Driving human capital as a key value creation lever

The Operating Partners Human Capital Forum will bring together an elite crowd of top human capital value creators and operating partner specialists. It is the place to meet key players in the PE community and get a firm grasp on initiatives designed to transform operations, deliver growth, and drive value creation strategies through talent.

Speakers will provide insights into the evolving and rapidly changing talent market and share strategies and approaches that uncover why firms need a “human capital operating partner.” Join us to hear engaging and informative discussions to make your workforce planning a competitive advantage.

 

Highlights for the Forum include:

» Human capital best practices adopted during this year’s crisis

» Transitioning to a virtual workforce

» What will the future role of the human capital operating partner look like?

» Utilizing the hottest technology & state of the art resources for talent acquisition, assessment & development

» Performance improvement through people: goals, incentives, and compensation

» What tools have you effectively used to analyze team dynamics?

» Leadership assessments: getting leadership right and understanding governance as a key lever for value creation

 

» Workforce analytics: quantifying the impact/ROI of human capital

» Leading organizations and people through significant change

» Understanding and transforming culture when needed

» How is AI affecting and going to affect recruiting and developing talent?

» Diversity and inclusion workforce best practices

» People assessment best practices during the due diligence phase

» Profit through people: what recruiting processes are generating returns?

Featured speaker

Kara Helander
Managing Director
Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer
The Carlyle Group

 

Kara Helander is a Managing Director and Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer. She is based in Washington, DC.  Prior to joining Carlyle, Ms. Helander was a Managing Director at BlackRock where she led the firm’s global inclusion and diversity, and philanthropy initiatives. Harvard Business School profiled those efforts she directed in the case study, “BlackRock: Diversity as a Driver of Success”.

 

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Why attend?

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Learn key strategies to accelerate growth through human capital

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Join the leading PE operating specialists in human capital in North America

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Network with top value creators focused on talent and leadership

 

For speaking opportunities, contact Marc Mele at marc.m@peimedia.com or call +1 646 581 9295.

*Please Note: All session times listed are Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)

Day 1
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Agenda

Day 1 - Wednesday 14th

Invitation-only think tank
09:30 - 10:25

Human capital operating partners think tank (invitation-only)

Kelly Carlson, Dayton Ogden, Alice Mann, Steven Maxwell

Invitation-only think tank for full-time PE and VC operating partners and talent partners. This closed-door virtual room will allow you to learn and share best practices in human capital, talent management and recruiting operations. It will uncover this year’s new challenges in human capital. The think tank will allow you to submit topics to be introduced by the facilitators and discussed in the room.

 

Room 1
Facilitators:
Kelly Carlson, Managing Director, Head of Talent, STG Partners
Dayton Ogden, Head of Talent and Recruiting, Summit Partners

Room 2
Facilitators:
Alice Mann, Operating Partner, Blue Wolf Capital Partners
Steven Maxwell, Senior Vice President, Portfolio Human Capital, Audax Group

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Kelly Carlson

Managing Director, Head of Talent, STG Partners

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Dayton Ogden

Head of Talent and Recruiting, Summit Partners

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Alice Mann

Former Partner, Human Capital

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Steven Maxwell

Senior Vice President, Portfolio Human Capital, Audax Private Equity

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Operating Partners Human Capital Forum: Plenary sessions
10:25 - 10:30

PEI’s welcome and opening remarks

10:30 - 11:10

Talent recruitment best practices in the post COVID-19 world and beyond

Charles Egoville, Sean Dougherty, Ben Holzemer, Glenn Stevens
  • Recruiting talent during and after COVID-19: how companies will recruit talent differently from different parts of the world
  • Transitioning to virtual workforce recruitment: utilizing the hottest technology & state of the art resources for talent acquisition, assessment & development
  • How AI and big data can help you win the talent war
  • Profit through people: what recruiting processes are generating returns
  • What is the biggest hinderance to recruiting top tier talent in your portfolio companies nowadays?
  • Evaluating and selecting search firms
  • What levels in the organization does your PE firm get involved in talent and leadership selection?

Moderator:
Charles Egoville, Partner, JM Search

Panelists:
Sean Dougherty, Vice President, Talent and Operations, Inverness Graham Investments
Ben Holzemer, Partner, Global Head of Human Capital, TPG Global
Melissa Mounce, Managing Director, Leadership Talent, GTCR
Glenn Stevens, Partner, Talent Management, Apollo Global Management

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Charles Egoville

Partner, JM Search

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Sean Dougherty

Vice President, Talent and Operations, Inverness Graham Investments

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Ben Holzemer

Partner, Head of Human Capital, TPG Global

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Glenn Stevens

Partner, Talent Management, Apollo Global Management

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11:10 - 11:50

A spotlight on culture — critical steps for PE firms and their portcos to successfully execute strategy

Ted Bililies, Doron Grosman, Kathy Krone, Ann McCloskey
  • Getting smart about cultural assessments: using today’s tools during the due diligence and post deal periods
  • Grasping the complex interplay between leadership, talent, corporate culture, and investment strategy
  • What beliefs, values, and behaviors should senior leaders embody to transform cultures
  • Assessing leaders’ speed and ability in executing strategy defined by the PE sponsor
  • Understanding which elements of a company’s culture should be sustained and which must change to support the investment thesis
  • Understanding forces and trends that are transforming businesses in a digital and virtual world

Moderator:
Ted Bililies, Managing Director and Chief Talent Officer, AlixPartners

Panelists:
Doron Grosman, President and CEO, Global Container Terminals
Kathy Krone, Managing Director, Thomas H. Lee Partners
Ann McCloskey, Operating Principal, Accel-KKR

Ted Bililies, AlixPartners

Ted Bililies

Partner and Managing Director, AlixPartners

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Doron Grosman

President and CEO, Global Container Terminals

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Kathy Krone

Managing Partner, Paradox Venture Partners

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Ann McCloskey

Operating Principal, Accel-KKR

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Functional breakouts I
11:50 - 12:20

Track 1: Transitioning to a virtual workforce: leveraging unified communications

John Broderick, Karim Fattal, Natalie Ings
  • What is unified communications and why it is important
  • The future of work: understanding how to take an onsite workforce and put them in ideal conditions to work remotely via virtual platforms
  • How portfolio company executives are working/communicating in the current environment and what works best
  • Operating partner stories: how to help manage your portfolio via cloud communications
  • Cloud communications in a global, mobile workplace: integration with core cloud business systems
  • How can your PE firm and portfolio companies best leverage these technologies to improve communications and operations while also cutting costs?

Panelists:
John Broderick, Operating Partner, Argosy Private Equity
Karim Fattal, Chief Operating Officer, HOF Capital
Natalie Ings, Managing Director, Portfolio Solutions, Lightyear Capital

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John Broderick

Operating Partner, Argosy Private Equity

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Karim Fattal

Chief Operating Officer, HOF Capital

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Natalie Ings

Managing Director, Head of Portfolio Solutions, Lightyear Capital

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11:50 - 12:20

Track 2: Workforce analytics: uncovering initiatives in people data science

Guy Barnes, Merche del Valle, Elizabeth Wallace
  • Key perspectives in understanding the role of data in a post pandemic world
  • Utilizing workforce analytics to quantify performance improvement across the portfolio: what tools have you used to effectively analyse team dynamics and make comparisons of management capability across your assets
  • Innovations in “people data science” to uncover hidden patterns in data to make you reconsider how you pay, retain, incentivize, and engage your employees
  • People assessment best practices during the due diligence phase
  • Leadership assessments: getting leadership right and understanding governance as a key value creation lever

Moderator:
Guy Barnes, Managing Partner, Acertitude

Panelists:
Merche del Valle, Managing Director and Chief Talent Officer, Grain Management
Elizabeth Wallace, Head of Portfolio Talent, Hg

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Guy Barnes

Managing Partner, Acertitude Executive Search

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Merche del Valle

Managing Director, Chief Talent and Chief HR Officer, Grain Management

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Elizabeth Wallace, Hg

Elizabeth Wallace

Head of Portfolio Talent, Hg

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Functional breakouts II
12:20 - 12:50

Track 3: Tackling diversity and inclusion at your portfolio companies

Kerensa Butler, Kara Helander
  • What is holding PE back from achieving diversity?
  • What are you doing at your companies to tackle diversity and open dialogue? What specific initiatives/programs have you taken that were successful?
  • How are companies leveraging data to augment their efforts with portfolio companies?
  • KPIs for diversity: measuring effectiveness
  • Diversity and leadership: what can be done better? How are you thinking about diversity of boards?

Presenters:
Kerensa Butler, National Pride Employee Network Group (ENG) Leader, Partner, RSM
Kara Helander, Managing Director, Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer, The Carlyle Group

 

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Kerensa Butler

National Pride Employee Network Group (ENG) Leader, RSM

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Kara Helander

Managing Director, Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer, The Carlyle Group

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12:20 - 12:50

Track 4: Exploring talent growth opportunities within carve-out deals internationally

Todd Goffman, Christopher Kim
  • Uncovering the top challenges associated with carve-outs in onboarding and keeping talent on an international scale
  • Looking at roadblocks when onboarding new employees in countries where their company does not have an established entity and isn’t registered to run payroll
  • How to cut down complexity and notorious lag time while staying compliant

Presenters:
Todd Goffman, General Counsel, Globalization Partners
Christopher Kim, Senior Vice President, Platinum Equity

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Todd Goffman

General Counsel, Globalization Partners

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Christopher Kim

Principal, Head of Human Capital, Platinum Equity

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Operating Partners Human Capital Forum: Plenary session
12:50 - 13:20

How to recruit brilliant CFOs, and unleash the CFO-CEO-OP partnership

Kevin O'Neill, Chris Kitching, Kristin Brown Patrick, Achi Yaffe, Arthur Zuckerman
  • What makes an ideal private equity CFO?
  • How has the portfolio company CFO role evolved?
  • Identifying and attracting in-demand CFOs
  • Setting CFOs up for success
  • Succeeding in the matrix: the CFO-CEO-OP partnership

Moderator:
Kevin O’Neill, Managing Partner and Co-Lead, Private Equity Practice, Acertitude

Panelists:
Chris Kitching, 
Operating Partner, HighBar Partners
Kristin Brown Patrick,
Senior Operating Partner, Human Capital, New State Capital Partners
Achi Yaffe, Managing Director, Portfolio Operations, GI Partners
Arthur Zuckerman,
Partner, CFO, CCO and Head of Portfolio Operations, Soundcore Capital Partners

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Kevin O'Neill

Managing Partner and Co-Lead, Private Equity Practice, Acertitude

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Chris Kitching

Operating Partner, HighBar Partners

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Kristin Brown Patrick

Senior Operating Partner, Human Capital, New State Capital Partners

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Achi Yaffe

Managing Director, Portfolio Operations, GI Partners

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Arthur Zuckerman

Partner, CFO, CCO and Head of Portfolio Operations, Soundcore Capital Partners, LLC

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Invitation-only women’s lunch
12:50 - 13:50

Women in PE & VC portfolio operations lunch (invitation-only)

Tracey Abbott, Melissa Dickerson, Leslie Nielson

This closed-door session will explore what it’s like being a woman in PE & VC portfolio operations:

  • What are the issues causing a disparity in genders?
  • Exploring career paths, development, and how to position yourself as female leaders
  • Is your firm focused on women’s leadership at portfolio companies?
  • Does your company have any specific programs, leadership coaching and assessments geared towards promoting women’s leadership?
  • Are there any changes in recruiting that will create a more equal playing field?
  • Looking at trends and stats in gender in PE & VC

Facilitators:
Tracey Abbott, Industry Value Creation, Portfolio Operations, Partners Group
Melissa Dickerson, Chief Financial Officer & Managing Director, Operations, Genstar Capital
Leslie Nielson, Managing Director, Alvarez and Marsal 

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Tracey Abbott

Industry Value Creation, Portfolio Operations, Partners Group

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Melissa Dickerson, Genstar Capital

Melissa Dickerson

Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director, Operations, Genstar Capital

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Leslie Nielson

Managing Director, Alvarez and Marsal

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Virtual networking
13:20 - 13:50

Virtual networking lunch

Please use this time as an opportunity to connect with conference attendees and sponsors via the video chat function one-on-one or as a small group


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Take advantage of these benefits:

  • Attendee and Operating Partner directories: Use our searchable directory of our delegates, solution providers and speakers, so you can quickly find the right people and companies to connect with.
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Meet with the country’s leading solution providers in our virtual tradeshow

Just like any convention, you have the opportunity to meet with exhibitors and sponsors, browse the trade show, and chat with solution providers. You get all these features without ever stepping outside your front door. A searchable keyword index helps attendees you find the exhibitors and sponsors who are most relevant.

Other features include:

  • Virtual tradeshow: See what solutions and ideas exhibitors and sponsors provide to help you better serve your employees and your members.
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Speakers

Ted Bililies, AlixPartners

Ted Bililies

Partner and Managing Director, AlixPartners

Matt Brubaker, FMG Leading

Matt Brubaker

CEO, FMG Leading

Todd Grove, Quantum Health

Todd Grove

Vice President, Private Equity, Quantum Health

Atta Tarki, ECA Partners

Atta Tarki

CEO and Managing Director, ECA Partners

Elizabeth Wallace, Hg

Elizabeth Wallace

Head of Portfolio Talent, Hg