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9 - 10 June 2021,
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Redefining the private equity CFO & COO role
Now in its 17th year, the CFOs and COOs Forum New York is the industry benchmark for high-level content and networking. We will now be running this virtual forum as part of CFO All Access.
Whether you’re a seasoned finance and operating professional or new to the role, the CFOs & COOs Forum 2021 has been tailored for you. No other industry-wide gathering exists for this community to explore how best to add value to the GP-LP partnership.
Join 600+ C-suite executives from the private equity and venture capital community at the virtual Forum on June 9-10 to acquire strategic approaches for enhancing operating efficiency.
- Gain valuable perspective on the evolution of back office systems’ process and procedure.
- Hear how to manage LP/GP relations, performance calculations, data management, fundraising, co-investing and more.
- Examine new tax legislation and developments in structuring, and how it impacts firms’ financial and tax reporting.
Recent keynote speakers from January 2020 forum
Why you should attend the 2021 Forum
Finance
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Obtain the industry insights, best practices and proven solutions that have steered mid-market firms to redefine processes and drive their business forward.
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What our attendees say about the Forum
James Crossen
Managing Director, Finance, Apollo Global Management
The top conference I have attended. Very relevant topics, a great cast of characters and a diverse group of firms represented.
Kristine O'Connor
Managing Director and CFO, Franklin Park
The Forum is consistently the best conference for finance professionals in the private equity industry! The event offers meaningful content, knowledgeable speak…
Shant Mardirossian
Partner, Chief Operating Officer, Kohlberg & Company
A must attend conference for me. Plan to expand to other members of the Finance team.
Kristine O'Connor
Managing Director and CFO, Franklin Park
The Forum is consistently the best conference for finance professionals in the private equity industry! The event offers meaningful content, knowledgeable speakers and ample networking opportunities!
2020 Forum agenda
View each tab below to explore the 2020 agenda featuring insightful breakouts, panel discussions, working groups and networking opportunities for the leaders in finance and operations.
You can also download the CFOs & COOs Forum 2020 agenda here.
For speaking opportunities for 2021 Forum, contact Shamara Ray at shamara.r@peimedia.com.
Agenda
Day 1 - Wednesday 22nd
Registration – continental breakfast
PEI welcome & chair’s introduction
Chair’s welcome
John Malfettone, Chairman of the University of Connecticut Foundation and Former Senior Managing Director and CCO, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice

John Malfettone
Chairman of the University of Connecticut Foundation and Former Senior Managing Director and CCO, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
Read bioKeynote interview
7th annual global CFO and COO benchmarking survey results
In this session, we will review the results of the seventh annual survey of CFOs and COOs from across the globe. We’ve collected extensive data on people, processes, and planning for the future. The insight gained from the survey will provide the foundation for a robust discussion by an esteemed panel of CFOs and COOs representing a broad spectrum of private funds.
Moderator
Mike Lo Parrino, Financial Services Organization Private Equity Leader, Partner, EY
Panelists
Thomas P. Duffy, Partner & Chief Financial Officer, The Vistria Group
Amy Knapp, Chief Operating Officer, Corsair Capital
Thomas Mayrhofer, CFO and COO, EJF Capital, LLC
Networking coffee break
Taking a deep dive on fundraising strategies - GPs only
- Fundraising terms: is there room for creativity?
- Has intensity and level of operational due diligence been front and center in your fundraising process?
- Are you doing ILPA DDQs?
- Examining what’s market and what isn’t
- Length of fund extensions
- Prioritizing which investor goes where when a firm has multiple funds in the market at the same time
- LP expectations regarding co-investment
- How do emerging manager programs fit into fundraising?
- Importance of ESG to investors
- Pros and cons of utilizing placement agents
- Technological applications making fundraising more efficient
Cash management strategies and the use of LOCs - GPs only
- Assessing effective cash management strategies
- Use of lines of credit and its impact on performance
- Impact of interest rates on temporary cash investments
- What level of risk is acceptable?
- What are firms putting in LPA?
Attracting and retaining finance professionals - GPs only
- The challenge of attracting top talent
- Exploring terms of compensation
- Are recruitment challenges attributable to finding qualified candidates or dollars and cents?
- How and where firms are recruiting entry level staff? Are you hiring direct from university?
- Cost benefit of outsourcing as a way to leverage your staff
- Considering more functional / career operational candidates vs. just hiring generalists from public accounting
- Best practices for retaining talented professionals
- Does your firm ascribe to planned attrition?
- Compensating the back office: base, bonus and carry pool
- How do you keep employees happy?
- Understanding and working with millennials
CFO contribution to the strategic growth of the PE firm - GPs only
- How are CFOs involved in the decisions of the firm—levels of involvement?
- Interfacing with partners to strategize on growth initiatives
- Managing the firm’s capital strategies
- CFO involvement in new fund initiatives
- Scaling the enterprise-methods to address growth, scaling up, etc.
- Identifying the right tech solutions to help your business grow
GP perspectives: ensuring third-party due diligence - Service Providers only
- Determining what to outsource
- Establishing exactly what you need from a third-party provider
- Mitigating the risk associated with the use of third-party vendors
- Managing the responsibilities of the firm and deliverables of service providers
- Practical approaches to ensure your due diligence is memorialized
Moderator
James V. Gaven, Senior Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
Panelists
Jacob Comer, Chief Compliance Officer, Altpoint Capital Partners LP
John McGuinness, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Counsel, StepStone Group
Kevin Power, Head of Compliance – Americas, Pantheon
Christine Smoragiewicz, Chief Financial Officer, Intervale Capital





Networking luncheon
Track A | Staying ahead of investor reporting
- Role of GIPS reporting in PE
- Are firms planning to adopt GIPS 2020?
- ILPA standards
- Legislative perspective on reporting
- How to work within your investor base
- Reporting requirements that arise during the fundraising process
- Emerging portals for investor reporting
- Ensuring the security of data
- Are GPs getting ahead of the curve to follow GIPS and will there be a standard way of calculating performance?
- What percentage of GPs have claimed GIPS compliance in their disclosures?
Moderator
Anne Anquillare, CFA, Chief Executive Officer and President, PEF Services LLC
Panelists
Jeffrey Gilbert, Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, Carnelian Energy Capital
Kristine O’Connor, Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer, Franklin Park
James Stevenson, Chief Financial Officer, ABS Capital Partners




Track B | Revamping ESG policies
- Why investors care about ESG so much
- Steps for putting an ESG policy in place
- An examination of the current level of ESG diligence
- Assessing ESG from an investor relations standpoint
- Foreign LP expectations for ESG
- Documenting your efforts and formally making ESG a part of the policy
- Compliance considerations for ESG
- Implementing more in-depth monitoring of portfolio companies
- How to approach and deal with the growth in ESG as sponsors continue to fundraise
- How do you implement ESG at the firm level and all portfolio companies?
- How do you track ESG policy and progress?
- Creating reporting metrics investors want to see regarding portfolio companies
Moderator
Graham Bippart, Editor, Private Funds CFO
Panelists
Dominick Barbieri, Associate General Counsel and Deputy Chief Compliance Officer, Palladium Equity Partners, LLC
Tony Braddock, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer, Stellex Capital Management LP
Pamela Hendrickson, COO & Vice Chairman, Strategic Initiatives, The Riverside Company
Abrielle Rosenthal, Managing Director, Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Human Resources Officer, TowerBrook Capital Partners LP
Track C | PEI 300—views from the top
- Fundraising challenges, opportunities and future direction of the industry
- Demands from LPs: the latest requests becoming common practice
- Providing multiple strategies for diverse investment options
- Growing product offerings to meet evolving LP needs
Moderator:
Kevin M. Valek, Partner, National Leader, Asset Management – Tax, KPMG LLP
Panelists
Krista McCoy, Executive Vice President, LeverPoint
Daren Schneider, CFO & CCO, JLL Partners, LLC
Béla Schwartz, Chief Financial Officer, The Riverside Company
Roy E. Sroka, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer, Wynnchurch Capital, LLC





Track D | COO role in building an investment process
- Key considerations for launching a fund
- Building out the process
- Creating an investment pipeline
- Required systems and controls
- Working with the investment team on compensation, direction of the firm and culture
- Spending more time on the front facing LP issues
- How to decide when to launch a new or shut down a fund
Moderator
Tom Angell, CPA, Partner, WithumSmith+Brown, PC
Panelists
Omar Hassan, Principal, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer, Cloverlay Partners
Jeremiah J. Loeffler, COO – Credit, Crestline Investors, Inc.
Shant Mardirossian, Partner, Chief Operating Officer, Kohlberg & Company


Omar Hassan
Principal, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer, Cloverlay Partners
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Track E | Technology Spotlight
Discover new automated solutions firms are implementing to address challenges and the best technology to help with accounting, transparency, reporting and more.
Revolutionizing the investor experience
James Jencarelli, Solutions Specialist, SEI
Embracing CRM as the cornerstone of operational excellence
Adam Pinkert, Director of Private Equity Solutions, Backstop Solutions
Let your data serve your priorities: from front office analytics to LP access anywhere, anytime
Dan Kaytes, Head of Product Management and Delivery, Private Equity, FIS Global
Track A | Exploring opportunities in a maturing secondary market
- Factors driving growth in fund restructuring
- Taking the firm and fund through the secondary process
- Making the process more streamlined – lessons learned
- Addressing conflicts
- LP appetite for making commitments in secondary funds
- Dollars raised in 2018 vs 2019 and expectations for 2020
- Secondary market valuations
- Identifying pain points in the secondary process
Moderator
Wes Bender, Principal, Capital Advisory Group, Greenhill & Co., LLC
Panelists
Gerry Esposito, Partner & CFO, Newbury Partners LLC
Brian Mooney, Managing Director, Greenhill & Co., LLC
Mark J. Schwartz, CEO, Palladin Consumer Retail Partners
Track B | Embarking on diversity and inclusion across the spectrum
- Identifying shortcomings in the organization on the diversity and inclusion front
- Do you have a diverse management team?
- Have you implemented processes to increase the number of women and minorities at your firm?
- Common questions LPs ask when completing DDQs
- What information are LPs demanding about diversity at the firm?
- Practical strategies to improve diversity
- Exploring the option of hiring junior talent to address diversity challenges
- One year later: what have you done within your firm?
Moderator
Jordan Stutts, Senior Reporter, Infrastructure Investor
Panelists
Mark Levitt, Chief Operating Officer, Global Infrastructure Partners
Stephanie Paine, Chief Financial Officer, Pritzker Private Capital
Deneshea L. Phelps, Chief Financial & Compliance Officer, Arlington Capital Partners
Montserrat Serra-Janer, Global Head of Private Equity Sales, Securities Services, J.P. Morgan





Montserrat Serra-Janer
Global Head of Private Equity Sales, Securities Services, J.P. Morgan
Read bioTrack C | Examining the macro tax environment
- Impact of tax regulations on PE
- Are there structures that enable partners to take carry within the first 3 years of the company?
- How is tax reporting different from GAAP reporting?
- Ensuring the waterfall takes tax into account
- New partnership audit rules
- Questions you should be asking your tax advisor
- Pitfalls you may encounter and ways to avoid them
- Legislative updates
- When do you use estimates?
- Taking a deep dive on new regulations: management fee and carried interest waivers
- Tax compliance best practices
Moderator
Gerald Whelan, Private Equity Tax Partner, Ernst & Young LLP
Panelists
Joshua Cherry-Seto, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer, Blue Wolf Capital Partners
John Chirokas, Controller, Ridgemont Equity Partners
Cliff Feitzinger, Vice President, U.S.Bank Global Fund, Services
Track D | COO toolkit for operational efficiency
- Providing investors with the amount of transparency and custom reporting they seek
- Strategies to meet goals faster, cheaper and more efficiently
- Time management training for employees
- Providing investors with access to information earlier
- Ensuring your infrastructure and technology is set up for efficiency
- Are you ready for single and aggregated views of data across deals, investments, funds and strategies?
- Is outsourcing the answer?
- Can fund administrators build the systems you need?
- Responding to the push on how you service your investors
- Best practices to set expectations with investors
Moderator
Blair Troiano, Director, PwC
Panelists
Chitra Baskar, Founder, Partner and COO, Viteos Fund Services
Kate de Mul, Director, Private Markets Operations, KKR
Kevin Kuntz, Former Chief Financial Officer, Juggernaut Capital Partners
Sanjay Sanghoee, COO, CFO and CCO, Delos Capital
Track E | Technology spotlight
Discover new automated solutions firms are implementing to address challenges and the best technology to help with accounting, transparency, reporting and more.
Unlock the value of your performance data: managing your track record as an asset
Drake Paulson, Director of Sales & Client Success, eVestment Private Markets
Business intelligence – knowledge and insight for private equity firms
Tony Poulson, Director of Operations, Europe, Allvue
Lowering TCO through business intelligence
Hope Nawada, Senior Director, Investment Solutions, Vitech Systems Group
Networking coffee break
The 2020 rundown: an interactive analysis of hot topics in private equity
- Technology innovation and data analytics
- Operational due diligence and best practices to meet investor demands
- Implementing cybersecurity measures to protect investor information
- ILPA guidelines and reporting
Moderator
Ted Dougherty, National IM Tax and Hedge Fund Leader, Deloitte
Panelists
Marija Djordjevic, Head of Research, eFront
April Evans, Partner, CFO and CCO, Monitor Clipper Partners
Jun Isoda, Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer, Siguler Guff & Company, LP
Sandra Kim-Suk, Chief Financial Officer, Norwest Equity Partners





Keynote interview
Keynote Interview
Brien P. Smith, Managing Director, Neuberger Berman Chief Operating Officer, Neuberger Berman Private Equity Division
Interviewer:
Isobel Markham, Senior Editor, Private Equity Group, Americas, PEI Media
Cocktail reception and end of day one
Agenda
Day 2 - Thursday 23rd
CFOs and COOs think tank
CCOs think tank
Senior finance executive think tank
Continental breakfast
Chair’s opening remarks
John Malfettone, Chairman of the University of Connecticut Foundation and Former Senior Managing Director and CCO, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice

John Malfettone
Chairman of the University of Connecticut Foundation and Former Senior Managing Director and CCO, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
Read bioCFO and COO drill down: advancing the dialogue in PE
Whether you’re a seasoned professional or new to the role, ask your most pressing questions about the issues impacting private equity CFOs and COOs today.
Moderator
Isobel Markham, Senior Editor, Private Equity Group, Americas, PEI Media
Panelists
Jay Corrigan, Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer, Bain Capital Private Equity
Jason Mulvihill, Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel, American Investment Council
Sanjay Sanghoee, COO, CFO and CCO, Delos Capital
Béla Schwartz, Chief Financial Officer, The Riverside Company
LP perspectives: driving value for investors
- What do LPs look for when evaluating fund managers and the typical timetable needed?
- How LPs are investing capital
- What type of performance are LPs seeking?
- What do LPs do with all the data received from GPs?
- What practices are LPs using to harness data and analytics?
- Assessing the technology LPs use to analyze GPs
- What GPs should be doing to create value for LPs
- LP viewpoint on lines of credit and the impact on IRRs
Moderator
Howard J. Beber, Partner/Co-Head – Private Investment Funds Group, Proskauer
Panelists
Michael Elio, Partner, Stepstone Group
David Enriquez, Head of Private Equity, Office of New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer, Bureau of Asset Management
Kristine O’Connor, Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer, Franklin Park
Networking coffee break
Track A | Reexamining data management strategy and implementation
- More than just monitoring: are you doing more with data?
- Using data analytics to drive investment decisions
- Benchmarking across portfolios via diligence and useful tools
- Does data management reside with the CFO, COO or Operating Partner group?
- How to gather, validate and archive data over time
- Developing a long-term data management strategy
- Leveraging data for improving decision making
- Pain points of PE industry maturation and data management
Moderator
Kimberly Evans, Senior Vice President, North America Head of Private Capital Fund Services, Northern Trust
Panelists
Katey Bogue, Head of Private Markets, eVestment
Les Brown, Partner, HGGC
John W. Polis, Chief Operating & Technology Officer, Star Mountain Capital
Heramb Ramachandran, COO, Central States Water Resources

Kimberly Evans
Senior Vice President, North America Head of Private Capital Fund Services, Northern Trust
Read bio



Track B | Global PE: operating issues and management implications
- Examining the globalization of PE and expansion of management companies
- Trends in international fundraising—the do’s & don’ts
- Conducting an AIFMD compliance review
- How firms are contending with GDPR, CCPA, compiling and managing customer data
- How the BEPS rules and action plan are impacting funds
- Global trends in outsourcing
- Does the consolidation of the global fund administration industry benefit managers?
Moderator
Toby Mitchenall, Senior Editor, Private Equity, PEI Media
Panelists
Elaine Chim, Head of Americas Private Equity & Real Estate, Apex Group Ltd.
Cameron Fairall, Chief Compliance Officer, AlpInvest Partners
Louis Sciarretta, Chief Operating Officer, Kline Hill Partners
Irene W. Willard, Chief Financial Officer – Principal Business, The Raine Group LLC





Track C | The future firm—founder carry, retirement and succession planning
- How are firms handling succession? At smaller firms?
- Outlining the succession process of the firm
- Creating a more democratic process as you grow your number of funds
- Future forward: bringing the junior partners and principals into the conversation
- Succession planning when partners have been at the firm since its inception
- What do you do when the existing leadership wants to retain control?
- Importance of having a more collaborative role
- Preparing to turn over more decision-making
- LP expectations for the next generation
- Evolution of the firm: building the infrastructure to run the management company as a more professional business
Moderator
Garrett Johnson, Director, Private Wealth Advisor, BMO Private Bank
Panelists
Julia Corelli, Partner, Pepper Hamilton
Steven DeCillis II, Partner & Chief Financial Officer, AEA Investors LP
Daren Schneider, CFO & CCO, JLL Partners, LLC
Arthur Zuckerman, Partner, CFO, CCO and Head of Portfolio Operations, Soundcore Capital Partners, LLC





Arthur Zuckerman
Partner, CFO, CCO and Head of Portfolio Operations, Soundcore Capital Partners
Read bioTrack D | Adopting a compliance culture across the firm
- Tone at the top: firm leadership perspectives on compliance
- Best practices and practical approaches for balancing business needs with compliance obligations
- Implementing strategies to fix processes you’ve been doing incorrectly for years
- SEC 2020 priorities and focus areas
- What your compliance team needs to know and implement in your program
- Conflicts of interest
Moderator
Joel A. Wattenbarger, Partner, Ropes & Gray LLP
Panelists
Kwame Lewis, Founder, KAL Consulting
Isaiah Massey, Managing Director – Chief Financial Officer, CAZ Investments LP
Sarah G. Roth, COO and CFO, Argosy Capital
Dale Thompson, CPA, Assurance Partner, BDO
PEI 100 roundup
Designed for PEI 100 CFOs and COOs, the PEI 100 Roundup will engage leading finance and operations executives in an interactive dialogue on the issues specifically affecting the largest PE firms.
- Expanding into new product lines
- Launching a new fund strategy
- Is expansion-through-acquisition on your firm’s horizon?
- Achieving stable AUM growth
- Publicly-traded GPs – the benefits and disadvantages
Moderator
Sean Reilly, Managing Director, Alter Domus
Panelist:
Jay Corrigan, Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer, Bain Capital Private Equity
Pamela Hendrickson, COO & Vice Chairman, Strategic Initiatives, The Riverside Company
Alisa A. Wood, Member, Head of Private Market Strategies, KKR




Controller roundup
Developed for PE Controllers, the Controller Roundup will advance strategic discussion and provide financial tools and insight beneficial for the next generation of CFOs.
- What is today’s definition and role of the controller?
- Adroitly running your payment operation system
- Updating systems, processes and the general ledger
- Employing effective tactics for data manipulation
- How do you keep a controller engaged?
- State of the industry: is it static and impacting the amount of job turn over?
- Opportunities for advancement when the CFO isn’t planning to leave in the near future
- Process for reviewing and revising budgets throughout the year
- Employing benchmarks or external metrics
- What is the best way to maintain records for SEC/auditors/tax team?
Moderator
Christopher G. Aroh, CPA, Partner, CohnReznick LLP
Partner
Panelists
Sean Connor, Chief Financial Officer, Partner, Whitehorse Liquidity Partners
Rauli Garcia, V.P. of Strategic Marketing/Former CFO, Sage Intacct
Jason S. Kaslow, Senior Vice President of Finance, Senior Controller, & Chief Compliance Officer, Tiger Infrastructure Partners LP
Working group A | Technology integration of the front, middle and back office
- Where are the most important areas to ensure you have integration?
- Is there technology to accommodate the integration of investor communication, performance reporting, managing LP relationships and data management
- Bringing your back office into the future
- Assessing what investments have been made in the front, mid and back office
- How are you tracking your interaction?
- Identifying and managing risk
- Best practices for gaining more access to data
- A closer look at what’s available in advanced technology: treasury management, software robotics, data warehousing and dashboard reporting
- What technology has achieved in the management reporting and trend management of workflow
Instructor
Jonathan Balkin, Co-Founder & Executive Director, Lionpoint Group

Working group B | Valuation strategy and guidelines
- Valuation metrics
- Ensuring you have real time data to calculate valuation and satisfy auditors
- How reliant have firms been on valuation software?
- Growing demand for third-party valuations
- Alternative approaches for GPs not using a third-party
- Are you providing LPs with the opportunity to request an independent check?
- Takeaways from AICPA’s Valuation of Portfolio Company Investments of Venture Capital and Private Equity Funds and
- Other Investment Companies
- The broad picture: surveying the different valuation methods
- Garnering perspective from the LP
- How much do LPs care about interim values vs exit values?
- Do LPs think GPs are being overly conservative concerning write-downs and markups on expected sales?
- Adopting software for valuation
Instructors
L. Rand Gambrell, Director, Forensics & Valuation Services, BKD
Sal Shah, CPA, Partner, BKD
Working group C | Waterfall calculations and carried interest allocations
- Can the waterfall be built in anything other than Excel?
- Best practices for waterfall processing
- Waterfall solutions used by third-party administrators and GPs
- Creative carried interest solutions in the LPA and within the firm
- Carried interest and compensation: finding the ideal balance
- Examining advancements in the types of carry being used across funds
- Structure of carry vehicles, allocation programs and different ways firms do it
- What standards are you seeing in vesting periods of carry?
- Are firms giving carry on co-invests?
- Which members of the finance team participate in carry?
- Technology solutions
Instructor
Tom Pittman, Managing Director, Chief Marketing Officer, EWM Global

Networking luncheon
How the CFO and COO functions are moving the firm forward
- Changing role of the CFO/COO function
- Effectively managing dual-hatted roles
- Methods CFOs have employed to scale the enterprise
- What are the systems you have in place to grow operations?
- How does a firm with a successful fundraising trajectory keep up with growth for new funds?
Moderator
Michael Patanella, National Asset Management Sector Leader, Audit Partner, Grant Thornton
Panelists
Ruth E. Horowitz, Deputy CEO and Chief Operating Officer, IFC Asset Management Company
Will Mcloughlin, Executive Director, Private Markets, IHS Markit
Nickie Norris, Senior Partner, COO, CCO, New Heritage Capital
Jonathan Nunnaley, Chief Financial Officer, Trive Capital





Election year impact on PE
- Staying on top of key changes coming for PE
- Examining potential tax changes under different administrations
- What are the impacts of the current trade war with China and Mexico on portfolios?
- Reviewing your firm’s political contributions policy
- SEC stance on contributions and penalties against firms
Moderator
Isobel Markham, Senior Editor, Private Equity Group, Americas, PEI Media
Panelists
Pete Mento, Managing Director and Practice Leader, Global Customs and Duty Practice, Crowe LLP
Jason Mulvihill, Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel, American Investment Council
Kevin Slaton, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer, Insight Equity


Pete Mento
Managing Director and Practice Leader, Global Customs and Duty Practice , Crowe LLP
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Keynote fireside chat
Keynote Fireside Chat
William H. Hinman, Director, Division of Corporation Finance, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Interviewer
Graham Bippart, Editor, Private Funds CFO
End of conference
2020 Speakers

Tom Angell, CPA
Partner, WithumSmith+Brown, PC

Anne Anquillare, CFA
Chief Executive Officer and President, PEF Services LLC

Christopher G. Aroh, CPA
Partner, CohnReznick LLP

Jonathan Balkin
Founder & Executive Director , Lionpoint Group

Dominick Barbieri
Associate General Counsel and Deputy Chief Compliance Officer, Palladium Equity Partners, LLC

Chitra Baskar
Founder, Partner and COO, Viteos Fund Services

Howard J. Beber
Partner/Co-Head - Private Investment Funds Group, Proskauer

Wes Bender
Principal, Capital Advisory Group, Greenhill & Co., LLC

Graham Bippart
Editor, Private Funds CFO, Private Equity International

Tony Braddock
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer, Stellex Capital Management LP

Les Brown
Partner, HGGC

Elaine Chim
Head of Americas Private Equity & Real Estate, Apex Group Ltd.

John Chirokas
Controller, Ridgemont Equity Partners

Jacob Comer
General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, NovaQuest Capital Management

Sean Connor
Chief Financial Officer, Partner, Whitehorse Liquidity Partners

Julia Corelli
Partner

Jay Corrigan
Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer, Bain Capital Private Equity

Kate de Mul
Director, Client Services, KKR

Marija Djordjevic
Head of Research, eFront

Ted Dougherty
National IM Tax and Hedge Fund Leader, Deloitte

Thomas P. Duffy
Partner & Chief Financial Officer, The Vistria Group

Gerry Esposito
Partner & CFO, Newbury Partners LLC

Steven DeCillis II
Partner & Chief Financial Officer, AEA Investors LP

Michael Elio
Partner, StepStone Group

April Evans
Partner, CFO and CCO, Monitor Clipper Partners

Kimberly Evans
Senior Vice President, North America Head of Private Capital Fund Services, Northern Trust

Cameron Fairall
Chief Compliance Officer, AlpInvest Partners

Clifford Feitzinger
Vice President, U.S. Bank Global Fund Services

L. Rand Gambrell
Director, Forensics & Valuation Services, BKD

Rauli Garcia
V.P. of Strategic Marketing/Former CFO, Sage Intacct

James Gaven
Senior Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe

Kevin Kuntz
Former Chief Financial Officer, Juggernaut Capital Partners

Jeffrey Gilbert
Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, Carnelian Energy Capital

Omar Hassan
Principal, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer, Cloverlay Partners

Pamela Hendrickson
COO & Vice Chairman, Strategic Initiatives, The Riverside Company

William H. Hinman
Director, Division of Corporation Finance, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Ruth E. Horowitz
Deputy CEO and Chief Operating Officer, IFC Asset Management Company

James Jencarelli
Solutions Specialist, SEI

Jason S. Kaslow

Garrett Johnson
Director, Private Wealth Advisor, BMO Private Bank

Sandra Kim-Suk
Chief Financial Officer, Norwest Equity Partners

Amy Knapp
Chief Operating Officer, Corsair Capital

Mark Levitt
Chief Operating Officer, Global Infrastructure Partners

Kwame Lewis
Founder, KAL Consulting

Jeremiah Loeffler
COO – Credit, Crestline Investors, Inc.

John Malfettone
Chairman of the University of Connecticut Foundation and Former Senior Managing Director and CCO, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice

Shant Mardirossian
Partner, Chief Operating Officer, Kohlberg & Company

Isobel Markham
Senior Editor, Private Equity Group, Americas, PEI

Isaiah Massey
Managing Director - Chief Financial Officer, CAZ Investments LP

Thomas Mayrhofer
CFO and COO EJF Capital, LLC

Krista McCoy
Executive Vice President, LeverPoint

John McGuinness
Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Counsel, StepStone Group

Will Mcloughlin
Executive Director, Private Markets, IHS Markit

Michael McMaster

Pete Mento
Managing Director and Practice Leader, Global Customs and Duty Practice , Crowe LLP

Toby Mitchenall
Head of Newsletters, PEI Media

Brian Mooney
Managing Director, Greenhill & Co., LLC

Jason Mulvihill
Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel, American Investment Council

Hope Nawada
Senior Director, Vitech Systems Group

Nickie Norris
Senior Partner, COO, CCO, New Heritage Capital

Jonathan Nunnaley
Chief Financial Officer, Trive Capital

Kristine O’Connor
Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer, Franklin Park

Stephanie Paine
Chief Financial Officer, Pritzker Private Capital

Mike Lo Parrino
Financial Services Organization Private Equity Leader, Partner, EY

Michael Patanella
National Asset Management Sector Leader, Audit Partner, Grant Thornton

Drake Paulson
Senior Director, eVestment Private Markets

Tony Poulson
Director of Operations, Europe, Allvue

Deneshea L. Phelps
Chief Financial & Compliance Officer, Arlington Capital Partners

Adam Pinkert
Director of Private Equity Solutions, Backstop Solutions0

Tom Pittman
Managing Director, Chief Marketing Officer, EWM Global

John W. Polis
Chief Operating Officer & Chief Technology Officer, Star Mountain Capital

Kevin Power
Head of Compliance – Americas, Pantheon

Heramb Ramachandran
COO, Central States Water Resources

Sean Reilly
Managing Director, Alter Domus

Abrielle Rosenthal
Co-Chief Human Resources Officer, TowerBrook Capital Partners LP

Sarah G. Roth
COO and CFO, Argosy Capital

Sanjay Sanghoee
COO, CFO and CCO, Delos Capital

Daren Schneider
CFO & CCO, JLL Partners, LLC

Béla Schwartz
Chief Financial Officer, The Riverside Company

Mark J. Schwartz
CEO, Palladin Consumer Retail Partners

Louis Sciarretta
Chief Operating Officer, Kline Hill Partners

Montserrat Serra-Janer
Global Head of Private Equity Sales, Securities Services, J.P. Morgan

Sal Shah, CPA
Partner, BKD

Kevin Slaton
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer, Insight Equity

Brien P. Smith
Managing Director, Neuberger Berman and Chief Operating Officer, Neuberger Berman Private Equity Division

Christine Smoragiewicz
Chief Financial Officer, Intervale Capital

Roy E. Sroka
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer, Wynnchurch Capital, LLC

James Stevenson
Chief Financial Officer, ABS Capital Partners

Jordan Stutts
Senior Writer, Private Markets, PEI

Carl Thoma
Founder and Managing Partner, Thoma Bravo

Dale Thompson, CPA
Assurance Partner, BDO

Blair Troiano
Director, PwC

Kevin M. Valek
Partner, National Leader, Asset Management – Tax, KPMG LLP

Joel A. Wattenbarger
Partner, Ropes & Gray

Gerald Whelan
Private Equity Tax Partner, Ernst & Young LLP

Irene W. Willard
Chief Financial Officer – Principal Business, The Raine Group LLC

Alisa A. Wood
Member, Head of Private Market Strategies, KKR

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