14th Annual AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Forum - Australia & New Zealand 2017 | Asian Venture Capital Journal | Sydney, Australia

The 14th Annual AVCJ Australia and New Zealand Private Equity & Venture Forum gathered 270 of the industry's leading figures in Sydney, including over 125 LPs, for two days of thought-provoking discussions, presentations and networking.

Glenn Stevens
Retired Governor, RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA

Steve Byrom
Head of Private Equity, FUTURE FUND

Robert Credaro
Head of Growth Assets, FIRST STATE SUPER

Mark De Ambrosis
Managing Director, ARMITAGE ASSOCIATES

Simon Ford
Managing Partner, INTREPID INVESTMENT PARTNERS

Alicia Gregory
Head of Private Equity, MLC

Alex Joiner
Chief Economist, IFM INVESTORS

Adrian Kerley
Investment Manager - Private Capital, COMMONWEALTH SUPERANNUATION

Will MacAulay
Investment Manager - Unlisted Assets, HESTA

Fiona Mackenzie
Head of External Investments and Partnerships, NEW ZEALAND SUPER FUND

Sunil Mishra
Partner, ADAMS STREET PARTNERS

Rune Munk
Partner, COLLER CAPITAL

Jenny Newmarch
Portfolio Manager - Growth Assets, FIRST STATE SUPER

Tim Peters
Senior Investment Associate, WALSH BAY PARTNERS

Sam Robinson
Managing Partner, NORTH-EAST PRIVATE EQUITY ASIA

Michael Weaver
Manager, Private Markets, SUNSUPER PTY LTD

Senior Industry Professionals

Stephen Aldred
Asia Loans Editor, DEBTWIRE

Michael W. Arpey
Managing Director, THE CARLYLE GROUP

Rick Baker
Co-Founder, BLACKBIRD VENTURES

Cameron Blanks
Managing Director, PACIFIC EQUITY PARTNERS

Graham Brooke
Managing Director, CHAMP PRIVATE EQUITY

Ross Burney
Chief Executive Officer, HUME PARTNERS PTY LTD

Jason Chang
Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, EMR CAPITAL

Ed Day
Director, BROOKVINE PTY LIMITED

Michelle Deaker
CEO & Managing Director, ONEVENTURES

Yasser El-Ansary
Chief Executive, AVCAL

Christian Gergis
Head of Policy & Research, AVCAL

Peter Gold
Managing Director, ARCHER CAPITAL

Andrew Gray
Managing Director, POTENTIA CAPITAL

John Henderson
Partner, AIRTREE

Jessica Irvine
Senior Economics Writer, SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

Shawna Kaufman
Managing Director, Membership, INSTITUTIONAL LIMITED PARTNERS ASSOCIATION (ILPA)

Simon Kinzett
Investor Relations, PERMIRA ADVISERS

Rob Koczkar
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, ADAMANTEM CAPITAL

Sheridan Lee
Founder and Principal, SHED ENTERPRISES

Ken Licence
Managing Director, PRINCIPLE ADVISORY SERVICES

Marcus Lim
Managing Director, YORKWAY EQUITY PARTNERS

David Lin
Managing Director, PRIMAVERA CAPITAL GROUP

David McWilliam
Managing Director, BAIN CAPITAL CREDIT

Chester Moynihan
Managing Director, ALLEGRO FUNDS

Rodney Muse
Managing Partner, NAVIS CAPITAL PARTNERS

Bobby Pauly
Partner, TATA OPPORTUNITIES FUND

Tushar Roy
Partner, SQUARE PEG CAPITAL

Jeremy A. Samuel
Founder and Managing Director, ANACACIA CAPITAL

Tim Sims
Managing Director, PACIFIC EQUITY PARTNERS

Joseph Skrzynski
Co-Chairman and Co-Founder, CHAMP PRIVATE EQUITY

Elaine Stead
Managing Director, BLUE SKY

Gary Stead
Managing Director, HPS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC

Jeremy Tasker
Executive Director, MACQUARIE CAPITAL

Albert Tse
Founder, WATTLE HILL CAPITAL

James Viles
Principal, BAIN & COMPANY

Peter Wiggs
Chief Executive Officer ARCHER CAPITAL

David Willis
Partner, KPMG

Richard Yetsenga
Chief Economist, ANZ

Jennifer Zeng
Partner, BAIN & COMPANY

Jonathan Zhu
Managing Director, BAIN CAPITAL

Barry Zuckerman
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, CHAMP PRIVATE EQUITY

Tim Burroughs
Managing Editor, ASIAN VENTURE CAPITAL JOURNAL

Asia Series Sponsors
KPMG

Lead Sponsors
Archer Capital
Champ Private Equity
PEP Pacific Equity Partner

Co-Sponsors
Allegro
AC Anacacia Capital
Bain & Company
Bain Capital
Coller Capital
One Ventures
SquarePeg
TATA Opportunities Fund