Women in Private Markets Summit
4 - 5 December 2024 |133 Houndsditch, London

The world’s leading investment event for women in alternatives
Day Zero:
3 December
18:30-20:30
Icebreaker Cocktail Reception hosted by

Join us for an evening of networking at pre-event cocktail reception. This gathering offers a relaxedatmosphere for attendees to meet, mingle, and forge connections before the conference begins.
Enjoy delightful refreshments and engaging conversations, setting the stage for meaningful
relationships throughout the summit.
Day One:4 December
08:00-09:00
Coffee & registration and meet and greet networking activity
08:00-09:00
LP Breakfast Roundtable
Discuss key challenges over breakfast with other LPs as part of an off-the-record, facilitated groupconversation hosted by ILPA
Holly Makarchuk, Relationship Manager, ILPA
09:10
Chairs opening address
Laurie Mahon, Senior Advisor, Infrastructure Markets
09:15
Keynote interview: The Future of London as a Global Financial Centre
Catherine McGuinness CBE CC, Past Chair, City of London’s Policy & Resources Committee
9:45
Diversity dialogue: the role of senior leaders in driving systemic change-Strategies for benchmarking gender diversity progress and establishing meaningful metrics
How can you eliminate unconscious bias in your diversity and inclusion initiatives?
Exploring the impact of mentorship and sponsorship programs and what works well

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-Tips for success in private markets

Moderator: Denise Gibson, UK Managing Partner, Executive Committee Member, A&O
James Brocklebank, Managing Partner, Advent International
Gurpreet Manku, CEO, Level 20
10:30
State of the union: investor sentiment in the current environment-Is the environment for fundraising, deals and exits improving?
Sectors and strategies that have prospered in a more challenging environment
What new types of liquidity options are managers utilising?
Exploring reasons for optimism for the next year

Teia Merring, Senior Investment Director, USS
Aoifinn Devitt, Chief Investment Officer, London LGPS
11:15
Networking BreakSpecific areas for networking

11:55
Opening remarks
Laurie Mahon, Senior
Advisor, InfrastructureMarkets

11:55
Opening remarks
Gurpreet Manku, CEO,Level 20

11:55
Opening remarks
Gila Cohen, Partner, Chief
Investment Officer,
Vanbarton Group

11:55
Opening remarks

12:00
The state of play ininfrastructure: prosperingin a more challenging
environment- Why will infrastructure
prove a safe andenticing haven forinvestors in achallenging investment
environment?
- What does recent
consolidation mean for
the asset class? Is this asign of things to come?

12:00
The state of play in private
equity: finding
opportunities in today’s
market- Identifying emerging
sectors and geographic
regions with promising
growth potential- How are managers
leveraging technology
and data analytics todrive returns?
- Discussion aroundmarket innovations that

12:00
The state of play in realestate: outlining the top
strategic priorities intoday’s market- How to tackle the 2trillion wall in global realestate debt
- Finding opportunities
amid a profound shift in
the real estatelandscape- Assessing the most
attractive markets and12:00
The state of play in private
debt: Evaluating thethrough-the-cycle value ofthe asset class

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With the higher rates
what is the impact onborrower appetite- isthere enough dealflow?
How long will the“golden era” of private
credit continue?

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for infrastructure?

Moderator: Amy Mahon,Partner, Global Co-Head ofEnergy and Infrastructure,
Simpson Thacher &Bartlett
Gwenola Chambon, CEOManaging Partner, VaubanInfrastructure Partners
Assia Belkahia, Partner,
Antin InfrastructurePartners
12:40
Exploring the potential
and roadblocks in digital
infrastructure investments- How digital
infrastructure is faring inthe high inflation andinterest rates era- Navigating the roadmap
for sustainable digital
infrastructure- What’s next for digital
infrastructure?

managers are
employinginvestment strategies inEurope and beyond

Moderator: Isabella
Mashru, Partner, Clifford
ChanceChristine Vanden Beukel,
Managing Director,
Crescent Credit Europe
Jennifer Hartviksen,
Managing Director, Head ofGlobal Credit, IMCO

Moderator: Cleary Gottlieb
Mirja Lehmler-Brown,
Partner, Hayfin
Rhonda Ryan, Partner,
Head of European Private
Equity, Mercer
Joe Topley, Chief Executive
Officer, GBL Capital

Moderator: Isabel Berger,
Partner, Gibson Dunn
Jenny Hammarlund, Senior
Managing Director, OTPPRE Europe

12:40
Exploring deal dynamics
in the European PE market

12:40
Investing in alternative
real estate strategies
including data centres,
healthcare, student
housing and more
- What is driving
increased investor
interest in nontraditional sectors?
- Understanding theunique risks associatedwith investing inalternative real estatestrategies and how
investors mitigate them
- Identifying operational
considerations andpotential value creation
opportunities withinalternative sectors
Anne Gales, Partner & CoFounder, Threadmark
Roxana MohammadianMolina, Chief StrategyOfficer, Blend
Lisa Feifer, Head of Investor
Relations, Civitas
Investment Management
Ami Kotecha, Co-Founder＆ President, Amro Partner

12:40
Opportunities forinvestors in real asset debt
- Is the macro
environment pushinginvestors to diversify
their allocation into
private infrastructure
and real estate credit
which has a lower
correlation and different
cycle?
- What comparativeadvantages does theprivate real estate debt
market present incontrast to other sectorsof corporate credit
investment?
- How are managers
navigating regulatory
frameworks andpressures?
Fiona Treble, Managing
Director, Global Head ofMembership, AIMA
Shivani Goolab, Director,
Investec Real Estate

14:15
Investors views on
investment opportunities
in Europe

14:15
Asset allocation,fundraising and thedenominator effect--Are valuations still toohigh?
Evaluating whether
dealmaking activities areshowing signs ofrecovery
Identifying hotspots andareas of opportunityModerator: Senior
representative, A&O
ShearmanAnaïs Triboulet, Director,
DC Advisory
Svetlana Barthelemy,
Senior Vice President, GIC

Moderator: GemmaRoberts, Partner, Co-Chair
London Office, Goodwin
Helene Schutrumpf,
Director of IR andFundraising, AURELIUS
Marta Stojanova, Director,
S&P Global

13:15
Lunch
14:15
Investor perspectives on
the infrastructure asset
class

14:15
Investor Panel: Allocating
to private equity during
uncertain times

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Exploring the demand
for more complex
structure deals- How infrastructure
investors plan to tackle
the tailwinds from theincrease in interest rates- Looking into a crystal
ball: the future forinvestor-manager
relationships
Katya Romashkan, Aware
Super Portfolio Manager Infrastructure, Aware Super
Aurelie Hariton-Fardad,
Managing Director, MetLife
Investment Management
Tanriverdi Versmissen Isil,Head of Infrastructure Debt
Transactions, MunichMEAG
Alena Antonava,
Investment Manager,
Railpen-14:50
The Infrastructure
landscape in 2025 andbeyond- Why is there anabundance ofoptimism for growth
in infrastructure
currently?
- Increasing
diversification ofinfrastructure asset
types- Assessing where theboundaries will bepushed to next ininfrastructure
Alice Brogi, Partner, Gibson
Dunn
Alice Usanase, Lead,Europe, Middle East &Francophone Africa, Africa
Finance Corporation
DC Advisory

Strategies for mitigatingrisk and optimizing
returns in volatile market
conditions- How are investors
dealing withoverallocation issues,
rising interest rates andother challenges?
- Investor views on
innovations managers
are implementingModerator: Ruth Yang,
Managing Director, Global
Head of Private Market
Analytics, S&P Global
Ratings
Jenny Newmarch, Head of
Private Equity, Aware Super
Nathalie Chollet, Head of
Circular Economy &Industrial Resilience | Equity
Investments, European
Investment Fund
Cari Lodge, ManagingDirector, CF Private Equity
14:50
Navigating the rise ofhealthcare investing inprivate equity-Is healthcare still
primarily a place for
specialist investors?
What’s needed to attract
larger pools of capital?
- Which sub-sectors ofhealthcare are proving
most resilient to market
turbulence?
- How are investors
setting themselves up
for success in a complex
sector?
Moderator: Shimin Lee,
Partner, Clifford Chance
Rafaèle Tordjman, Founder& CEO, JEITO Capital
Tara Bishop, Founder,
Black Opal Ventures
Katie Beckingham,Director, August Equity-For program information:Charles Gould
charles.g@pei.group-What macro andgeopolitical factors areimpacting the decisionsof asset allocators?
- Assessing theattractiveness of various
real estate strategies toinvestors- Strategies andconsiderations for LPs tonavigate uncertainty andvolatility in the European
real estate market
Anne Koeman-Sharapova,
Head of Europe Real Estate
Investment, Mercer
Deepa Devani, SeniorDirector, PSP Investments
Anja Ritchie, Managing
Director, StepStone Group-

14:50
Unlocking opportunities:
exploring the landscape ofreal estate debt
- To what extent is this agolden era for realestate debt?
- The rise of the insurance
lender in large property
markets and theimplications forborrowers and lenders- Strategic opportunities
and challenges forinvestors and lenders

14:50
The workings of multi
lender unitranche club
deals

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unitranche deals incontrast to syndicateddebt?
- Pros and cons of solelenders vs club deals- How do LPs view theclub approach andperceive club deal
making in general?
Christine Farquhar, CEO ofUK and Europe, Cambridge
Associates
Nemashe Sivayogan, Headof Pensions and Treasury,London Borough ofMerton
Dalit Nuttall, Principal,West Valley Capital
Pravi Prakash, Investment
Manager, Railpen--How do terms andpricing look for
unitranche deals incontrast to syndicateddebt?
How to avoid lender tolender disputes
Pros and cons of solelenders vs club deals

Kristina Matthews, Partner,
Falcon Investments
Mina Melik Şentürk, Board
Member, MFM
Partners/CCN Holding

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Coffee break
15:40
Analysing the emerging
stars: Hydrogen, batteries,
and EV charging in the ageof sustainable investing- Establishedinfrastructure oroptimistic/value-add?
How to correctly define
the energy subsectors- The role the subsectors
play to enable theenergy transition- Exploring thesustainability of batteries
and EV charging
Patricia Rodrigues Jenner,
Member of Infrastructure
Investment Committees UK,
GLIL & Africa’s AIIM
Emma Tinker, Co-founderand CIO, Asper Investment
Management

16:10
Infrastructure Case Study
16:30
The continuing strength ofinfrastructure debt
- Identifying strategies for
effectively managing risk
and liquidity in today’senvironment- Investigating if
infrastructure debt willcontinue to outperform
alternative creditstrategies

15:50
Integrating ESG with value
creation
How do sustainability
strategies increase
profitability and sell-on
value- To what extent does
implementing
sustainability increase
resilience?
- Case studies from real
PE investments
Moderator: Ruth Knox,Partner, Corporate
Department, Paul Hastings
Elena Mariotti, Managing
Director, Head of
Sustainability Stewardship,
Cerberus CapitalManagement
Joanna Reiss, Partner, CoHead of Impact, Apollo-

16:10
Private Equity AI Case
Study
16:30
Growth and Venture inEurope---For program information:Charles Gould
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Discussing the various
exit strategies available
to European venture &growth
Analysing the latest
funding trends in
European startups,
Assessing the regulatoryenvironment for venture

15:50
Decarbonising real estate:driving better long-term
financial performance withsustainability initiatives

15:50
Generating upside fromsustainability in private
debt
What are managers
doing to create value intheir portfolios?
- Does ESG-compliant
private debt strategies
result in an increased
credit quality within theportfolio?
- Should all investments
be structured assustainability linked
loans or is it not always
suitable for theborrower?
Sabrina Fox, CEO,European Leveraged
Finance Association
Wee Kii Teh, Portfolio
Manager, Allianz GIobal
Investors
Rebecca Davis, Senior
Investment Director,
European Pension Practice,
Cambridge Associates-How sustainability
initiatives can lead tocost savings, increased
property value, andimproved return on
investment- Understanding theimpact of evolving
environmental
regulations and building
codes on real estate
portfolios- Exploring innovativetechnologies andstrategies for
decarbonising realestate portfolios
Hala El Akl, Vice Presidentof Sustainable Investing andOperations, Oxford
Properties Group-

16:10
Real Estate Case Impact
Study
16:30
Prospering in a morechallenging environment
for logistics and industrials--

Implementing strategies
to build resilienceagainst disruptions
How does Europe
compare with othermarkets in terms ofopportunities forinvestors?

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Private Debt Case Study
16:30
Is specialty finance ripewith opportunity?
- Why are niche markets
so attractive to investors
right now?
- Do higher returns mean
higher risk in thissegment of the market
and are investors being
compensated for therisk?

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-What the future holds
for investors andborrowers

Bérénice Arbona, Head ofInfrastructure Debt, LBPAM
Nadine Wagner, Investment
Manager, MEAG
Nadine Wagner,
Investment Manager, MEAG

17:05
Infrastructure Think Tankover drinks
Sponsored opportunity tohost

capital and growthstage investments inEurope and its
implications forinvestors
Jan Rutherford, Partner,
Scottish Equity Partners
Gayatri Sarkar, Founderand CEO, Advaita Capital
Karen McCormick, Chief
Investment Officer,
Beringea-Value creation
opportunities fromleveraging innovativetechnologies

17:05
Private Equity Think Tankover drinks
Facilitator: Cleary Gottlieb

17:05
Real Estate Think Tankover drinks
Sponsored opportunity tohost

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

Opportunities across
ABL, bridge financing,aviation, royalties, NAV
financing, litigation
finance etc.
Dr. Gabriella Kindert,
Independent Board
Member, Neptune Leasing,a.o.
Nadine Buckland, CEO,Zenzic Capital
Adriana Clancy, Partner,Corbin Capital Partners-

17:05
Private Debt Think Tankover drinks
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17:45-19:15
Sponsorship Opportunity
Close of conference followed by cocktail reception
Day Two:
5 December
7:30-9:00
Coffee & registration
08:00-09:00
Breakfast Networking Sessions
6 concurrent networking Workshops
09:05
Chairperson’s Opening Remarks
09:10
The increased importance of value creation in the current environment-Considering strategies for value creation in different segments of private markets
How value creation has changed with higher cost of capital, less transactions,and longer hold periods
To what extent can AI play a part in value creation and what are funds already doing?
Case studies of value creation successes in the past 2 years

09:45
PEI Data Presentation

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customerservices@pei.group09:55Tips for success: elevating your fundraising to prosper in a challenging environment- Overcoming challenges in fundraising in the current landscape- Building effective and resilient fundraising strategies- Investor perspectives: understanding expectations and building lasting relationships- Exploring new approaches and technologies for private equity success
Daria Litvinova, Head of Investor Relations - Partner, Vauban Infrastructure Partners
10:35
Coffee & networking
11:10
Secondaries in focus: how the market continues to evolve and grow- Analysing the evolving landscape of buyer fees and terms in continuation funds- Getting LPs comfortably with innovative strategies being employed- How are the secondary markets in real assets evolving?
- Assessing the true indicators of market health beyond record-breaking fundraises
Moderator: Alex Chauvin, Partner, White & Case
Valérie Handal, Managing Director, HarbourVest Partners
11:45
Unlocking potential: how democratisation can transform private markets
To what extent are new investors already reshaping the investment landscape?
Strategies for managers to leverage the influx of new investors and navigate evolving market
dynamics- Assessing the role of regulatory reforms in expanding access and fostering investor confidence- Exploring the emergence of innovative structures such as long-term asset funds
Caroline Heinrichs, Investment Solutions, Perpetual Investors
Olivia Kebble, Associate Principal, Moonfare
Claire Madden, Founder & Managing Partner, Connection Capital-12:20
Private Markets Investment Committee
Three hand-picked fund managers will present investment case studies in this exclusive, data-driven
and interactive format. Hosted by two experts, you’ll have the chance to ask questions, share yourthoughts and vote on the transactions in our very own investment committee.
Irina Frolova-Vernède, Independent Non-Executive Director, Chair Investment Committee
Elizabeth Weymouth, Founder & Managing Partner, Grafine Partners
13:00
Lunch and room set (Future Leaders arrive for future leaders’ session)
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14:00
Inaugural Future Leaders Session
A unique opportunity for the next generation to connect and discuss career advancement
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15:30
Close of conference

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