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08:00 - 08:3535 mins
Registration and welcome coffee
    08:35 - 08:4510 mins
    Day 1
    Chairperson’s introduction
    • Ruulke Bagijn - Head of Investment Solutions, The Carlyle Group and Co-Head of Primaries, AlpInvest Partners, The Carlyle Group
    08:45 - 09:3045 mins
    Day 1
    Moving into 2020: Protectionism, populism and taxes
    • Gideon Rachman - Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator, Financial Times
    09:30 - 10:0030 mins
    Day 1
    Capital deployment and bottom line protection
    • Ruulke Bagijn - Head of Investment Solutions, The Carlyle Group and Co-Head of Primaries, AlpInvest Partners, The Carlyle Group
    • Kurt Björklund - Co-Managing Partner, Permira
    • Robert Lucas - Managing Partner, CVC Capital Partners
    • Matt Cwiertnia - Co-Head of Private Equity, Ares Management
    • Chris Caulkin - Managing Director & Head of Tech for EMEA, General Atlantic
    10:00 - 10:3030 mins
    Day 1
    LP asset allocation
    • Louise Boothby - Partner, Coller Capital
    • Giovanni Orsi - Managing Director, Private Equity, Funds, PSP Investments
    • Dana Haimoff - Managing Director, Portfolio Manager, J.P Morgan Asset Management
    • Daniel Winther - Head of Private Equity and Infrastructure, Skandia Life
    10:30 - 11:0030 mins
    Day 1
    Keynote Interview
    • Glenn Youngkin - Co-Chief Executive Officer and a member of Carlyle’s Board of Directors, The Carlyle Group
    • Sarah Syed - European Private Equity Correspondent, Bloomberg News
    11:00 - 11:4040 mins
    Morning coffee and networking break
      11:40 - 12:1030 mins
      Day 1
      Mind the gap: LP/GP alignment
      • Johanna Barr - Managing Director and Global Co-Head of Limited Partner Services, Advent International
      • Michael Lindauer - Managing Director, Global Co-Head of Private Equity, Allianz Capital Partners
      • Naoki Ohta - Managing Director, Barings
      • Przemek Obloj - Managing Director, PSP Investments
      • Michael Rees - Head, Dyal Capital Partners
      11:40 - 12:1030 mins
      Off the record
      Returns: no longer on the same page?
      • Kelly DePonte - Managing Director, Probitas Partners
      • Michael Dymond - Senior Portfolio Manager, APG Asset Management
      • Cem Meric - Partner, LGT Capital Partners
      • Shelby Wanstrath - Co-Head of Private Equity Funds, Teacher Retirement System of Texas
      12:10 - 12:5040 mins
      Day 1
      Leadership under pressure
      • Eliza Manningham-Buller, Chair of the The Wellcome Trust & Former Head of MI5
      12:50 - 14:1080 mins
      Lunch and networking break
        14:10 - 14:155 mins
        Stream A: Value creation and growth equity
        Afternoon Chair
        • Karen O'Mahony - Founder & Managing Director, PEAL Investment Partners
        14:10 - 14:155 mins
        Stream B: Strategy spotlights
        Afternoon Chair
        • Mark O'Hare - Founder, Preqin
        14:10 - 14:155 mins
        Stream C: Co-investing
        Afternoon Chair
        • David Smith - Senior Managing Director, Capital Dynamics
        14:15 - 14:4530 mins
        Stream A: Value creation and growth equity
        Buy and build: value creation or financial engineering?
        • Shelby Wanstrath - Co-Head of Private Equity Funds, Teacher Retirement System of Texas
        • Simon Davidson - Partner, Exponent
        • Frédéric Stevenin - Chief Investment Officer & General Manager, Pai Partners
        • Ralf Flore - Managing Partner, Ufenau Capital Partners AG
        • Jean Schmitt - Managing Partner, Jolt Capital
        14:15 - 14:4530 mins
        Stream B: Strategy spotlights
        Past, present and future - Comparing public and private markets
        • Holger Rossbach - Senior Director, Private Investments, Cambridge Associates
        14:15 - 14:4530 mins
        Stream C: Co-investing
        Co-investing in a heated market
        • Andreas Bohn - Co-CEO & Managing Partner, SwanCap Partners
        • Rob de Jong - Managing Director, AlpInvest Partners
        • Søren Brøndum Andersen - Partner, ATP Private Equity Partners
        • Daniel Winther - Head of Private Equity and Infrastructure, Skandia Life
        • Alec Machiels - Founding Managing Partner, CoLift
        14:45 - 15:1530 mins
        Stream A: Value creation and growth equity
        Digital value creation: comparing the strategies of GP trailblazers
        • Michael Brigl - Partner and Managing Director, The Boston Consulting Group
        • Jérôme Losson - Partner, Head of Operations Team, BC Partners
        • Olof Hernell - CDO, EQT
        14:45 - 15:1530 mins
        Stream B: Strategy spotlights
        Sector specialisation vs generalist funds: survival of the fittest
        • Alex Barker - Principal, HarbourVest Partners
        • Gordon Hargraves - Partner, Private Advisors
        • Manuel Hertweck - Managing Partner, capiton
        • Gareth Whiley - Managing Partner, Silverfleet Capital
        • Lindsey McMurray - Managing Director, Pollen Street Capital
        14:45 - 15:1530 mins
        Stream C: Co-investing
        Co-investment: growing demand for co-underwriting deals
        • Mark C. Boyle - Industry Veteran, Industry Veteran
        • Corentin du Roy - Managing Director, HarbourVest
        • David Smith - Senior Managing Director, Capital Dynamics
        • Raja Hussain - Director, BlackRock Private Equity Partners
        15:15 - 15:4530 mins
        Stream A: Value creation and growth equity
        The role of growth equity
        • Elias Korosis - Partner, Hermes GPE
        • Roni Elchahal - Managing Director & Head of EMEA Capital Partnering, General Atlantic
        • Irena Goldenberg - Partner, Highland Europe
        • Mike Reid - Senior Partner, Frog Capital
        • Tom Drake - Senior Investment Officer- Private Equity, State of Wisconsin Investment Board
        15:15 - 15:4530 mins
        Stream B: Strategy spotlights
        Distressed and stressed investing: strategies to unlock value
        • Peter Laib - Chairman, YIELCO Investments
        • Scott Spielvogel - Managing Partner, One Rock Capital Partners
        • Ian Jackson - Managing Director and Co-Head of Carlyle Strategic Partners, The Carlyle Group
        • Alexander Wit - Managing Partner, Phi Asset Management Partners
        • Guido Grobbink - Partner & Managing Director, Standard Investment
        15:15 - 15:4530 mins
        Stream C: Co-investing
        Comparing views on co-investing best practice: GP vs LP
        • Jean-Francois Le Ruyet - Partner, Quilvest Private Equity
        • Gilles Collombin - Partner & Head of Investor Relations, Charterhouse
        • Pieter-Jan Frederix - Principal, Unigestion
        • Joanna Reiss - Partner, Cornell Capital
        • Justin Wang - Principal, Teacher Retirement System of Texas
        15:45 - 16:1530 mins
        Afternoon coffee
          16:15 - 16:4530 mins
          Stream A: Value creation and growth equity
          LMM: when big isn’t always beautiful
          • Holger Rossbach - Senior Director, Private Investments, Cambridge Associates
          • Jordan Katz - Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Angeles Equity Partners
          • Gary Tipper - Managing Partner, Palatine Private Equity LLP
          • Michael Dymond - Senior Portfolio Manager, APG Asset Management
          16:15 - 16:4530 mins
          Stream B: Strategy spotlights
          Special situations: time to lean in?
          • Samuel Cannon - Director, Global Endowment Management
          • Ralf Gleisberg - Partner, Private Equity, Unigestion
          • Garry Wilson - Founding Partner, Endless LLP
          • Stefan Lehotkay - Partner, Clearsight Investments
          16:15 - 16:4530 mins
          Stream C: Co-investing
          The 360 view: what’s next for private markets and how do we prepare?
          • Mark McDonald - Global Head, DWS Private Equity
          • Samer Cortas - Principal, Apollo Global Management
          • Randal Ralph - Managing Director, Northwestern Mutual Capital
          • Alex Bowden - Partner, Synova Capital LLP
          • Anne Glover - Chief Executive, Amadeus Capital Partners
          16:45 - 17:1530 mins
          Stream A: Value creation and growth equity
          LMM: country specific vs regional
          • Maria Sanz Garcia - Partner, YIELCO Investments
          • Marco Capello - Co-Founder & Partner, Bluegem Capital Partners
          • Gonzalo de Rivera - CEO & Partner, Alantra
          • Richard Daw - Managing Partner, Phoenix Equity Partners
          16:45 - 17:1530 mins
          Stream B: Strategy spotlights
          Value creation in infrastructure
          • Dmitriy Antropov - Co-Head Private Infrastructure Integrated Investments, Partners Group
          • Brent Burnett - Co-Head of Real Assets, Hamilton Lane
          • Pooja Goyal - Partner and Head of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Team, The Carlyle Group
          • Damian Darragh - Senior Operating Director, I Squared Capital
          16:45 - 17:4560 mins
          Stream C: Co-investing
          Off the record: The do’s and don’ts of building a co-investment portfolio
          • Corentin du Roy - Managing Director, HarbourVest
          • David Smith - Senior Managing Director, Capital Dynamics
          17:15 - 17:4530 mins
          Stream A: Value creation and growth equity
          LP views on the LMM
          • Cem Meric - Partner, LGT Capital Partners
          • Jean-Francois Le Ruyet - Partner, Quilvest Private Equity
          • Arnaud Lipkowicz - Managing Director, GCM Grosvenor
          • Oksana Tiedt - Investor, Board Member, Lennertz & Co
          • Yolande van den Dungen - Portfolio Manager, Alternatives, SPF Beheer
          17:15 - 17:4530 mins
          Stream B: Strategy spotlights
          Maximising value from real assets
          • Brent Burnett - Co-Head of Real Assets, Hamilton Lane
          • Laurence Monnier - Head of Quantitative Research, Real Assets, Aviva Investors
          • Wissam Anastas - Managing Director, Energy & Infra Capital
          • Minesh Mashru - Senior Investment Director, Real Assets, Cambridge Associates
          17:45 - 19:1590 mins
          SuperInvestor networking drinks reception
            19:15 - 19:205 mins
            End of main conference day 1
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