PDI Europe Summit 2023 | Private Debt Investor | 8 May 2023 | Hilton London Tower Bridge, 5 More London Pl, Tooley St, London SE1 2BY, UK

The summit is the leading conference to uncover the latest trends impacting Europe’s burgeoning private debt market. With the amount of sophisticated asset allocators turning to private credit strategies continuing to grow, the summit provides the platform to hear about the latest trends, innovations, and solutions to be explored. The summit will examine prominent issues concerning ESG integration into debt capital markets, opportunities for investment and strategies for investors to achieve growth in an uncertain environment.

Join over 300 attendees comprising of funds, institutional and private investors, and other members of the private credit community in Europe for three days of unrivalled networking and content.

2023 Speakers

Joe Abrams
Partner, Mercer

Daniel Arques
Head of Debt Advisory, Strand Hanson

Alon Avner
Head of Bain Capital Credit Europe, Bain Capital Credit

John Bakie
News Editor, Private Debt Investor

Johnnie Barnett
Partner, The New Amsterdam Group

Veronica Bateman
Private Credit Strategist, Aksia

Hans-Jörg Baumann
Partner, Stepstone Group

Christopher Bone
Partner, Partners Group

Alex Bové Díez
Managing Partner, Paulson Asset Management

John Brantl
Co Head of European Investment Team, SVP

Paul Buckley
Managing Partner and CEO, FIRSTavenue’s

Marco Busca
Head of Private Debt Fund of Funds, Generali Investments Partners SGR

Anish Butani
Senior Director, bfinance

Simon Champ
Founding partner and CEO, Newstead Capital

Karan Chopra
Partner, Paul Hastings (Europe) LLP

Matteo Cidonio
Managing Partner, GWM Capital Advisors LLP

Penny Cochrane
Senior Investment Research Consultant, Hymans Robertson

Ben Colling
Director, Portfolio Management & ESG, Maslow Capital

Aris Constantinides
General Partner, Kreos Capital

Michael Curtis
Head of Private Credit Strategies, Fidelity International

Eduardo D'Alessandro
Partner - Global Real Assets, Castlelake

Rebecca Davis
CFA Senior Investment Director, Cambridge Associates

Bertrand de Comminges
Managing Director, Global Head Tread Finance Investments, Santander Asset Management

Theo Dickens
Managing Partner, Prefequity

Mustafa Dincer
Founder and Partner, MD Advisors

Walid Fakhry
Co-Managing Partner, Soho Square Capital

Nicolas Ferretjans
Founding Partner, InPact Partners

Tim Floyd
Executive Director, Westbourne Capital

Thomas Foucoin
Senior Debt Origination Manager - Infrastructure, Pension Insurance Corporation (“PIC”)

Sabrina Fox
Chief Executive Officer, European Leveraged Finance Association (ELFA)

Bonnie Frank
Managing Director and Head of Private Investment and Enterprise Risk, Public Sector Pension Investment Board

Ilya Gertsberg
Managing Director and CIO, Apolis S.A.M.

Sophie Gioanni
Head of Investor Relations, ILX Management B.V.

Chandra Gopinathan
Senior Investment Manager - Sustainable Ownership, Railpen

Sven Gralla
Fundmanager Private Debt, Hauck Aufhäuser Lampe Privatbank AG

Michael Griffin
Partner, Sixth Street

Sanjay Gupta
Managing Principal, Head of Co-investments, Moonfare

Damian Hahnloser
Founder and Co-CIO, Growth Credit Partners (GCP)

Aurelie Hariton-Fardad
Senior Portfolio Manager, MetLife Investment Management

Jennifer Hartviksen
Managing Director, Global Credit, Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (IMCO)

Carolyn Hastings
Partner, Bain Capital Credit

Suresh Hegde
Head of Structured Private Debt, Goldman Sachs Asset Management

Elza Holmstedt Pell
Deputy Editor, Responsible Investor

Johan Hultner
Managing Partner, ARCOS Capital

You-Ha Hyun
Principal, Perpetual Investors

Natasha Jacobs
Investor Relations Manager, Pollen Capital

Ari Jauho
Partner, Chairman, Certior Capital

Dr. Gabriella Kindert
Independent Board Member, Neptune Leasing, a.o.

Matthias Kirchgaessner
Managing Partner, PLEXUS Research GmbH

Jiří Król
Global Head, Alternative Credit Council, Alternative Investment Management Association

Matthew Layton
Partner (Head of Europe), Pearl Diver Capital

Daniel Leger
Managing Director, MGG Investment Group

Ben Levenstein
Head of Private Credit & Alternative Income, Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS)

Jocelyn Lewis
Executive Director, Private Debt Strategy, Financial Services, S＆P Global Market Intelligence

Bertrand Loubieres
Head of Infrastructure Finance, AXA IM Alts

Marco Lukesch
Head of Private Credit, Emso Asset Management Limited

Rhys Marsh
Portfolio Manager, Lombard Odier Asset Management

Prasun Mathur
Head of Private Assets, Aviva UK Life

Kristina Matthews
Managing Director, Head of Investor Relations and ESG, Brightwood Capital Advisors

Renato Meduri
Senior Vice President, Oaktree Capital Management

David Merriman
Head of European Private Debt, Beechbrook Capital

Sarah Miller
Senior Vice President, Manager Research, Redington

Ian Milton
Founder & CEO, Mercia Capital Partners

Sanjay Mistry
Head of Alternative Credit, Pension Protection Fund

Philippe Mojon
Head of NAV Financing, AXA IM PRIME

Charlotte Moore
Freelance journalist and communications consultantt, Charlotte Moore

George Moros
Executive Director, Wimmer Financial

Ross Morrow
Co-Founder & Executive Director, DunPort Capital Management

Shaun Mullin
Managing Director, European Private Credit, Morgan Stanley Investment Management

Vinit Nagarajan
Managing Director, Head of Direct Investments, Private Credit Group, GIC

Dalit Nuttall
Principal, West Valley Capital

Peter J. Olds
Partner, Private Investment Funds, Proskauer

Adriana Oller
Founder and Partner, Resilience Partners

Obinna Onyeagoro
Consultant, Egon Zehnder

Abbas Owainati
Macro Strategist, Brightwell

Rakesh Pavithran
Director, Credit Suisse Asset Management

Andrea Pescatori
CEO and Managing Partner, Ver Capital SGRpA

Matthew Potter
Head of Private Credit, Pollen Capital

Jason Proctor
Managing Director, Truffle Private Markets

Chris Quayle
Executive Director, DC Advisory

Stephen Quinn
Co-Head of Credit, 17Capital

Patrick Raffard
Partner, Head of Business Development, Rivage Investment

Faisal Ramzan
Partner, Proskauer

Craig Reeves
Board Director ＆ Founder, Prestige Capital Management

David Renshaw
Managing Director and Co-Head of European Debt Platform, Fiera Real Estate

Richard Roberts
Principal, Head of Origination and M&A, Arrow Global Group

Philippe Roca
Managing Director, Corporate Debt Funds

Daniel Roddick
Founder, Ely Place Partners

Daniel Humphrey Rodriguez
Head of Private Markets Research, PDI

David Ross
Managing Director & Head of Private Credit, Northleaf Capital Partners

James Ruane
Managing Director, Capital Solutions, International, CDPQ

Steve Ruby
Senior Managing Director, Audax Private Debt

Daljit Sandhu
COO ＆ Co-Founder, Precede Capital Partners

Alexander Schmitt
Senior Portfolio Manager – Global Private Debt, Allianz Global Investors

Raphael Schorr
Partner and Deputy CIO, HighVista Strategies

Sebastian Schroff
Head of Global Multi-Manager Private Debt, Allianz Global Investors GmbH

Helene Schütrumpf
Director, Ely Place Partners

Diana Sepulveda
Senior Portfolio Manager, Infrastructure Debt Investments, HSBC Asset Management

Saad Sheikh
Partner, Enko Capital

Deborah Shire
Deputy Head of AXA IM Alts, AXA Investment Managers

Parvoleta Shtereva
CIO, Gemcorp Capital Management Ltd

Karen Simeone
Managing Director, HarbourVest Partners

Nick Smith
Managing Director, Private Credit, Alternative Credit Council, AIMA

Merary Soto-Saunders
Global Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, CVC

Matias Sottile
Managing Director, Ayres Partners

Justin Staadecker
Managing Director and Portfolio Manager, HPS Investment Partners

Tom Sumpster
Head of Private Markets, Phoenix Asset Management, Phoenix Group plc

Edward Talmor-Gera
Founding Managing Partner, NewVest

Andy Thomson
Senior Editor, Private Debt Investor, PEI Group

Toni Vainio
Partner, Pantheon

Richard von Gusovius
Partner, Campbell Lutyens

Orla Walsh
Managing Director, European Private Debt, StepStone Group

Lulu Wang
Portfolio Strategist – Global Private Markets' Solutions, abrdn

Dominic Webb
Reporter, Responsible Investor   

Adam Wheeler
Co-Head of Global Private Finance, Barings

2023 Sponsors

PRINCIPAL SPONSOR:
• Bain Capital

LEAD SPONSORS:
• Audax Private Debt
• Arrow
• Barings
• DunPort Capital Management
• Fidelity International
• MGG Investment Group
• Morgan Stanley Investment Management
• Newstead Capital
• Northleaf Capital Partners
• Oaktree Capital Management
• Paul Hastings
• Proskauer

WI-FI SPONSOR:
• MGG Investment Group

SPONSORS:
• 17Capital
• AXA Investment Managers
• BlackRock
• Credit Suisse
• Fiera Capital
• HPS Investment Partners
• Partners Group
• Paulson AM
• Petrinja Chicken Company
• Pollen Street
• S&P Global Market Intelligence

SUPPORTING ASSOCIATIONS:
• AIMA
• ILPA