Private Fund Compliance Forum San Francisco 2019

• CFO perspectives and best practices

Moderator:
Joshua Cherry-Seto, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer, Blue Wolf Capital Partners

• CCO and GC perspectives and best practices

Moderator:
Kabir Masson, Associate General Counsel & Deputy Chief Compliance Officer, GI Partners

During her tenure at Genstar, Melissa has built out the private equity firm’s operational infrastructure as the firm grew from $200 million to $9 billion in assets under management, closing over 100 transactions (platform acquisitions & sales), and doubling staff.

• In 2018, Melissa was named one of the “Top Ten Women Business Leaders in Private Equity” by Bold Business.
• In December 2017, Melissa was named one of the 35 “Most Influential Women in Mid-Market M&A” by Mergers & Acquisitions.

Keynote interviewee:
Melissa Dickerson, Chief Financial Officer & Managing Director, Operations, Genstar Capital

Interviewer:
Jane Goodman, Partner, EY

• What are currently the biggest risks facing private equity?
• Operational Due Diligence: What questions are investors asking? How do we improve operational efficiency?
• Outsourcing: perceived challenges of outsourcing to third-party service providers
• Fundraising
• Valuation (boosting Port Co. value)
• Identifying top priorities to deal with operational complexity
• Fee pressures from investors
• How are PE firms vesting their carried interest?
• Strategies for finding undervalued assets in the current market
• Growing your firm in the current competitive environment (how to build a billion dollar + firm)

Moderator:
Hiren Modi, Partner, EisnerAmper LLP

Panelists:
Joshua Cherry-Seto, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer, Blue Wolf Capital Partners
Andrew W. Petri, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer, Pfingsten Partners

• Fee’s and expenses
• Valuation
• Marketing
• Relationships between affiliated advisors
• Cybersecurity

Moderator:
Jason E. Brown, Partner, Ropes & Gray

Panelists:
Michael Altschuler, Chief Administrative Officer & General Counsel, Comvest Partners
Jane Jarcho, Special Adviser, Promontory Financial Group, an IBM Company
Amelia Stoj, CCO, Director of Investor Relations and Registered In-House Counsel, Foresite Capital

• Implementing data automation
• Is it possible finding the ROI of a tech investment?
• When is it time to upgrade your tech?
• The future of PE highlighting AI, cloud tech, data storage
• Outsourcing tech needs

Moderator:
Brian Bonilla, Reporter, PEI Media

Panelists:
James V. Gaven, Senior Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
Christopher S. Harrison, Chief Executive Officer, Sterlington Legal Solutions

• How to interpret the new AICPA rules
• Regulatory change and political uncertainty
• Market risk and high-risk products
• Cooperation and self-reporting
• Conduct risk and sexual harassment
• Personal liability
  • Conflicts of interest
  • Outside business activities

Moderator:
Jamila Abston, Partner, EY

Panelists:
Steve Eisner, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, Francisco Partners Consulting
Annette O’Donnell-Butner, Chief Compliance Officer for Public Markets, KKR
Gwen Reinke, Chief Compliance Officer, Vista Equity Partners
Heather R. Zuzenak, Chief Compliance Officer, Advent International Corporation

• How can PE fund address and minimize conflict when expanding into credit?
• Strategic approaches to the formation and growth of a private debt fund
  • Are changes to your infrastructure necessary?
• Mitigating allocation and compliance issues
• What the SEC Sweep of Private Credit Firms Means for CCOs

Moderator:
Sarah Curran, Director, Promontory Financial Group, an IBM Company

Panelist:
J. Troy Beatty, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, White Oak Global Advisors, LLC

The California Privacy Act comes into force on January 1, 2020 with a one-year look back provision, so it is essential that private fund managers understand how this will affect their data operations. The CCPA is coming and now is the time for PE funds to take action.

• What does the law require business to do?
• What exactly is personal data?
• How will it affect PE firms?
• How does the CCPA compare to the GDPR?
• What does this mean for investment due diligence?
• What other states will follow California’s lead?

Moderator:
Paul Schappell, CIPT, CISA, CISSP, Senior Principal Consultant, ACA Aponix

Panelist:
Robert D. Conca, Esq, Partner, Jacko Law Group, PC.

José Cisneros discusses being the Treasurer of San Francisco, a local government with a $10 billion budget, as well as managing a short term multi-billion dollar highly risk adverse portfolio. Using his experience in the tech and banking industries to enhance and modernize taxpayer systems, Treasurer Cisneros has successfully managed the City’s portfolio through a major recession. Continuing to leverage his strong background and leadership, Treasurer Cisneros believes that his role of safeguarding the City’s money extends to all San Francisco residents, and has been an advocate for the economic security and mobility of low income San Franciscans through award-winning programs like Kindergarten to College, Bank On SF and the Financial Justice Project, thus making San Francisco socially responsible.

Keynote speaker:
José Cisneros, Treasurer, City of San Francisco