12th Annual Global Fund Finance Symposium 2023 | Fund Finance Association | 8 February 2023 | Fontainebleau Miami Beach, 4441 Collins Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33140, US

This event bring together investors, fund managers, bankers and lawyers for education and networking within the fund finance market. The Symposiums were attended by over 1,700 industry professionals representing over 500 firms.

2023 Speakers

Francois Aguerre
Co-Head of Investment, and Head of Origination, Coller Capital

Rob Amdursky
Head of Financing Legal, Natixis

Hugh Anderson
Partner, Walkers

Ana Arsov
Global Managing Director, Moody's Investor Services

Nancy Becker
Managing Director, Wells Fargo Bank

Pallo Blum-Tucker
Managing Director, State Street

Jonathan Bock
Senior Managing Director, Co-CEO of BCRED and BXSL, Head of Market Research, Blackstone

Michelle Bolingbroke
Director, Fund Finance Association

Todd Bundrant
Partner, Mayer Brown

Juan Campos
Partner, Hg Capital

Sara Casey
Principal, Hark Capital

Matthew Chase
Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP

Bryan Cohen
Managing Director, Head of North American Client Coverage, Validus Risk Management

Steven J. Colombo
Managing Director, Goldman Sachs Asset Management

Georgia Curtis
Vice President, Financial Sponsors FX Sales, Lloyds Bank

Gino De Bernardo
Senior Vice President, Comerica Bank

Jeremy Deutsch
Principal, Neuberger Berman

Missy Dolski
Global Head of Capital Markets, Värde Partners

Tom D'Orsi
Senior Vice President & Head of Treasury, Bain Capital

Pierre Drolet
Portfolio Manager - Private Assets, The Canadian Medical Protective Association

Vicky Du
Global Head, Fund Finance, Standard Chartered

Christopher Duerden
Partner, Dechert LLP

Fazillah Durante
Director, U.S. Financial Sponsors & Fund Finance, Scotiabank

Mike Durnin
Principal, Ares Management

Damien Dwin
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Lafayette Square

Mohamed El-Erian
President, Queens'​ College, Cambridge

Sarah Elliott
Client Coverage and Loan Origination Director, National Australia Bank Limited

Greg Fayvilevich
Head of Global Funds Group, Fitch Ratings

Max Forton
Head of Trading of Fund Finance & Solutions, Americas, Nomura

Brian Foster
Partner, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft

Ron Franklin
Partner, Proskauer

Flora Go
Partner, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

Dipti Goel
Managing Director - Syndications, City National Bank

Ariel Goldblatt
Partner, Stepstone

Jennifer Grancio
CEO, Engine No. 1

Lauren Gubkin Stein
Managing Director, J.P. Morgan Private Bank

Michael Hacker
Partner & Co-Head, Secondary and Portfolio Finance, AlpInvest Partners

Mike Henry
Managing Director - Subscription Finance, U.S. Bank

Jocelyn Hirsch
Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Steven Hopchick
Director, Barclays

Finn Howie
Counsel, Mourant

Charles Inkeles
Head of U.S. Fund Finance, ICBC

Jeff Johnston
Chairman, Fund Finance Association

Bronwen Jones
Partner, Reed Smith

Steven Kahn
Senior Managing Director, Assured Guaranty

Anastasia Kaup
Managing Director and Partner, Fund Finance Partners

Ken Kencel
President and CEO, Churchill Asset Management

Sandi Kim-Suk
Chief Financial Officer, Engine No. 1

Julia Kohen
Partner, Simpson Thacher

Alex Lambiotte
Global Head of Fund Finance – Solutions Engineering, Allvue Systems

Laurie Lawler
Managing Director, Société Générale

Vanessa Lawlor
Partner, Maples Group

Stanley Likver
Principal, Ares Management

Shirley Liu
Head of Derivatives Risk Solutions, Mizuho Americas

Deborah Low
Partner, Haynes and Boone, LLP

Cecilia Luk
Vice President, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank

Jeff Maier
Managing Director, First Republic Bank

Pippa Malmgren
Board Member, Premios Verdes

Martins Marnaunza
Partner, Coller Capital

Mike Mascia
Board Member, Fund Finance Association

Pierre Maugüé
Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

James McDonald
Head Trader: FX and Derivative Risk Management, TPG, Inc.

Tina Meigh
Partner, Maples Group

Ray Meyer
Managing Director, Head of Fund Finance Advisory & Origination, Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking Americas

Kevin Miller
Principal, Thorofare Capital

Nick Mitra
Managing Director, Société Générale

Brett Morrell
Head of Risk Solutions, Derivative Path

Gregg Myers
Partner and Chief Financial Officer, Global Infrastructure Partners

Jad Nader
Partner, Ogier

Peter Nealon
Executive Director, ANZ

Tom Nowak
Managing Director, BofA Securities, Inc.

Joe O'Donnell
Partner, Morrison Foerster

Michael Orphanides
Managing Director and Head, Asset & Wealth Managers, Corporate Banking, BMO Capital Markets

Art Penn
Founder and Managing Partner, PennantPark Investment Advisers

Seth Perlman
Executive Director, Morgan Stanley

Anthony Pirraglia
Partner and Deputy Chair, Finance, Loeb & Loeb

Georgina Pullinger
Partner, Appleby

Moses Rahnama
AVP Research Insights, Preqin

Shana Ramirez
Partner, Katten

Michael Rees
Co-Founder and Co-President, Blue Owl

Danielle Roman
Partner, Mourant

Linda Rowland
Managing Director, Secondaries Group, Ares Management

Maude Royer
Senior Associate, Loyens & Loeff

Emma Russell
Partner, Head of the Finance Practice Group, London, Haynes Boone

Samina Sajanlal
Managing Director, Global Fund Finance, Corporate Banking, CIBC Capital Markets

Mary Jo Sanderson
Senior Managing Director, Värde Partners

Ed Saunders
Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP

Darren Schluter
Managing Director, PJT Partners

Alexa Schult
Director, First Republic Bank

Eric Schwitzer
Partner, Real Estate Department, Paul Hastings

Pramit Sheth
Senior Managing Director, Funds, KBRA

Marc Silva
Global Head, Private Equity Subscription & Partner Finance, UBS

Guy Simpson
Head of Equity Fund Resources (EFR), Bridge Bank

Jasjit Singh
Chief Risk Officer, Apollo Global Management

Dee Dee Sklar
Co-Chair, Women in Fund Finance

Sherri Snelson
Partner, White & Case

Barry Sternlicht
Chairman & CEO, Starwood Capital Group

Patricia Teixeira
Counsel, Ropes & Gray

Michael Timms
Investment Director, 17Capital

Daniel Toblib
Vice President, Macquarie Group

Mary Touchstone
Partner and Head of Fund Finance Practice, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Ryan Troiano
Executive Director, Fund Financing, MUFG Investor Services

Taylor Trotter
Director; Subscription Finance, Citizens Bank

Craig Unterberg
Managing Partner – New York, Haynes and Boone LLP

Patrick Vatel
Managing Director and Chief Lending Officer, BNY Mellon

Peter Vermette
Managing Director, Goldman Sachs

William Wallace
Managing Director - Head of Origination and Execution of Fund Finance Solutions, SMBC

Annie Wallis
Partner, Sidley Austin LLP

Jenna Willis
Counsel, Carey Olsen

David Wilson
Partner, 17Capital

Jasen Yang
Managing Director, Apollo Global Management

Michelle Khalili Yuhas
Managing Director, PNC Capital Markets

2023 Sponsors

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Appleby
• Bank of America
• Barclays
• BNY Mellon
• Bridge Bank Equity Fund Resources
• Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft
• Carey Olsen
• CIBC
• Citizens Bank
• City National Bank
• Dechert LLP
• Fried Frank
• Haynes Boone
• J.P. Morgan
• KBRA
• Kirkland & Ellis
• Latham & Watkins LLP
• Lloyds Bank
• Loyens & Loeff
• Macquarie Group Limited
• Mayer Brown
• Mizuho Americas
• Morrison & Foerster LLP
• Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG)
• MUFG Investor Services
• Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking
• Ogier
• PNC Bank, National Association
• RBC
• Reed Smith
• Signature Bank – Fund Banking Division
• Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
• SMBC
• Societe Generale
• Standard Chartered
• U.S. Bank
• UBS
• Walkers
• Wells Fargo

GOLD SPONSORS:
• 17Capital
• Allvue
• AlpInvest Partners
• ANZ
• Apollo
• Appleby
• Assured Guaranty
• BMO Capital Markets
• BNP Paribas
• Comerica Bank
• Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA)
• Conyers
• Cooley
• Debevoise & Plimpton
• Derivative Path
• East West Bank
• First Republic
• Fitch Ratings
• Fund Finance Partners
• Goodwin Procter LLP
• ICBC New York Branch
• Intesa Sanpaolo Group
• Katten
• Loeb & Loeb
• Maples Group
• Moody's Investors Service
• Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management
• Mourant
• National Australia Bank
• Nomura
• Northern Trust
• Paul Hastings
• PJT Partners Inc.
• Proskauer
• Ropes & Gray
• Scotiabank
• Sidley Austin LLP
• State Street
• SuMi TRUST
• Validus
• White & Case

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Alston & Bird
• Arthur Cox LLP
• Bank of China
• BC Partners Credit
• China Merchants Bank
• Clifford Chance LLP
• Customers Bank
• Deutsche Bank Wealth Management
• Fifth Third Bank
• Foley Hoag LLP
• Hark Capital
• ING
• M&T Bank
• Matheson
• Pacific Western Bank
• Petra Funds Group
• Santander Corporate & Investment Banking
• Seward & Kissel LLP
• Simmons & Simmons LLP
• Stifel Bank
• Texas Capital Bank
• Travers Smith
• Travers Thorp Alberga
• TriState Capital Bank
• We Are Guernsey
• Westpac institutional Bank

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• Blue Ridge Bank
• Brickfield Recruitment
• Campbells
• Capital One
• Cathay Bank
• Harneys
• Hedgewood Capital Partners
• Moses & Singer LLP
• No Limit Capital
• SJL Jimenez Lunz
• Troutman Pepper