4th Annual European Fund Finance Symposium 2018 | Fund Finance Association | 24 October 2018 | The Landmark, 222 Marylebone Rd, Marylebone, London NW1 6JQ, UK

The Fund Finance Association (FFA) is a non-profit industry association in the fund finance market, co-located in New York, New York and Charlotte, North Carolina.

Our core mission is to:
• Educate members, legislators, and other constituencies about the fund finance market and related capital markets through conferences and other events.
• Build the broadest consensus among members on policy, legal, regulatory and other matters affecting or potentially affecting the fund finance market and related capital markets.
• Advocate on behalf of the fund finance industry with respect to policy, legal, regulatory and other matters affecting or potentially affecting the fund finance market and related capital markets.

2018 Speakers

Sammy Asoli
Director, Financial Sponsors, North America, Lloyds Bank Group

Caroline Barton
Partner, Cayman

Mark Benedetti
Member, Executive Committee

Scott Berg
Morgan Stanley Investment Management

Jonathan Bock
Managing Director & Senior Equity Analyst, Wells Fargo Securities

Elena Boeva
Head of Operational Due Diligence, Aflac Global Investments

Todd Bundrant
Partner, Mayer Brown's Banking & Finance

Barbara Byrne
Managing Director, Wall Street

Jennifer Choi
Managing Director, Institutional Limited Partners Association

Aaron Cohen
Executive Vice President & Manager, City National Bank

Steven Cohen
Head, CIBC

Jeremy Cross
Loan Finance Lawyer

Todd Cubbage
Member, Haynes and Boone’s global Finance Practice Group

Guy Dominy
Director, Business Development, Maple's Group Fiduciary Group

Robin Doumar
Managing Partner & Founder, Park Square Capital

Ziv Ehrenfeld
PSP Investments USA

Chris Elvin
Head, Preqin Equity Products

Dan Falta
Specialty Funds

Ron Franklin
Partner, Finance Group

Mono Ganguli
Lead, Commonwealth Bank of Australia

Sonia Gardner
President, Managing Partner & Co-Founder, Avenue Capital Group

Mark Gilles
Manager, Equity Fund Services Group

Peter Gilman
Rising Star

Jonathan Gilmour
Partner, Travers Smith

Ben Griffiths
Global Head of Fund Financing, MUFG Investor Services

Terence Hatton
Senior Vice President & Manager, Union Bank in New York

Tim Hicks
Former Member, Cumberland Law Review

Jocelyn A. Hirsch
Partner, Kirkland & Ellis

Paul Hogan
Director, Baclay's Risk Solutions Group

Samantha Hutchinson
Lead, Dentons Global Fund Finance Practice

Walt Jackson
Head of Direct Lending Platform & Member, Investment Committees

Steve Jacoby
Co-Head, Luxembourg Banking

Kenneth J. Kencel
President & Chief Executive Officer, Churchill Asset Management

Sandra Kim-Suk
Chief Financial Officer Americas, L Catterton

Tom Kirby
Head of Fund Finance, Commonwealth Bank of Australia

Dana Laidhold
Treasurer, The Carlyle Group

Stephanie Landsberg
Vice President, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Nicole Lapin
Author, Rich Bitch: A Simple 12-Step Plan for Getting Your Financial Life Together…Finally

Alex Last
Partner, Cayman Island

Ilene Levinson
Principal, Product Management Group

Mark Levitt
Chief Operating Officer, Global Infrastructure Partners

Patricia Lynch
Adviser, Ropes & Gray’s U.S.

William Maier
Senior Portfolio Manager, Avenue Performing Loans Strategy

David Maki
Senior Managing Director & Co-Head, Heitman’s Private Real Estate Debt Group

Monica Mandelli
Member, KKR Capital Markets

Ellen McGinnis
Chair, Admission to Partnership Committee

Murtaza Merchant
Managing Director & Head of Fund Optimisation Leverage, MV Credit

Ray Meyer
Managing Director & Head of Financial Institutions Coverage, Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking Americas

Jose Minaya
President, Global Investments

Nick Mitra
Manager, US Capital Call Business, Natixis

Sunil Mody
Managing Director, Morgan Stanley

Tarun Nagpal
Managing Director, Deutsche Bank

Austin Nowlin
Managing Director, Starwood Capital Group

Margaret O’Neill
Finance Council, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Marcia Page
Executive Chair, Varde Partners

Geoffrey Peck
Banking & Finance Partner

Jonathan Peiper
Executive Director & Group Head, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

Anthony Pirraglia
Representative, Mezzanine Lenders

Michael J. Pugatch
HarbourVest

Ram Rao
Managing Director, Macquarie's Fund Linked Products Group

Keith Read
Senior Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management

Ann Richardson Knox
Partner, Mayer Brown

Paul Roder
Partner, Moses & Singer

Kenneth Rosh
Head, Fried Frank’s Private Equity Funds Group

John G. Rudge
Partner, Lexington Partners

Alistair Russell
Partner, Carey Olsen

Diane Schumaker-Krieg
Global Head of Research, Wells Fargo

Matthew Skurbe
Treasurer & Managing Director, Blackstone

Michael Smith
Co-President, Arcc

Kevin Sofield
Director of Capital Markets, Vista Equity Partners

Leon Stephenson
Member, Financial Industry Group

Jan Sysel
Corporate Finance Partner

Matt Taber
Partner, Harneys’ Cayman

Julie Thick
Head, J.P.Morgan

Mary Touchstone
Partner & Head, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Peter Vermette
Member, Infrastructure Investment Committee

Tom Walker
Partner, Riverstone

Emma Wallace
Member, Fund Finance

Annie Wallis
Partner, Chicago Office

David Wasserman
Managing Director, Morgan Stanley

Anna-Lise Wisdom
Member, Cayman Islands Law Society

Patrick K. Wolfe
Director, Tennenbaum Capital Partners

2018 Sponsors

PLATINUM:
• Appleby
• Cadwalader
• Commonwealth Bank of Australia
• Fried Bank
• HaynesBoone
• Mayer Brown
• MUFG
• Natixis
• Simpson Thacher
• Wells Fargo

GOLD:
• Bank of America Merrill Lynch
• Barclays
• Dentons
• Harneys
• Kirkland & Ellis
• Lloyds Bank
• Loeb & Loeb
• Morgan Stanley
• National Australia Bank
• ReedSmith
• Scotiabank

SILVER:
• Anz
• Carey Olsen
• CIBC
• City National Bank
• Clifford Chance
• Comerica Bank
• Debevoise & Plimpton
• Deutsche Bank
• J.P.Morgan
• Macquarie
• Maples
• Morrison Foerster
• Moses & Singer
• Mourant Ozannes
• Proskauer
• Riemer Braunstein
• Ropes&Gray
• Sidley
• State Street
• Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
• Travers SMith

BRONZE:
• Abn Amro
• Chapman and Cutler
• Citizens Commercial Banking
• Credit Agricole
• EastWest Bank
• Fifth Third Bank
• First Republic
• HSBC
• McGuireWoods
• Ogier
• Pnc
• Seward & Kissel
• Signature Bank
• Silicon Valley Bank
• Simmons & Simmons
• Square 1 Bank
• Sumi Trust
• SunTrust Robinson Humphrey
• Walkers