Pension Bridge Private Equity Exclusive 2024 | With Intelligence | 22 July 2024 | The Ritz-Carlton, Chicago, At Water Tower Place, 160 E Pearson St, Chicago, IL 60611, USA

This is the annual meet up for the North American private equity industry. Designed for both LPs and GPs – with a carefully managed ratio of both – it’s the event for networking, knowledge sharing, collaboration and relationship building.

The event is back in Chicago for its 19th year with an exciting programme and speaker line up. We’ll be looking at the opportunities and challenges in the current environment and discussing future trends.

Topics include:
• A new era for private credit
• Opportunities around distressed assets
• Balancing profitability with social responsibility

Hear from experts, and meet leaders, from across the private equity spectrum. LPs can meet new and existing managers and explore new private equity allocations, consultants can develop sector knowledge and network, and GPs can build relationships with investors and consultants, and of course win business.

2024 Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Ghiane Jones
Deputy Chief Investment Officer, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois

Elena Pikulina, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Finance, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia

Shawn Winnie
Managing Director, Private Market Investments, Eli Lilly and Company

SPEAKERS:

Vishnu Amble
Founding Director, GreenBear Group LLC

Adam Buzanis
Senior Director, Private Equity, CAAT Pension Plan

Paul Chai
Chief Investment Officer, Associate Vice President of Investment, Kansas State University

Judy Chambers
Managing Principal / Private Markets Consultant, Meketa

Sean Chatburn
Senior Portfolio Manager, Mercer

Chrissie Chen Pariso
Managing Director, MPowered Capital

Anirudh Chowdhry
Advisor, FCERA

Cris Conner
Portfolio Manager, Briar Hall LLC

Sean Crawford
Partner, Albourne Partners

Brett Depenbrock
Principal, Venture Capital and Growth Equity, StepStone Group

Joseph Drozd
Senior Vice President, Investments, JF Principal, LLC

Justin Ellsesser
Team Lead, Researcher, Mariner

Anne-Marie Fink
CIO, Private Markets & Funds Alpha, State of Wisconsin Investment Board

Matt Fisk
Managing Director, Thrivent

Maurice Gordon
Senior Managing Director - Head of Alternatives, Guardian Life Insurance Company

Melissa Grant
Senior Portfolio Advisor, Aksia

Tolga Guder
Investment Officer - Private Markets, Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund

Travis Haney
Head of Alternatives, Michigan State Treasury

Mark Hays
Director of Sustainable & Impact Investing, Managing Director, Glenmede

David Helgerson
Head of Impact Investments, Hamilton Lane

Kevin Hitchen
Managing Director, Head of North American Buyouts, Aksia LLC

Mike Hotz
Director, Asset Consulting Group

Ellen Hung
State Investment Officer, Nebraska Investment Council

Bruce Ingram
Partner, Wealth Solutions, Aon

Ryan Karaian
Portfolio Director - Private Equity, Advocate Aurora Health

Nathaniel Kellogg
President, Marquette Associates

Michael Kosoff
Senior Research Analyst, Mariner Institutional

Xinxin Liu
Senior Research Analyst, Mariner Institutional

Rashid Malik, CFA
Chief Investment Officer, 4S Bay Partners

Elena McKee
Senior Portfolio Manager, Global Private Equity, APG Asset Management

Rilwan Meeran
Head of Impact Investments, American Student Assistance

Robert Mellema
Managing Director, Private Equity and Real Assets, CPP Investments

Kyongdo Min
Senior Portfolio Manager, Maryland State Retirement and Pension System

Katherine Montague
Senior Consultant, Aon

Claire Ngo
Advisory Director, Temasek

Maureen O'Brien
Senior Vice President of Corporate Governance, Engagement and Proxy Voting, Segal Marco

Madeline Osadjan
Senior Associate, Alternatives, Wilshire

Shivan Patel
Managing Director, Bondy Capital

Rosa Perez
Investment Officer - Diversity Programs & Total Portfolio, Illinois Municipal Retirement System

Jim Pittman
Executive Vice President and Global Head of Private Equity, British Columbia Investment Management Corporation

Matt Pitzer
Director, Private Markets, Shelter Insurance Companies

Matthew Roche
Partner, StepStone Group

Karen Rode
Senior Partner - Private Investments, Aon Investments, Inc.

Sheila Ryan
Partner, Cambridge Associates

Zarqaa Shaikh
Managing Director - Completion Portfolio Strategies, Total Portfolio Management, OPTrust

Catherine Shiang
Managing Director, Asia Capital Advisor

David Smith
Senior Vice President, Private Equity Consulting, Callan LLC

Abraham Tiamiyu
Senior Portfolio Manager (Secondaries), Global Private Equity, APG Asset Management US Inc.

Jonathan Tubiana
Managing Director, Abbott Capital

Bhavika Vyas
Managing Director, StepStone Group

Justin Wang
Director, Teacher Retirement System of Texas

Michael Weinberg
Alternative Investments, CMT Portfolio Advisors

James Wesner, CFA
Managing Director, Marquette Associates

Schon Williams, CFA
Alternatives Investment Director - Private Equity, Mercer

MANAGERS SPEAKERS:

Todd Abbrecht
Co-Chief Executive Officer, THL

Alex Abell
Managing Partner, RCP Advisors

Eric Anderson
Investment Team, Scale Venture Partners

Rajiv Bakshi
Managing Director, Private Equity and Junior Credit, Manulife Investment Management

Dustin Beck
Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Butterfly

Elizabeth Browne
Managing Director, GCM Grosvenor

Rishi Chhabria
Partner & Head of Sales, North America, Campbell Lutyens

Shavonne Correia
Head of Investor Relations & Marketing, KPS Capital Partners, LP

John Coyle
Partner, Head of New York, Permira

Maarten De Jong
Partner, EQT Partners

Adam Freda
Managing Director, 50 South Capital

Jason Glass
Partner, CVC

Patricia Grad
Partner, Head of Investor Relations, Arsenal Capital Partners

Tjarko Hektor
Founder and Partner, New 2nd Capital

Brett Hickey
Founder & CEO, Star Mountain Capital

Alex Kessel
Partner, Co-Investments, Adams Street Partners

Peter Larsen
Managing Director, Real Assets Investments, Hamilton Lane

Nick Lawler
Managing Director, Head of Secondaries, Churchill Asset Management / Nuveen

Evan Lewis
Head of Investor Partnerships, Georgian

David Lyon
Head of Capital Solutions & Co-Head of NB Private Credit, Neuberger Berman

Ben Magnano
Managing Partner, Frazier Healthcare Partners

David Markson
Senior Managing Director, Evercore

Stefano Mion
Senior Managing Director and Co-Head of Ardian Infrastructure US, Ardian

Quinn Morgan
Managing Director / Co-Founder, Centre Lane Partners

Giorgio Riva
Partner, Dawson Partners

Steve Rodgers
Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Investment Management

Robert Ruberton
Partner and Co-Head of Hybrid Value, Apollo Global Management

Nabil Sabki
Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Bill Sacher
Partner & Head of Private Credit, Adams Street Partners

Anya Schiess
Co-Managing Partner of Life Science Private Capital (“LSPC”), J.P. Morgan Asset Management

Yokasta Segura-Baez
Managing Director, Investor Relations, ArcLight Capital Partners LLC

Patrick Severson
Co-Head of the Vista Foundation Funds, Vista Equity Partners

Matt Shafer
Managing Director, Global Head of Direct Private Equity, Northleaf Capital Partners

Peter Spasov
Senior Managing Director, Marlin Equity Partners

Craig Stevenson
Partner, Lexington Partners

Lisa Sun
Managing Director and Co-Head of Secondaries and Liquidity Solutions Team, Equity Private Markets, BlackRock

Cameron Tajvar
Managing Director, LS Power

Jonathan Waggoner
Co-Head of North American Operating Team, SVP Global

Nate Walton
Partner and Head of Private Equity in the Ares Secondaries Group, Ares Management

Sherri Williams
Partner, Raine

Tyler Zittergruen
Senior Managing Director, Evercore

2024 Sponsors

HEADLINE SPONSORS:
• Morgan Stanley Investment Management
• RCP Advisors

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• 50 South Capital
• Adams Street Partners
• Apollo
• ArcLight Capital Partners
• Ardian
• Ares Management Corporation
• Arsenal Capital Partners
• BlackRock
• Butterfly
• Campbell Lutyens
• Centre Lane Partners
• Churchill
• CVC
• Dawson Partners
• EQT Partners
• Evercore
• Frazier Healthcare Partners
• GCM Grosvenor
• Georgian
• Hamilton Lane
• J.P. Morgan Asset Management
• Kirkland & Ellis
• KPS Capital Partners
• Lexington Partners
• LS Power
• Manulife Investment Management
• Marlin Equity Partners
• Neuberger Berman
• New 2nd Capital
• Northleaf Capital Partners
• Permira
• Raine
• Scale Venture Partners
• Star Mountain Capital
• Strategic Value Partners
• THL
• Vista Equity Partners

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Activant
• AEA Investors
• Alphi Capital
• Alpine
• American Industrial Partners
• American Securities
• Archimed
• Arctos Partners
• Audax Private Equity
• Baillie Gifford
• BayPine
• BP Energy Partners
• Brookfield Asset Management
• Canaan
• Clayton Dubilier & Rice
• Centerbridge
• Charlesbank Capital Partners
• Cinven
• Clear Street
• Coller Capital
• Flexpoint Ford
• Gamut Capital Management
• General Atlantic
• Grain Management
• GRAM
• Industry Ventures
• Intermediate Capital Group
• Investcorp
• Jefferies
• Lakestar
• Leonard Green & Partners
• Metric Point Capital
• Monument Group
• New Mountain Capital
• Nordic Capital
• One Equity
• Patria
• Performance Equity Management (PEM)
• Pomona Capital
• PSG Equity
• Raymond James
• Ridgemont Equity Partners
• Schroders Capital
• StepStone Group
• The Riverside Company
• Thoma Bravo
• Trilantic North America
• TSG Consumer Partners
• Viking Global Investors
• VSS Capital Partners
• Warburg Pincus

NETWORKING SPONSORS:
• Apax Partners LLP
• Valor
• EisnerAmper
• Providence Equity Partners