PEI Nexus 2025 | Private Equity International | 10 March 2025 | The Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes, 4012 Central Florida Pkwy, Orlando, FL 32837, USA

This event is an electrifying convergence of private equity’s most powerful leaders and influential capital allocators.
Connect with the investors and managers defining the future of private equity to debate the forces that impact how you invest. Book now and save to be in the room where relationships are forged, investments are made, and deals get done.

2025 Speakers

Jack Ablin
Chief Investment Officer and Founding Partner, Cresset Capital

Christina Adamson
Partner, Co-Head of U.S. Wealth Management Solutions, Ares Wealth Management Solutions

Dan Allocca
Partner, Head of Digital, Paid, and Analytics, Prosek Partners

Lawrence Aragon
West Coast Bureau Chief & Editor, Venture Capital Journal, PEI Group

Sammy Asoli
Managing Director, Global Head of Fund Finance Solutions, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

Souleymane Ba
Partner, Co-Head of Climate Strategy, LeapFrog Investments

John Bailey
Managing Partner, Knox Lane

Anna Barath
Head of Fund Investments, Bite Investments

Brian Bernasek
Partner and Co-Head of Americas Corporate Private Equity, Carlyle

Graham Bippart
Senior Editor, Capital Markets and Compliance, Private Equity International, PEI Group

Robert Blaustein
Partner, Investment Funds Practice Group, Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Neil Blundell
Chief Investment Officer, CAIS Advisors and Head of Investments, CAIS

John Bowman
Chief Executive Officer, CAIA Association

Mark Boyagi
Partner, Investment Funds Group, Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Orlando Bravo
Founder & Managing Partner, Thoma Bravo

Christophe Browne
Partner, Lexington Partners

Adam Buzanis
Senior Director, Private Equity, CAAT Pension Plan

Timothy Calkins
Co-Chief Investment Officer, Nottingham Advisors

Rob Campbell
Head of North America, ICG Strategic Equity (ICGSE)

Kenneth Caplan
Global Co-Chief Investment Officer, Blackstone

Rowena Carreon
Head of Investment Advisory Solutions, Addepar

Rishi Chandna
Founder and Managing Partner, Lone View Partners

Terry Charalambous
Head of Private Equity, AustralianSuper

Ian Charles
Managing Partner, Arctos Partners

Jennifer Choi
Chief Executive Officer, Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA)

Adriana Clancy
Partner, Research & Portfolio Management, Corbin Capital Partners

Sherrese Clarke Soares
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, HarbourView Equity

Brooke Coburn
Founding Partner, Capitol Meridian Partners

Vladimir Colas
Executive Vice-President, Vice-Chairman and Co-Head of Secondaries & Primaries, Ardian

Jeremy Coller
Chief Investment Officer and Managing Partner, Coller Capital

Cris Conner
Portfolio Manager, Briar Hall

Jon-Michael Consalvo
Chief Investment Officer, Carnegie Corporation of New York

Samantha Cooper
Managing Director, Head of Distribution, Rockefeller Global Family Office

Vince Cuticello
Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel, and Chief Compliance Officer, Invidia

Caroline Dallas
Director, Investment Research, GEM

Meggie Daoust
Senior Director, Capital Solutions, CDPQ

Samantha Davidson
President and Head of Global Investing, Cambridge Associates

Rich Davis
Partner, Hark Capital

Cameron Dawson
Chief Investment Officer, NewEdge Wealth

Anna Dayn
Managing Director, New End

Kelly DePonte
Managing Director, Kelly DePonte Advisory

Suzanne Donohoe
Chief Commercial Officer and Global Head of EQT-Ext (CXO), EQT

Chris Eckerman
Senior Portfolio Manager, Head of Co-Investments, State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB)

Jene Elzie
Chief Marketing Officer, Dunes Point Capital

Stephen Escudier
Partner, Head of Credit Opportunities, Bridgepoint

Oscar Fahlgren
Chief Investment Officer and Head of Brazil, Mubadala Capital

Stefan Fallgren
Head of Private Equity and Infrastructure, Skandia Mutual Life Insurance Company

Mike Fang
Senior Portfolio Manager, MSRPS

Madeleine Farman
Senior Reporter, Secondaries Investor

Mary Kathleen (MK) Flynn
Editor-in-Chief, PE Hub & PE Hub Europe

Bill Ford
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, General Atlantic

Kelly Ford
General Partner & COO, Edison Partners

David Fox
Partner, Leonard Green & Partners, LP

Andrew Gershon
Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton

Tricia Glynn
Managing Partner, Advent International

Daniel Goldstein
Chief Executive Officer, Go ESOP LLC

Alona Gornick
Managing Director, Senior Investment Strategist, Churchill Asset Management

Holcombe Green
Managing Director & Global Head of Private Capital Advisory, Lazard

Lori Hall-Kimm
Senior Managing Director & Head of Global Private Equity, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP)

Scott Hanson
Co-Founder & Vice Chair, Allworth Financial

Hollie Haynes
Founder and Managing Partner, Luminate Capital Partners

Martha Heitmann
Partner, LGT Capital Partners

Milwood Hobbs Jr.
Managing Director and Head of North American Sourcing & Origination, Oaktree Capital Management

Mark Hoeing
President & CEO, CF Private Equity/Commonfund

Aleksandra Holmlund
Chief Executive Officer, Qarlbo Biodiversity

Lydie Hudson
Co-founder and President, Citation Capital

Zach Jackson
Partner, Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC)

Michelle Jacobi
Managing Director, Gatewood Capital Partners

Paul Jodice
Managing Director, Co-Head of Global Investment Manager Analysis (GIMA) Team, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management

Dana Johns
Head of Private Equity, New Jersey Department of the Treasury, Division of Investment

Eneasz Kądziela
Deputy Chief Investment Officer and Head of Private Equity, Office of the New York City Comptroller’s Bureau of Asset Management

Tom Kapsimalis
Managing Director, Secondaries, CPP Investments

Chip Kaye
Chairman, Warburg Pincus

Peter Keehn
Senior Managing Director, Private and Alternative Assets, Allstate Investments

Kevin Killeavy
Chief Investment Officer, Montgomery County Employee Retirement Plans (MCERP)

Yup Kim
Chief Investment Officer, Texas Municipal Retirement System (TMRS)

Stewart Kohl
Co-Chief Executive Officer, The Riverside Company

Raelan Lambert
Global Alternatives Leader, Mercer

Adam Le
Senior Editor, EMEA, PEI

Jonathan Lesser
Senior Investment Officer, Private Equity, NYC Comptroller's Office

Matthew Liposky
Chief Investment Operating Officer, Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management (MassPRIM)

Curtis Lueker
Managing Director, Head of Direct Lending, Marathon Asset Management

Hugh MacArthur
Senior Partner and Chairman, Global Private Equity Practice, Bain & Company

Jon Madorsky
Managing Partner and Secondaries Co-Portfolio Manager, RCP Advisors

Ava Mallin
Managing Director, Private Wealth, Ardian

Jeff Markusson
Senior Managing Director, Financial Services, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan

Kleida Martiro
Partner, Glasswing Ventures

Susan McGeachie
CEO / Adjunct Professor (Climate Finance), Global Climate Finance Accelerator / University of Toronto

Neil McMahon
Managing Partner, Kimmeridge

Robert Mellema
Managing Director, CPP Investments

Senofer Mendoza
Founder, General Partner, Mendoza Ventures

David Miller
Global Head of Private Credit & Equity, Morgan Stanley

Ron Miller
Head of Asset Manager Partnerships, CAIS

Kyongdo Min
Senior Portfolio Manager, Head of Co-Investments, Maryland State Retirement and Pension System

Beatrice Mitchell
Co-Founder & Managing Director, Sperry, Mitchell & Company, Inc.

Kevin Moran
President & Chief Operating Officer, AlTi Tiedemann Global

Bibhash Mukhopadhyay
Managing Partner, Sound Bioventures

Trey Muldrow
Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Luke Myers
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Truelink Capital

Mark Nafash
Senior Manager, SS&C Intralinks

Claire Ngo
Managing Director, Private Equity Fund Investments, Temasek

Petya Nikolova
Deputy CIO and Head of Infrastructure Investments, New York City Comptroller's Office

Anton Orlich
Managing Investment Director, Private Equity, CalPERS

Joe Osnoss
Managing Partner and Managing Director, Silver Lake

Ryan Patel
Global Executive, Board Member and Advisory Board Chair, PEI Private Equity Network

Robert Picard
Head of Alternative Investments, Hightower Advisors

Steve Poliner
Senior Investment Counsel, Teacher Retirement System of Texas (Texas Teachers)

Stephen Quinn
Senior Managing Director, 17Capital

Jeffrey Reals
Co-Founder & Managing Director, Performance Equity Management

Kristin Reynolds
Partner, Practice Group Director, NEPC

Steven Richman
Partner, Seyfarth Shaw

Yann Robard
Managing Partner, Dawson Partners

Xavier Robert
Partner and Chief Investment Officer, Bridgepoint

Collin Roche
Co-Chief Executive Officer, GTCR

Stephen M. Ross
Founder and Chairman, Related Companies

David Sambur
Partner, Co-Head of Equities, Apollo Global Management

Leigh Sansone
Chief Investment Officer & Founding Partner, Paceline Equity Partners

Bei Saville
Chief Investment Officer, Advance Treasury and Fingerboard Family Office

Isabelle Scemama
Global Head, Alts, AXA IM Alts

Gregory Schmitt
Head of Private Equity & Co-Investments, MEAG Munich ERGO

Meghan Sharp
Global Head and Chief Investment Officer, Decarbonization Partners

Harj Shoan
Senior Managing Director, Private Capital, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP)

Alok Singh
Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer, Bridge Growth Partners

Tom Sittema
Executive Chairman, StepStone

Wilfred Small
Senior Managing Director and Member of the ASF Management Committee, Ardian

Jon Sokoloff
Managing Partner, Leonard Green & Partners, L.P.

Joan Solotar
Global Head of Private Wealth Solutions, Blackstone

Jan Stahlberg
Founder & Managing Partner, Trill Impact

Pete Stavros
Partner, Co-Head of Global Private Equity, KKR

Mark Steed
Chief Investment Officer, Arizona Public Safety Personnel Retirement System (PSPRS)

Edward Talmor-Gera
Founding Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer, NewVest

Lamar Taylor
Chief Investment Officer, State Board of Administration of Florida

Ya Tung
Chief Investment Officer, The Jefferies Family Office

Adam Vigna
Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer, Sagard

Allen Waldrop
Deputy CIO - Private Markets, Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation

Henry Wang
Partner & Co-founder, BC Partners Credit

Elizabeth Weymouth
Founder and Managing Partner, Grafine Partners

Richard Wheelahan
Managing Director, Fund Finance Partners

Craig Wiley
CEO and Founder, Transcend

Jon Winkelried
Partner and Chief Executive Officer, TPG

Christopher Witkowsky
Editor, Buyouts & PE Hub

Dadong Yan
Head of Barings Portfolio Finance, Barings

Ted Yarbrough
President and Chief Investment Officer, Yieldstreet

Nakul Zaveri
Partner, Global Co-Leader for Climate Investments

Michael Zeuner
Managing Partner, WE Family Office

2025 Sponsors

PRINCIPAL SPONSORS:
• Ardian
• Bain & Company
• Dawson
• EQT
• Weil

LEAD SPONSORS:
• Addepar
• Bridgepoint
• GTCR
• Gen II
• Kirkland and Ellis
• Lazard
• Riverside
• Sagard
• Transcend

SPONSORS:
• 17 Capital
• Arctos
• Blue Owl
• Debevoise & Plimpton
• Decarbonization Partners
• General Atlantic
• ICG
• Intelex
• Lexington Partners
• RCP Advisors
• SS&C Intralinks
• TPG
• Trill Impact
• Warburg Pincus