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Women in Private Markets Summit London 2021
1 - 2 December 2021,
Royal Lancaster Hotel, London
Keeping diversity at the top of the agenda
The pandemic has shone a spotlight on challenges facing the world and diversity remains an area that businesses globally need to address to realise their full potential. The worlds’ leading diversity event focused on alternatives, the Women in Private Markets Summit is returning to London on 1-2 December. There will be additional opportunities for those unable to travel to participate remotely.
This year’s Women in Private Markets Summit will once again be co-located with the Women in Private Equity, Women in Infrastructure, Women in Real Estate and Women in Private Debt Forums. All registered attendees will have access to the four forums, allowing you to build your network across alternative asset classes. Book now to access the entire Women in Private Markets Summit.
COVERING WOMEN IN PRIVATE EQUITY, INFRASTRUCTURE, REAL ESTATE & PRIVATE DEBT
1 Summit. 4 Forums
What can you expect at the Summit?
Hear from industry leaders
Learn how industry experts are actively addressing diversity within their own businesses and those they work with. Understand how investor allocations have changed, the effect of the rise of impact investing in alternatives, how the SPAC phenomenon will play out for private markets, and if fundraising will ever be the same again.
Build your cross-asset class network
Connect with industry participants across private equity, infrastructure, private debt and real estate. Network in-person at interactive workshops, networking breaks, evening drinks reception, roundtable discussions and invite-only breakfasts. Build lasting relationships and compare best practices with your peers.
Meet institutional investors
Hear from investors who are looking to increase their exposure to private markets. Benefit from our expansive global investor community who will be in attendance throughout the forum. Current investors include Border to Coast Pensions Partnership, CPPIB, EBRD, Greater Manchester Pension Fund, and Japan Post Bank.
Keynote speaker
Level 20’s Chair, Cheryl Potter will discuss why private equity still struggles to retain diverse talent. Sharing her learnings from a career spent on the deal team, how the industry can attract and retain more women, and the wider role of Level 20 at the 8th annual Women in Private Markets Summit.
Speakers confirmed for 2021
Companies registered to attend this year
Testimonials from 2020
Julie Dunne
Investment Operations Manager, The Church of England Pensions Board
An incredibly inspirational event that would be a real benefit to any woman or man, in the industry to attend.
Louisa Yeoman
Co-Founder, Astrid Advisors
A virtual success for Women in Private Markets Summit in 2020 with fantastic representation across the different asset classes and excellent content from the sp…
Katalin Gallyas
Managing Director, c*funds
Well curated, high-quality conference with the very best of industry passionate and practitioners. Lots of new insights and market trends. Cannot be missed!
Louisa Yeoman
Co-Founder, Astrid Advisors
A virtual success for Women in Private Markets Summit in 2020 with fantastic representation across the different asset classes and excellent content from the speakers. It was wonderful to meet so many different people I would not normally have met through speed networking. Thank you, PEI!
View the 2021 agenda
The Summit will take place on 1-2 December 2021, all timings are in GMT, UK time zone.
For more information on the agenda, please contact Charles Gould.
charles.g@peimedia.com | +44 (0) 203 879 3893.
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Agenda
Women in Private Markets Summit - Wednesday 1st
08:00 - 08:45
Registration and coffee
LP invitation only breakfast session
Plenary
08:45 - 08:50
PEI Welcome
08:50 - 09:00
Chairperson’s opening remarks
Laurie Mahon
Laurie Mahon
Vice-Chair, US Investment Banking, Global Investment Banking, CIBC Capital Markets
Read bio
09:00 - 09:25
Keynote speech: Building a career as a dealmaker in private equity
Cheryl Potter
Cheryl Potter spent two decades at Permira leading the Global Consumer Team and the London office. She also served on the firm’s Executive Committee and the Compensation and Partnership Committee. Whilst the number of women in private markets has grown since Cheryl joined Permira in 1999, there is still a long way to go with only 10% of women working in Senior Investment roles. (Level 20 and BVCA D&I Survey 2021).
While more women are entering the industry at a junior level, Private Equity still struggles to retain diverse talent.
This keynote speech will share learnings from a career spent in the deal team, how the industry can attract and retain more women and the role of Level 20.
09:25 - 10:05
LP Allocations to private markets in a changed economy
Natalie Breen,
Sarah Farrell,
Denise Le Gal,
Teia Merring,
Sunaina Sinha
- How well have investments performed compared to other strategies since March 2019?
- Views on the future of fundraising after the changes caused of the past 18 months
- How are LPs supporting emerging managers and are they concerned about the flight to familiarity?
- To what extent are LPs making investment decisions based on diversity?
Moderator: Natalie Breen, Global Head of Strategic Growth, Sanne Group
10:05 - 10:45
How industry leaders are walking the talk on diversity
Aranpreet Randhawa,
Benoît Durteste,
Phil Peters,
Emma Watford,
Deborah Zurkow
- Examples of the benefits of diverse teams in fundraising
- How are firms recruiting and retaining diverse candidates?
- Changes to working practices since covid-19, returning to the office and the impact on women
- Advice for those making their way in private markets
Moderated by: Aranpreet Randhawa, Partner, Proskauer
10:45 - 11:30
Coffee & Networking
Plenary
11:30 - 12:10
The continued rise of impact investing in alternatives
Rikke Kjær Nielsen,
Joanna Reiss
- To what extent are impact strategies within mega funds integrated with ESG?
- Balancing outcome with fiduciary responsibility
- How are managers in impact differentiating themselves in their investment approach?
- Are impact strategies allowing funds to broaden their investor base?
12:10 - 12:45
How has economic disruption impacted appetite for co-investments?
Floortje Brouwers,
Karin Hyland,
Jackie Peradotto
- Differences across asset classes and lessons learnt: private equity vs real estate or infrastructure?
- To what extent have co-investments been used to help companies through a crisis?
- Opportunities created by the past year
- The blurring lines between secondaries and co-investments
12:45 - 13:45
Lunch
12:45-13:15
Oxford style debate: This house believes that unconscious bias training does not work
Virtual discussion available live at the event & online
13:15-13:45
Global perspectives on private markets
Virtual speakers from around the globe will be beamed into speak to the main conference hall for this unique session
Women in Infrastructure Forum
13:45 - 14:25
Are we entering a ‘roaring twenties’ for infrastructure?
Amy Mahon,
Gwenola Chambon,
Tara Davies
Moderator: Amy Mahon, Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
14:25 - 15:00
Asset Management: How managers have adapted capabilities to manage through disruption
Irina Frolova
15:00 - 15:40
Digital infrastructure: finding value in an ultra- competitive market
Kriti Madan
Women in Private Equity Forum
13:45 - 14:25
How well positioned is Private Equity to turn the crisis into an opportunity?
Alexandra Farmer,
Sofia Ahuja
14:25 - 15:00
Investor perspectives on PE as we enter a new cycle
Rebecca Villarreal,
Mirja Lehmler-Brown,
Lorna Robertson,
Joana Rocha Scaff
15:00 - 15:40
Outlining the commercial value of ESG integration in PE
Alison Hampton,
Shami Nissan,
Laura O'Brian
Women in Real Estate Forum
13:45 - 14:25
Real estate demand post-pandemic: finding opportunities a dislocated market
Sarah Acheson,
Sabina Kalyan,
Joanne McNamara
14:25 - 15:00
Where are opportunities in a fiercely competitive logistics market?
Gila Cohen,
Martina Malone,
Sylvia Slaughter
15:00 - 15:40
The future of offices in a post-pandemic world
Roujin Mansour,
Vanessa Muscara,
Nisha Raghavan,
Bronny Wilson
Women in Private Debt Forum
13:40 - 14:25
How has private debt fared in comparison with other investment strategies in the past few months?
Harriet West,
Kirsten Bode,
Sonia Rocher,
Natalia Tsitoura
Moderator: Harriet West, Associate, Proskauer
14:25 - 15:00
What role can private credit providers play in helping companies integrate ESG and sustainability?
Sabrina Fox,
Kristina Matthews,
Lucie Mixeras,
Adriana Oller
Kristina Matthews
Managing Director, Head of Investor Relations & ESG, Brightwood Capital Advisors
Read bio
15:00 - 15:40
Distressed & special situations: how is it performing as we move along the credit cycle?
Daniela Jönsson
15:40 - 16:00
Coffee & networking
Women in Infrastructure Forum
16:00 - 16:35
Defining social infrastructure and where private capital fits into the ecosystem
Annette Bannister,
Julia Schiffer
16:35 - 17:10
Opportunities in the Energy Transition as the world aims for net-zero
Ruth Murray,
Patricia Rodrigues Jenner,
Albena Vassileva
17:10 - 17:45
Sustainable value creation: How ESG has moved from a cost centre to a value driver in infrastructure
Women in Private Equity Forum
16:00 - 16:35
Why growth equity & venture are growing rapidly in Europe and worldwide
Lisya Bahar Manoah,
Shannee Braun,
Saachi Oza,
Maggie Vo
16:35 - 17:10
How technological innovations can democratise PE investing?
Sabina Haq ,
Carine Schneider
17:10 - 17:45
Emerging Managers: what it takes to raise a first-time fund
Carmela Mendoza,
Michelle Jacobi,
Rajaa Mekouar,
Natalia Sigrist
Moderator: Carmela Mendoza, Senior Reporter, Private Equity International
Women in Real Estate Forum
16:00 - 16:35
Why investors are flooding into life sciences
Andrea Carpenter,
Anne Gales
16:35 - 17:10
Traditional vs alternative lenders: what are their intentions for the real estate market post-pandemic?
Beatrice Dupont,
Natalie Howard,
Daljit Sandhu
17:10 - 17:45
How sustainability considerations have moved beyond just the environment in real estate
Christina Djambazca,
Gilda Perez-Alvarado,
Sadie Malim
Women in Private Debt Forum
16:00 - 16:35
View of the world: how different regions are prospering and why Asia-Pacific is in the spotlight
16:35 - 17:10
Exploring the potential of private debt secondaries
Alesia Dawidowicz
17:10 - 17:45
Why is interest in asset-backed lending increasing?
Sophia Damianou,
Sophie Littler
17:45 - 19:00
Cocktail reception
Agenda
Women in Private Markets Summit - Thursday 2nd
08:00 - 09:00
Invitation only think-tanks
Gila Cohen
These sessions will allow women to speak freely about the issues impacting their office and asset class. It is a closed door, open conversation where attendees can benchmark ideas and share best practices to gain solutions for common concerns.
- Infrastructure (invitation and LP/GP only)
- Private Equity
- Private Debt
- Real Estate led by Gila Cohen, Managing Director of Real Estate and Private Equity, MUFG
Plenary
09:10 - 09:50
Measuring the ‘S’ in ESG
Dr Grace Lordan
- Why do we care about S
- Micro measurement: The GOOD FINANCE framework: Why was there a need for this piece of work? What obstacles are preventing progress?
- Macro measurement: The importance of addressing the S & G: Growth and Governance Hub at TII
- Making the research useful and relevant for private markets
Dr Grace Lordan
Associate Professor/Founding Director of The Inclusion Initiative, London School of Economics
Read bio
09:50 - 10:00
Highlights of the PEI LP Insight findings
The PEI Investor Research and Analytics team surveyed over 100 LPs to capture investor sentiment on asset allocation, relationships with GPs, and performance predictions. The study also features insight on gender diversity and inclusion. Investors range from established players with diverse fund portfolios, to those planning to make their first alternatives commitments in 2021
10:00 - 10:40
Will fundraising ever be the same again?
Emily Brown,
Daria Litvinova
- Learnings from working remotely: will it make fundraising more efficient in the long-term?
- Stories of completing due diligence remotely
- How to build new LP relationships without travelling the world
- Tips for emerging managers
Moderator: Emily Brown, Partner, Ropes & Gray
10:40 - 11:15
Secondaries market update
Sophia Damianou,
Laura Shen
- To what extent are GP led deals driving growth of the market?
- Are managers looking to opportunities in Asia?
- Comparing performance and growth of secondaries in different asset classes
- Implementing ESG in secondaries
11:15 - 11:45
Coffee & networking
Plenary
11:45 - 12:15
How talent experts are helping to change their organisations
Matt J Baird,
Sue Brown
- The importance of getting the buy-in of senior management
- What innovations have participants brought into their companies and portfolio investments?
- Recruiting and retaining diverse talent
- Stories of success and failure within current and previous position
12:15 - 13:15
Network building in private markets
Anne Clarke,
Maria Perez Corral,
Kendall Langford,
Evie Mulberry
The room will be split up into 8 roundtables each led by an expert moderator. Delegates will have the opportunity to join two tables each for 30 minutes with the aim to meet likeminded people and discuss a topic of interest;
- Maria Perez Corral (Rubicon Partners) – Fundraising in a changed world
- Anne Clarke (ABSTRACT) – Attracting Sponsors & Mentors’
- Overcoming unconscious bias
- Kendall Langford (Patron Capital Advisers) – An intro to the world’s first gender-lens property fund
- ESG across private markets
- Making yourself indispensable to the firm
- Aspiring to a NED position
- Renumeration
- Evie Mulberry (Astia Fund) – A career in venture
Speakers confirmed for 2021
For more information on speaking, please contact Charles Gould.
charles.g@peimedia.com | +44 (0) 203 879 3893
Sarah Acheson
Investment Director – Real Estate, Cambridge Associates
Sarah is an Investment Director focused on real assets research in Cambridge Associates’ London office. She is a member of the Real Assets Investment Group covering strategies and services across real estate, infrastructure and natural resources with… Read full bio
Sofia Ahuja
Director, EQT
Sofia is an Investment Professional at EQT and leading the expansion of the Services sector strategy to the UK. She joined EQT in 2011, worked in the New York and London offices and has completed investments in both the Services and Healthcare sector… Read full bio
Lisya Bahar Manoah
Partner, Catalyst Funds
Lisya Bahar Manoah is the Senior Partner at Catalyst Fund, an Israel-based Private Equity founded in 1999 and focusing on investments in growth-to late stage high-tech companies. Lisya has over 15 years of investment and management experience in priv… Read full bio
Matt J Baird
Managing Director, Operations & Strategy, Omers PE
Matt is Managing Director, Operations & Strategy for OMERS Private Equity in Europe, and joined OMERS in 2017. He works with the management teams leading OMERS portfolio companies to help them generate maximum value through the lifetime of the in… Read full bio
Annette Bannister
Head of European Infrastructure, MetLife Investment Management
Annette Bannister is a Director and Head of European Infrastructure for MetLife Investments and is responsible for the origination and execution of new transactions, as well as the ongoing management of existing investments. Annette joined MetLife in… Read full bio
Kirsten Bode
Co-Head of Pan-European Private Debt, Muzinich & Co
Kirsten Bode is Co-Head of the Pan-European Private Debt activities at Muzinich focused on direct lending to lower middle market sponsor driven and family owned companies. Prior to joining Muzinich, she spent six years as a Managing Director in the p… Read full bio
Shannee Braun
Shannee Braun, Vice President, EQT Growth
Shannee is a Vice President and founding member of EQT Growth, based in London. She focuses on European growth-stage investments across financial technology, including helping lead EQT Growth’s investment in Dutch payments company Mollie, and closely… Read full bio
Natalie Breen
Global Head of Strategic Growth, Sanne Group
As the Global Head of Strategic Growth and Business Development, Natalie will be responsible for driving organic growth across Sanne’s product offering and delivering cross border opportunities through the group’s network of international offices. Na… Read full bio
Floortje Brouwers
Senior Vice President, GIC
Floortje Brouwers leads the Infrastructure Debt strategy for GIC, based out of London. She is part of GIC’s INFRA investment team which covers Equity, Debt and Fund investments. In her role she is responsible for investments in non-investment grade a… Read full bio
Emily Brown
Partner, Ropes & Gray
Emily Brown is a partner in the asset management group of Ropes & Gray. Emily advises private equity, real asset and venture capital sponsors on fundraising, managed accounts and the capital-raising process, as well as on executive and employee c… Read full bio
Sue Brown
Managing Director, Real Estate Balance
Sue Brown is managing director for Real Estate Balance, a campaigning organisation working to improve diversity and inclusion in the real estate industry. Sue has three decades of business, property and economic-development experience. Sue joined Rea… Read full bio
Andrea Carpenter
Co-Founder, Women Talk Real Estate
Andrea Carpenter is a Director of Women Talk Real Estate, and a writer and communications consultant in the property industry. She most recently worked as Head of Marketing and Communications EMEA at CBRE Global Investors where she oversaw the corpor… Read full bio
Gwenola Chambon
CEO – Founding Partner, Vauban Infrastructure Partners
Gwenola Chambon, is CEO and Founding Partner of Vauban Infrastructure Partners. She has built and developed this equity infrastructure activity through the past 10 years. She developed the team, lead the various vintages of fundraising, designing the… Read full bio
Anne Clarke
Programme Manager, ABSTRACT
Anne is Programme Manager and Senior Consultant for ABSTRACT. Anne leads the delivery of ABSTRACT’s award-winning learning and development programmes including ACCELERATE, our career management development programme aimed at the development of women… Read full bio
Gila Cohen
Managing Director, Real Estate and Private Equity, MUFG
Gila R. Cohen is a Managing Director, Real Estate and Private Equity at MUFG. In this role, she is responsible for those businesses including investments/fund Allocation, Corporate Banking and Investor Services. Most recently, Ms. Cohen was the Manag… Read full bio
Maria Perez Corral
Principal, Rubicon Partners
Originally from Spain, Maria has been a longstanding corporate finance and strategy professional focused on the industrials sector across corporates, investors and investment banks. She joined Rubicon Partners in 2020. Prior to joining Rubicon, Maria… Read full bio
Sophia Damianou
Managing Director, Business Development (EMEA), Northleaf Capital Partners
Sophia Damianou is a Managing Director, responsible for Northleaf’s business development activities in the UK and Europe, including working closely with existing and prospective investors and investment consultants to design, develop and monitor thei… Read full bio
Tara Davies
Partner, Global Head of Core Infrastructure, and Co-Head of European Infrastructure, KKR
Tara Courtney Davies (London) joined KKR in 2016 and is a Partner, Global Head of Core Infrastructure, and Co-Head of European Infrastructure. Ms. Davies is a member of the Infrastructure Investment Committee and Infrastructure Portfolio Management C… Read full bio
Alesia Dawidowicz
Managing Director - Private Debt & Hedge Funds, StepStone Group
Mrs. Dawidowicz* is a member of the private debt team, focusing on sub-investment grade corporate credit and other liquid and illiquid credit strategies. Mrs. Dawidowicz joined in summer 2013 and oversees investments in broadly syndicated loans and h… Read full bio
Christina Djambazca
Analyst, Real Estate: Product Lead - Transition Risk, GRESB
Christina is an Analyst, Real Estate at GRESB. In her role, she works on the development and execution of the Real Estate Assessment, Real Estate Products, and related processes. Additionally, Christina is the Product Lead for GRESB’s work on Transit… Read full bio
Beatrice Dupont
Partner, ARA Venn
Beatrice is co-founder of ARA Venn Commercial Real Estate business, having joined the firm in 2013 and helped transform the firm into the successful credit manager it is today with over €4bn of AUM and over €6bn of additional available capital from i… Read full bio
Benoît Durteste
Chief Investment Officer and Chief Executive Officer, ICG
Benoît joined ICG in Paris in September 2002 from Swiss Re where he was a Managing Director in their London Structured Finance division. Prior to Swiss Re, Benoît worked in the Leveraged Finance division of BNP Paribas and in GE Capital’s Telecom and… Read full bio
Ana Estrada
Managing Director Real Estate Investing, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Ana is a managing director in Goldman Sachs Asset Management Private, responsible for sourcing, executing and managing real estate investments across Europe. She joined Goldman Sachs in 2003 as an analyst and was named managing director in 2015. Ana… Read full bio
Alexandra Farmer
Partner - ESG & Impact, Kirkland & Ellis
Alex heads the Firm’s ESG & Impact Practice Group, which advises some of the world’s most sophisticated and dynamic private equity firms, corporations, and project sponsors and lenders on complex and evolving legal issues relating to ESG and clim… Read full bio
Sarah Farrell
Head of Private Equity Europe and Asia, Allstate Investments
Sarah is the Head of Private Equity for Europe and Asia at Allstate Investments, covering primary fund commitments and co-investments alongside growth equity and buyout managers. Prior to joining Allstate Investments, Sarah was at Aberdeen Standard I… Read full bio
Casey Forester
Director, PE/Infrastructure, Impax Asset Management
Mrs. Forester joined Impax in 2019 as Director of the Fundraising Specialist Team with a focus on the New Energy products. Prior to joining Impax, between 2015 and 2019, Mrs. Forester worked for Foresight, a renewables asset manager as a Senior Manag… Read full bio
Sabrina Fox
Chief Executive Officer, European Leveraged Finance Association
Sabrina is the Chief Executive Officer for the European Leveraged Finance Association, an investor-only trade association comprised of European leveraged finance investors from over 40 institutional fixed income managers, including investment advisor… Read full bio
Irina Frolova
Head Asset Management, PGGM
Irina Frolova brings over 20 years of international experience in portfolio management, corporate finance and investments and currently oversees asset management of the EUR10bn open-ended infrastructure fund at PGGM, the Dutch pension fund investment… Read full bio
Anne Gales
Partner, Threadmark
Anne is a co-founder of Threadmark. She has over 25 years’ experience of capital raising and financial markets, and has advised and raised capital for over 60 different fund managers in real estate, credit, infrastructure and private equity since 200… Read full bio
Clare Gaskell
Partner, Simpson Thacher
Clare Gaskell advises private equity firms and corporate clients on private M&A and public takeovers as well as equity capital markets transactions and general corporate matters, with a particular focus on private equity and other financial spons… Read full bio
Ivelina Green
CIO and Founder, Pearlstone Alternative
Ivelina Green is a Founder and CIO of Pearlstone Alternative. Pearlstone’s investment philosophy focuses on fundamental credit underwriting, process control and portfolio construction. Prior to launching Pearlstone, Ivelina was a Partner at CQS where… Read full bio
Alison Hampton
Founder, Alma Verde Advisors
Alison is the founder of Alma Verde Advisors, which she set up to provide consultancy and training services to private equity and other investors on responsible investment strategies. She is also an independent advisor at Sancroft, the sustainability… Read full bio
Sabina Haq
Chief Compliance Officer & Senior Legal Counsel, Siris Capital Partners
Ms. Haq joined Siris Capital in 2018. Prior to joining Siris, Ms. Haq worked for Hastings Funds Management, then a subsidiary of Westpac Institutional Bank, as Chief Compliance Officer and Regulatory Counsel for its North American infrastructure busi… Read full bio
Karin Hyland
Senior Investment Director, Aberdeen Standard Investments
Karin is responsible for sourcing, evaluating and executing private equity investments for Aberdeen Standard Investment’s Private Equity business. She specialises in co-investments but also undertakes secondary and primary fund investing. Karin has o… Read full bio
Natalie Howard
Head of Real Estate Debt, Schroders Capital
With over 30 years' experience in Real Estate, Natalie has recently joined Schroders Real Estate Investment Management to head up their Real Estate Debt platform. Natalie has worked across all levels of the capital structure in all real estate asset… Read full bio
Michelle Jacobi
Managing Director, Gatewood Capital Partners
Michelle is a Managing Director and is responsible for leading Gatewood’s fundraising and marketing initiatives, as well as assisting in business development and transaction origination. Michelle has deep fundraising experience, with a particular foc… Read full bio
Daniela Jönsson
Managing Director, Ares Management
Daniela is a Principal in the Ares European Relationship Management Group and is responsible for the marketing and client relations effort across all strategies of the firm (credit, private equity, real estate) to institutional investors in Germany,… Read full bio
Sabina Kalyan
Global Head Of Real Assets Research, CBRE Global Investors
Sabina Kalyan is Global Chief Economist and Global Head of Real Assets Research for CBRE Global Investors with full operational responsibility for the firm’s strategy and research team and a specific role in selecting the economic scenarios and macro… Read full bio
Rikke Kjær Nielsen
Partner, EQT
Rikke Nielsen joined EQT Partners in April 2010 and is a Partner in the Copenhagen office. Prior to joining EQT Partners, Rikke worked for The Royal Bank of Scotland (previously Alfred Berg ABN AMRO) in the Mergers & Acquisitions department, late… Read full bio
Kendall Langford
General Counsel & Senior Partner, Patron Capital Advisers LLP, Women in Safe Home Fund
Kendall Langford is a founding partner of Patron Capital Partners having previously worked at Cargill, following time as a banking lawyer at Clifford Chance. Kendall is committed to readdressing the lack of gender diversity in the finance industry. K… Read full bio
Denise Le Gal
Chair, Brunel Pension Partnership
Denise Le Gal is Independent Chair of the Board at Brunel Pension Partnership. She was formerly Chair of the LGA’s Local Government Pension Committee (LGPC) and served as Board Member on the LGPS Scheme Advisory Board (SAB) from inception to May 2019… Read full bio
Mirja Lehmler-Brown
Managing Director, Hayfin
Ms. Lehmler-Brown is a Managing Director within the Private Equity Solutions Investment Team at Hayfin. Prior to joining Hayfin, Ms. Lehmler-Brown was a Senior Investment Manager at Aberdeen Asset Management in their Private Equity team and a member… Read full bio
Sophie Littler
Associate Director, LendInvest
Sophie is an Investor Relations and Capital Raising professional with over 6 years experience in alternative lending, private credit and FinTech. Sophie built her career at LendInvest, a real estate debt manager, specialising in short duration senior… Read full bio
Daria Litvinova
Head of Investor Relations - Partner, Vauban Infrastructure Partners
Daria Litvinova, is Head of Investor Relations and Partner at Vauban Infrastructure Partners. She holds a substantial experience in Finance, Asset Management & Client Relationship Management across several markets in Europe. Daria has joined Vaub… Read full bio
Dr Grace Lordan
Associate Professor/Founding Director of The Inclusion Initiative, London School of Economics
Dr Grace Lordan is the Founding Director of The Inclusion Initiative (TII), Director of the MSc in Behavioural Science and an Associate Professor in Behavioural Science at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Grace has a PhD in Econo… Read full bio
Kriti Madan
Vice President, Northleaf Capital Partners
Kriti Madan is a Vice President, responsible for the due diligence, execution and asset management of Northleaf’s infrastructure investments in the UK and Europe. Prior to joining Northleaf, Kriti was at KPMG in the Infrastructure Corporate Finance g… Read full bio
Amy Mahon
Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
A Partner in the Firm’s London office, Amy Mahon advises a range of clients including private equity firms, infrastructure funds and corporate clients on complex domestic and cross border M&A, leveraged buyouts, private equity, infrastructure and… Read full bio
Laurie Mahon
Vice-Chair, US Investment Banking, Global Investment Banking, CIBC Capital Markets
Laurie Mahon serves as Vice-Chair of CIBC’s U.S. Investment Banking business, a role she assumed after having led its Global Infrastructure and Power team since August 2013. She has spent her entire professional life in infrastructure-- as a banker,… Read full bio
Martina Malone
Managing Director, Global Head of Capital Raising, Prologis
Martina Malone, managing director, head of global capital raising, is responsible for client relations and capital raising with Prologis’ global investor base. Her focus is to develop and deepen relationships with institutional investors and consulta… Read full bio
Sadie Malim
Head of Special Projects & Legal, Moorfield
Sadie joined Moorfield in 2007 and sits on the Operational Board as Head of Special Projects & Legal. She is responsible for overseeing and implementing specific projects that require both private equity and real estate knowledge, as well as lead… Read full bio
Hangwi Manavhela
Partner & Head of ESG, Aequalitas Capital Partners
Vhahangwele (Hangwi) Manavhela is an executive with 20+ years of experience in ESG and Social Impact across Africa. Hangwi leads the ESG practice at Aequalitas Capital Partners. She works with asset managers, companies and development organisations t… Read full bio
Roujin Mansour
Senior Investment Analyst, AustralianSuper
Based in London, Roujin is a Senior Investment Analyst at AustralianSuper covering European Real Estate investment in the private market. Prior to joining the superannuation fund in February 2021, Roujin had developed some expertise of the European O… Read full bio
Kristina Matthews
Managing Director, Head of Investor Relations & ESG, Brightwood Capital Advisors
Kristina Matthews is a Managing Director, Head of Investor Relations and ESG, at Brightwood Capital Advisors. She is primarily focused on business development and fundraising strategy as well as the firm’s ESG initiatives while overseeing the Investo… Read full bio
Joanne McNamara
EVP – Europe and Asia Pacific, Oxford Properties
Joanne McNamara is Executive Vice President, Europe and Asia-Pacific of Oxford Properties. In this role, Jo is responsible for all aspects of Oxford’s business across Europe. Jo is a member of Oxford’s Executive Leadership Team, Executive Committee a… Read full bio
Marie Measures
Chief Technology Officer, Sanne Group
As Chief Technology Officer, Marie is responsible for implementing a technology strategy, which underpins the business vision, and subsequently leads the transformation across Sanne's Business System Innovation, Cloud, Data, Cyber and Modern Workplac… Read full bio
Rajaa Mekouar
Founder and CEO, Calista Direct Investors
Rajaa is a PE investor and financial entrepreneur with 25 years of experience across private markets globally. She worked as a GP in different funds focused on the mid markets and as an LP with family offices across Europe. She is the founder and CEO… Read full bio
Carmela Mendoza
Senior Editor, PEI
Carmela Mendoza is a senior reporter for Private Equity International based in London. She first joined PEI in Hong Kong in 2015 and covered Asia. A graduate of Ateneo de Manila University, she previously worked for a digital agency in Singapore focu… Read full bio
Teia Merring
Investment Director - Private Equity, USS
Teia Merring is an Investment Director in the Private Equity Funds and Co-Investment team at USS Investment Management (~£70bn under management), the corporate pension plan for universities in the United Kingdom. She is responsible for executing and… Read full bio
Lucie Mixeras
Associate Director, IFM Investors
Lucie has ten years of experience in infrastructure debt. At IFM investors, Lucie is responsible for origination, credit analysis and due diligence for infrastructure debt assets in the UK/Europe. Amongst other things, She has been involved in the st… Read full bio
Evie Mulberry
Managing Director, Astia
Evie is a Managing Director of Astia, a global organisation that levels the investment playing field for entrepreneurial teams with women leaders. Evie is one of four members of the Investment Team for the Astia Fund, an early stage venture fund inve… Read full bio
Ruth Murray
Associate Director, Gresham House
Ruth has been an Associate Director at Gresham House since February 2021, delivering investments in sustainable infrastructure, prior to which she supported the team as a consultant from April 2020. Ruth has 20 years’ of infrastructure experience thr… Read full bio
Roopa Murthy
Partner - Infrastructure Debt, AMP Capital Investors
Roopa Murthy joined AMP Capital’s Infrastructure Debt team in the London office in 2015. Ms Murthy is responsible for originating, structuring and managing infrastructure debt assets in Europe. Ms Murthy brings over 16 years’ experience to the team,… Read full bio
Vanessa Muscara
Head of Research & Strategy, Europa Capital
Vanessa joined Europa Capital as Head of Research & Strategy in September 2020. She is responsible for providing expert guidance to support Europa’s tactical and strategic business support needs. Before joining Europa Capital, Vanessa held resear… Read full bio
Shami Nissan
Head of Responsible Investment, Actis
Shami leads Actis’ approach to responsible investment, working closely with investment colleagues and company management to assess and manage sustainability issues, helping to build world-class businesses and to deliver societal benefits. Shami is a… Read full bio
Laura O'Brian
Investment Director - Private Equity, Cambridge Associates
Laura is an Investment Director focused on private investments in Cambridge Associates’ London office, having joined the firm in 2014. She is a member of the Endowment & Foundation Group covering primarily foundation clients in the UK ranging fro… Read full bio
Adriana Oller
Founder & Partner, Resilience Partners
Adriana Oller founded Resilience Partners to provide flexible solutions to SMEs. She has over 20 years of investment experience, specifically in midmarket companies in Spain and Portugal, where she has invested over EUR 110 M in 14 companies. Adriana… Read full bio
Saachi Oza
Senior Investment Associate, Bregal Milestone
Saachi is a Senior Associate at Bregal Milestone and joined the company in 2019. Prior to Bregal, she was an Investment Banking Analyst at J.P. Morgan, executing a wide variety of M&A and capital markets transactions across sectors in Europe, wit… Read full bio
Jackie Peradotto
Principal, HarbourVest Partners
Jackie Peradotto joined HarbourVest in 2009. She left the Firm to attend business school and rejoined HarbourVest’s direct investment team in 2014 after completing her MBA. Jackie focuses on sourcing, reviewing, executing, and monitoring direct co-in… Read full bio
Gilda Perez-Alvarado
Global CEO, JLL Hotels & Hospitality
Gilda Perez-Alvarado is the Global Chief Executive Officer of JLL Hotels & Hospitality, where she is responsible for investment sales, debt and equity placement, strategic advisory and asset management. Additionally, Gilda leads the group’s Globa… Read full bio
Phil Peters
Global Head of Client Solutions Group, Macquarie Asset Management
Phil is responsible for Macquarie Asset Management’s global Client Solutions Group, made up of approximately 250 professionals dedicated to new business initiatives, product development, fund formation, capital raising and client relations across the… Read full bio
Cheryl Potter
Chair, Level 20
Cheryl Potter is currently Chair of Level 20, having previously served on the Level 20 Advisory Council. Level 20 is a not for profit focussed on getting more women into senior roles in the private equity industry. She is also a BVCA Council member h… Read full bio
Nisha Raghavan
Managing Director- Chief Finance Officer, EQT Partners
Nisha Raghavan joined EQT Partners in June 2016 as Chief Financial Officer and is a Managing Director of EQT Real Estate Advisory Team. She has over 17 years of experience within the real estate industry. Prior to joining EQT Partners, Mrs. Raghavan… Read full bio
Aranpreet Randhawa
Partner, Proskauer
Aranpreet is a partner in our Private Funds Group in London. She advises European and international clients on the structuring, formation and operation of both open- and closed-ended investment funds across a range of strategies, including private eq… Read full bio
Joanna Reiss
Partner and Co-lead of Impact - Private Equity, Apollo Global Management
Ms. Reiss joins Apollo as Co-lead of Impact from Cornell Capital, a private equity firm where she was a partner since founding in 2013. At Cornell Capital, Ms. Reiss invested across the industrial, financial and consumer sectors and served as a membe… Read full bio
Lorna Robertson
Head of Funds, Connection Capital
Lorna joined Connection Capital from Invesco, where she was responsible for managing relationships and fund investments with investment and private banks and developing strategic partnerships. Her role covered a range of fund strategies including fix… Read full bio
Joana Rocha Scaff
Head of Europe Private Equity, Neuberger Berman
Joana Rocha Scaff is a Managing Director of Neuberger Berman, Head of Europe Private Equity and a member of the Private Investment Portfolios, Co-Investment, and Secondary Investment Committees. She is also a member of Neuberger Berman’s ESG Advisory… Read full bio
Sonia Rocher
Head of Private Debt Research and Execution, BlackRock
Sonia Rocher is a Managing Director in BlackRock Private Credit Strategies. She is a senior investment professional and Portfolio Manager in European Private Debt. She joined BlackRock in 2015 as a founding member of the European Private Debt platfor… Read full bio
Patricia Rodrigues Jenner
Member of Investment Committee, GLIL Infrastructure
Patricia is a real assets investment professional and Non-Executive Board Director with a breadth of experience across infrastructure / real estate / private equity. Over the past two decades, Patricia has been an investment manager at Macquarie, mul… Read full bio
Daljit Sandhu
COO & Founder, Précis Capital Partners
Daljit Sandhu is co-founder and chief operating officer of Précis Capital Partners, a real estate lending platform that delivers large-ticket financing solutions to real estate developers for projects across the UK. In her role as COO, Sandhu is resp… Read full bio
Julia Schiffer
Senior Portfolio Manager, Mercer Alternatives
Julia Schiffer is a Senior Portfolio Manager based in Zurich. Ms. Schiffer joined SCM Strategic Capital Management AG in 2010, which was acquired by Mercer in 2015. Ms. Schiffer is responsible for the portfolio management of Mercer's Real Asset progr… Read full bio
Carine Schneider
President, Astrella
Carine Schneider, FGE is an experienced and well-connected leader in the private market and global compensation industry with deep experience working in consulting, technology & financial services. She is the President of AST Private Company Solu… Read full bio
Laura Shen
Partner & Co-Founder, Headway Capital
Laura Shen is a partner and co-founder of Headway Capital Partners, a London based investment firm with advised funds of over €900 million. Headway provides bespoke liquidity and capital solutions to private equity GPs and managers, investing globall… Read full bio
Natalia Sigrist
Partner - Private Equity, Unigestion
Natalia Sigrist, Partner Private Equity, leads the “digitalization” of Unigestions’ business, with projects across investment activities. Natalia covers venture capital investments and is on the advisory board of several private equity funds. She joi… Read full bio
Sunaina Sinha
Managing Partner, Cebile Capital
Sunaina Sinha Haldea is the founder and Managing Partner of Cebile Capital, a placement agent and secondaries advisor. Under her leadership, Cebile Capital has quickly become one of the leading advisors in private equity and real assets. Cebile Capit… Read full bio
Sylvia Slaughter
Senior Director - Fund Management, GLP
Sylvia Slaughter has over 19 years of experience in real estate investments, 15 of which has been in fund management both with unlisted funds in various jurisdictions as well as listed vehicles in both Canadian and UK markets. Sylvia is currently Sen… Read full bio
Natalia Tsitoura
Managing Director, Head of European Private Debt, Apollo Global Management
Natalia is Head of European Private Credit at Apollo and is responsible for originating, structuring and underwriting transactions. Natalia has over 14 years of investing experience and extensive knowledge in direct lending deal flow, having worked c… Read full bio
Albena Vassileva
Executive Director, IFM Investors
Albena is responsible for the sourcing, execution and management of infrastructure investments across Europe. Albena has more than 13 years of Private Equity track record, leading a range of investments, transformations and exits across industry sect… Read full bio
Rebecca Villarreal
Partner, Proskauer
Rebecca Villarreal is a partner in the Corporate Department and a member of our Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions Groups. She advises private investment funds, their portfolio companies and management teams on transactions across the fina… Read full bio
Maggie Vo
Managing General Partner and Chief Investment Officer, Fuel Venture Capital
Maggie Vo, CFA®, Managing General Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Fuel Venture Capital, is a finance expert with more than a decade’s experience in the public markets, analyzing and managing investments across a wide spectrum of asset classes… Read full bio
Emma Watford
Partner, Bridgepoint
Emma is a Partner based in London and is co-head of Bridgepoint Europe investment activities in the UK and co-chair of Bridgepoint's Diversity & Inclusion Committee. She sits on the boards of Zenith and Hobbycraft and has worked on a number of tr… Read full bio
Harriet West
Associate, Proskauer
Harriet West is an associate in the Corporate Department and a member of the Finance and Private Credit Groups. Harriet concentrates her practice on leveraged and acquisition finance as well as general banking. She represents a variety of clients inc… Read full bio
Bronny Wilson
Regional Head UK & Ireland, Equiem
Bronny has led Equiem’s UK and Ireland team since its inception in 2017, having headed up Client Services and Onsite Staffing in Equiem’s Australian business for five years prior. She has spearheaded the company’s growth in UK and Ireland, overseeing… Read full bio
Deborah Zurkow
Global Head of Investments, AllianzGI
Deborah Zurkow is Global Head of Investments at Allianz Global Investors, and a member of the Executive Committee. In January 2020, Deborah took on responsibility for leading AllianzGI’s investment platform, which comprises Alternatives, Equities, Fi… Read full bio
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Women in Private Markets Summit
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Kirsten Bode
Co-Head of European Private Debt Fund
Muzinich and Co
James Brocklebank
Managing Partner
Advent International
Sue Brown
Managing Director
Real Estate Balance
Pam Jackson
CEO
Level 20
Denise Le Gal
Chair
Brunel Pension Partnership
Laurie Mahon
Vice-Chair, US Investment Banking, Global Investment Banking
CIBC Capital Markets
Matina Papathanasiou
Deputy Head of Global Infrastructure
QIC
Erin Sarret
Director
StepStone Group
Deborah Zurkow
Global Head of Investments
AllianzGI
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