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Speakers For 2012<br />
Andrew Musters, Global Head of Private Equity, ROBECO<br />
8 November, 08.15<br />
Before joining Robeco Private Equity at its inception in 2000, Mr. Musters worked for<br />
the Dutch pension fund ABP. Mr. Musters received an MSc cum laude in Industrial<br />
Engineering from the Eindhoven University of Technology and an MA cum laude in<br />
Economics from Tilburg University.<br />
Paul Newsome, Executive Director,<br />
Head of <strong>Invest</strong>ment Selection & Monitoring, UNIGESTION<br />
6 November, Fundraising Summit, 14:30<br />
Paul is also a member of Unigestion’s Private Equity <strong>Invest</strong>ment Committee, having<br />
joined Unigestion in 2002. Paul began his career in 1995 as a Financial Analyst at<br />
Procter & Gamble. He then advised on public and private capital raising for<br />
technology companies at Quartz Capital and later was an investment officer at<br />
BancBoston Capital, making and managing venture capital investments in Europe.<br />
Edmond Ng, Founder & Managing Partner<br />
AXIOM ASIA PRIVATE CAPITAL<br />
9 November, 10.00<br />
Prior to setting up of Axiom Asia, Edmond was a director at Kennen <strong>Invest</strong>ment<br />
Holdings, a boutique advisory firm with a focus on sourcing private equity and real<br />
estate investment opportunities for international investors, and Y Beauty, a Hong<br />
Kong based beauty product company. Edmond was Vice President in GIC Special<br />
<strong>Invest</strong>ments (“GIC SI”), the private equity arm of the Government of Singapore <strong>Invest</strong>ment<br />
Corporation (“GIC”).<br />
Christophe Nicolas, Partner, Secondaries, ALPINVEST<br />
6 November, Secondaries Summit, 10.10<br />
Christophe joined Alp<strong>Invest</strong> Partners in 2012 from Morgan Stanley, where, as one of<br />
the three founders of the business, he helped raise and successfully invest Morgan<br />
Stanley’s first dedicated secondaries fund. Before that, Christophe held principal investment<br />
roles in both secondaries and direct private equity strategies at respectively<br />
Greenpark Capital and Permira.<br />
Luba Nikulina, Global Head of Private Markets<br />
TOWERS WATSON<br />
7 November, Stream B, 14.40<br />
Towers Watson is a global investment consulting firm advising some of the world’s<br />
largest institutional investors, with total assets of more than $2 trillion. Luba has<br />
worked in Towers Watson's offices in London and New York and played an important<br />
role in driving forward Towers Watson’s private markets research, leveraging her<br />
‘hands-on’ experience and taking full advantage of her extensive industry contacts.<br />
Ludvig Nilsson, Managing Director, JADE INVEST<br />
8 November, Stream A, 16.45<br />
Prior to co-founding <strong>Jade</strong> <strong>Invest</strong>, Ludvig was a strategy consultant at<br />
PricewaterhouseCoopers where he focused on commercial due diligence for private<br />
equity clients. Ludvig has experience with a wide range of China focused private<br />
equity investment consulting projects. He has spent over a decade in China working<br />
for both local and international firms including Roland Berger and the Swedish<br />
Consulate’s investment advisory department together with hands on entrepreneurial experience.<br />
Jerome Nommé, Principal, SUN EUROPEAN PARTNERS<br />
7 November, Stream A, 16.00<br />
Jerome is responsible for identifying and leading investments for affiliates of Sun<br />
European Partners, LLP. Sun is a leading private investment firm focused on<br />
leveraged buy outs and other investments in turnarounds, underperfomers and<br />
special situations. Prior to joining Sun, Jerome worked as a Partner within the<br />
Mergers & Acquisitions Group of Ernst & Young Corporate Finance (“EYCF).<br />
Jonas Nyquist, Head of Buyout Fund <strong>Invest</strong>ments<br />
SKANDIA LIFE<br />
6 November, Fundraising Summit, 11.40<br />
Skandia Life has one the largest private equity programs in the Nordic countries.<br />
Jonas is responsible for investments in buyout funds and co-investments in Europe<br />
and North America. Prior to his current role, Jonas was a Management Consultant<br />
with Arthur D. Little where he focused on private equity, strategy development and<br />
due diligence, primarily in the Nordic region.<br />
Mark O’Hare, Founder & Chief Executive, PREQIN<br />
6 November, Fundraising Summit, 09.10 & Secondaries Summit, 14.30<br />
Preqin provides extensive research and data on the entire global alternative assets<br />
industry, covering private equity, private real estate, infrastructure and hedge funds.<br />
Before Preqin, Mark’s initial career was as a Manager with Boston Consulting Group,<br />
where he advised clients in Europe, the US and Africa, across several industries<br />
including financial services, healthcare, retail, industrial and consumer products.<br />
Following BCG he founded Goodall Alexander O’Hare & Co, an independent strategy consulting firm.<br />
In 1993 he founded Citywatch, the UK’s leading shareholder information service, which was acquired<br />
by Reuters in 1998, and now provides a global service on the ownership of listed equities.<br />
Ziad Oueslati, Co-Founder, TUNINVEST<br />
8 November, Stream A, 17.45<br />
Ziad has extensive experience negotiating equity and quasi-equity operations. He<br />
has been responsible for raising several private equity and quasi-equity funds. Ziad<br />
has led the arrangement and placement of over $650 million in private equity funds,<br />
both locally and internationally. Prior to co-founding Tuninvest in 1994, Ziad held<br />
different management positions at Citibank in Tunis, where he was Head of Financial<br />
Institutions and the Capital Markets Department.<br />
Sonya Pauls, Partner, SJ BERWIN<br />
November 7, Champagne Roundtable, 18:30<br />
Sonya specialises in advising national and global fund managers (with a particular<br />
focus on emerging markets) on the structuring and establishment of private equity<br />
and other investment funds. Sonya also represents leading investors in alternative<br />
assets. Sonya additionally focuses on carried interest arrangements and other<br />
questions relating to corporate finance work. She is recognised by Juve, Chambers,<br />
PLC and other global directories for her expertise in fund structuring.<br />
Pierre-Michel Passy, CEO & Founding Partner<br />
EDMOND DE ROTHSCHILD INVESTMENT PARTNERS<br />
(EdRIP)<br />
7 November, Stream C, 15.20<br />
Pierre-Michel joined La Compagnie Financière Edmond de Rothschild 1986 where<br />
he was in charge of private investments before founding EdRIP in 2002. Under his<br />
leadership, EdRIP adopted a specialized approach to successfully investing across 3 strategies: Mid<br />
and Small Cap Growth Capital, and Venture Capital in Life Sciences, and currently has over $1 billion<br />
in assets under management.<br />
Dominique Peninon, Managing Partner<br />
ACCESS CAPITAL PARTNERS<br />
8 November, Stream C, 16.45<br />
Dominique co-founded Access in December 1998, and is overseeing more than EUR<br />
4 billion of assets for institutional clients and high net worth individuals. Dominique<br />
held various positions in the industry at Compagnie Financière Edmond de Rothschild,<br />
Alpha Associés, Natixis Private Equity and BNP Private Equity. He served as<br />
Chairman of the French Venture Capital Association (AFIC) and was a member of the Executive Committee<br />
of the European Venture Capital Association (EVCA) where he was also Chairman of the <strong>Invest</strong>or<br />
Relations Committee.<br />
Peter Pereira Gray, Managing Director, <strong>Invest</strong>ment Division<br />
THE WELLCOME TRUST<br />
7 November, 12.25<br />
Peter Pereira Gray works with a Team managing the £14 billion multi asset global<br />
investment portfolio. Previous roles held were Co Head of the Portfolio Management<br />
team and Head of Property <strong>Invest</strong>ment. Peter has a wide brief, responsible for the<br />
oversight of the <strong>Invest</strong>ment Services, Support and Portfolio Management teams.<br />
Prior to joining the Trust in January 2001, Peter worked for 12 years at Prudential Property <strong>Invest</strong>ment<br />
Managers, latterly as a Director of Property Fund Management and Deputy Life Fund Manager.<br />
Stanley Pignal, PE Correspondent<br />
FINANCIAL TIMES<br />
9 November, 08.20<br />
Stanley Pignal took over as the Financial Times private equity correspondent in<br />
spring 2012, based in London. He previously covered European Union politics out of<br />
Brussels. Prior to joining the FT in 2007, he worked as an investment economist in<br />
the energy sector.<br />
George Pinkham, Head of International Funds Group<br />
SJ BERWIN<br />
7 November, 10.05<br />
George S Pinkham is the head of the Paris funds team. He specialises in the<br />
creation of investment funds both in France and abroad and has significant prior<br />
experience in private equity transactions. He is a founding member of the EVCA<br />
Tax and Legal Committee and has worked extensively with the French private<br />
equity association, AFIC.<br />
Carlo Pirzio-Biroli, Managing Director<br />
DB PRIVATE EQUITY<br />
6 November, Secondaries Summit, 09.30<br />
Carlo Pirzio-Biroli is responsible for the investing and distribution activities of the<br />
Secondary Opportunities Funds. Carlo co-founded the DB Secondary Team in 2006<br />
after participating in a senior role in the €6 billion restructuring of DB’s proprietary<br />
private equity portfolio in 2002-06. Prior to joining Deutsche Bank, Carlo was the<br />
CEO of CDB Web Tech SpA, a €400 million publicly listed venture fund of funds.<br />
Jonathan Pittal, Partner<br />
SJ BERWIN<br />
Jonathan Pittal is a partner in the international funds group. He advises on a wide<br />
range of matters and has particular expertise in relation to secondary transactions.<br />
He has recently acted for a number of European banks selling large portfolios of private<br />
equity assets.<br />
Bertrand Pivin, Partner, APAX PARTNERS MID MARKET<br />
9 November, 11.40<br />
Bertrand Pivin joined Apax Partners in 1993. He specialises in Tech & Telecom<br />
investments, but also invests in the Healthcare and Business Services sectors. He<br />
has led over 20 investments, build-up and recap transactions over the last 15 years<br />
and is on the boards of Amplitude, Capio, Unilabs, IEE.<br />
Berry Polmann, Executive Director<br />
ADVEQ MANAGEMENT<br />
7 November, Stream B, 16.00<br />
Berry Polmann leads Adveq’s global Real Assets initiative. In addition, he is<br />
responsible for Adveq’s client relations in the Netherlands and the UK. Prior to joining<br />
Adveq in 2007, Berry worked as a manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers where he<br />
served Switzerland based private equity funds, hedge funds, and real estate funds<br />
with audit, fund structuring, and tax related services.<br />
David Porter<br />
Managing Partner<br />
APPOSITE CAPITAL<br />
7 November, Stream C, 14.40<br />
David Porter has over 30 years' experience in private equity, investment banking<br />
and managing companies. David Porter is Managing Partner of Apposite Capital<br />
LLP, a private equity firm exclusively focused on healthcare. Prior to co-founding Apposite in 2006,<br />
David worked on large LBOs at Nomura's Principal Finance Group before founding and heading<br />
Nomura International's healthcare investment and corporate finance groups.<br />
Mike Powell<br />
Head of Alternative Assets<br />
UNIVERSITIES SUPERANNUATION SCHEME<br />
8 November, 08.15<br />
USS is the principal pension fund for the UK university sector with in excess of<br />
250,000 members and approximately £32 billion in assets as of March 2011. USS<br />
has targeted a 20% allocation of total assets into alternatives and currently has approximately £5<br />
billion invested across private equity, infrastructure and hedge funds. Mike has overall responsibility for<br />
the Alternatives programme and is Chairman of the Alternatives <strong>Invest</strong>ment Committee. Prior to<br />
joining USS, Mike spent the majority of his career at Shell Pensions Management Services Limited.<br />
Thomas Pütter<br />
Chairman<br />
ANCORA FINANCE GROUP<br />
8 November, 11.30<br />
Thomas Pütter was Chairman of Allianz Capital Partners (Allianz Group’s entity for<br />
alternative asset investing) until July 2010. From 1998 – 2009 he was Chief<br />
Executive of Allianz Capital Partners Group. From 2006 - 2009 he was also Managing Director, Allianz<br />
Alternative Assets Holding GmbH. Prior to joining Allianz, he was Executive Director, Goldman Sachs<br />
International, London from 1992-1998 and Chief Financial Officer of the Matuschka Group, from<br />
1988-1992.<br />
Benjamin Revillon, Managing Director, ACG PRIVATE EQUITY<br />
7 November, Stream B, 17.10<br />
Rod Richards<br />
Managing Partner<br />
GRAPHITE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT<br />
7 November, Stream C, 16.00<br />
Graphite Capital is a mid-market private equity group, with funds under management<br />
of £1.2 billion. It is both a direct investor in mid-market UK buy-outs and manages an<br />
investment trust listed on the London Stock Exchange investing in funds managed by third parties.<br />
Rod joined Graphite in 1986 and has been Managing Partner for the last 12 years, leading the<br />
Management Buy-Out of Graphite from F&C in 2001.<br />
Yann Robard<br />
Senior Principal<br />
CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD<br />
6 November, Secondaries Summit, 14.30<br />
Yann Robard is responsible for the sourcing and execution of private equity<br />
secondaries. Since 2008, CPPIB has completed over $4 billion in secondaries<br />
transferring more than 75 limited partnership interests. As of March 31, 2012, the CPP Fund<br />
totalled C$161.6 billion, of which C$40.4 billion was invested in private investments.<br />
Karen Rode<br />
Partner, Head Global Private Equity and Infrastructure Research<br />
AON HEWITT<br />
7 November, Stream B, 14.40 & 8 November, 08.15<br />
Previously, Karen was a Senior Managing Director at GE Capital managing the<br />
company’s limited partnership and direct investments and President and CEO of<br />
Global Fund Partners, GE Capital’s fund of funds. She has been active in all aspects of private equity<br />
including financing, capital markets and equity investing.<br />
Philippe Roesch<br />
Managing Partner<br />
RIAM<br />
6 November, Fundraising Summit, 14.30<br />
Riam is an alternative investment firm providing tailored advisory services and<br />
managed accounts solutions to select family offices and institutional investors.<br />
Philippe has a 19 years’ fund investments as well as co-investments track record gained with<br />
reputable investors like Auda, H. Quandt Holding, Triton, DBAG, in Europe, the Emerging Markets<br />
and the US.<br />
Tom Rotherham<br />
Director, Private Markets<br />
HERMES EQUITY OWNERSHIP SERVICES<br />
9 November, 11.40<br />
Tom is Director, Private Markets at Hermes Equity Ownership Services (EOS), whose<br />
beneficial owner is the BT Pension Scheme. In this role, Tom helps limited partners to<br />
better align interests with their private equity and hedge fund managers. Tom<br />
represents BTPS on the ILPA Principles Committee, and acts as Chair of the<br />
Principles for Responsible <strong>Invest</strong>ment (PRI) Private Equity Steering Committee.<br />
Jane Rowe, Senior Vice President<br />
TEACHERS’ PRIVATE CAPITAL<br />
8 November, 09.35<br />
Jane Rowe is responsible for strategic portfolio growth and deal stewardship. TPC is<br />
the private investment department of Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, Canada’s<br />
largest single-profession pension plan with $117 billion in net assets as of December<br />
31, 2011. Since being created in 1991, TPC has developed an innovative investment<br />
program, a successful track record of performance and a diversified $12-billion portfolio.<br />
Rhonda Ryan, Managing Director,<br />
Head of Private Funds Group Europe, PINEBRIDGE INVESTMENTS<br />
6 November, Fundraising Summit, 17.05 & 7 November, Stream B, 17.10<br />
In addition to heading the European private funds group, Ms. Ryan focuses on<br />
private equity investment activities on a global basis at PineBridge <strong>Invest</strong>ments. Her<br />
responsibilities include evaluating and meeting with private capital fund managers,<br />
making investment recommendations and monitoring the performance of the private<br />
capital portfolios. Prior to joining the firm, she was Head of Private Equity at Insight <strong>Invest</strong>ment<br />
Jussi Saarinen, <strong>Invest</strong>or Relations Director<br />
EQT PARTNERS<br />
6 November, Fundraising Summit, 17.05<br />
Prior to joining EQT Partners AB in 2008, Mr. Saarinen was a Managing Partner at<br />
Impact Capital Partners, an investment firm which he co-founded in 2005. Between<br />
2002 and 2005, he was a partner at BrainHeart Capital. Between 1995 and 2001 he<br />
worked at Hagströmer & Qviberg Fondkommission AB where he was a partner and<br />
responsible for the Transaction Team in the Corporate Finance department. Between 1994 and 1995<br />
he worked at Ernst & Young AB in Stockholm.<br />
Katja Salovaara, Senior Portfolio Manager, ILMARINEN<br />
6 November, Fundraising Summit, 15.05<br />
Katja has been responsible for the sourcing, analysing and monitoring of private<br />
equity funds since January 2000. Before joining Ilmarinen, she worked at the Shell<br />
UK Pension Fund in London with responsibility for the analysis of private equity funds<br />
and monitoring of a global private equity portfolio with over USD 1 billion of<br />
commitments, and earlier as an <strong>Invest</strong>ment Analyst in the European team at private equity specialists<br />
Pantheon Ventures.<br />
P. Olivier Sarkozy, Managing Director,<br />
Global Financial Services Group, THE CARLYLE GROUP<br />
7 November, 11.25<br />
Since joining Carlyle, Mr. Sarkozy has led his firm’s investments in such transactions<br />
as Bank United, Sandler O’Neil, Central Pacific and Rush Card amongst others. The<br />
Fund’s performance to date has been outstanding, achieving rates of return in excess<br />
of 50% since inception. Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Sarkozy was Global Co-Head of<br />
the Financial Institutions Group at UBS <strong>Invest</strong>ment Bank where he worked on many of the largest<br />
mergers in the U.S. financial industry totaling over $100 billion as well as the largest recapitalization in<br />
U.S. history.<br />
Fabio Sattin, Chairman & Founding Partner<br />
PRIVATE EQUITY PARTNERS<br />
7 November, Stream C, 16.00<br />
Fabio is Senior Contract Professor of “Private Equity and Venture Capital” at Bocconi<br />
University Milan and EVCA Past-Chairman. He is also a Member of several<br />
commission and research groups and author of a considerable number of<br />
publications both in Italy and abroad.<br />
Jean-Marc Savi de Tové, Partner, CAURIS MANAGEMENT<br />
8 November, Stream A, 17.45<br />
Jean-Marc joined Cauris in late 2011 in Abidjan and focuses on deal sourcing<br />
and execution as well as the company’s institutionalization program. He was<br />
previously with CDC Group, where he was a Portfolio Director with responsibility<br />
for fund investments across Africa and sat on advisory boards for 20 funds. His<br />
previous experience includes equity analysis with Credit Agricole AM, fund investment<br />
with a former JV between Credit Lyonnais and Hamilton Lane, and leverage finance<br />
with Credit Lyonnais Americas.<br />
Ken Sawyer, Managing Director, SAINTS CAPITAL<br />
6 November, Secondaries Summit, 12.00<br />
Ken Sawyer is founder of Saints, the largest global direct secondary firm in the world.<br />
Saints, founded in 2000 has acquired investments in over 200 companies and<br />
manages over $1bn of invested capital. Mr Sawyer has been selected as a member<br />
of the Forbes Midas list for the past few years, recognised as one of the top 100<br />
investors in venture capital globally.<br />
Joseph Schull, Managing Director & Head of Europe<br />
WARBURG PINCUS<br />
8 November, 10.40<br />
Joseph joined Warburg Pincus in 1998 and has been responsible for the firm’s TMT<br />
(technology, media and telecommunications) investments in Europe as well as its<br />
investment activities in Emerging Europe. During 2010, he became responsible for<br />
for the firm’s European operations. Prior to joining Warburg Pincus, he was Deputy<br />
Director of the International Affairs Program at the Ford Foundation.<br />
John Schumacher, Chairman<br />
NEW YORK LIFE CAPITAL PARTNERS<br />
8 November, Stream B, 17.45<br />
Mr. Schumacher joined New York Life in 1991 and is currently Chairman of NYLCAP,<br />
responsible for overseeing all of NYLCAP's investment and business development<br />
activities and managing the Firm's fund advisory business. Mr. Schumacher<br />
previously served as NYLCAP's CEO from its formation in 1999 through 2009. Prior<br />
to NYLCAP, Mr. Schumacher was the Head of the $14 billion Private Finance Group of New York Life.<br />
Prior to joining New York Life, Mr. Schumacher was a Vice President in the Private Placement Group<br />
at Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company where he began his career in 1983.<br />
Andrew Sealey, Managing Partner & CEO<br />
CAMPBELL LUTYENS<br />
6 November, Secondaries Summit, 11.20<br />
In addition to his current role as CEO, Andrew leads the firm’s secondary advisory<br />
practice which was established in 2000 to complement the firm’s long standing<br />
activities in fund placement. Campbell Lutyens is an independent advisory wholly<br />
focussed on the private equity and infrastructure markets, providing advice on raising<br />
funds as well as on the secondary sale of direct and indirect portfolios.<br />
Guy Semmens, Partner, AGROS SODITIC<br />
7 November, Stream C, 17.10<br />
Guy Semmens joined Argos Soditic in 1996 and heads their Swiss operations based<br />
in Geneva. Argos Soditic is a lower mid-market private equity firm focused on<br />
France, Switzerland and Italy. Argos runs two strategies, a buy-out strategy for which<br />
the firm raised a €400m fund in December 2010, and a minority expansion capital<br />
fund, Argos Expansion. In addition to his primary investment role, he is also<br />
responsible for investor relations and fundraising for Argos Soditic.<br />
Nick Shaw, Head of Private Equity<br />
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY INVESTMENT OFFICE<br />
6 November, Fundraising Summit, 11.40<br />
Nick Shaw joined the <strong>Invest</strong>ment Office of The University of Cambridge in April 2008.<br />
The <strong>Invest</strong>ment Office manages the central endowment of the University. Nick joined<br />
Cambridge from Gartmore, where he was CIO of the private equity business and prior<br />
to Gartmore, Nick was the Deputy Chief <strong>Invest</strong>ment Officer of the Shell Pension Fund.<br />
Laura Shen Lefranc, Partner & Co-Founder<br />
HEADWAY CAPITAL PARTNERS<br />
6 November, Secondaries Summit, 16.45<br />
Headway Capital Partners, is a private equity secondaries firm with advised funds of<br />
over €270 million. Prior to co-founding Headway in early 2004, Laura and her two<br />
partners were part of the investment team at secondaries firm Coller Capital. Prior to<br />
that, Laura was part of the leveraged buyout investment team at Bain Capital in<br />
Boston. She started her career in the leveraged finance group of Goldman Sachs in New York.<br />
Sergey Sheshuryak, Partner, Head of European <strong>Invest</strong>ments<br />
ADAMS STREET PARTNERS<br />
8 November, 12.40<br />
Sergey is a Partner primarily focused on the European portfolio including Emerging<br />
Europe and Israel. He is responsible for managing relationships in Italy, the Nordic<br />
region, Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union. He is also<br />
responsible for managing relationships with several of Adams Street's managers<br />
including AB Segulah, Abingworth, Baring Vostok, Halder, <strong>Invest</strong>industrial, and Prime Technology.<br />
Ian Simpson, Partner, AMALA PARTNERS<br />
6 November, Fundraising Summit, 17.45<br />
Ian founded Amala, having spent the previous 15 years as a Managing Director of<br />
Helix Associates, a private equity placement agent, which he co-founded in 1993.<br />
Previously, Ian was a Director of Berkeley Govett (UK) Limited and before that an<br />
Associate Director in the Global Private Equity Placement Group at Continental Bank.<br />
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