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Private Markets Investor | Europe is two-day event for the full decision making unit across operational strategy, investment management, and asset allocation.

The Private Market Operations Forum looks at the operations, technology, and data challenges facing fund groups as they seek to broaden their investment operations to attract the large inflows of capital.

The Private Markets Investors Forum focuses on investment group leaders of pension funds and insurers and how they accordingly manage their investment portfolios incorporating illiquid securities into them, plus private market considerations in DC scheme set ups for pension managers, trustees, and consultants.

KEY BENEFITS OF ATTENDING IN-PERSON

Benefit 1

PREMIUM NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES

Benefit from two full days of in-person networking and learning opportunities and re-establish those all-important industry relationships and turbo-charge your network of connections.

Benefit 2

LEARN FROM INDUSTRY PIONEERS

Your chance to explore the latest industry trends alongside the biggest names in the industry. Hear the perspectives of operations professionals and asset owners, and have your questions answered live.

Benefit 3

PRIORITY ACCESS TO THE BESPOKE REPORT

Receive a free copy of the annual Investing in Private Markets report featuring further industry perspectives and ideas.

Benefit 4

PRIVATE MARKET FOCUS

Be part of an event that fosters communication and alignment between service providers and investment management, asset allocation, trusteeship, as well as investment operations professionals.

Benefit 5

COLLABORATIVE WORKSHOPS

Our unique Talking Table Workshops provide participants the opportunity to choose from three of four Workshops to attend, providing greater choice on subjects through which to interact with peers and learn from our experts.

8:00 AM - 5:30 PM

DAY 1 - PRIVATE MARKET OPERATORS FORUM

8:30 AM - 9:10 AM

BREAKFAST AND NETWORKING

9:10 AM - 9:20 AM

Chairman’s opening address

9:20 AM - 10:00 AM

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Carbon Conscious Investing: The Solution to All of Your Problems?

The role Private Markets can play in accelerating the low-carbon transition – helping every COO improve risk management, operational efficiency, client service, investor reporting, data strategy, and product development. And all that while building the sustainability and durability of their business.

Matthew Courey

Chief Operating Officer

Albacore Capital

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

PANEL DISCUSSION: What are the different approaches to digital transformation in an ever changing market?

Moderator

Crispian Lord

Partner

PwC
Sahem Gulati

Head of Private Assets Strategy & Consulting

M&G Plc
Tim Harrison

Head of Technology Business Partners

Intermediate Capital Group
Nikitas Psyllakis

Global Chief Operating Officer and U.K Country Officer

DWS Group

10:45 AM - 11:15 AM

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Data Strategy – How to achieve the best investor experience while managing increasing investment complexity.

Harpreet Lakhan

Director

Holland Mountain

11:15 AM - 11:55 AM

MORNING REFRESHMENTS & NETWORKING

11:55 AM - 1:25 PM

TALKING TABLE WORKSHOPS

How to effectively partner with your outsourced service providers

Toby Venables

Advisory Director

PwC
Lucy Reid

Advisory Senior Manager

PwC

Harpreet Lakhan

Director

Holland Mountain

Best practices to setup a private assets infrastructure for scaling AUM

1:25 PM - 2:20 PM

LUNCH

2:20 PM - 2:25 PM

OPERATIONAL STRATEGY & TRANSFORMATION: Chairman's Opening Remarks

2:20 PM - 2:25 PM

CLIENT AT THE CORE OF PRIVATE MARKET OPERATIONS: Chairman's Opening Remarks

2:25 PM - 2:55 PM

OPERATIONAL STRATEGY & TRANSFORMATION: KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Leadership, the role of the COO, & the evolution of back to front office

Dawn Marie La Monica

former Group Compliance Officer

MV Credit

2:25 PM - 2:55 PM

CLIENT AT THE CORE OF PRIVATE MARKET OPERATIONS: FIRESIDE CHAT: What are the key ingredients for long lasting private clients relationships?

Manish Sarwal

Deputy Head of Finance

Impax Asset Management

2:55 PM - 3:20 PM

OPERATIONAL STRATEGY & TRANSFORMATION: KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Navigating the operational complexities of Private Markets through digitisation and its impact on operating models

Sachin Anandikar

Chief Technology Officer

Pemberton Asset Management

2:55 PM - 3:20 PM

CLIENT AT THE CORE OF PRIVATE MARKET OPERATIONS: KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: How is client experience driving digital transformation in Private Markets?

Alasdair Kinloch

Principal

Kinloch Limited

3:20 PM - 4:00 PM

OPERATIONAL STRATEGY & TRANSFORMATION: PANEL DISCUSSION: What are the key considerations when building & reviewing internal frameworks to comply with new regulatory rules?

Moderator

Andrew Putwain

Editor & Community Manager

Clear Path Analysis
Rizwaan Khan

Alternative Operations Manager

USS Investment Management
Rob Knight

Industry Advisor

3:20 PM - 4:00 PM

CLIENT AT THE CORE OF PRIVATE MARKET OPERATIONS: PANEL DISCUSSION: How can asset managers rise to the challenge of increasing demands from investors for more detailed information around funds?

Moderator

Maya Sibul

Reporter & Content Producer

Clear Path Analysis
Claire George

Chief Technology & Operations Officer

Savills Investment Management
James Tootell

Investment Director

EOS Venture Partners
Alex Bray

Head of Change and Co-Head of Technology & Innovation

Patrizia SE

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

END OF CONFERENCE & DRINKS RECEPTION

8:00 AM - 5:30 PM

DAY 2 - PRIVATE MARKET INVESTORS FORUM

8:30 AM - 9:15 AM

BREAKFAST AND NETWORKING

9:15 AM - 9:25 AM

Chairman’s opening address

9:25 AM - 10:15 AM

GUEST PRESENTATION: Megatrends and public debts: towards a mass extinction of safe assets?

Xavier Debrun

Member

European Fiscal Board

10:15 AM - 11:00 AM

PANEL DISCUSSION: How can investors insulate their portfolios from the impact of external drivers; including inflation, fee pressures, geo political changes and monetary & fiscal policy?

Moderator

Andrew Putwain

Editor & Community Manager

Clear Path Analysis
Martin Collins

Trustee Director

20-20 Trustees
Arif Saad

Head of Client Advice & Head of People, UK

Kempen Capital Management
Roger Mattingly

Trustee Director

Ross Trustees
Kedi Huang

UK Chief Investment Officer

Aspen Insurance Group

11:15 AM - 11:55 AM

MORNING REFRESHMENTS & NETWORKING

11:55 AM - 1:25 PM

TALKING TABLE WORKSHOPS

Workshop Hosted by Tikehau Capital

Simon Males

Head of UK Institutional Business

Tikehau Capital
Paolo Morrone

Director, Private Debt

Tikehau Capital
Vincent Lemaitre

Head of ESG, Private Debt

Tikehau Capital

1:25 PM - 2:20 PM

LUNCH

2:20 PM - 2:50 PM

PRIVATE MARKETS INVESTMENTS FOR DC SCHEMES: Keynote Presentation: Issues for DC schemes when investing in private markets

Robin Ellison

Chairman

Cambridge Colleges Federated Pensions Scheme

2:20 PM - 2:50 PM

ASSET ALLOCATION & INVESTMENT STRATEGY: Keynote Presentation: How to make sure you are implementing net-zero into your Private Markets strategy

Cleo Fitzsimons

Head of Responsible Investment

Pension Insurance Corporation

2:50 PM - 3:20 PM

PRIVATE MARKETS INVESTMENTS FOR DC SCHEMES: Private Asset Solutions for DC

Philip Dawes

Head of Distribution, UK and Ireland

BNP Paribas Asset Management

2:50 PM - 3:20 PM

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: The UK Economy: 2023 and beyond?

Suren Thiru

Economics Director

ICAEW

3:20 PM - 4:10 PM

PRIVATE MARKETS INVESTMENTS FOR DC SCHEMES: Panel Discussion: The challenges & opportunities for DC scheme investment in Private Markets; Regulation, Administration & Governance

Moderator

James Monk

Workplace Investment Director

Fidelity International
Paul Bucksey

Chief Investment Officer

Smart Pension
Andrew Warwick-Thompson

Chair of Trustees

Scottish Widows Master Trust
Fred Berry

Lead Investment Consultant

The Pensions Regulator
Antony Esposito

Head UK DC Client Solutions and UK Consultant Relations

Partners Group

3:20 PM - 4:10 PM

ASSET ALLOCATION & INVESTMENT STRATEGY: Panel Discussion: Which asset classes and investment structures represent the best investment opportunity?

Moderator

Maya Sibul

Reporter & Content Producer

Clear Path Analysis
Nenna Gilmour-Platt

Head of Investment Strategy

Just Group Plc
Daniel Blamont

Group Investment Operations Director

Royal London
Chris Palmer

Head of Illiquid Assets Origination

Phoenix Group

4:10 PM - 5:30 PM

END OF CONFERENCE & DRINKS RECEPTION

" I enjoyed insightful presentations from experts in their areas of focus and the opportunity to exchange knowledge and views with colleagues in current hot topics of global range. An excellently organized event in every detail with the added bonus of a live interaction we all craved after 22 months of remote communication mandated by the pandemic."

CELIA KAPSOMERA

Lecturer

Columbia University

"A fantastic opportunity to meet with C-suite peers and compare how we are managing through difficult investment environments."

GARY AIKEN

Senior Portfolio Manager

AAFMAA

"Very good content and great flow. This event provided a terrific opportunity to meet with industry gatekeepers and industry associates."

GEORGE ANTONAK

President

Thrift Financial

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