SuperReturn Middle East 2017 | Informa | 22 October 2017 | Hilton Capital Grand, Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Street, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Past Lessons. Present Opportunities. Future Returns

Meet and learn from 400+ LPs, GPs and private equity experts from the Middle East, North Africa and beyond. SuperReturn Middle East is part of the SuperReturn Series - the world's leading private equity events

2017 Speakers:

Alvaro Abella
Managing Partner & CFO at BECO Capital

Pervez Akhtar
Regional Managing Partner, MENA at Freshfields

Wael Amin
Partner at Sawari Ventures

Jameel Anz
Director at Foursan Group

Omar Bassiouny
Co-Founder, Executive Partner & Head of Corporate M&A at Matouk Bassiouny

Issa Aghabi
Investment Office - Venture Capital at IFC

Alexandre Alfonsi
Founding Partner at Axonia Partners

Kamran Anwar
Managing Director, Private Equity & Real Estate Services at SS&C

Amir Arab
Director at HavenVest Private Equity Middle East

Tarek Bayazid
Director at Cinven

Tamer Bazzari
Chief Executive Officer at Genero Capital LLC

Bennie Burger
Executive Vice President & Acting Head of Investments at Arab Petroleum Investment Corporation (APICORP)

Erwan Colder
Partner, Middle East Private Equity Leader at PwC

Richard Dallas
Senior Managing Director at Gulf Capital

Isabelle Bebear
Head of International Affairs and Management Programs at bpifrance

Walid Cherif
Senior Managing Director at Gulf Capital

Bobby Console-Verma
Group Chief Executive Officer at Tower Gate Capital

Dori Dana-Haeri
Partner at LJ Group

Wissam Darwiche
Managing Director, Private Equity at Waha Capital

Abdalla Elebiary
Managing Director at Qalaa Holdings

Dr. Karim El-Solh
Co-Founder & CEO at Gulf Capital

Bernhard Engelien
Managing Director at Greenhill Gogent

Isabelle Demir
Investment Director at MENA Infrastructure

Dr. Sherif Elkholy
Partner, Co-Head of North Africa at Actis

Ahmed Emara
CEO & Managing Director at ReAya Holding

Maged Ezz El Din
Member at EPEA

Ahmet Faralyali
Managing Partner at Mediterra Capital

Walid Faza
Partner at Wamda Capital

Imad Ghandour
Co-Founder & Managing Director at CedarBridge

Abdul Hamid Mihrez
Senior Vice President, Special Situations Asset Management at Global Investment House

Rami Farhat
Investments and M&A Director at Al Faisaliah Group

Mei Friedman
Managing Director at BlackRock Private Equity Partners

Murray Grant
Managing Director, Africa Funds at CDC Group

Mahler Hammoud
Vice President – Head of Private Equity & Corporate Development at Olayan Financing Company

Ali Hashemi
Co-founder and Managing Partner at Avicenna Partners

Janusz Heath
Managing Director, Head of Investment Management, Emerging Markets at Capital Dynamics

Brady Jewett
Senior Research Analyst at EMPEA

EFE KAPANCI
Head of M&A, MENA & Turkey at HSBC

Kasim Kasuri
Chief Executive at Educational Services Pvt Limited.

Iqbal Khan
CEO at Fajr Capital

Sriram Jaganmohan
Head of Investments - Private Markets at Miras Investments

Adolf Kabban
Senior Director at Regulus Capital Ltd

Mosbah Kahaleh
SEDCO Capital

Asif Keshoda
CFO at Souq.com

Deepak Khanna
Country Manager & Chief Investment Officer, Middle East & North Africa Department at International Finance Corporation

Dr. Tolga Kirhan
Vice President Equity & Mezzanine, Europe, Middle East, Central Asia at DEG

Sanjay Kohli
Partner at 3i Debt Management

Husam Kutaifan
Managing Director, Head of Investment Banking at Emirates Investment Bank

Arnaud Lipkowicz
Managing Director & Partner at GCM Grosvenor

Joseph Kirikian
Head of Industrials and Services at Mumtalakat

George Kunnappally
Executive Director, Private Equity - Food & Beverage at AM Advisors DMCC

Taimoor Labib
Managing Director, Head of Africa & Middle East Private Equity at Standard Chartered Private Equity

Adel Louhem M'sabah
Director - Infrastructure Asset Management at Arqaam Capital

Yasmina Mekouar
Investment Executive, Africa Funds at CDC Group

Karim Moussa
Managing Director, Head of Private Equity. Member of Group Executive Committee at EFG Hermes

Florian Munkle
Director for Turkey & Middle East at DEG

Hamzah Nassif
Co-Founder & Principal at iMENA Group

Tarek Mounib
Managing Director at Gulf Capital

Yaser Moustafa
Senior Managing Director at NBK Capital Partners

Nicolas Murat
Partner at Levant Capital

John Nery
Director at QInvest

Dr. Abdel Moniem Omran
Chief Investment Officer at BPE Partners

Kartik Patel
Head of Alternatives at Ashmore Investment Saudi Arabia

Muhannad Qubbaj
Senior Managing Director at Gulf Capital

Karim Radwan
Investment Director at Rimco Investments

Omar Rifai
Executive Director at Standard Chartered Private Equity

Ozgur Onder
Director, MENAT at CVC Capital

Angus Paterson
Partner at Iris Capital

Romil Radia
Partner, Middle East Valuations Leader at PwC

Hani Ramadan
Managing Director, Head of Private Equity at Waha Capital

Ennis Rimawi
Managing Director at Catalyst MENA Clean Energy Fund

Farid Rosli
Senior Director at Regulus Capital Ltd

Ellecia Saffron
Founder & Managing Director at Maysaffron

Robert Samaan
Head of Direct Investments at MASIC

Daniel Schoneveld
Principal at Hamilton Lane

Tushar Singhvi
Vice President - Corporate Development & Investments at Crescent Enterprises

Hani Sabra
Middle East & North Africa Practice Head at Eurasia Group

Dr. Nasser Saidi
President & Founder at Nasser Saidi & Associates

Kaveh Samie
CEO Middle East & North Africa at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.

Jitin Sethi
Vice President at Parthenon-EY

Karsten Sinner
Senior Banker, Equity Funds at European Bank For Reconstruction And Development

Sundaram Sivamakrishnan,
Partner & Chief Financial Officer at Baring Private Equity Partners India

Paul Summers,
Senior Manager, M&A at The Zubair Corporation

Chandra Tiwari
Principal, Head of Private Equity at Aramis Partners

Sanjay Vig
Independent Consultant

Petr Wilson
Managing Director at HarbourVest Partners

Adam Smith
Of Counsel at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

Paola Tarazi
Partner at BerchWood Partners

Anouk Van Der Boor
Managing Director of Private Investments at Cambridge Associates

Anre Wagner
Executive Director at Swicorp Private Equity

Aygen Yayikoglu
Founder & Managing Partner at Crescent Capital

Jens Zimmermann
Partner & Managing Director at New Silk Route Advisors

2017 Sponsors:

SOLE LEAD:
•Gulf Capital

PRINCIPAL LEGAL:
•Gibson Dunn

CO-SPONSORS:
•EFG Hermes
•Jersey Finance

ASSOCIATE SPONSORS:
•EY
•HSBC
•PWC
•SS&C

BADGE SPONSOR:
•Waha Capital