Fund Raising Forum
Monday 15th September 2008
LP Perspectives & Fundraising Strategies to Adapt to New Market Conditions
There is little doubt that economic conditions have forced institutional investors to rethink their investment strategy and made fundraising more challenging for private equity firms. Focusing on enhancing institutional investor knowledge of the asset class, the day will also examine how private equity firms can boost fundraising activities by through improved strategies while taking into account current investor motivation. The Fund Raising Forum provides the perfect forum for investors to discover more about the asset class while giving them access to the top funds that are currently looking to raise capital. All attendees will have the opportunity to directly contribute to the debate and channel the course of discussion.
| 11:15 | Registration and morning coffee |
| 12:00 | Lunch: Join your peers for the perfect start to the Fund Raising Forum |
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Bjarne is the Chief Investment Officer at the Danish Labour Market Supplementary Pension (ATP) and Chairman of Private Equity Partners. Bjarne Joined ATP in April 1999. He holds an MA in Economics and previously held positions in the Danish Central Bank, the Ministry of Finance, and Realkredit Denmark. |
| 13:45 | Avoiding the Pitfalls When Approaching the Co-Investment Market Given Current Market Conditions
James Pitt is a Managing Director of Lexington Partners and head of European private equity co-investments based in London. He joined Lexington in 2006 from AXA Private Equity where he was responsible for a range of private equity activities within the firm’s $10 billion private equity programme.
Piers joined Candover in 2003. He came from the Boston Consulting Group, where he worked for seven years as a management consultant, specialising in the retail and telecommunications sectors.
John is the CEO and a Director of Altius. He is responsible for the overall strategy and financial planning of the firm, plans the marketing strategy and directs the client relationship responsibilities. Robert Mason, Robert joined Lord North Street in May 2007 and has responsibility for Private Equity investments. In 1983 joined he joined JP Morgan where he started the European Leveraged Transaction Group for the bank in 1987. In 1989 he founded European Acquisition Capital, an independent Private Equity investment firm. |
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Ilona is responsible for origination, due diligence, and monitoring of buyout and venture capital investments in Europe. Prior to joining WPMG, she worked in corporate bond research, most recently as Vice President with Morgan Stanley (London). Ms. Brom was also previously with ABN AMRO Bank in Amsterdam.
Alison joined AlpInvest Partners in 2005 from The Boston Consulting Group, where she provided strategy and organizational advice to leading companies in Europe. Previously, Alison was an associate at Focus Ventures, responsible for investments in software and internet-related companies. She has also worked in marketing and business development for USWeb, an Internet consultancy. At AlpInvest Partners, Alison is responsible for sourcing, evaluating, and executing fund opportunities in Europe. Marc der Kinderen, Marc co-founded 747 Capital and co-manages the day-to-day operations. He oversees the investment professionals, and is actively involved in the fund manager selection process. Steven van de Wall, Senior Portfolio Manager, Delta Lloyd Asset Management
Steven is Head of Alternative Investments within Delta Lloyd Asset Management and responsible for Delta Lloyd's investment activity in Private Equity. These activities include investing as a Limited Partner in fund of funds and single funds (primary and secondary) as well as co-investments and strategic participations in companies not quoted on the stock exchange. |
| 14:45 | LP Strategies for Optimising Private Equity Returns
Andrew joined Campbell Lutyens in 1990 and became the Managing Partner in 2003. He also leads the firm’s financial advisory activities which focus on secondary transactions and fund restructurings. Previously he was responsible for developing the firms activities in fund placement.
Peter is a member of the Investment Committee manages the day to day activity of Standard Life European Private Equity Trust. He currently manages in excess €6.0 billion of private equity money on behalf of around 100 clients worldwide.
Greg is a Partner at Adams Street Partners primarily specialising in the sourcing and execution of secondary investments. He also is also a key contributor in all fund investment decisions for the firm. Erwin Roex, Prior to joining Coller Capital, Erwin also established a London office focused on mid-market buyouts for Alpinvest and founded Alpinvest Mezzanine. Before this, Erwin was Managing Director Structured Finance at WestLB Europa and the bank’s risk manager for Benelux. Erwin has been a non-executive director of numerous companies, and has sat on the advisory boards of Lexington Partners and Intermediate Capital Group. |
| 15:15 | Coffee Break |
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Andrew is a Managing Director and co-heads the Capital Dynamics Co-Investment team. He has over 20 years’ private equity investing experience. Andrew joined GE Capital in 1988 and held a number of senior positions in Europe and the USA before becoming CEO of the European private equity activities of GE Capital |
| 16:15 | How to Effectively Prepare for Making Investments in First Time Funds
Chairman: Graham McDonald, Graham McDonald is Head of Fund Investments within Bank of Scotland Corporate and is responsible for the Bank's investment activity in Private Equity. These activities include investing as a Limited Partner in Primary and Secondary Funds as well as Co-Investment activity. Co-Investment activities include underwriting and syndications. In addition, the Fund Investment Business is responsible for building relationships and the provision of debt products at GP level and Fund level. Craig Donaldson, Craig has over 16 years experience in advising institutional investors on global alternative investment strategies. His responsibilities have included acquisitions and disposals, portfolio management, financial analysis, fundraising and client service.
Prior to joining Rho, Gordon managed the private equity investment effort for the National Bank of Kuwait in New York. Previously, Gordon was with GCC Investments in Boston, focused on direct growth investments. Gordon received an MBA from the University of Chicago.
Jason launched Europe’s first Leisurecfund of €250 mns in 2008 supported by over 30 UK and European leisure senior executives and some leading individual private equity investors to target lower mid-market companies within attractive segments of the European sector .He led the top –ranked UBS Travel and Leisure team which he founded for nine years, some of whom have joined KPC. The fund has had a First “ trade “ close of €70mns before the summer and have made two first investments. |
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Jeryl has worked in the venture capital industry since 1987. She spent ten years with the London-based venture group, Abingworth and four years at the fund-of-funds manager, VenCap International, as Director, Fund Investments, growing the venture fund investment activities in the USA and developing and implementing the strategy for European private equity fund investment.
Rod joined Hermes Private Equity in April 2002. Prior to that he had been a Managing Director for Bridgepoint Capital (previously NatWest Equity Partners prior to the buyout from Natwest). Rod had been at Bridgepoint for 11 years where he headed up the UK Regional offices and latterly had responsibility for fund-raising. Prior to Bridgepoint he was with 3i for 9 years. Michael Dymond Michael joined AIG Global Investment Group as an Associate in 2007. He is responsible for sourcing, performing due diligence, analyzing and monitoring private equity fund investments. Klaus Matzka,
Richard Sachar is Managing Director of Almeida Capital. Richard has 18 years experience in private equity placement, fund management and consulting. |
| 17:15 | The Impact of the Current Market Environment on Fundraising Strategy and How to Best Adapt
Justin is a Managing Principal in the Park Hill Group, a division of the Blackstone Group and is based in London. He is a member of Park Hill’s private equity and hedge fund distribution team and before joining Park Hill was an Executive Director at UBS Investment Bank in the Private Equity Funds group in London, covering primarily institutional clients throughout Europe.
Erin became Investor Relations Director of 3i Funds in 2005, having joined 3i’s buyout business from Industri Kapital where she had been since 2001. Previously, Erin worked in venture capital as an investment manager in the Nordic Region, after having trained in investment banking at Chase Securities in New York where she was part of the Global Media & Telecom Group.
Xavier, who joined BNP Paribas as head of its fund of funds team, after setting up CPR Private Equity in 1999 to invest in Europe growth capital and buyout funds. In 2004 CPR became part of Crédit Agricole Asset Management and was later renamed Crédit Agricole Asset Management Capital Investors. The fund has €1.2bn ($1.7bn) under management dedicated to private equity fund investment.
Jonny is Global Head Private Equity Fund of Funds and has overall responsibility for Allianz’s indirect private equity activities, operating out of locations in Munich, New York, Singapore and London. Prior to joining Allianz in 2007, Jonny was Chief Executive at Standard Life Investments (Private Equity).
Annette E. Wilson joined Palamon Capital Partners in 1999 and serves today as Investor Relations Director. Prior to taking on the role of Investor Relations Director in 2005, Mrs Wilson served as Palamon’s founding Chief Financial Officer. |
| 17:45 | Chairman’s Closing Address.
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| 18:00 | Wine reception with entertainment |
Vince O’Brien, 
Bjarne Graven Larsen, 
Chairman: James Pitt, 
Piers Dennison, 
John Hess, 
Session Chair: Ilona Brom, 
Alison Esselink, 
Steven van de Wall, 
Chairman: Andrew Sealey, 
Peter McKellar,
Greg Holden, 
Andrew Beaton, 
Gordon Hargraves, 
Jason Katz, 
Session Chair: Jeryl Andrew, 
Rod Selkirk, 
Chairman: Justin Bower, 
Erin Harrell, 
Xavier Caron, 
Jonny Maxwell,
Annette Wilson,
Conference Agenda
Capital Creation 2008 provides you with a unique opportunity to forge new professional acquaintances and strengthen existing relationships whilst debating the challenges and turbulence that current market conditions present. Play an integral role in shaping the direction of the industry over the coming year whilst also benefiting from learning how to maintain or improve rates of returns during increasing market uncertainty.
Day One
Tuesday 16th September 2008
| 08:15 | Registration and morning coffee |
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Mary B. Kuusisto is a partner in the Tax Department of Proskauer Rose and is also a member of the Firm’s Private Investment Funds Group. She currently splits her time between Proskauer Rose’s London and Boston offices. Mary concentrates on tax planning for and structuring of domestic and offshore venture capital, buyout and other private equity financing partnerships, as well as advising those partnerships on operational issues and global investments in tax-transparent and corporate portfolio companies. She also advises investment fund managers and general partner with respects to tax planning, compensation arrangements and economic structures. |
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| 09:30 | How the Mid-Market Needs to Adapt in Order to Cope with the Shock in the Credit Market
Michael co-founded Palamon Capital Partners in 1999 and is Chairman and a member of the Operating Committee. Michael has extensive experience in private equity, built up over the past twenty years.
Ross joined Dunedin in 1994. He has over 20 years private equity experience, including leading the negotiations for the MBO of Dunedin in 1996. His responsibilities include day-to-day management of Dunedin, chairing Dunedin’s investment committee and investor relations.
Vince joined Montagu Private Equity in 1993 from Coopers & Lybrand and has worked in the private equity industry for more than 15 years. An Oxford graduate in Modern History and a qualified Chartered Accountant, Vince is responsible for fund raising and all aspects of investor relations.
Roberto heads PPM Managers, the London based Funds of Funds investment unit of Prudential plc. He is a member of the Advisory Board of several mid-market buy-out funds in Europe and Asia, where PPM has been investing since 2000. Prior to joining in 2002, Roberto was based, for five years, at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development where he was instrumental to the expansion of the US$ 1.5 billion private equity funds programme.
Göran joined CapMan in 2003. Prior to joining CapMan Göran worked for Ahrens Tillväxtkonsulter AB, consulting Sweden’s most rapidly growing companies. He has held a variety of international CEO positions with food packaging companies Tetra Pak and Tetra Laval, media group Bonnier, food producer and marketer Procordia and technology company Toolex Alpha. |
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| 10:00 | The Future Prospects for Global Venture Capital
Simon has been involved with a number of Europe’s most successful technology start-ups and has been involved with the UK venture capital industry since 1995. In 2006 he led the merger of Cazenove Private Equity with Prelude Ventures and in 2007 he completed the next stage of Esprit’s expansion plan, negotiating the partnership with DFJ to form DFJ Esprit. Previously Simon was a partner with Elderstreet Investments and a Director at 3i in Cambridge. |
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| 10:30 | Maintaining Fund Performance: What Can Go Wrong and How to Avoid the Mistakes
Chairman: Richard Green, Richard joined August Equity in 1988 and has been joint Managing Partner of the business since 2000. He has been responsible for the acquisition of many companies, sat on the boards of various portfolio firms and been responsible for leading the fund raising for three limited partnerships.
Prior to founding Activa Capital, Michael has 14 years experience as a specialist on French equities, previously as Director of French equities with UBS Warburg (Paris). Previously Michael worked as a French equity specialist with Bankers Trust Paris (ex-NatWest Markets), was Director of French Equity Sales and Analysis at Nomura Bourse (Paris), which he founded, and was a French equity analyst with Kleinwort Benson, where he established the Paris-based Equity Research Department.
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| 11:00 | Coffee Break and Networking |
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Carol is a member of Pantheon’s International Investment Committee. She is a member of the GIPS (Global Investment Performance Standards) Executive Committee of the CFA Institute.
Christina joined Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) in 2005 and is responsible for investor relations, capital raising and co-investment syndication activities for Europe. Prior to joining KKR, Christina was with HarbourVest Partners.
Chris is Director of Communications, overseeing Permira’s media relations and public affairs activities worldwide. Prior to joining Permira in 2005, Chris spent four years at Almeida Capital/Alt Assets where he launched a research business covering the private equity industry, with a particular focus on servicing the informational requirements of institutional investors.
John joined Bridgepoint in 2007 as the Partner responsible for its Investor Services team. He was previously a managing director at Helix Associates, the private equity placement agents and previously co-founded Yucatan Foods in Santa Monica, California, where he arranged several rounds of equity and debt financings. |
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| 12:00 | The Growing Importance of Private Equity in the Middle East and North Africa Region’s Economic Landscape
Walid joined EFG Hermes Private Equity in 2008 as one of its Managing Partners based out of Dubai Prior to joining EFG-Hermes Private Equity, Walid was an Executive Director with Goldman Sachs in its Investment Banking Division. Mr Zein spent four years with Goldman Sachs in London primarily advising clients in the Telecoms Media and Technology sectors in Europe, the Middle East and Africa on M&A and capital markets transactions. In 2007, Walid relocated to Dubai to participate in building the Goldman Sachs franchise in the Middle East and North Africa. NEW SESSION Presentation details to be announced shortly |
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| 12:30 | Alfresco Lunch on the Terrace |
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Mark has had over 25 year’s international experience in investment banking, mergers and acquisitions and institutional private placement.
Gary is a partner in Scotish Equity Partners and focuses on investing in technology companies in the oil & gas, environmental and cleantech sectors, as well as crosssectoral and later stage companies. Over the past 10 years with SEP, Gary has invested in a wide range of technology businesses, from early through to late stage.
Harold is a managing Partner and founder of Litorina Kapital since 1998. Litorina is a leading Swedish PE firm focusing on acquiring and industrially developing small to mid-sized primarily Swedish companies. Harold Kaiser has been active in the Nordic M&A market since 1985 and involved in numerous transactions in different capacities.
Mario has thirteen years of private equity experience. In Alto Partners, Mario Visioni focuses on deal structuring, execution and monitoring, with significant expertise in financial monitoring and reporting. He has particular expertise in the leather and luxury goods, and leisure and lifestyle sectors. |
How to Add Value to Portfolio Companies in the Lead to Exit
Jane co-founded Equity Dynamics, a private equity focused PR consultancy. Previously Jane headed up the PR and marketing for Barclays Private Equity and other Blue Chip corporates.
Neil MacDougall heads up a team of 50 staff based in offices in London, Munich, Paris and Chicago. He joined PPM in 1989 and was appointed Managing Director in 2004. Neil is a director of Sterigenics International Inc. and TMF Group Holdings B.V. Before joining PPM, Neil was a Strategic Management Consultant at Bain & Co.
Christiian is a Director in the London office and focuses on Investor Relations. Before joining Barclays Private Equity in 2007, Christiian was Investor Relations Director for Mezzanine Management, with responsibility for structuring and marketing mezzanine funds investing across Europe and in the US. .
Ross joined Dunedin in 1994. He has over 20 years private equity experience, including leading the negotiations for the MBO of Dunedin in 1996. |
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Alexey started his career in Moscow based Bank Zenit in 1995 (in 2006, Bank Zenit was ranked 16-th among Russian banks in terms of assets). In 7 years he advanced from a junior trader position to Member of the Board and Head of Investment Banking Department. In 2002, Alexey Panferov was hired by MDM Bank (4-th largest privately owned bank in Russia) to head its IB Department which included M&A, Capital Markets, Trading, Research, FX, Money Markets and Commodities. As a Member of the Board he was also in charge of Treasury and Asset Management. During 4.5 years under Alexey’s management MDM’s IB Department became a market leader in several areas including trading and capital markets.
Before becoming chairman of Cathay Asia Willie was director of Investments at the Prudential Asia Infrastructure Mezzanine Capital Fund. Prior to this he was Director of Global project and structured finance for GE Capital. Mr Kung has over 23 years experience in East Asian finance. Seiko Okuyama, Nikko antfactory specialises in private equity investments, including buyout, venture capital, and secondary investments. Specialising in small to medium-sized investments in Japan. |
Chairman: Klaus Matzka, Klaus has 15 years of entr preneurial and VC experience and is a founding partner of gcp gamma capital partners. Prior to GCP Klaus founded the incubator iLab24 for seed and pre-seed ICT investments.
Kurt has been a successful high-tech entrepreneur and executive for more than 25 years. In 2000 he co-founded Target is now one of the largest early-stage Venture Capital funds in Germany.
Pekka is the managing partner of 3TS and is primarily responsible for general management of 3TS. He is also active in investment structuring, negotiations and portfolio management. Maurizio Caio, Maurizio is a founder and Managing Partner of TLcom Capital LLP, where he has been focusing on communications technology, internet and digital media since the firm’s foundation in 1999 Richard Anton, Richard is a partner at Amadeus Capital Partners Limited, where he specialises in communication and software company opportunities. Since joining in 1998, Richard has taken the lead in many investments and has served as non-executive director on the boards of several portfolio companies. |
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Dr. Bunker is Managing Partner of AVIDA MidCap Management GmbH and responsible for the acquisition, structuring and management of the mid cap private equity activities and has 18 years private equity experience in Germany. Before joining AVIDA Group he worked for a mid cap investment bank in Germany where he was responsible as managing director for corporate private equity investments and turnaround situations. Dr. Bunker studied Management Science in Cambridge and Canterbury and holds a German PhD and a MA (Mphil) degree. |
Re-evaluating the Relevance of Mezzanine During a Global Down-Turn
Lorenzo Lorenzotti, Lorenzo is Managing Director at Altium Capital Gestionhaving joined them in 2005. Prior to this he was at Rolaco Services, as Senior Vice President, responsible for managing a private equity portfolio consisting of over 50 funds
Adrian is the Investment Director at Indigo Capital, a long-established investment management firm specialising in the provision of mezzanine and junior capital to privately-owned European businesses. Adrian focuses on UK and German investments. Tom Attwood, Managing Director, Intermediate Capital Group* |
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Reto Börlin has been leading Partners Group's natural resources efforts for the past 12 months. Prior to that he was a portfolio manager in the listed alternative investments team where he still is a member of both the listed private equity and listed infrastructure investment committee |
Private Equity Fund Services Sekou is a Managing Director and serves as Head of Business Development for JPMorgan Private Equity Fund Services (PEFS), a role he assumed in 2007. |
| 16:00 | Coffee Break and Networking |
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| 16:30 | What State is the Industry in Now and How to Maximise Our Chances of Survival
Jon Moulton is the managing partner of Alchemy Partners and one of the founding fathers of the modern private equity industry. He played a part in setting up Permira, originally an arm of Schroders, in 1985, as well as setting up Alchemy in 1997 after leaving Apax. An outspoken member of the private equity buyout industry and having presented a documentary on the UK's Channel 4 on the credit crisis Jon also won the 2007-8 private equity personality of the year award. During this session Jon will discuss:
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| 17:00 | Disclosure : Walker is Working and Why
Simon is Chief Executive of the BVCA. Between 2003 and 2007 he worked at Reuters and subsequently became director of corporate communications and marketing. Prior to this he was communications secretary to HM The Queen at Buckingham Palace. He was previously director of corporate affairs at British Airways and a non-executive director of Comair Ltd (South Africa). |
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David Strahan is an award-winning business correspondent, investigative journalist and documentary film-maker, with many years experience of popularising some of the most difficult and important stories in business and science. For a decade he reported and produced major investigations for BBC television’s flagship business strand The Money Programme, and for its world-renowned science documentary series Horizon, making highly acclaimed films such as Inside the Enron Scandal and The Moscow Theatre Siege. He is now also the author of a provocative but authoritative book about ‘peak oil’, called The Last Oil Shock. |
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| 20:00 | Capital Creation 2008 GALA DINNER AND COCKTAILS. Until late. You’ve been focussed and hard working all day, so now its time to relax and enjoy yourself! All attendees are invited to attend The Capital Creation Gala Dinner and Cocktail Evening. |
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Mary Kuusisto, 
Chairman: Michael Hoffman, 
Ross Marshall, 
Roberto Pilotto,
Göran Barsby, 
Simon Cook, 
Michael Diehl, 
John Barber, 
Session Chair: Carol Kennedy, 
Christina Pamberg, 
Chris Davison, 
Walid Zein, 
Chairman: Mark Maclean, 
Gary Le Sueur,
Harold Kaiser, 
Mario Visioni, 
Session Chair: Jane Kirby, 
Neil MacDougall, 
Christiian Marriott, 
Alexey Panferov, 
Willie W.L Kung, 
Kurt Müller, 
Pekka Mäki, 
Dr. Anthony Bunker,
Adrian Lurie, 
Reto Börlin, 
Sekou Kaalund, 
Plenary Speech and Discussion led by Jon Moulton, 
Simon Walker, 
David Strahan,
Day Two
Wednesday 17th September 2008
| 08:30 | Registration and morning coffee |
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| 09:00 | Chairman’s Welcome Address
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Eric is Head of Mercer’s European M&A and Private Equity consulting practice and is a Worldwide Partner. He joined Mercer in 2001, to develop the business with private equity firms based in the UK and throughout Continental Europe.
Giuseppe is the CEO of State Street Global Investments and based in Italy and has extensive experience in co-investments with investments across a wide range of industries.
Richard joined August Equity in 1988 and has been joint Managing Partner of the business since 2000. He has been responsible for the acquisition of many companies, sat on the boards of various portfolio firms and been responsible for leading the fund raising for three limited partnerships.
Roberto heads PPM Managers, the London based Funds of Funds investment unit of Prudential plc. He is a member of the Advisory Board of several mid-market buy-out funds in Europe and Asia, where PPM has been investing since 2000. |
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Elly leads Pantheon’s global secondary investment activity and is a member of the Investment Management Committee. Prior to joining Pantheon,
Christiaan is a founder of Headway Capital. Prior to Headway, Christiaan was part of the investment team of Coller Capital where he sourced, evaluated and closed private equity secondary investments. Before Coller Capital, Christiaan worked at Citigroup’s Alternative Investments Strategies in London.
Daniel is an Investment Director at Greenpark Capital, a global private equity secondaries investment advisor based in London. Daniel is responsible for deal sourcing and execution and has over seven years of secondaries investing experience involving transactions world-wide.
Berhard is a Director in Cogent Partner’s London office and advises clients in continental Europe, the UK and the Middle East. Prior to joining the firm, Bernhard was an Associate Principal at McKinsey & Company where he worked for 6 years serving financial services companies and private equity firms on a broad range of strategy and corporate finance topics in multiple geographies including the UK, continental Europe and the Middle East. He was also a leader of McKinsey’s European Banking & Securities practice
Tim is Senior Counsel in the London office of Proskauer Rose. Tim has over 20 years experience in the law, and has principally worked as a Mergers & Acquisitions lawyer on a wide variety of transactions, including: BCCI liquidation; restructurings of Isosceles (now Gateway), IPO of Future Network plc and the formation of DFJ Esprit |
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| 10:15 | Coffee Break and Opportunity to Network |
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Karsten manages Riverside’s European transaction origination activities. He joined Riverside in 2006 and is based in Brussels. From 2000 to 2006, Mr. Langer was Managing Partner of M&A International, an independent corporate finance firm in Brussels. |
How to Optimise Returns as a Private Equity Institutional Investor
Andrew joined Teachers' in 2005 and has been involved in many large transactions Previously, Andrew worked at EdgeStone Capital Partners, Pacific Equity Partners and Bain & Company. Neil Harper, Neil managers Morgan Stanley's Private Equity Fund of Funds group and leads European investment activities from the London office. He has 17 years of relevant industry experience. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley AIP, he was a partner at McKinsey & Company in Europe, North America and Asia. Helen Steers, Helen leads Pantheon's European primary investment activity and is a member of the Investment Management Committee and the European Investment Committee Gillian Brown, Gillian joined British Airways Pension Investment Management Ltd in March 2008. She has over 21 years’ experience in private equity fund investing, having been responsible for managing both fund of funds and pension fund portfolios |
| 11:15 | Listed Private Equity: Alternative or Complement to Limited Partnership Funds
Andrea is the Principal of iPEIT, which seeks to raise awareness and understanding of listed private equity through research and information (www.ipeit.com). Andrea has over 20 years experience in financial services marketing strategy, research and communications. She worked for fund manager GT Management (later INVESCO) in San Francisco and London before launching KL Marketing, an investment management marketing consultancy.
Wilken von Hodenberg joined Deutsche Beteiligungs AG in 2000 as a Member of the Board of Management and its Spokesman. His previous experience includes 15 years in investment banking, as well as three years as the
Neil is a director in the Private Equity funds team at F&C Asset Management plc. Neil joined F&C in June 2005 when the private equity business of Martin Currie was acquired by F&C along with the management contract for Martin Currie Capital Return Trust. Neil is involved in the investment management of F&C Private Equity Trust and F&C European Capital Partners LP as director in supporting the development of F&C’s private equity funds business.
Louisa is a research analyst in the alternative investment funds team at RBS. The team specialises in exchange traded, closed-end investment companies that invest in alternative assets, with a main focus on listed private equity and listed hedge funds. Louisa started her career as a fund analyst at M&G Investment Management, before spending three years as a research analyst at Pragma Wealth Management, a fund of hedge funds. |
What Real Assets Can Bring to Your Portfolio
Chairman: Pete Flynn, Richard Bowley, As Co-founder of Stafford Timberland Richard focuses on internationally diversified timberland fund of funds investments, investing internationally on behalf of specialised, sophisticated institutions. Simon Oddie, Simon has over 30 years' experience in the oil and gas industry, including 21 years of international experience and was a founder partner in the year 2000. He was previously CEO of the Italian subsidiary of Enterprise Oil plc Thomas Rottner, Thomas joined Platina in 2002 from Sithe Energies, responsible for acquisitions in Europe. Platina Finance is a private equity firm specialising in buyouts and renewable energy Richard Noble, Richard has more than 30 years experience in the aircraft manufacturing, marketing and finance industries. He has worked successfully to bring new aircraft financing, marketing and management products to the attention of the world's airlines and financial institutions.
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| 11:45 | Coffee Break and Opportunity to Network |
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Chairman: Pete Flynn, David Seligman, David heads Edmond de Rothschild Private Equity Select, a fund-of-funds team based in that seeks to select the best mid-market LBO funds run by European private equity managers.
Martin is a very experienced private equity investment adviser to institutional pension funds. He previously worked at Strategic Capital Management AG where he had responsibility for the selection of private equity fund investments for institutional client private equity programmes. Originally with ViaNova Capital, the firm has now been integrated within ABN AMRO David Jeffrey, Parish Capital provides access to experienced private equity managers focused on small and niche opportunities. David joined the Parish Capital team in 2006 to head the London office and spearhead the European strategy for the company. |
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James Mawson, James has been editor of Private Equity News since June 2006 and has been covering the sector since 1999 within financial services. |
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Chairman: Eric Warner, 
Giuseppe Campanella, 
Chairman: Elly Livingstone, 
Christiaan de Lint, 
Daniel Green,
Bernhard Engelien, 
Tim Drake, 
Karsten Langer, 
Andrew Claerhout, 
MODERATOR:
Andrea Lowe, 
Wilken von Hodenberg, 
Neil Sneddon, 
Louisa Symington-Mills, 
Martin Dreher,