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The 2016 Private Equity Symposium

Searching for needles in a haystack: finding value in a crowded market 7-8 June 2016, London, UK

A year after the UK’s shock vote to leave the EU, our flagship event for the global private equity and venture capital industry put the spotlight on the risks and opportunities facing private investors in two of the world’s biggest markets.

Sanjay Patel, Head of Europe, Apollo Management International, and Hanneke Smits, CEO, Newton Investment Management, joined a stellar line-up of practitioners and leading academics to debate and discuss a range of topics at the 2017 event in partnership with the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.

Watch interviews with some of our industry speakers

"The ability of private equity to survive is to look at what is the source of risk; what is the source of disruption; where it creates opportunity; where it creates risk."

Francesca Cornelli

Professor of Finance, London Business School

Searching for needles in a haystack: finding value in a crowded market

Hosted by London Business School in partnership with restructuring and performance improvement specialists, AlixPartners.

Welcome and Introduction

  • Professor Sir Andrew Likierman, Dean of London Business School

Keynote Introduction

  • Professor Florin Vasvari, London Business School

Keynote: How will Private Equity Firms Navigate the Current Competitive Environment? 

  • Speaker: Dan D’Aniello, The Carlyle Group

Panel I: Deal Origination Strategies

  • Charlie Johnstone, ECI Partners
  • Ian Sale, Lloyds TSB Mark Geday
  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • Moderator: Jacques Callaghan, Macquarie Capital

Panel II: LP Perspective: Identifying the Value-Creating Funds

  • Ophir Shmuel, Mvision Private Equity Advisers
  • Peter Friere, ILPA Vaughn Brock, Veritas Family Partners
  • Mark Weston, Triton Partners
  • Moderator: George Anson, HarbourVest

Keynote Introduction by Professor Francesca Cornelli, London Business School

Keynote II

  • Speaker: Howard Marks, Oaktree Capital Management
  • Keynote: Introduction by Professor Eli Talmor, London Business School

Keynote III: Operational Improvement

  • Speaker: Thomas von Koch, EQT Partners

Panel III: Operational Improvement in a Low Growth World

  • Juan de Ochoa, KKR Capstone
  • Roanne Daniels, Bain Capital Private Equity
  • Zeina Bain, The Carlyle Group
  • Sabine Demkowski, Better Boards
  • Moderator: Mark Veldon, AlixPartners

Closing Remarks

  • Professor Francesca Cornelli, London Business School

Contact us

To find out more about Private Equity at LBS and our flagship events, please email us at the address below.

Private Equity at LBS

+44 (0)20 7000 7000

peinfo@london.edu

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