IFC’s 18th Annual Global Private Equity Conference in association with EMPEA | nvca.us | 10 May 2016 | Washington DC, US

We are pleased to support the 18th Annual Global Private Equity Conference during EM PE Week in Washington, DC taking place on 10-11 May 2016! Join us and fellow members at the main conference forum which features in-depth keynotes and candid panel sessions covering emerging and frontier markets with on-the-ground perspectives from macro and regional experts and the most active investors.

PRESENT SPEAKERS 2016 :
KEYNOTE SPEAKEARS
Pedro Aspe
Chairman, Evercore Partners Mexico (EVR)

Okechukwu Enelamah
Minister, Industry, Trade, and Investment of Nigeria (MITI)

Paul Fletcher
Chairman, Actis

Rachel Kyte
Chief Executive Officer, SE4All and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, United Nations "

Philippe Le Houérou
Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, International Finance Corporation (IFC)"

Gavin Serkin
Founder and Managing Editor, Frontier Funds and Author, ""Frontier: Exploring the Top Ten Emerging Markets of Tomorrow

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Rajesh Agarwal
Founding Chief Executive Officer, Shapoorji Pallonji Investment
Advisors (SPIAPL)"

James Ahn
Partner, Principle Capital"

Runa Alam
Co-Founding Partner and Chief Executive Officer, Development Partners International LLP (DPI)"

Albert Alsina
Managing Partner, Founder and CEO, Mediterrania Capital Partners"

Amit Anand
Founding Partner, Jungle Ventures"

Donald Anderson
Chief Financial Officer and Partner of the Houston Office, TD International (TDI)"

Jesús Argüelles
Portfolio Manager, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and Chairman, EMPEA Limited Partners Council"

Hany Assaad
Co-founder and Chief Portfolio and Risk Officer,
Avanz Capital"

Akhil Awasthi
Founding Managing Partner, Tata Capital Growth Fund (TCGF)"

Stuart Barkoff
Managing Director and General Counsel, Global Environment Fund"

Enrique Bascur
Managing Partner, Australis Partners"

Harjit Bhatia
Executive Chairman and Founding Partner, Asia Growth Capital Advisors (Singapore) Pte Ltd"

Bodo Borgards
Director, JCRA Financial LLC"

Monica Brand Engel
Founding Managing Director, Accion’s Frontier Investments Group"

Christopher Bruneau
Executive Director,
57 States LLC"

Roberta Brzezinkski
Managing Principal, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ)

Ming-Po Cai
Founder and President, Cathay Capital Private Equity "

Michael Calvey
Founder and Senior Partner, Baring Vostok Capital Partners"

Carolyn Campbell
Founding Partner and Managing Director, Emerging Capital Partners (ECP)"

Michelle Capiod
Partner, Mid Europa Partners"

Jaime Cardoso
Partner, Bozano Investimentos "

Michael Casey
Senior Director, Consulting Services, EMPEA"

Walid Cherif
Managing Director and Head, Gulf Credit Partners"

Jennifer Choi
Managing Director, Industry Affairs, Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA)"

Antonio Felix de Araujo Cintra
Head of Infrastructure, TozziniFreire"

Lauren Cochran
Director of Private Investments, Blue Haven Initiative"

Jonathan E. Colby
Managing Director, The Carlyle Group"

Doug Coulter
Partner, LGT Capital Partners"

Lance Crist
Global Head of Natural Resources, International Finance Corporation (IFC)"

Victor Patricio D'Apice
Managing Partner and CIO, MAS Equity Partners"

Antoine Delaporte
Founder and Managing Director, Adenia Partners"

Laurent Demey
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Amethis Finance"

Jorrit Dingemans
FMO"

Patricia Dinneen
Senior Advisor, EMPEA"

Brandon Doyle
Chief Executive Officer, Convergence Partners"

Sharif A. El Akhdar
Partner, BPE Partners "

Rob Eloff
Frontier Dawn Partners, African Capital Investments"

Benjamin Fanger
Co-founder and Partner, Shoreline Capital"

Francois Felli
Senior Counsel,
International Finance Corporation "

Anne Fossemalle
Director of Equity Funds, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development "

Peter Freire
Chief Executive Officer,
Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA)"

Caroline Freund
Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics"

Alberto Galvis
CEO, Citla Energy"

Barış Gen
Regional Lead, International Finance Corporation (IFC)"

Dianna L. Gonzales-Burdin
Managing Director, Strategic Investment Group"

Mounir Guen
Chief Executive Officer, Mvision"

Luis Alberto Harvey MacKissack
Co-founder and Senior Managing Director,
Nexxus Capital"

Larry Hatheway
Group Head and Group Chief Economist, Multi Asset Portfolio Solutions"

David Herne
Chief Executive Officer, Specialised Research and Investment Group (SPRING)"

Franz Hoerhager Founding Partner, Mezzanine Capital Partners

Dörte Höppner
Chief Executive,
Invest Europe

Marc Immerman
Principal, Metier Sustainable Private Equity Practice

Vishv Jeet
Senior Researcher, Burgiss

Brady Jewett
Senior Research Analyst, EMPEA

Nikunj Jinsi
Global Head of Venture Capital, International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Eric Johnson
Managing Principal, TVPI Advisors, LLC

Brooke Jones
Director of Investments, Carnegie Corporation

Dan Keeler
Editor, Frontier Markets, Wall Street Journal

Ralph Keitel
Principal Investment Officer, Private Equity and Investment Funds Department, International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Mark Kenderdine-Davies
General Counsel and Company Secretary, CDC Group

Jay Koh
Managing Director and Partner, Siguler Gruff

Maria C. Kozloski
Global Chief Investment Officer, Private Equity Funds, International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Mike Kubzansky
Partner, Omidyar Network

Andrew Kuper
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, LeapFrog Investments

Jean-Pierre Lacombe
‎Chief Global Markets & Head of IFC Research, International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Roger Leeds
Director, Center for International Business and Public Policy, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and Founding Chairman, EMPEA

Yi Li
Partner, Lunar Capital

Robert Linton
Founder, LCE Capital Advisory, and International Investor Relations, ABVCAP

Elizabeth Littlefield
President and Chief Executive Officer, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)

Stuart MacKenzie
Chief Executive Officer,
Ethos Private Equity

Scott Mackin
Managing Partner and Co-President, Denham Capital

Kejriwal Manish
Managing Partner, Kedaara Capital Advisors LLP

Debbie McCoy
Managing Director, BlackRock

Jim McGuigan
Managing Partner, Capital Group Private Markets

Prakash H. Mehta
Partner, Co-Head Investment Management and Private Equity Practices, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Piero Minardi
Managing Director, Warburg Pincus

Scott Minerd
Chairman and Global Chief Investment Officer, Guggenheim Investments

Wassim Moukahhal
Senior Vice President, Samena Capital Investments Limited

Christopher Mulligan
Senior Counsel, OCIE

Gail Mwamba
Managing Editor, Private Equity Africa

Girish Nadkarni
Partner, IDFC Alternatives Limited

Arif Naqvi
Founder and Group Chief Executive, The Abraaj Group

Peter O'Driscoll
Head, Emerging Markets Group, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Cyril Odu
Chief Executive Officer, African Capital Alliance (ACA)

Karima Ola
Partner, LeapFrog Investments

Kerem Onursal
Director and Investment Committee Member, Turkven Private Equity

Ziad Oueslati
Founding Partner, AfricInvest

Chad Ovel
Partner, Mekong Capital

Robert Petty
Managing Partner and Co-Founder, Clearwater Capital Partners

Ludovic Phalippou
Associate Professor of Finance at Saïd Business School,
University of Oxford

Honorio Poblador IV
Partner, Navegar

Will Poole
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Capria Accelerator

Karthik Prabhakar
Vice President and Head of Fundraising, IDG Ventures India Advisors

Vineet Rai
Founder and Chair, Aavishkaar–Intellecap

Vikram Raju
Executive Director and Portfolio Manager Private Markets team Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners

Peter Rawlings
Partner, Environmental Resources Management

Richard Rincon
Emerging Markets Investment Officer, University of Texas Investment Management Company (UTIMCO)

Michael E. Rogers
Global Deputy, Private Equity Leader, EY

Nicolas Rohatyn
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer,
The Rohatyn Group (TRG)

Alexander Rossi
Co-founder and Managing Partner, Latin Idea Ventures (LIV Capital)

Sameer Sain
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Everstone Capital

Paul Sanford
Chief Investment Officer and Executive Management Team, TriLinc Global

Jeff Schlapinski
Manager of Research, EMPEA

Henny Sender
Chief Correspondent for International Finance, Financial Times

Cem Sertoglu
Partner, Earlybird Digital East Fund

Neil Shearing
Chief Emerging Markets Economist, Capital Economics

David Simpson
Investment Officer,
Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association (LACERA)

MK Sinha
Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer, IDFC Alternatives Limited

Thomas Smith
Managing Director and President, Lombard Investments

Bruce Stanforth
Portfolio manager and Managing Director, International Investments Department of MassMutual

Elizabeth Tirone
Associate General Counsel, CDC

Vasile Tofan
Partner, Horizon Capital

Mara Topping
Partner, White & Case LLP

Nabil Triki
Managing Director, Head of Private Equity, Swicorp

Peter Tropper
Senior Advisor, Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA)

Robert W. van Zwieten
President and Chief Executive Officer, EMPEA

Camilo Villaveces
President and Chief Executive Officer, Ashmore Colombia

Michael Warren
Managing Principal, Albright Stonebridge Group (ASG)

Gavin Wilson
Chief Executive Officer, IFC Asset Management Company (AMC)

Rebecca Xu
Co-Founder and Managing Director, Asia Alternatives Management LLC

Marvin Yeo
Founding Partner,
Golden Rock Capital

Bruno Zaremba
Head, Private Equity Team, Vinci Partners

PRESENT SPONSORS 2016 :
LEAD SPONSORS
Akin Gump
AMETHIS FINANCE
CLEARWATER CAPITAL PARTNERS
EVERSTONE
EY
GulfCapital
SWICORP
CO-SPONSORS
abvcap
ApexBrasil
actis
ACA
AFRICINVEST
AM
BOZANO
bpe partners
CATHAYCAPITAL
CDC
CONVERGENCE
DENHAM CAPITAL
DPI
ETHOS
THE EUROMENA FUNDS
IDFC
IDG Ventures India
LEAPFROG
LUNAR
MAS EQUITY PARTNERS
ORRICK
Principle Capital
SHORELINE CAPITAL
TD International
TOZZINIFREIRE
TRILING GLOBAL
TURKVEN
WHITE CASE

NETWORKING SPONSORS
Ashmore
GOLDEN ROCK CAPITAL
U DO UDOMA BELO OSAGIE