Operating Partners Forum 2024 - New York | Private Equity International | 22 October 2024 | Convene Brookfield Place, 225 Liberty, 225 Liberty St, New York, NY 10281, USA

Join the largest global PE operating partner community to discuss and debate the best methods to deliver maximum portfolio optimization at a critical time. Take part in extensive networking opportunities, compare best practices, build new relationships, and influence future models at the operating partners event of the year.

2024 Speakers

Mark Abatto
Managing Director, Gryphon Investors

Tracey Abbott
Director, Mubadala Performance Partners, Mubadala

Nadeem Ahmed
Partner, Private Equity, CrossCountry Consulting

Arvind Anantharaman
Head of Mubadala Performance Partners, Mubadala

Gerard Ashmore
Senior Vice President, Reporting & Insights, Grain Management

Annie Asrari
Operating Principal, Accel-KKR

Geoffrey Baird
Independent Operating Executive, Palladium Equity Partners

Neil Bansal
Managing Director & Operating Partner, OMERS Private Equity

Seavron Banus
Operating Vice President, Berkshire Partners

Alex Bello
Director of Technology Strategy, EQT Group

Ori Ben-Moshe
Director of Portfolio Operations, ORIX Capital Partners

Steven Berman
Vice President, Executive Search, Accel-KKR

Ted Bililies
Partner and Managing Director, AlixPartners

Sebastien Bilodeau
President, Cerberus Technology Solutions, Cerberus Capital Management

Barr Blanton
CEO, Crosslake Technologies

Fabian Bodoky
Director, Tech Industry Lead, Efficio

David Bonasia
Managing Director, Brookfield

Seth Brody
Partner, Global Head of Operational Excellence, Apax Partners

Steven Browning
Managing Director, Private Equity, Insight Sourcing, part of Accenture

Tony Buffum
Vice President of HR Client Strategy, Upwork

William Bundy
Partner, McKinsey & Co

Jamie Carter
Co-Founding Partner, Lancor

Abigail Chan
Senior Operations Executive, ABRY Partners

Chris Chandler
Former President and CEO, Perativ

Tanoya Chatterjee
Senior Principal, Mubadala

Bruce Chesebrough
Operating Partner, New Mountain Capital

Dave Clement
Partner, Simon – Kucher

David Cohen
Partner, Human Capital, Kelso & Company

Jim Corey
Managing Partner, Blue Ridge Partners

Justin Cottrell
Partner, Private Equity Practice, Riviera Partners

Adam Cummins
Principal, Portfolio Procurement, The Carlyle Group

Sean Curran
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, ENDUIR Cyber

Kim D'Aversa
Operating Partner and Head of Talent, Growth Factors, Bregal Sagemount

Josh Damon
Managing Director, Head of Portfolio Resources, MDP

Christian Davis
Associate Partner, JMAN Group

Marie Deller
Partner, Lancor

Kevin Desai
Deals Deputy Platform Leader and Private Equity Sector Leader, PwC US

Patrick Donegan
Senior Managing Director, Sales Excellence, The Riverside Company

Beth Dresdale
Principal, Head of Value Creation, Martis Capital

Cory A. Eaves
Partner and Head of Portfolio Operations, BayPine

Allison Earnest
Senior Director, Alvarez & Marsal

Adam Echter
Partner, Simon-Kucher

Mara Edgar
Managing Director, Human Capital, The Riverside Company

Richard Elder
Managing Director-Partner, Head of Global Portfolio Solutions, The Carlyle Group

Jay Epstein
Managing Director, Value Creation, Warburg Pincus

Andy Fauver
SVP, Transaction Services, INSIGHT2PROFIT

Kevin Flounders
Chief Executive Officer, SIB

Meredith Flynn-Ripley
SVP and GM, Global PE and VC Practice, Salesforce

Mark Fortin
Managing Director, Portfolio Dynamics Group, Grain Management

Tim Foster
Managing Director, Investor Group Services (IGS)

Michael Frain
Managing Director, Shared Services, Warburg Pincus

Josefin Frick
Associate Director, EQT Partners

Ishan Gammampila
Chief Data and Analytics Officer, Apax Partners

AJ Gandhi
Chief Growth Officer, Marlin Equity Partners

Rory Gaston
Group Managing Director, Saragossa

Ariel Garcia
Partner, OceanSound Partners

Bala Ganesan
Managing Director, Special Situations, Oaktree Capital Management

Amar Ghai
Head of Digital Value Creation, KKR

Angela Geffre
Head of Human Capital, GrowthCurve Capital

Bob Gold
Former EVP and CFO, EyeCare Partners

Jana Gold
Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal

Josh Gold
Senior Operating Executive, Hellman & Friedman

Amanda Good
Partner, Global Head of Value Creation, Searchlight Capital Partners

Robin Goodman
Senior Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer, Portfolio Operations, Blackstone

Eric Gordon
Operating Partner, MidOcean Partners

Manish Goyal
Operating Partner, Portfolio Support, Berkshire Partners

Craig Greenseid
Managing Director and Portfolio Chief Commercial Officer, Carlyle Group

Doron Grosman
CEO/President, Smart Start

Todd Grove
Vice President, Private Equity, Quantum Health

Akshay Grover
Global Private Equity Practice Lead, Zscaler

Asheesh Gupta
Managing Director, Portfolio Support, Audax Private Equity

Mujteba Haidri
Operating Partner, Blue Point Capital Partners

Dan Hawkins
Founder & CEO, Summit Leadership Partners

Mark Herrington
Operating Partner, Portfolio Operations, Resurgens Technology Partners

Jimmy Holloran
Partner, Head of Talent, American Industrial Partners

Gary Hoover
Vice President, Global Private Equity Practice, TBM Consulting Group

Tye Howell
Operating Partner, Rubicon Technology Partners

Jawad Hussain
Partner, Private Equity Services Lead, MorganFranklin Consulting

Matt Ibbetson
Partner, Ridgemont Equity Partners

Bob Isaman
Head of Operations, Dunes Point Capital

Sajjad Jaffer
Head of Data, Analytics and Machine Learning, GrowthCurve Capital

Ryan Jones
Global & US Private Equity Consulting Leader, Deloitte Consulting

Marc Jourlait
Senior Operating Partner, The Riverside Company

Dan Kapinos
Partner & Global Practice Leader of Equity Services, Aon Talent Solutions

Kate Ju
Vice President, Value Accelerator, Goldman Sachs Asset Management

Greg Kegeles
Operating Partner, Digital Transformation, Newlight Partners

Michelle Keller-Hobson
Director, Private Equity Business Development, Vertice

Raz Khan
Principal, Permira

Spencer Khoury
Director, Value Creation Team, Shamrock Capital

Neil Kimber
Principal, Accel-KKR

John Knapp
Operating Director, Talent, Berkshire Partners

Travis Krueger
Managing Director, GTCR

Darlene Kober
Principal, Next Level Partners

Jonathan Konkoly
Vice President of Portfolio Operations, HCI Equity Partners

Ron Kruczynski
Chief Financial Officer, America’s Auto Auction Group

Raj Kushwaha
Managing Director & Partner, Co-Head Value Creation and Chief Digital Officer, Warburg Pincus

Ajaykumar Kutty
Technology Operating Principal, KKR

Markus Lahrkamp
Managing Director, Alvarez and Marsal

Brent Lanier
Former Managing Director and Global Chief Information Officer

Jeff Laurinaitis
Managing Director, RKON

Nick Leopard
CEO & Founder, Accordion

Pierre Le Veaux II
Senior Vice President, Private Equity & Venture Capital Partnerships, Wpromote

Andrew Lim
Managing Director, Blackstone

Hilda Lui
Head of Portfolio Human Capital, Advent International

Alfred Lumsdaine
CFO, Ardent Health

Misha Logvinov
Managing Director, MGX

Puroo Maheshwari
Managing Director, Cybersecurity, Portfolio Value Creation, CPP Investments

Vikram Mahidhar
Operating Partner, Apollo Global Management

David Mamikonyan
Director, Operating Partner and CISO, MGX

Jon Marston
Co-Founder and Co-Managing Partner, WilliamsMarston

Miten Marvania
Managing Director, Business Services Platforms, Blue Owl Capital

Steve Mayotte
Operating Partner, Technology Enablement, New State Capital Partners

Lee McCabe
Operating Partner, AEA Investors

Jason McDannold
Partner & Managing Director, Americas Co-Lead of Private Equity, AlixPartners

Lane McDonald
Managing Director, OMERS Private Equity

Jonathan Metrick
Partner & Chief Growth Officer, Sagard

Kate Migliaro
Managing Director, Talent and Organization Performance, Portfolio Operations, Blackstone

Aaron Miller
Head of Apollo Portfolio Performance Solutions, Apollo Global Management

Todd Miller
CEO, Risk International

Mohamed Mirza
Director – Mubadala Performance Partners, Mubadala Investment Company

Patrick Mizer
Portfolio CTO, Blue Star Innovation Partners

Sean Mooney
Founder and CEO, BluWave

Brenda Morris
Partner, CSuite Financial Partners

Brad Mortimore
VP, Strategic Accounts, Zone & Co.

Kristin Murphy
Executive Leadership & Talent Expert, Entromy

Apurva Nair
Partner, Oliver Wyman

2024 Sponsors

PRINCIPAL SPONSORS:
• Alix Partners
• A&M
• Deloitte
• Genpact
• Insigth Sourcing
• JM Search
• KPMG
• PWC
• Maine Point
• Simon Kucher

LEAD SPONSORS:
• ACA
• Acertitude
• BCG
• Continuserve
• Morgan Franklin Consulting
• Oliver Wyman
• Riviera
• Roland Berger
• Sales force
• Value Labs
• Waylin

SPONSORS:
• Accordion
• Amazon Business Sponsors
• AON
• Baker Tilly
• BluWave
• Catalant
• Chassi
• Clozd
• CrossCountry
• Crosslake+
• Crowe
• C Suite FP
• Cuesta
• DealIQ
• Efficio
• Endur
• Entromy
• eShipping
• Focus
• G-P
• GGS
• HumanCloud
• Infosys
• InsightsProfit
• IGS Investor Services
• Jellyfish
• Navigate Your Next
• JMAN Group
• Lancor
• Leathwaite
• In Liberty
• Marsh McLennan
• Moneve
• Next
• We Level Partners
• Palm Tree
• Oliver Wyman
• Operatus
• ProsperOps
• Persistent
• Oracle
• Quantum Health
• Ramp
• Redwood
• Revenue - Risk International
• S Riveron
• Analytics Revenue
• RKON
• Sage
• SBI
• SIB
• Summit
• Symphony
• TBM
• Vertice
• Teneo
• Upwork
• WestMonros
• WilliamsMarston
• WPromote
• Zone Co
• Zuora
• Zscaler