Women in Private Equity Forum 2024 - London | PEI Group | 3 December 2024 | Convene 133 Houndsditch, 133 Houndsditch, London EC3A 7DB, UK

Europe’s longest-running event highlighting women in private equity will be returning to London on 4-5 December. Join 800+ fund managers, investors and thought leaders for two unrivalled days of networking, collaboration and knowledge sharing across the alternative investment space.

Walk away with actionable insights to drive your future success in private equity.

What can you expect?
Unrivalled cross-asset class networking:
• This is an event like no other for women in private equity to build a meaningful network within alternatives and foster new connections across the broader investment landscape. Engage in dynamic discussions and forge lasting connections that transcend boundaries. Take advantage of the networking opportunities available and join investor-only workshops, roundtable discussions, think-tanks, mentoring sessions, and more.

Discover the latest trends in private equity:
• Hear from leaders in the private equity market including speakers from Aware Super, Cerberus Capital Management, Hayfin, Nest Pensions, and many more. With more asset-class specific sessions and speakers this year, the Summit is your opportunity to gain the latest industry insights on key topics relevant to you. Explore the agenda to discover the key themes and speakers this year.

Access invaluable investor perspectives:
• Gain a comprehensive view across the investor spectrum, from foundations to sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, and public and private pension funds. Understand their priorities, challenges, and approach to private market investing. Benefit from targeted investor panel sessions across asset classes to gain insights from diverse investor viewpoints.

2024 key private equity themes:
• The state of play in private equity: finding opportunities in today’s market
• Exploring deal dynamics in the European PE market
• Investor Panel: Allocating to private equity during uncertain times
• Navigating the rise of healthcare investing in private equity
• Integrating ESG with value creation
• Growth and Venture in Europe

2024 Speakers

Sophia Alison
Head of Direct Lending and Portfolio Manager (EMEA), Macquarie Asset Management

Laurine Amiel
Investment Director, Private Credit, AustralianSuper

Alena Antonava
Investment Manager, Railpen

Berenice Arbona
Head of Infrastructure Debt, LBPAM

Pilar Banegas
Partner, Fund Management, InfraRed Capital Partners

Atheetha Bani
Research Manager, PEI Group

Anna Barath
Head of Fund Investments, Bite Investments

Svetlana Barthelemy
SVP, GIC Infrastructure

Michela Bariletti
Chief Credit Officer, The Phoenix Group

Katie Beckingham
Director, August Equity

Assia Belkahia
Partner, Antin Infrastructure Partners

Isabel Berger
Partner, Gibson Dunn

Tara Bishop
Founder, Black Opal Ventures

Kirsten Bode
Co-Head of Private Debt, Pan-Europe, Muzinich & Co

Francesca Boucard
Head Real Estate Research ＆ Strategy, Swiss Life Asset Managers

Jane Bowes
Managing Director, Threadmark

James Brocklebank
Managing Partner, Advent International

Alice Brogi
Partner, Gibson Dunn

Nadine Buckland
CEO, Zenzic Capital

Tori Buffery
Senior Director, Secondaries, Nicola Wealth

Wendy Cai-Lee
CEO ＆ Founder, Piermont Bank

Barbara Castellano
Managing Director, S＆P Global

Gwenola Chambon
CEO and Founding Partner, Vauban Infrastructure Partners

Sweta Chanda
Managing Director, Head of Business Strategy, Monroe Capital

Alex Chauvin
Partner, White & Case

Nick Chee
Associate Director ESG & Stewardship, AustralianSuper

Nathalie Chollet
Head of Circular Economy ＆ Industrial Resilience | Equity Investments, European Investment Fund

Adriana Clancy
Partner, Corbin Capital Partners

Annette Clancy
Operational Investor, Jeito

Eimear Coady
Partner, A&O Shearman

Gila Cohen
Partner, Chief Investment Officer, Vanbarton Group

Sabina Comis
Partner, Dechert

Alexandra Davidson
Global Head of Funds ＆ Investment Management, Clifford Chance

Kavita Davis
Partner, Gibson Dunn

Rebecca Davis
Senior Investment Director, Cambridge Associates

Abigail Dean
Head of Strategic Insights, Real Assets, Nuveen

Mai-Lan De Marcilly
Managing Director, KKR

Tzvete Doncheva
Investor Relations Lead, PT1

Charlotte D’Souza
EMEA Editor for PERE, PEI Group

Ingrid Edmund
Senior Investment Director, Downing

Hala El Akl
Vice President of Sustainable Investing and Operations, Oxford Properties Group

Gillian Evans
Managing Director – Client Solutions Group, Macquarie Asset Management

Andrea Fernandez
Partner, Head of Product Management and Investor Relations, European Credit and Corporate Secondaries at Ares Management

Nailah Flake
Managing Partner, Credit, Brookfield

Sabrina Fox
CEO, European Leveraged Finance Association (ELFA)

Christine Fritz
Co-Senior Portfolio Manager, PGIM Real Estate

Manuela Froehlich
Co-Founder ＆ Partner, Fondsfrauen GmbH

Irina Frolova-Vernède
Professional Non-Executive Director and Chair, Independent

Anne Gales
Co-Founder, Threadmark

Denise Gibson
UK Managing Partner, Executive Committee Member, A＆O Shearman

Cristina Gonzalez
Managing Director, KKR

Shivani Goolab
Director, Investec Real Estate

Mariana Graca
Investment Specialist – Sustainability ＆ Impact, Ninety One

Nicole Grützmacher
Director Senior Alternative Investments Specialist, FERI AG

Romane Guitard
Partner, Augusta ＆ Co

Jenny Hammarlund
EVP Investments and Head of Europe, Cadillac Fairview Europe

Valérie Handal
Managing Director, HarbourVest Partners

Kalyani Harar
Director of Private Investments, Wellington Management

Janine Harion
Managing Director, Permira Credit

Aurelie Hariton-Fardad
Managing Director, Head of EMEA Portfolio Management Private Credit, MetLife Investment Management

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

Fiona Hathorn
CEO, WB Directors

Caroline Heinrichs
Investment Solutions, Perpetual Investors

Antje Hensel-Roth
Board Member and Chief People and External Affairs Officer, ICG

Dame Julia Hoggett
Chief Executive Officer, London Stock Exchange

Vivienne Howell
Head of Healthcare, Civitas Investment Management

Zoe Jeanroy-Broz
Senior Vice President, Vauban Infrastructure Partners

Elisabeth Johnson
Partner, Linklaters

Irini Kalamakis
Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Strategic Partnerships, OMERS Infrastructure

Olivia Kebble
Associate Principal, Moonfare

Florence Keelson-Anfu
Senior Manager, Private Markets, London Stock Exchange

Ana Kekovska
Global Head of Corporate Services, Gen II

Kashif Khan
Director, Private Infrastructure ＆ Project Finance, MetLife Investment Management

Dr. Gabriella Kindert
CEO, Snappi Bank; Chair, Neptune Leasing; Senior Advisor, CVI

Charlotte Kjærulff
Vice President, ATP Private Equity Partners

Ruth Knox
Partner, Corporate Department, Paul Hastings

Anne Koeman-Sharapova
Head of Europe Real Estate Investment, Mercer

Ami Kotecha
Co-Founder ＆ President, Amro Partners

Natasa Kovacevic
Managing Director, Infrastructure at CPPIB

Pascale Labrecque
Principal – Investment Management, Digital Bridge

Laurie Lagarde
Managing Director – Head of EMEA Logistics Operator Division, CBRE Investment Management

Edith Lassiat
Mentoring for Powerful Women, Editions EHL. University of the Self

Shimin Lee
Partner, Clifford Chance

Mirja Lehmler-Brown
Partner, Hayfin

Evelyn Lee
Editor for PERE, PEI Group

Cari Lodge
Managing Director, CF Private Equity

Diana Louis
Head of Alternative Assets ESG Integration, MEAG

Claire Madden
Founder ＆ Managing Partner, Connection Capital

Amy Mahon
Partner, Global Co-Head of Energy and Infrastructure, Simpson Thacher

Laurie Mahon
Senior Advisor, Infrastructure Markets

Holly Makarchuk
Relationship Manager, Institutional Limited Partners Association

Martina Malone
Managing Director, Global Head of Capital Raising, Prologis

Gurpreet Manku
CEO, Level 20

Prabby Mann
Head of Real Estate, Phoenix Group

Elena Mariotti
Head of ESG Stewardship and Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management

Isabella Mashru
Partner, Clifford Chance

Kristina Matthews
Partner, Falcon Investments

Karen McCormick
Chief Investment Officer, Beringea

Catherine McGuinness CBE CC
Past Chair, City of London’s Policy ＆ Resources Committee

Mina Melik Şentürk
Independent Board Member and Financial Advisor, CCN Holding

Teia Merring
Senior Investment Director, USS

Roxana Mohammadian-Molina
Chief Strategy Officer, Blend

Laurence Monnier
Senior Adviser, Gira Strategic Finance

Roopa Murthy
Partner, Head of EMEA Infrastructure Debt at Ares Management

Jenny Newmarch
Head of Private Equity, Aware Super

Agata Nowicka
Founder, Managing Partner, Female Foundry

Dalit Nuttall
Principal, West Valley Capital

Christy O'Connell
Counsel, Cleary Gottlieb

Evelina Olago
Managing Director, Client & Strategy, Just Climate

Eimear Palmer
Partner, Global Head of Sustainability, Pantheon Ventures

Ioanna Paschalidou
Managing Director, Henderson Park

Sabrina Pervez
Director Alternative Assets, Robin AI

Anne-Louise Stranne Petersen
Senior Reporter, PEI Group

Sophie Pierce
Senior Associate, Investments at WCW

Casandra Pinamonti
Principal, Infrastructure Secondaries, Ares Management

Omega Poole
Co-Founder ＆ Managing Partner, Propela Ventures

Pravi Prakash
Investment Manager, Private Markets, Railpen

Daniela Quiñones Gómez
Senior Associate – Fund Management, Realterm

Joanna Reiss
Partner, Co-Head of Impact, Apollo Global Management

Candice Richards
CEO ＋ Founder, Moxie; Women's Awareness Initiative

Anja Ritchie
Managing Director, StepStone Group

Gemma Roberts
Partner, Co-Chair London Office, Goodwin

Joanna Roberts
Counsel, Cleary Gottlieb

Patricia Rodrigues Jenner
Member of Infrastructure Investment Committees, UK GLIL ＆ Africa’s AIIM

Katya Romashkan
Portfolio Manager – Infrastructure, Aware Super

Anne-Laurence Roucher
Head of Private Equity ＆ Natural Capital, Mirova

Jan Rutherford
Partner, Scottish Equity Partners

Rhonda Ryan
Partner, Head of European Private Equity, Mercer

Gayatri Sarkar
Founder ＆ CEO, Advaita Capital

Erin Sarret
Associate Fellow, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford

Helene Schutrumpf
Director of IR and Fundraising, AURELIUS

Fahad Shams
Senior Portfolio Manager, Allianz Capital Partners

Vanessa Shia
Head of Private Markets, London CIV

Nemashe Sivayogan
Head of Treasury and Pensions, London Borough of Merton

Phoebe Smith
Managing Director, PATRIZIA

Ferdisha Snagg
Counsel, Cleary Gottlieb

Magdalena Śniegocka
Principal and a Member of Investment Committee, CVI

Cecilie Søndergaard Nielsen
Managing Director, Founder, CN8 Leadership Confidence

2024 Sponsors

PRINCIPAL SPONSORS:
• Clifford Chance
• Macquarie

LEAD SPONSORS:
• A&O Shearman
• Antin Infrastructure Partners
• Cleary Gottlieb
• Gibson Dunn
• ICG
• London Stock Exchange
• S&P Global Ratings
• Vauban Infrastructure Partners

SPONSORS:
• Allianz Global Investors
• DC Advisory
• Dechert LLP
• FTI Consulting
• Gen II
• Goodwin
• InfraRed Capital Partners
• Linklaters
• Mirova
• Nuveen Infrastructure
• Park Square
• Paul Hastings
• Robin AI
• Simpson Thacher
• Threadmark
• White & Case