Agenda - Main Conference Day One | SuperReturn International (2024)

07:15 - 07:55

Registration and welcome coffee

07:55 - 08:00

Opening remarks

08:00 - 08:10

Chair's welcome address

• Bridget Walsh - EY Global Head of Private Equity, EY

08:10 - 08:40

GenAI: from Hype to Reality

• Tanuja Randery - Managing Director & Vice President EMEA, Amazon Web Services

08:40 - 09:05

Private Credit: Changing Faster Than You Think

09:05 - 09:30

An update on the global investment landscape for 2024 and beyond

09:30 - 10:00

State of the Union: pressure on PE to deploy

• Hugh MacArthur - Global Private Equity Practice Chairman, Bain & Company
• Rich Lawson - Co-Founder and CEO, HGGC
• Karim El Solh - CEO, Gulf Capital
• Colm Lanigan - Managing Director, CIO and Head of Long Term Private Capital Americas, BlackRock
• Kosmo Kalliarekos - Partner, Private Capital Asia, EQT

10:00 - 10:25

Making a difference as an active manager

• Katie Koch - CEO, TCW Group
• Jennifer Prosek - Founder & Managing Partner, Prosek Partners

10:45 - 11:10

Eye on the Prize: The Evolution of GP-LP Dynamics

11:10 - 11:35

Keynote interview: value creation across cycles: applying lessons learned from 40 years of private equity investing

• Chris Gordon - Partner & Co-Head, Global Private Equity, Bain Capital Private Equity
• Ivan Levingston - European Deals Reporter, Financial Times

11:35 - 12:00

Risk and Reward on the Road Ahead in Private Equity and Global Tech Investing

• Greg Mondre - Co-CEO, Silver Lake
• Leslie Picker - Senior Finance & Banking Reporter, CNBC

12:00 - 12:30

PE: finding opportunity in adversity

• Michael Halford - Partner, Co-Chair, Private Investment Funds, Goodwin
• James Pitt - Partner, Lexington Partners
• Joana Rocha Scaff - Managing Director, Head of Europe Private Equity, Neuberger Berman
• Dana Haimoff - Managing Director, Portfolio Manager, J.P Morgan Asset Management
• Tristan Tully - European Head of Private Equity and Managing Partner, Brookfield Private Equity

12:30 - 12:55

Keynote Interview with Harvey Schwartz, CEO, Carlyle

• Harvey M. Schwartz - Chief Executive Officer, Carlyle
• Leslie Picker - Senior Finance & Banking Reporter, CNBC

12:55 - 13:20

Rethinking due diligence: From risk assessment to value creation

• Martin Glenn - Managing Director, Private Equity, Accenture
• Neto Alexander - Managing Director, NA Private Equity Lead, Accenture

11:35 - 12:10

Alternative Alternatives

• Jack Neumark - Managing Partner, Co-Head of Specialty Finance & Head of Legal Assets, Fortress Investment Group
• Eran Zur - Head of Fortress Intellectual Property Group, Fortress Investment Group

12:45 - 13:20

Compete, cooperate? The evolving relationship between banks, private debt funds and PE sponsors

10:50 - 11:25

What’s Trending in Lending

13:45 - 13:50

Afternoon chair

• Ruulke Bagijn - Head of Carlyle Global Investment Solutions & Chair of the Board of AlpInvest, Carlyle

13:50 - 14:20

ESG – today’s impact on M&A deals

• Brooke Thiessen - Partner, Infrastructure & Capital Projects Advisory, Deloitte
• Logan Allin - Managing Partner and Founder, Fin Capital
• Eimear Palmer - Global Head of ESG, Pantheon
• Chloë Sanders - Head of Sustainability, CVC Capital Partners
• Jeff Parks - Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Riverwood Capital

14:20 - 14:45

Keynote Interview: Scott Kleinman on the future of finance, opportunities and challenges for private capital

• Scott Kleinman - Co-President, Apollo Global Management
• Jan-Henrik Foerster - Financial Services Correspondent, Bloomberg

14:45 - 15:10

Reinventing returns: How to stay ahead in a fast-changing world

• Gabriel Caillaux - Co-President, Managing Director, Head of EMEA, General Atlantic
• Ivan Levingston - European Deals Reporter, Financial Times

15:10 - 15:35

Will innovation and portfolio construction drive tomorrow’s returns?

• Marc Nachmann - Global Head, Goldman Sachs Asset & Wealth Management
• Carleton English - Senior Vice President, Prosek Partners

15:35 - 16:05

How have PE markets evolved over the past few years and what are the new key drivers of growth across market cycles?

• John Romeo - Managing Partner, Oliver Wyman
• Matthew Witheiler - Sector Lead, Consumer & Technology, Wellington Management
• Fred Pollock - Chief Investment Officer, GCM Grosvenor
• Michael Lindauer - Managing Director, Global Head of Private Equity, Allianz Capital Partners GmbH
• Stephen Swentzel - Managing Director, Co-Head of GP Finanacing Solutions, Hunter Point Capital

16:05 - 16:20

Afternoon refreshments and networking break

16:20 - 16:50

Primary credit markets: size, structure, pricing: what do sponsors need and what can credit markets offer?

• Alex Griffiths - Managing Director, Corporate Ratings, Fitch Ratings
• Jeff Kivitz - Investment Partner, Canyon Partners, LLC
• Brad Marshall - Senior Managing Director, Blackstone
• Tara Moore - Managing Director, Head of European Originations, Golub Capital
• Ian Gilday - Head of Leveraged & Acquisition Finance for EMEA, Morgan Stanley

16:50 - 17:15

The Process is the Product: What Matters Most is Rarely Discussed

• Jim Momtazee - Managing Partner, Patient Square Capital

17:15 - 17:45

Striking a Chord: Building Value in Uncorrelated Music IP Investments

• Natalia Fontecha - Head of Capital Raising and Investor Relations, Pophouse
• Björn Ulvaeus - Singer, songwriter, producer and Co-founder, Pophouse
• Conni Jonsson - Founder & Chairperson, EQT and Co-Founder, Pophouse

17:45 - 18:15

How the U.S. Presidential Election Will Change Europe, the United States, and the World

18:15 - 18:20

Chair’s closing remarks

• Ruulke Bagijn - Head of Carlyle Global Investment Solutions & Chair of the Board of AlpInvest, Carlyle

14:20 - 14:55

The future of Secondaries: Technology for an Evolving Market

• Rory Mabin - Head of Institutional Secondaries, Nasdaq Fund Secondaries
• Chris Tinsley - VP, Nasdaq Fund Secondaries

15:05 - 15:40

Opportunities in Climate Tech

16:00 - 17:30INVITATION ONLY

Single family office only afternoon tea

13:45 - 14:20

Innovation, Entrepreneurialism, and Company Building – 5 Observations for LPs Evaluating Growth Equity