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Women in Private Markets Summit London 2023
28 - 29 November 2023,
133 Houndsditch, London
Showcasing diverse talent across private markets
The worlds’ leading diversity event focused on alternatives; the Women in Private Markets Summit is returning to London this November. Join over 700 attendees from more than 50 countries for an unrivalled networking opportunity.
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 Forum. 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.
What can you expect at the Summit?
Hear from industry leaders
Learn how leading experts are actively addressing diversity within their own businesses and those they work with. Understand how investor allocations are changing across private markets, what trends leading fund managers are seeing across their asset classes, why secondaries continue to boom, and much more.
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, an 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 and benefit from our expansive global investor community. Previous investors include Allstate Investment, Border to Coast Pensions Partnership, Greater Manchester Pension Fund, NYSNA Pension Plan and Benefits Fund and Pension Protection Fund.
Connect with private market professionals
Apply for a complimentary institutional investor pass
A limited number of complimentary passes are available for eligible allocators and institutional investors to join the event.
To qualify for a complimentary pass, you must meet the eligibility criteria in representing a pension fund, insurance company, sovereign wealth fund, private wealth manager, foundation, endowment, family office or corporate investment division.
Apply for a pass and a member of our team will follow up with you to secure your pass.
Summit advisory board in 2022
Testimonials from attendees
British Business Bank
Marilena Ioannidou, Senior Investment Manager
This was a well organised event, balancing between sessions hearing from industry leaders on topics that are currently top priority, as well as allowing time fo…
Aquila Capital
Miryam Colombo, Client Advisor
As an associate, still at the early stage of my career and eager to learn and grow in the industry, I found it really inspiring to meet other successful women w…
Brown Brothers Harriman
Ainun Ayub, Product Head
I enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere, the candid exchange of knowledge, and the passion that speakers and participants brought. I always leave this event feeling en…
British Business Bank
Marilena Ioannidou, Senior Investment Manager
This was a well organised event, balancing between sessions hearing from industry leaders on topics that are currently top priority, as well as allowing time for networking and engaging with other participants. Highly recommended.
Aquila Capital
Miryam Colombo, Client Advisor
As an associate, still at the early stage of my career and eager to learn and grow in the industry, I found it really inspiring to meet other successful women with similar background and working experiences
Brown Brothers Harriman
Ainun Ayub, Product Head
I enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere, the candid exchange of knowledge, and the passion that speakers and participants brought. I always leave this event feeling energised and proud to be in this industry.
Our leading advisory board in 2022
Adriana Ballard
Private Equity Portfolio Manager
Employees Retirement System of Texas (ERS)
Benoit Durteste
Chief Investment Officer and Chief Executive Officer
ICG
Laurie Mahon
Vice-Chair, US Investment Banking, Global Investment Banking
CIBC Capital Markets
Joanne McNamara
EVP Europe and Asia
Oxford Properties
Patricia Rodrigues
Member of Investment Committee
GLIL Infrastructure
Sunaina Sinha Haldea
Global Head of Private Capital Advisory
Raymond James
Tricia Ward
Director, Head of Private Credit
Redington
Deborah Zurkhow
Global Head of Investments
Allianz Global Investors
The 2023 agenda will be released soon
The Women in Private Markets Summit will take place on 28 – 29 November.
For more information on the agenda, please contact Charles Gould.
charles.g@peimedia.com | +44 (0) 203 879 3893
Build your network across private markets
Join 700+ attendees this November and connect with institutional investors, fund managers, as well as the wider private markets community for two days of learning and networking. This year’s summit will once again be co-located with the Women in Private Equity, Infrastructure, Real Estate and Private Debt Forums. Attendees will have access to all four forums.
The in-person networking experience
Cross-asset class network
Learn from and meet with practitioners from across private markets with an agenda covering all the topics impacting alternatives. Networking breaks take place together and delegates can move freely between individual forums.
Build connections
The agenda is curated to enhance networking opportunities with small group discussions. There will be interactive working groups, breakfast think tanks, roundtable discussions, cocktail receptions and a seated networking lunch.
Meet global investors
Attendees in 2022 included over 100 investors from Japan Post Bank, GIC, Border to Coast Pensions Partnership, Pension Protection Fund, Allstate Investment, Greater Manchester Pension Fund, NYSNA Pension Plan and Benefits Fund and many more.
Previous attendees included
Testimonials from attendees
British Business Bank
Marilena Ioannidou, Senior Investment Manager
This was a well organised event, balancing between sessions hearing from industry leaders on topics that are currently top priority, as well as allowing time fo…
Aquila Capital
Miryam Colombo, Client Advisor
As an associate, still at the early stage of my career and eager to learn and grow in the industry, I found it really inspiring to meet other successful women w…
Brown Brothers Harriman
Ainun Ayub, Product Head
I enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere, the candid exchange of knowledge, and the passion that speakers and participants brought. I always leave this event feeling en…
British Business Bank
Marilena Ioannidou, Senior Investment Manager
This was a well organised event, balancing between sessions hearing from industry leaders on topics that are currently top priority, as well as allowing time for networking and engaging with other participants. Highly recommended.
Aquila Capital
Miryam Colombo, Client Advisor
As an associate, still at the early stage of my career and eager to learn and grow in the industry, I found it really inspiring to meet other successful women with similar background and working experiences.
Brown Brothers Harriman
Ainun Ayub, Product Head
I enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere, the candid exchange of knowledge, and the passion that speakers and participants brought. I always leave this event feeling energised and proud to be in this industry.
2022 speakers
For more information on speaking in 2023, please contact Charles Gould.
charles.g@peimedia.com | +44 (0) 203 879 3893
Monica Adractas
Managing Director, Growth and Venture Capital, CPPIB
Based in San Francisco, Monica leads venture and growth investments for CPP Investments’ Growth Equity team within Private Equity. Monica joined CPP in 2019 and led the development of the Venture Capital program, which now includes fund investments w… Read full bio
Alice Albizzati
Founding Partner, Revaia
Alice Albizzati is the co-founder of Revaia, Europe’s largest female-founded growth fund, which invests in European growth-stage companies with global ambitions and sustainable leadership such as Aircall, Frontify and Gohenry, helping them navigate t… Read full bio
Jemima Atkins
Investment Professional, Pioneer Point Partners
Jemima Atkins is an investment professional at Pioneer Point Partners, based in London, where she makes investments in European infrastructure assets in the energy transition and environment sectors. She joined Pioneer this year, and previously held… Read full bio
Amandine Ayrem
Managing Director – Mid-large buyout, Eurazeo
Amandine joined Eurazeo in 2010. From 2007 to 2010, Amandine Ayrem began her career within the investment banking team of Deutsche Bank. She has been involved in a number M&A transactions for European industrial and financial sponsor clients. Ama… Read full bio
Cristina Badenes
Partner, Meridia Capital
Ms. Badenes has been at Meridia since its inception. With 26 years of experience in the financial industry, she leads Investor Relations and global capital raising for the firm. As Head of Corporate Development, she is responsible for new business in… Read full bio
Lisya Bahar Manoah
General Partner, Catalyst Funds
Lisya Bahar Manoah is the Senior Partner at Catalyst Funds since 2019. Lisya holds over 15 years of investment and management experience in private equity and global leading corporations, in particular in the context of M&A transactions, post-mer… Read full bio
Isela Bahena
Managing Director - Infrastructure Investments, Nuveen Infrastructure
Isela leads infrastructure investment origination and structuring across renewables, digital, transportation and energy transition assets for Nuveen Infrastructure. She joined the company in 2004 and has over 20 years of investment and portfolio mana… Read full bio
Annette Bannister
Managing Director, MetLife Investment Management
Annette Bannister is a Managing Director and Head of European Infrastructure and Project Finance for MetLife Investment Management (“MIM”). Annette is responsible for overseeing the origination and execution of new infrastructure debt transactions in… Read full bio
Michela Bariletti
Chief Credit Officer, The Phoenix Group
Michela joined Phoenix Asset Management as Chief Credit Officer in May 2021. In this newly created role, Michela will lead the Credit Research and Ratings team for all asset strategies pursued by Phoenix Group, which will have capabilities to assign… Read full bio
Marine Bellanger-Sood
Partner, Bain and Company
Marine Bellanger-Sood is a leader of our Private Equity practice. Throughout her tenure at Bain, Marine has primarily advised private equity clients on consumer products & retail, with a focus on online-led business models, consumer tech and trav… Read full bio
Safaa Berkia
Investment manager, Infrastructure Equity Investments, Australian Super
Senior Investment Associate, Infrastructure Equity, AustralianSuper Safaa is based in London and is a Senior Investment Associate at AustralianSuper’ infrastructure investment team. Safaa joined AustralianSuper in October 2020 and focuses on investme… Read full bio
Hari Bhambra
Global Head of Product- Compliance Services, Apex Group
Hari has over 20 years’ experience in financial services regulation, being part of the development team of 2 regulators (UK FSA) (DIFC DFSA) and advised regulators on the systemic implications of Islamic finance. Her early career began at Goldman Sac… Read full bio
Carolin Blank
Managing Director, Hamilton Lane
Carolin is a Managing Director at Hamilton Lane, based in the firm’s London office, where she is responsible for all aspects of European client relations including portfolio construction and strategic planning. In addition to her direct client respon… Read full bio
Kirsten Bode
Co-Head Pan European Private Debt, Muzinich & Co
Prior to joining Muzinich, Kirsten worked for six years as a Managing Director in the principal debt investing team at Macquarie, responsible for sourcing and executing transactions ranging from leveraged senior, unitranche and mezzanine debt to equi… Read full bio
Kate Bohn
Global Head of Private Markets Technology, Macquarie Assets Management, Macquarie Group
With 22-plus years in Financial Services, Kate Bohn is a self-confessed 'accidental' leader, strategist and innovator for Financial Services, with a number of FS Industry recognitions and awards under her belt. She has worked across a range of roles… Read full bio
Francesca Boucard
Head Real Estate Research & Strategy, Swiss Life Asset Managers
Francesca Boucard holds the role as Head Real Estate Research & Strategy at Swiss Life Asset Managers, where she has been part of the Research team since 2016. She is responsible for analysing the European real estate markets, which includes both… Read full bio
Jane Bowes
Managing Director, Threadmark LLP
Jane Bowes is a member of Threadmark’s European fund distribution team and Chair of the ESG Committee. Jane has almost two decades of capital raising experience and has worked on multiple infrastructure focused fundraises since joining Threadmark in… Read full bio
Tiernan Brady
Global Director of Inclusion, Clifford Chance
Tiernan Brady is the Global Director of Inclusion at Clifford Chance. Tiernan was Director of the Equality Campaign, the successful Australian marriage equality campaign and the Political Director of Yes Equality, the successful Irish campaign for ma… Read full bio
Jacqueline Brady (Jackie)
Managing Director, Global Debt Solutions, PGIM Real Estate
Jacqueline Brady (Jackie) is a managing director at PGIM Real Estate and a member of the U.S. Business Development group. Based in New York, Jackie heads the firm’s Global Debt Solutions team and is responsible for positioning PGIM Real Estate’s debt… Read full bio
Jen Braswell
Managing Director and Head of Impact, Private Capital, EQT
Jen Braswell joined EQT Partners in September 2022 as Head of Impact for Private Capital based in London, UK. Prior to joining EQT Partners, Jen was Head of Value Creation in the Impact Group at British International Investment (formerly CDC Group),… 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 Ropes & Gray London asset management group. Emily advises private equity, real asset, venture and other sponsors on fundraising, managed accounts and the capital-raising process, as well as on executive and employe… Read full bio
Lorna Brown
Chief Executive Officer, Birchwood Real Estate Capital
Lorna Brown is the Chief Executive Officer at Birchwood Real Estate Capital, an alternative lender focussed on providing senior, whole loan and mezzanine financing in the UK and Europe. Lorna has over 22 years’ experience across real estate equity an… Read full bio
Sally Bruer
Head of EMEA Logistics & Industrial Research & Insight, Cushman & Wakefield
Sally has over 20 years’ experience as an analyst specialising in industrial and logistics commercial property research and analysis. Sally leads Cushman & Wakefield’s EMEA research for logistics & industrial property and has extensive experi… Read full bio
Alice Cavalier
Partner & Co-Head Capital Solutions, Arcmont Asset Management
Alice Cavalier joined Arcmont Asset Management as a Partner in January 2020 and is Co-Head of the firm’s Capital Solutions strategy. From 2016 to 2019, Alice was a senior member of the corporate opportunistic credit fund at PIMCO, where she helped se… Read full bio
Gwenola Chambon
CEO-Managing Partner, Vauban Infrastructure Partners
Gwenola Chambon, Managing Partner and Founding Partner of Vauban Infrastructure Partners, has been responsible for managing the infrastructure Investment Team of Mirova as well as its infrastructure investment and capital raising activities. Througho… Read full bio
Sweta Chanda
Managing Director, Head of Business Strategy, Monroe Capital
Ms. Sweta Chanda is a Managing Director, Head of Business Strategy of Monroe Capital. She is responsible for firmwide strategy, product and corporate development, and new initiatives to expand Monroe’s global footprint. Ms. Chanda has over 15 years o… Read full bio
Nancy Chen
Investment Director, Value Strategy Group, Livingbridge
Nancy joined Livingbridge in 2020 as an Investment Manager and was promoted to her current role in 2022. As part of the Value Strategy Group her role is to support portfolio company management teams develop and grow their businesses. Nancy currently… Read full bio
Peter Cirenza
Chairman of Private Equity, Tikehau Capital
Peter Cirenza joined Tikehau Capital in 2017 and serves as Chairman of Private Equity & Tactical Strategies and Co-CIO of Tikehau Investment Management. Peter was previously a Partner at Goldman Sachs, where he worked for 20 years in New York, Lo… Read full bio
Gila Cohen
Chair, Investment Advisory Board, MUFG
Gila R. Cohen is a Chief Investment Strategy Officer 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 Managing Partner for… Read full bio
Sabina Comis
Co-Managing Partner, Tax and Fund Partner, member of the firm management committee, Dechert
Sabina Comis advises French and international companies, family offices, private equity funds and investment banks on domestic and international tax structuring that arise from complex corporate transactions, restructurings and refinancings, often in… Read full bio
Katie Cotterell
ESG Manager, Credit - Investment Portfolio Management, Bridgepoint Credit
Katie joined Bridgepoint Credit in 2022 and is the ESG Manager in the London office. Prior to joining Bridgepoint, she worked at Phenix Capital Group in Amsterdam, where her role focused on advising impact funds on best practice strategy implementati… Read full bio
Federica Cristina
Managing Director, Macquarie Capital
Federica is Managing Director in Macquarie Capital since January 2018, based in Frankfurt and focussing on advisory in the infrastructure sector. She started her career at Morgan Stanley in 2004 and since 2006 has been focusing on the European infras… Read full bio
Alexandra Davidson
Global Head of Funds & Investment Management, Clifford Chance
Alexandra Davidson is a partner in Clifford Chance's Private Funds Group, and is the Global Head of Funds and Investment Management at the firm. She specialises in advising sponsors on the establishment of private funds across assets classes includin… Read full bio
Christina Djambazca
Associate, Real Estate, GRESB
Christina is an Associate, Real Estate for GRESB. In her role, she contributes to the development and execution of the GRESB product roadmap and the delivery of GRESB’s Real Estate products and related processes. Additionally, Christina is the produc… Read full bio
Tzvete Doncheva
International Investor Relations Lead, Proptech1 Ventures
Tzvete Doncheva leads global investor relations at PropTech1 Ventures, one of Europe's first ESG-compliant venture capital firms, focused on real estate innovation. She overlooks fundraising activities in non-German markets and supported the fund in… Read full bio
Aude Doyen
Managing Director, Lincoln International
Aude advises financial sponsors and their investee companies on acquisition and growth financings, refinancings, recapitalisations and amendments. She combines strong technical skills with a problem-solving, creative mindset to craft tailored financi… Read full bio
Fiona D'Silva
Head of Investment for Europe, Kennedy Wilson
Fiona serves as Head of Investment for Europe, having previously held the position of Head of Business Development for Europe. Fiona joined Kennedy Wilson Europe in 2012 and brings over 20 years of experience in real estate investments and real estat… Read full bio
Lea Dubourg-Hrachovec
Head of Infrastructure, Timberland and Farmland, Pension Protection Fund
Lea is a professional executive with over 14 years’ experience in direct investing and active asset management in the Alternatives space. In 2019, she joined the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) to head their Infrastructure and Timberland & Farmland… Read full bio
Marie Dzanis
Head of EMEA, Northern Trust Asset Management
Marie Dzanis, CIMA®, is head of asset management in EMEA, responsible for the end-to-end business in the region including governance, strategy, operations, portfolio management, product development and talent of Northern Trust Asset Management. As a… Read full bio
Barbara Ellero
Partner – Head of Private Debt, Anthilia Capital Partners SGR
Prior to joining Anthilia, Barbara spent nearly 18 years in corporate finance in leading investment banks, where she was responsible for the structuring and execution of a wide range of structured finance and M&A transactions. Since November 2013… Read full bio
Teresa Farmaki
Managing Partner & Co-Founder, Astarte Capital Partners
Teresa is responsible for investment and portfolio activities including evaluating, negotiating and structuring investments across sectors. Astarte is a specialist asset manager focusing on real assets. Astarte invests by acting as anchor capital and… Read full bio
Madeleine Farman
Senior Reporter, PEI
Madeleine Farman covers private equity and secondaries for PEI Media’s Private Equity International and Secondaries Investor from London. Prior to joining PEI, she has previously covered private equity, private capital and advisers associated with th… Read full bio
Christine Farquhar
Global Co-Head of the Credit Investment Group, Cambridge Associates
Christine is the Global Co-Head of the Credit Investment Group and oversees all manager and market research across public, hedge fund, and private credit investment strategies. Christine has more than 30 years of industry experience and has been with… Read full bio
Leticia Ferreras Astorqui
Vice President / Portfolio Manager, Allianz Global Investors
Leticia Ferreras Astorqui is a portfolio manager in the Allianz Global Investors’ Development Finance team, which manages over USD 3bn of commitments. Leticia joined AllianzGI in July 2020 to help expand AllianzGI’s presence in Emerging Markets (EM)… Read full bio
Stacey Flor
Managing Director, Head of Origination, Wells Fargo Bank
Stacey is a Managing Director and Head of Origination in the Wells Fargo commercial real estate business for the UK and Ireland. She has over 20 years of banking experience within real estate lending. She has held various roles at Wells Fargo (and it… Read full bio
Nadine Fugert
Principal, Investor Relations, Adams Street Partners
Nadine focuses on the development of institutional client and consultant relationships within the DACH region and works with other members of the Investor Relations Team to serve the needs of Adams Street Partners’ clients. Prior to joining the firm,… 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
Michele Giddens OBE
Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Bridges Fund Management
Michele co-founded Bridges alongside Philip Newborough and Sir Ronald Cohen in 2002. As a partner, she focuses on strategy, investor relations, public affairs and social impact assessment. Michele has played a key role in the growth of the impact inv… Read full bio
Lydia Guett
Sustainable and Impact Investing Specialist, Cambridge Associates
Lydia is a Director in the Sustainable and Impact Investing Group at Cambridge Associates, working on the integration of ESG and Impact investment strategies into client portfolios, as well as ESG/Impact investment research. She works with Endowments… Read full bio
Smridhi Gulati
Partner, Dechert
Smridhi Gulati is a global finance partner who advises UK and international lenders, including private credit funds, banks and other financial institutions, as well as private equity sponsors and corporates on complex lending through the capital stru… Read full bio
Penny Hacking
Principal, Managing Director, Lead European Capital Markets, Avison – Young UK
Leading Avison Young’s European Capital Markets team, Penny Hacking has a highly informed perspective on value creation across all commercial real estate investment. Driven by collaboration, the importance of client relationships and understanding th… Read full bio
Kirsten Hagen
Co-Founder & Partner, Brinley Partners
Kirsten Hagen is a co-founder and partner of Brinley Partners, and a member of the Investment Committee. Brinley Partners is an alternative investment firm focused on providing capital solutions to high quality, below investment grade companies in th… Read full bio
Sandra Halilovic
Investment Principal, Ceniarth
Sandra is an Investment Principal at Ceniarth, a $600 million global impact-investment fund and a single family office, where she built the investment team and leads on fund and direct investments that have both a social and financial return. Prior t… Read full bio
Aileen Haller
Managing Director, Ares
Ms. Haller is a Managing Director in the Ares Credit Group, where she focuses on European direct lending. Prior to joining Ares in 2009, Ms. Haller was an Associate in the Leveraged Finance team at Dresdner Kleinwort, where she focused on originating… Read full bio
Jennifer Hartviksen
Managing Director, Global Credit, Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (IMCO)
Jennifer Hartviksen joined IMCO in 2020 and is responsible for the global credit asset class, a globally diversified portfolio of public and private credit assets across the risk spectrum. Previously, Jennifer spent over six years at Invesco Ltd wher… Read full bio
Cira Cuberes Hernandez
Partner, Bain & Company
Cira Cuberes Hernandez is a partner that leads Private Equity in the Iberian market, based in Madrid. She focuses on the Healthcare, consumer end retail space. Throughout her years at Bain, Cira has led numerous projects for Private Equity firms in h… Read full bio
Kristy Heuberger
Co-Head of the Americas, LaSalle Investment Management
Kristy Heuberger is LaSalle’s Co-Head of the Americas. Together with her counterpart, she is responsible for all personnel, operational and portfolio management across the region. She also maintains oversight of Asset Management, where she leads the… Read full bio
Amber Hilkene
Partner, Head of Investor Relations, AnaCap
Amber is the head of AnaCap’s group investor relations activity. She is responsible for all capital raising activities in support of AnaCap's business strategy as well as associated interaction with investors. In addition, she also oversees all AnaCa… Read full bio
Emma Howell
Partner, Infrastructure, Hermes GPE
Emma is a Partner and Head of Asset Management in the Federated Hermes Infrastructure team. She has over 20 years of financial services experience of which 15 have been focused on the infrastructure sector. Emma joined the team in 2013 and is respons… Read full bio
Katie Hynard
Head of UK Commercial Asset Management, LaSalle Investment Management
Katie is the Head of UK Commercial Asset Management and the Chair of LaSalle’s European Asset Management Board. Katie joined LaSalle back in 2012 as a graduate trainee, following a year’s traineeship at JLL. In 2013, Katie became an asset manager and… Read full bio
Janice Ince
Managing Director, Pantheon
Janice Ince is a Managing Director in Pantheon’s Infrastructure Team. She is responsible for infrastructure and real assets investments covering primary, secondary and co-investments. Janice has 20 years experience in the infrastructure finance and i… Read full bio
Priya Iyer
Chief Executive Officer, Concertiv
With over 25 years of diverse international experience in nearly every facet of software, Priya is a proven, high-growth entrepreneurial CEO with a leadership philosophy centered on deeply engaging clients and employees to build industry leading SaaS… Read full bio
Victoria James
Investment Manager, Moonfare
Victoria joined Moonfare in Berlin as an Investment Manager in February 2022, where she focuses on sourcing and due diligence across buyout, growth, venture capital and secondaries funds, as well as managing firm-wide strategic projects. Prior to joi… Read full bio
Marina Johnson
Associate, Sustainability, Actis
Marina joined the Actis Sustainability team in 2019, bringing over 10 years of experience consulting in Social and Environmental performance for infrastructure assets in developing markets. She was attracted to the fact that responsible investment is… Read full bio
Shamafa Khan
Managing Director, Head of Marketing & Investor Relations, Crayhill Capital Management
Shamafa Khan is a Managing Director and Head of Investor Relations and Marketing at Crayhill Capital Management. Prior to joining Crayhill, Shamafa was a member of the Global Business Development Group at Babson Capital Management (now Barings), wher… Read full bio
Dr. Gabriella Kindert
Independent Board Member, Neptune Leasing, a.o.
Dr. Gabriella Kindert is a senior banking and investment professional specialising in Alternative Credit and Private markets. She gained over 20 years of international experience in managing investment portfolios over the cycle for leading institutio… Read full bio
Dee Korab
Relationship Director | Real Estate Finance, HSBC UK Bank
Dee Korab is a Relationship Director supporting the real estate sector at HSBC UK Bank plc. Dee started her career in Australia, working for two major domestic banks in the institutional and corporate banking space in Melbourne and Sydney. Over the c… Read full bio
Ami Kotecha
Co-Founder, Amro Partners
Ami is a Co-Founder at Amro Partners, a real estate and technology investments firm. In her current role, she leads Amro’s investments in technology for real estate with a thematic focus on decarbonisation, ESG and financial inclusion. Ami is also re… Read full bio
Pascale Labrecque
Vice President, InfraRed Capital Partners
Pascale Labrecque joined InfraRed Capital Partners in 2021 as a Vice President. Pascale has over 6 years of experience and has been heavily involved in a number of major acquisitions, financing and divestment processes in Europe and the Americas. Her… Read full bio
Kirsten Lapham
Partner, Proskauer
Kirsten Lapham is a partner specialising in financial services regulation and heads the firm’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) practice. She advises a broad range of institutional clients on a variety of financial services regulatory and c… Read full bio
Massy Larizadeh
Founder/ Director, New Horizons Advisory Ltd
Massy Larizadeh founded New Horizons Advisory in 2016 after three decades of international corporate experience in advisory and principal roles. Her motivation to leave the corporate world was to work with founders and senior executives of small orga… Read full bio
Evelyn Lee
Editor, PERE
Evelyn Lee is Editor for PEI’s real estate-focused publication, PERE, overseeing global news and analysis coverage. Based in London, she works closely with PERE colleagues across PEI’s offices in New York, London and Hong Kong and also writes about E… Read full bio
Susana Leith-Smith
Senior Managing Director, Head of Capital Markets (EMEA), Macquarie Asset Management
Susana is a Senior Managing Director in Macquarie Asset Management’s Real Assets business in EMEA. She joined the team in April 2022 to support the origination and structuring of capital market transactions related to MAM’s diverse portfolio of infra… Read full bio
Daria Litvinova
Partner, Head of Investor Relations, 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
Patricia Llopis
Investment Director, AustralianSuper
Ms. Llopis is an Investment Director at AustralianSuper’ infrastructure investment team in London. She joined the fund at its headquarters in Melbourne in 2020 and relocated to London in early 2022. Ms. Llopis led AustralianSuper’s transaction team i… Read full bio
Michelle Ludik
Regional Leader of Heritage + Adaptive Re-use, HOK
Based in HOK’s London office, Michelle is a conservation specialist with more than two decades of experience preserving buildings to help asset owners meet sustainability targets. She specializes in adaptive reuse and renovation projects as well as s… Read full bio
Ljiljana Macdonald
Managing Director, Distribution, Optimum Asset Management
Ljiljana has over 17 years of fund management, investment strategy and capital raising experience developed in a range of senior roles at boutique and large real estate investment managers. Having worked with firms such as Alpha Real Capital, Aviva I… Read full bio
Charlotte Madden
Global Co-Head of Infrastructure, Clifford Chance
One of the prominent partners at Clifford Chance, Charlotte specialises in private equity and infrastructure investments. A Chambers-ranked solicitor, she represents financial investors through all stages of the investment cycle and has been at the f… Read full bio
Laurie Mahon
Vice Chair, Global Investment Banking, CIBC Capital Markets
Laurie Mahon serves as Vice Chair of CIBC’s Global Investment Banking business, a role she assumed after having led the Global Infrastructure and Power team since August 2013. She has spent her entire professional life in the infrastructure space, ha… Read full bio
Amy Mahon
Partner, Global Co-Head of Energy and Infrastructure, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Based in London, Amy Mahon is Co-Head of the Firm’s Energy and Infrastructure Practice and advises a range of clients through all stages of the investment cycle within the energy and infrastructure industry. She counsels infrastructure funds and corp… Read full bio
Maureen Mahr von Staszewski
Head of Pan- European Office, Immobel Capital Partners
Maureen is Head of Pan European Office at Immobel Capital Partners, the co-investing manager of specialist strategies in the Office and Residential sectors with a focus on ESG matters and making a positive impact on sustainable cities for people. ICP… Read full bio
Kate Malcolm
Portfolio Manager, Private Equity, AIMCo
Kate Malcolm is a Portfolio Manager in AIMCo’s Private Equity group, based in Toronto. Focusing on Private Funds & Asset Management, Ms. Malcolm plays a leading role in AIMCo’s leveraged buyout fund investment program, with a particular focus on… Read full bio
Vikki McKay
Partner, Proskauer
Vikki McKay is a partner in Proskauer’s Corporate Department and a member of our Private Equity Real Estate practice and Hospitality, Gaming & Leisure group. Vikki has experience in all aspects of commercial real estate work, and acts for a broad… Read full bio
Zeynep Meric-Smith
Partner, Head of Private Assets Consulting, KPMG in the UK
Zeynep is Head of Private Assets Consulting within KPMG UK’s Wealth & Asset Management Consulting practice and the Wealth & Asset Management Transformation Services capability lead partner. She has over 22 years’ experience in Financial Marke… Read full bio
Teia Merring
Senior Investment Director, USS
Teia Merring is a Senior 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 executin… Read full bio
Dagmara Michalczuk
Principal and Portfolio Manager, Tetragon Credit Partners
Dagmara Michalczuk is a Principal and Portfolio Manager of Tetragon Credit Partners. She joined the group in early 2007 and prior to that was an Associate in Morgan Stanley’s Securitized Products Group working on the structuring desks in New York and… Read full bio
Kate Mingay
Board Director, Morrison & Co
Kate Mingay is a Board Director at Morrison & Co. She is an experienced director and a corporate finance specialist with experience across regulated utilities, transport and energy infrastructure. Her career started at UBS and Goldman Sachs in Lo… Read full bio
Meeri Moilanen
Investor Relations Manager, Mirova SunFunder
Meeri Moilanen works as the Investor Relations Manager at Mirova SunFunder, a dedicated impact investor, leading their fundraising efforts on their latest fund focused on clean energy in emerging markets. She previously worked at real asset investor… Read full bio
Roopa Murthy
Partner, Ares Management
Roopa Murthy is a Partner in the Ares Infrastructure Debt team based in London. She joined the platform in 2015, as part of AMP Capital and is responsible for originating, structuring and managing infrastructure debt assets in Europe. Ms. Murthy also… Read full bio
Danai Musandu
Senior Investor Relations Associate, HPE Growth
Danai Musandu is the Senior Investor Relations Associate at HPE Growth. In her role, she leads and supports the public and investor relations function. Her work involves fundraising and strategic communication both internally and externally. Prior to… Read full bio
Dalit Nuttall
Principal, West Valley Capital
Following an institutional career with Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch and Wachovia, Dalit founded WestValley Capital in 2007 to connect preferred solution providers with European pension funds, insurance companies and asset managers in ways that addre… Read full bio
Sinead O’Shea
Partner, Simpson Thacher
Sinead O’Shea is a Partner in Simpson Thacher’s London office concentrating on debt finance matters. Sinead has deep experience in a range of cross-border senior and subordinated financings, with an emphasis on acquisition finance across the infrastr… Read full bio
Chinwe Odimba-Chapman
Global Partner for Talent, Clifford Chance
Chinwe Odimba-Chapman specialises in all areas of contentious and non-contentious employment and has one of the lead advisers for the Firm's significant Financial Investor clients for nearly two decades on all global people issues relating to matters… Read full bio
Oyin Oduya
Impact Measurement & Management Practice Leader, Wellington Management
Oyin Oduya is a member of our Sustainable Investment Research Team, acting as our Impact Measurement & Management Practice leader. In this role, she is responsible for partnering with our investment teams to deliver high quality impact measuremen… Read full bio
Adriana Oller
Founder and Partner, Resilience Partners
Adriana Oller started her career as a principal investor over 20 years ago and continued providing direct lending solutions to SME’s. Specifically focused on established and profitable Spanish companies, which could not find suitable financing soluti… 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
Rohini Pahwa
Managing Director, Arjun Infrastructure Partners
Rohini is a Managing Director at Arjun where she is responsible for originating and executing investments with focus on Digital Infrastructure. She brings 20 years’ experience in the financial services industry. Her focus over the last decade has bee… Read full bio
Devina Parasuraman
Director, Igneo Infrastructure Partners
Devina Parasuraman is a Director of Igneo Infrastructure Partners team based in London. Devina has over 9 years of infrastructure experience and has been involved in a number of acquisitions, financing and divestment processes. She is responsible for… Read full bio
Esther Peiner
Managing Director, Co-Head Private Infrastructure Europe, Partners Group
Esther Peiner is Co-Head of Private Infrastructure in Europe, based in Zug. She is a member of the Private Infrastructure and Global Investment Committee. Esther is also a member of the firm's Diversity & Inclusion Committee and the sponsor of it… Read full bio
Chantale Pelletier
Global Head of Infrastructure, Schroders Capital
Chantale joined Schroders Capital in March 2021 to lead the growth and development of Schroders’ infrastructure investment platform. Chantale is focused on enlarging the scale of Schroders Capital’s infrastructure platform globally across a range of… Read full bio
Ellie Perlman
CEO, Blue Lake Capital
The founder of Blue Lake Capital, Ellie Perlman, has over fifteen years of experience in real estate investment, law, and property management. Ellie leads Blue Lake Capital, which owns and manages over 3,300 multifamily units across the U.S., worth o… Read full bio
Anne Philpott
Managing Director, Churchill Asset Management
Anne is a Managing Director on the Private Equity and Junior Capital team at Churchill Asset Management. Her responsibilities include origination and portfolio management activities for private equity funds, mezzanine capital and direct equity co-inv… Read full bio
Adeline Poireau
Vice President, Ares
Adeline Poireau is a Vice President in Ares Infrastructure Debt. Prior to joining Ares in 2022, Adeline was an Associate on the Investment Team at AMP Capital, where she was primarily responsible for execution and asset management of infrastructure d… Read full bio
Jennifer Prosek
Founder and Managing Partner, Prosek Partners
Jennifer Prosek is the founder and Managing Partner of Prosek Partners, a leading international public relations and financial communications consultancy with offices in New York, London, Boston, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Palm Beach, Fairfield an… Read full bio
Karisma Rawat
Senior Associate, PE/Infrastructure, Impax Asset Management
Karisma is a Senior Associate, PE/Infrastructure for Impax. In her role, she contributes to the origination and negotiation of new investments that support the transition to a more sustainable economy along with assessing the optimum exit strategy fo… Read full bio
Jovita Razauskaite
Portfolio Manager Corporate Debt, NN Investment Partners
Jovita Razauskaite joined NN Investment Partners in 2017 and since 2021 she is Portfolio Manager Corporate Debt within the Alternative Credit team. She is co-responsible for origination, portfolio management and analysis of the Corporate loans portfo… Read full bio
Gemma Roberts
Partner, Co-Chair London Office, Goodwin
Gemma Roberts is the Co-Chair of Goodwin’s London office and partner in its renowned Private Equity group, where she represents a broad range of private equity sponsors, corporate clients and portfolio companies on a variety of corporate and commerci… Read full bio
Lorna Robertson
Head of Funds, Connection Capital
Lorna Robertson is the Head of Funds at Connection Capital, a private client investment business specialising in alternative investments. Lorna started her career in the challenging world of Investment Banking straight out of Glasgow University, at S… Read full bio
Patricia Rodrigues Jenner
Member of Boards LGAS/AER plc and Investment Committees , GLIL Infrastructure
Patricia is an experienced Non-Executive Board Director with a breadth of institutional investment experience across infrastructure, private equity and sustainability. Over the past two decades, Patricia has been an investment manager at Macquarie an… Read full bio
Valeria Rosati
Senior Partner, Vantage Infrastructure
Valeria joined the business in 2006 and has two decades of relevant experience. Based in London, Valeria leads Equity asset management and is the portfolio manager of the NatWest Group Pension Fund’s unlisted infrastructure equity mandate. She is Cha… Read full bio
Sera Sadrettin-Perry
Head of Private Asset Operations, Fidelity International
Sera has extensive experience in fund control and operations, asset management corporate structuring, investment platform development and management. During her career she has been responsible for the establishment and management of several overseas… Read full bio
Marie Sardari
Investment Director, Tikehau Capital
Marie Sardari joined Tikehau Capital in 2015 and currently serves as Investment Director within the Real Estate team. In her role, Marie is responsible for leading the businesses’ deal value creation, including leasing and strategic positioning, refi… Read full bio
Erin Sarret
Head of Investor Relation, RAISE
Erin Sarret is head of Investor Relations at RAISE in Paris and an Associate Fellow at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. She works with investors to find sustainable solutions for their private market portfolios. She is a graduate of UC Ber… Read full bio
Xenia Sarri
Managing Director, Lincoln international
Xenia advises corporate and private equity clients on complex debt transactions and cross-border financings with a focus on leveraged buyouts, dividend recapitalisations, refinancings and debt restructurings. Having worked in both the U.S. and Europe… Read full bio
Dr. Angelika Schöchlin
Senior Partner, Antin Infrastructure
Angelika joined Antin in 2010 and is a member of the Investment Committee. Angelika is a board member of Fund II portfolio company GSR, Fund IV portfolio companies Babilou and Hippocrates, and Mid Cap Fund I portfolio company European Rail Rent. She… Read full bio
Aparna Sehgal
Partner, Dechert
Aparna Sehgal, a partner in Dechert's global finance practice and head of Dechert’s structured finance and real estate finance teams in Europe, focuses her practice on commercial real estate finance in the UK and continental Europe. She advises on co… Read full bio
Jordana Semaan
Head of Human Resources, Investcorp
Jordana Semaan is an HR professional whose career has spanned the last 19 years encompassing working in different fields and markets that has allowed her to develop both her leadership style as well as have a multi skill set when it comes to work. He… Read full bio
Vanessa Shia
Head of Private Markets, London CIV
Vanessa joined London CIV in November 2020 as the Head of Private Markets and brings with her 16 years of industry experience, covering primary, secondary, and co-investment opportunities across the private markets spectrum, including private credit,… Read full bio
Sneha Sinha
Executive Director, J.P. Morgan Asset Management
Sneha Sinha is an Investment Principal at J.P. Morgan Asset Management. Sneha has asset management and investment responsibilities across the European infrastructure sector, investing on behalf of institutional investors advised by the Global infrast… Read full bio
Lynn Smith
Managing Director, Head of Sustainability & Development, Europa Capital
Lynn works as Managing Director, Head of Sustainability & Development with responsibility for the strategic management and financial oversight of Europa Capital’s UK and European developments and the implementation of the group wide ESG agenda. E… Read full bio
Nick Smith
Managing Director, Private Credit, Alternative Credit Council, AIMA
Nick Smith joined AIMA in February 2017 and is the Managing Director, Private Credit for AIMA’s private credit affiliate, the Alternative Credit Council (ACC). His role focuses on public policy and regulatory issues affecting private credit managers… Read full bio
Phoebe Smith
Senior Director, Patrizia
Phoebe Smith is a Senior Director in the infrastructure equity team of PATRIZIA, based in London. She is involved in the origination and execution of infrastructure transactions as well as the asset management of the existing portfolio. Phoebe has ex… Read full bio
Merary Soto-Saunders
Global Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, CVC Capital Partners
Merary is responsible for driving initiatives and policies that will make CVC and its portfolio companies more diverse and inclusive, and providing all employees the opportunity to achieve their full potential. Merary drives CVC’s DE&I strategy a… Read full bio
Eva Sterner
Head of Development Logicenters, NREP
Dr. Eva Sterner is Head of Development of NREP’s logistics division, Logicenters, and has been a driving force in making Logicenters the leading and most ESG conscious logistics investor/developer in the Nordics. Her experience covers all logistics a… Read full bio
Michael Stromsoe
Head of Investor Relations, HSBC Asset Management – Alternative Investments
Michael Stromsoe is the Head of Investor Relations for all Alternatives asset classes globally. He has more than 15 years of experience in marketing and capital raising having led investor relations for some of the best know alternative investment ma… Read full bio
Judith Tan
Head of Capital Markets, Estateguru
Judith has more than 25 years proven experience specialising in securing investment and property funding within global banks and investment organisations. Judith originated in excess of £5.5bn of transactions at Investec plc and executed circa $7bn e… Read full bio
Elly Thio
Managing Director, EQT Future, EQT
Elly Thio joined EQT Partners in August 2022 and is based in London as part of the EQT Future team. Prior to joining EQT Partners, Elly worked at TPG Capital for 13 years, where her most recent role was as a Principal with TPG Rise Climate. Elly star… Read full bio
Alison Trusty
Associate Partner, Aon
Alison Trusty is an Associate Partner within the global investment management team, with 15 years investment experience. At Aon Alison’s research focus is on alternative credit, with expertise across both liquid and private debt markets. She has lead… Read full bio
Amanda Dupuy Ugarte
Managing Director - Private Capital Advisory, Lazard
Amanda Dupuy Ugarte is a Managing Director on the Private Capital Advisory team at Lazard, based in New York. Mrs. Ugarte focuses on GP-led transactions including single asset SPVs, fund continuation vehicles, tender offerings and strip sales. Amanda… Read full bio
Rekha Unnithan
Co-Head of Impact Investing, Nuveen
Rekha is Co-Head of Impact Investing, responsible for Nuveen's Impact Investment strategy across sectors, asset classes, and regions. She led the creation and investment of Nuveen's impact investing portfolio and is responsible for growing and expand… Read full bio
Jacqueline van den Ende
CEO & Co-founder, Carbon Equity
Jacqueline van den Ende is co-founder of Amsterdam based climate fintech company Carbon Equity. Carbon Equity is a climate venture capital and private equity fund investing platform. Jacqueline brings a rather unique perspective as a founder turned i… Read full bio
Sophie van Oosterom
Global Head of Real Estate, Schroders Capital
Sophie van Oosterom joined Schroders in January 2021 as the Global Head of Schroders Real Estate. She is responsible for leading the growth strategy of the business and ultimately delivering investment performance to clients. She chairs the real esta… Read full bio
Albena Vassileva
Executive Director, Infrastructure, IFM Investors
Albena is responsible for the sourcing, execution and management of infrastructure investments across Europe, as well as the development of key industrial relationships. Albena has more than 14 years of Private Equity track record, leading a range of… Read full bio
Rebecca Villarreal
Partner, Proskauer Rose
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
Nicole Waibel
Managing Director, Crescent Credit Europe
Nicole Waibel is a Managing Director at Crescent Capital and has been working in European Private Debt for over 20 years. Prior to joining Crescent in 2013 she worked with Indigo Capital, a leading European specialist lending funds since 2001. She pr… Read full bio
Orla (Maria) Walsh
Managing Director, European Private Debt, StepStone Group
Ms. Walsh is a member of the European private debt team and focuses on illiquid credit investments, across SMA’s, primary funds, secondary GP/ LP transactions, as well as European co-investments. Prior to StepStone, Ms. Walsh was an Associate within… Read full bio
Amy Wang
Managing Director, Head Credit Strategies, Blue Earth Capital
Amy Wang joined Blue Earth Capital in 2016 and heads the firm's Credit Strategies division. She is currently the interim Head of Portfolio Management and sits on the firm's Executive Committee. Prior to joining Blue Earth Capital she worked as an Ass… Read full bio
Lisa Weaver-Lambert
Data and Digital Portfolio Executive, Independent
Business leader who partners with companies to modernise technology and apply advanced data analytics to drive value and generate attractive investor returns. Extensive experience leading both nimble and large global teams in B2B and B2C companies in… Read full bio
Annabel West
Product Specialist, Debt Investments, IFM Investors
Annabel West is an infrastructure product specialist at IFM Investors, focused on IFM's Global Infrastructure Debt Fund and the broader debt platform in EMEA, with an emphasis on sustainability. Annabel has over 5 years' experience across public and… Read full bio
Alisa Amarosa Wood
Partner, KKR
Alisa Amarosa Wood joined KKR in 2003 and is a Partner of the Firm. She leads the Global Private Markets and Real Assets Strategies Group, looking after key product areas including private equity, infrastructure, energy real assets, impact, growth eq… Read full bio
Caroline Woodworth
Principal, General Atlantic
Caroline Woodworth is a Principal at General Atlantic and focuses on investments in the firm’s Financial Services sector. Before joining General Atlantic in 2015, Caroline was a Senior Associate at J.C. Flowers & Co. in London where she focused o… Read full bio
Jayne Zecha
Partner, Bain & Company
Jayne Zecha is the Co-head of Telecommunications, Media and Technology within Bain’s EMEA Private Equity Group. She has more than 10 years of management consulting experience with Bain. She focuses on technology and media related commercial due dilig… 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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