POST CONFERENCE SPECIALIST SEMINAR
12th December 2008

Fundraising Strategies for 2009 and Beyond

The competition to raise funds is fierce and is likely to intensify in the coming years. How do you stand out from the crowd and differentiate your investment style to maximise investor buy in? In this active seminar session our speakers will provide practical advice and detailed materials to equip you with an understanding of what investors want from you and what fundraising strategies will really work in 2009. Using practical case studies in an interactive forum you can learn about:

• Enhancing investor relations to maintain and win existing and new sources of funding
  
• Understanding the needs and expectations of investors in the current climate
  
• Adopting effective and successful fundraising strategies to ensure that you meet your fund targets and deadlines
  
• Differentiating yourselves from your competitors

Session Lead By:

Nigel Van Zyl,
Partner,
SJ Berwin

Vince O’Brien,
Director,
Montagu Private Equity

Ian Simpson,
Partner,
Amala Partners

Amala provides strategic advice to private equity firms, focusing on capital raising, brand development and marketing and organisational change.  Mr Simpson co-founded Amala in 2008, having spent the previous 15 years as a Director of Helix Associates, a private equity placement agent, which he co-founded in 1993.  Previously, Mr Simpson was a Director of Berkeley Govett (UK) Limited and before that an Associate Director in the Global Private Equity Placement Group at Continental Bank NA.  Over the course of the last 20 years, Mr Simpson has advised and raised capital for a broad range of private equity firms including Graphite Capital, Exponent Private Equity, Bridgepoint Capital, GB Deutschland, Madison Dearborn, Piper Private Equity and Quadriga Capital among others.  Mr Simpson has an MA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford University.

Lucy Nicholls,
Partner,
Adam Street Partners