Venue
Hotel Okura Amsterdam
Hotel Okura Amsterdam, Ferdinand Bolstraat 333, 1072 LH Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Event Date Mon Jun 24 CEST - Wed Jun 26 CEST (6 months ago)
In your timezone (EST): Sun Jun 23 6:00pm - Tue Jun 25 6:00pm
Location Hotel Okura Amsterdam
Ferdinand Bolstraat 333, 1072 LH Amsterdam, Netherlands
Region EMEA
Details

This event is the perfect place to meet senior LPs and GPs from all over the world looking to diversify their portfolio and enhance their business strategy. Where will LPs be putting their money? What macro trends are transforming the market? How can you reap the rewards? Uncover the top strategies for driving returns while battling the bottlenecks across Africa, Asia, Latin America, Middle East, CEE & Turkey and beyond.

Who will you meet?
This is the most international audience of emerging market-focused investors you will find anywhere, with delegates from 45+ countries.
Companies attending include Maihar, 57 Stars, Blue Earth Capital, ILX Fund, idiem Partners, Taxim Capital and more.

Grow your network:
• Delve deeper into topics that matter to you and get to know like minded LPs and GPs in an informal setting.
• Unlock the power of closed-door discussions, interactive Q&A's, dedicated networking breaks, and a host of engaging social events such as an evening cocktail cruise, trivia quiz, 'Shark Tank/Dragons' Den' style project pitching and so much more you won't want to miss.

Speakers

2024 Speakers

Manas Chawla
Founder and CEO, London Politica

Eric Newman
Treasury Manager, City of Stamford

Richard Gomes
Chief Programme Officer, Shell Foundation

Agnes Beri-Jousselin
Head of Private Equity & VC, Axian Group

Shafeeq Abrahams
Chief Executive & Principal Officer, Eskom Pension and Provident Fund (EPPF)

Marius Chirila
EM Private Equity Allocations, European Investment Bank (EIB Global)

Brenton Lalu
Specialist: Africa, Public Investment Corporation

Nicholas Vickery
Global Head, Private Equity Funds, IFC

Anne Fossemalle
Director, Equity Funds, EBRD

Peter Maila
Co-Chief Investment Officer, FMO

Lars Zimmermann
Vice President, DEG Impact

Eren Kelekci
Chief Investment Officer, Food and Agriculture, African Development Bank (AfDB)

Ralph Keitel
Chief Investment Officer, SIFEM

Andrés Ackermann
Director, Investment Funds, IDB Invest

Teddy Onserio
Africa Investment Advisor – East Africa, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)

Ken Osei
Principal Investment Officer, IFC

Ellen Cathrine Rasmussen
Executive Vice President, Green Infrastructure and Scalable Enterprises, Norfund

Yassin Knocke
Principal, HarbourVest Partners

Leticia Ferreras Astorqui
Director, Development Finance, Allianz Global Investors

Claudia Zeisberger
Founder, GPEI and Senior Affiliate Professor of Entrepreneurship & Family Enterprise, INSEAD

Jessica Espinoza
CEO, 2X Global

Bassirou Niang
Director & Head of Investor Coverage, Development Partners International (DPI)

Abrar Mir
Managing Partner, Quadria Capital

Hichem Omezzine
Partner, TPG

José Guilherme Souza
Head of Infrastructure & Climate Investments, Vinci Partners

Varun Malhotra
Partner, Quona Capital

Gbenga Ajayi
Partner, Africa, QED Investors

Felix Hermes
Head of Private Equity & Sustainable Infrastructure, BlueOrchard Finance

Adrian Stanculescu
Partner, Head of Romania, Abris Capital Partners

Dmytro Boroday
Partner, Horizon Capital

Zeid Zabian
Founding Partner, Turmeric Capital

Eva Abel
Partner, Head of Investments, Oryx Impact

Eric Acher
Founder & Managing General Partner, monashees

Fahmi Al-Shawwa
Founder & CEO, Immensa

Alexandre Alfonsi
Managing Partner, Alternal

Hossam Allam
Managing Partner, Climate Resilient Africa Fund

Magdi Amin
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, African Renaissance Partners

Ambar Amleh
Managing Partner, Ibtikar Fund

Rajat Arora
Principal Investment Officer & Head of Asia, WWB Asset Management

Mehmet Atici
Partner, Earlybird Digital East Fund

William Bao Bean
Managing General Partner, Orbit Startups

Shivani Bhasin Sachdeva
Founder & CEO, India Alternatives

Zach Bijesse
Co-Founder & CEO, Archer

Eline Blaauboer
Partner, IFHA

Dr Ola Brown
Founder & Managing Partner, HealthCap Africa

Ebony Brown
Partner, Rethink Education

Simon Bryant
Company President, iyris

Maelis Carraro
Managing Partner, Catalyst Fund

Eddy Chan
Founding Partner, Intudo Ventures

Nick Cooney
Managing Partner, Lever VC

Tarun Davda
Managing Director, Matrix Partners India

Jorge Dickens
Managing Partner, ACON Investments

Evelyne Dioh Simpa
Managing Director, WIC Capital

David Do
Managing Director, Vietnam Investments Group

Dirk Donath
Managing Partner, L Catterton

Janade du Plessis
Co-Founder, Five35 Ventures and Managing Partner, Launch Africa Ventures

Maria Ernanny
Head of Capital Formation, Atlantico

Nneka Eze
General Partner & Managing Partner, VestedWorld

Abderahmane Fodil
Managing Partner, idiem Partners

Paul Frankish
Investment Director: Head of Strategic Initiatives, African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM)

Rodrigo Galvão
Partner, ACON Investments

Claire Gillig-Brouwer
Manager, Sustainability Standards Integration, FMO

Ian Goh
Founding Partner, 01VC

Patrick Goodman
Director, Innpact Fund Management

Ameet Goyall
Executive Director, Carpediem Capital

Kadir Gungor
Chairman, Sustainable Impact Capital

Arvind Gupta
Co-Founder & Head, Digital India Foundation

Przemysław Głębocki
Managing Partner, Accession Capital Partners

Jurgen Heppe
Executive Vice President, Standard Bank Group

Bas Hochstenbach
Co-Founder & Partner, E4E Africa

Silke Horáková
Co-Founder & Partner, Tilia Impact Ventures

Jessica Huang Pouleur
Partner, Openspace

Natasha Ibori
Co-Founder, Uwana Energy

Imran Jafar
Managing Partner, Gaja Capital

Prof Syed Hasan Jafar
Associate Dean of School of Business, Director of Finance and Bloomberg lab, Woxsen University

Michael Joseph
Co-CEO & Founder, Ion Pacific

Cameron Joyce
SVP, Head of Private Equity, Research Insights, Preqin

Melissa Kang
CEO & Founder, Enyorra Private Equity

Emre Karabekirogullari
Director of Investments, Sarona Asset Management

Tobias Kars
Vice President of Product and Delivery, Scantrust

Nadiia Kaznacheieva
Chief Investment Officer, umgi

Alison Klein
Managing Director, Akmazo

Mark Kleyner
Co-Founder & Program Director, Dream VC

Adam Ladjadj
Founder & Chairman, The Emirates Family Office Association

Kenza Lahlou
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Outlierz Ventures

Bumsuk Lee
Managing General Partner, Murex Partners

Marina Leytes
Senior Vice President, 57 Stars

Eric Maillebiau
Founder, CapEos

Eric Marchand
Managing Partner, Collyer Capital

Amit Mehta
Managing Partner, Asha Ventures

Laura Merlini
Managing Director, EMEA, CAIA Association

Nathaniel Mickelm
Co-Head of Emerging Market Alternative Credit, Ninety One

André Mierzwa
Managing Partner, 21 Concordia

Nicolas Muller
Managing Director, Head of Funds & Co-Investments, Blue Earth Capital

Pekka Mäki
Managing Partner, 3TS

Sanjay Nath
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Blume Ventures

Damilola Olokesusi
Co-Founder & CEO, Shuttlers

Kerem Onursal
Partner, Turkven Private Equity

Dr. Chibuzo Opara
CEO, Drugstoc Ehub Ltd

Ashish Patel
Managing Partner, ESG First Fund, Aavishkaar Capital

Niklas Ponnert
Managing Director & Chief Strategy Officer, eWTP Arabia Capital

Johanna Posada
Founder & Managing Partner, Elevar Equity

Henry Potter
Co-Founder, speak invest

Michael Prahl
Co-founder & Partner, New Industrial Partners

Dariusz Pronczuk
Managing Partner, Enterprise Investors

Martijn Proos
Co-Head of Emerging Market Alternative Credit, Ninety One

Diana Reeves
Director, Cabot Capital Partners

Franziska Reh
CEO & Founder, Uncap - Unconventional Capital

Serkan S. Kizil
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Taxim Capital

Dimple Sahni
Managing Director, Multi-Asset Impact Investing, Anthos Fund & Asset Management

Viorel Scarlat
Founding Partner, SARMIS Capital

Bart Schaap
Managing Partner, Total Impact Capital

Manfred Schepers
Founder & CEO, ILX Fund

Jeff Schlapinski
Managing Director, Research, Global Private Capital Association (GPCA)

Mack Schow
Head of Investor Relations, Adenia Partners

Gavin Serkin
Founder & Managing Editor, New Markets Media & Intelligence

Jinesh Shah
Managing Partner, Omnivore

Dhruv Sharma
CEO, Marcena Capital

Raiyaan Shingati
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Transition VC

Ruchira Shukla
Managing Partner & Co-Founder, Synapses

Kevin Simmons
General Partner, LoftyInc Capital

Anisha Singh
Founder, She Capital

Harsh Singhal
Partner, Prosperete Growth Fund

Pedro Sirotsky Melzer
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Igah, Ventures

Anthony Stalker
Partner, CEECAT Capital

Laura Straub
Investment Manager, Invest International

Ido Sum
Partner, TLcom Capital

Sewu-Steve Tawia
Managing Partner, Jaza Rift Ventures

Eddie Thai
General Partner, Ascend Vietnam Ventures (AVV)

Samuel Touboul
Partner, Saviu Ventures

Thomas Tsao
Co-Founder & Chairperson, Gobi Partners

Annemarie van Duijn
Manager, Private Equity, FMO

Rodrigo Villar Esquivel
Founding Partner, New Ventures

Rahul Vohra
CEO & Executive Chairman, Millerhill Advisors

Petr Vítek
Co-Founder & Partner, Tilia Impact Ventures

Philip Walker
Senior Advisor, Seedstars

Brooks Washington
Founder & Managing Partner, Roha Group

Daan Wensing
CEO, IDH

Gavin Wilson
CEO, DAI Capital

Christian Winkler
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, asc impact

Helen Wong
Managing Partner, AC Ventures

Eva Yazhari
General Partner, Beyond Capital Ventures

Amit Zutshi
Founder and Managing Partner, Morphosis Venture Capital Limited

Sponsors & Partners

2024 Sponsors and Partners

CO-SPONSOR:
• DAI Capital
• Ninety One

ASSOCIATE SPONSORS:
• Acon Latam Management
• ESG First Fund SCSp
• Gaja Capital
• Innpact Fund Management SA
• Morphosis Venture Capital Limited
• Murex Partners
• Vinci Partners

DATA PARTNER:
• Preqin

CHARITY PARTNER:
• Mental Health Resource