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21 MARCH 2024 | AMERICA SQUARE CONFERENCE CENTRE, LONDON, UK

Take a look at the program for the Private Markets Investor | Europe 2023 below.

 

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2023 AGENDA

8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
PRIVATE MARKET INVESTOR | EUROPE

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
BREAKFAST AND NETWORKING

9:00 AM - 9:10 AM
Chairman’s opening address

9:10 AM - 9:50 AM
OPENING ADDRESS: Exploring required public policy approaches across Europe to tackle economic stagnation, initiatives to drive private market activity, and the impact on investors and operational teams

9:50 AM - 10:35 AM
PANEL DISCUSSION: Advent of pension innovations – CDCs, LTAFs, and pension consolidators – and insurance solvency reforms: what is the opportunity and outlook for greater investment in illiquid assets and what are the operational hurdles?
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Andrew Putwain

Moderator

Andrew Putwain

Editor & Community Manager

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Mike Chappell

Mike Chappell

Head of Illiquid Asset Portfolio

Phoenix Group

Mike Chappell joined the Phoenix Group in 2018 to head the Illiquid Asset origination and portfolio management team within our Asset Management Business, and is also currently undertaking the CIO role for Phoenix RE in Bermuda

He was previously Managing Director & Global Industry Head for the Infrastructure & Energy sector at Lloyds Banking Group with overall responsibility for global business origination.

Prior to this, he headed Lloyds Bank Project Finance team where he led the team executing global Project Finance and Infrastructure debt opportunities.

He holds a BSc (Hons) in Chemistry and is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers and a Member of the Association of Corporate Treasurers.

Stephen Tiley

Stephen Tiley

Pension Funds Manager, Trustee Director

WHSmith

10:35 AM - 11:05 AM
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: tbc

11:05 AM - 11:35 AM
MORNING REFRESHMENTS & NETWORKING

11:35 AM - 1:10 PM
PRIVATE MARKETS INVESTOR FORUM- TALKING TABLE WORKSHOPS
11:35 AM - 1:10 PM
PRIVATE MARKETS OPERATIONS, RISK & REPORTING FORUM - INDUSTRY INSIGHTS POLLING SESSIONS
1:10 PM - 2:00 PM
LUNCH

2:00 PM - 2:10 PM
PRIVATE MARKETS INVESTOR FORUM: Chairman's Opening Remarks

2:00 PM - 2:10 PM
PRIVATE MARKETS OPERATIONS, RISK & REPORTING FORUM: Chairman's Opening Remarks

2:10 PM - 2:30 PM
INVESTOR FORUM: KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Investor allocation priorities – what sectors, strategies and investment themes are resonating most with the growing pool of impact-orientated capital?
Nikesh Patel, Chief Investment Officer, SmartPension, Church of England Pensions Board

Nikesh Patel

Nikesh Patel

Chief Investment Officer

SmartPension, Church of England Pensions Board

2:10 PM - 2:30 PM
OPERATIONS, RISK & REPORTING FORUM: KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Linking transformation with the target operating model aims: Setting resource allocations, internal and external partner objectives, and time frames to achieve intended outcomes
Sahem Gulati, Head of Private Assets Strategy & Consulting, M&G Plc

Sahem Gulati

Sahem Gulati

Head of Private Assets Strategy & Consulting

M&G Plc

Sahem joined M&G Investments in May 2021 and leads the Private Assets Strategy & Consulting team. He has over nine years’ industry experience and is passionate about driving positive change within businesses with extensive experience across Private Equity, Private Debt, Infrastructure and Real Assets. 

Sahem is responsible for working alongside Senior Leaders within the Private Assets organization to shape the strategy & vision, lead target operating model reviews & design as well as managing key initiatives focused on strategic & scalable growth. He is also a Diversity & Inclusiveness ambassador at M&G Investments.

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
INVESTOR FORUM: KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: tbc

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
OPERATIONS, RISK & REPORTING FORUM: KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: tbc

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
INVESTOR FORUM: PANEL DISCUSSION: Resilience: which asset classes, industry sectors and geographies are likely to be most and least resilient in 2023? How are investor allocations changing in a more challenging environment?
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Prasun Mathur

Prasun Mathur

Head of Private Assets

Aviva

Andrew Cheseldine

Andrew Cheseldine

Trustee

Smart Pension

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
OPERATIONS, RISK & REPORTING FORUM: PANEL DISCUSSION: Fund and asset valuation policies: developing the policy for fairness, reliability, and encouraging of trust
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Manish Sarwal

Manish Sarwal

Deputy Head of Finance

Impax Asset Management

Manish joined Impax in 2015 where he is responsible for overseeing the fund reporting and tax structuring of Impax’s New Energy Funds. During this time, he has led the setup and structuring of two new Private Infrastructure Funds, one in the UK and another in Luxembourg. He leads on all Finance and operation fund raising activities with investors from pitching, DDQs, side letters and onboarding.

Prior to joining Impax, between 2009 and 2015, he worked at KPMG. He went through the graduate scheme and left as an audit manager working on large, listed investment management clients his portfolio of clients included a range of mutual fund clients, hedge funds and private equity/infrastructure clients, most recently working on those in the renewables sector.

He holds a BSc in Mathematics the University of Bristol and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants England and Wales.

Conor McNaughton

Conor McNaughton

Chief Operating Officer

Kingsway Capital

Rob Knight

Rob Knight

Industry Advisor

Rob Knight is a consulting Managing Director who specialises in Operations and Regulations. She is also a NED on the Board of East London Business Alliance. Rob’s unique professional background spans successful leadership roles within large international businesses, with teams in Asia, Europe, India, UK and USA. Until recently she was Head of Global Business Services at Barings (USD 347B+ AUM), sitting on Barings’ Operations Leadership Team, Pricing Committee and Client Asset Oversight Working Group. She has a keen interest in automation and data science to create more efficient and scalable workflows.

Rob served as Chairperson for the UK Investment Association’s Trade & Transaction reporting Committee until 2022, where she contributed to engagement with European and UK regulators. Prior to joining Barings, Rob was led the fiduciary management team for Citigroup – Asset Management Unit (London).

In 2007 Rob co-founded the award-winning Barings’ See The Possibilities student programme for university and college students. This program introduces students to the financial services industry, while opening doors to entry level Analyst roles. 

She holds a MBA, the CFA UK: Investment Management Certificate, and is a member of the Chartered Governance Institute.

3:45 PM - 4:10 PM
AFTERNOON REFRESHMENTS & NETWORKING

4:10 PM - 4:50 PM
REGULATORY FIRE-SIDE CHAT: Supporting “productive finance” initiatives in a just transition framework – how can investment teams, trustees, and operational leaders ensure they’re serving stakeholder interests?
Brendan Walshe, Investment Consulting Team, The Pensions Regulator

Brendan Walshe

Brendan Walshe

Investment Consulting Team

The Pensions Regulator

4:50 PM - 5:30 PM
PANEL DISCUSSION: Optimal oversight, portfolio insight, and governance: stress testing the 1 in 200 default scenario, cash flow management, and developments in look through capabilities for solvency and risk reporting requirements
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Grigory Spivak

Grigory Spivak

Asset Strategy & ALM, Global Funded Solutions

Pacific Life Re

Grigory Spivak joined Pacific Life Re four years ago as a head of Investment Strategy & ALM within the newly formed Global Funded Solutions division. This involves a broad range of responsibilities, including ALM, setting investment strategy for pricing new business and overseeing the execution of the transactions.

Prior to this, he headed Investment Risk function in the Legal & General Retirement responsible for 2nd line oversight of assets backing L&G annuity business. Before that, Grigory was with BlackRock managing their life insurance funds range – the flagship vehicle for BlackRock’s passive funds offering for the UK pensions clients.

Grigory has a Masters in Applied Mathematics and is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries.

Alasdair Kinloch

Alasdair Kinloch

Asset Management Transformation

Phoenix Group

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
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