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Agata Dornan is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Chepstow Lane, an investment firm focused on identifying differentiated and idiosyncratic opportunities across European credit markets for institutional investors. The firm applies a thematic investment framework supported by rigorous fundamental analysis, targeting inefficiencies across both core and less competitive segments of the European credit universe.

Based in London, Agata brings over 20 years of experience in European credit markets. A first-generation American with a deep interest in public policy, she integrates political and macroeconomic insight into credit selection and portfolio construction, enabling Chepstow Lane to capitalize on the structural and regional nuances unique to Europe. Through this disciplined approach, Chepstow Lane provides investors with a diversified and differentiated source of return while helping to reframe perceptions of European credit as a compelling and underexplored asset class.

Agata Dornan

Chepstow Lane Capital

Alexander Rayden is a senior managing director at Evercore and a founding member of the Private Funds Group. He is responsible for the PFG team coverage of institutional investors across Europe, the Middle East and Asia and is involved in all aspects of originating, developing and managing capital raising mandates for financial sponsors.

Mr. Rayden was named as a winner of the 2015 European Emerging Leaders Awards by The M&A Advisor and included by Private Equity International in its 2018 “The Rainmaker 50” list of fundraisers, and 2019 “Future 40 Under 40: The next leaders of private equity”. In 2022, he was named by Infrastructure Investor in its “Rainmaker 20 List – Infrastructure’s Ace Fundraisers”.

From 2015 to 2019, Mr. Rayden served on the board of directors of a leading private equity-backed global software company, and he is now a board member and trustee of a London-based community charity.
Prior to joining Evercore, he worked in the alternatives advisory and placement group at Neuberger Berman, acquired by Evercore in 2010, and before that in the same group at Lehman Brothers.

Mr. Rayden earned a B.A. from the London School of Economics & Political Science, and an M.A. from the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Columbia University, New York.

Alexander Rayden

Evercore

Mr. Saitta is a seasoned investment professional with almost three decades of trading and portfolio management expertise. Prior to joining Taula Capitalin August 2025, Mr. Saitta was a Partner and Portfolio Manager of the Brevan Alfredo Saitta (BAS) Fund at Brevan Howard from 2017-2024, having initially started at Brevan Howard as a Portfolio Manager and Senior Trader in 2011.

Mr. Saitta has also held roles as Managing Director at J.P. Morgan from June 2006 to May 2011, focusing on rates Euro trading and establishing the short-term interest rates team. Alfredo's career began at Citibank, where from July 1997 to May 2006, his responsibilities included Director of STIR Euro Trading. Alfredo's experience also includes roles at The World Bank and ABB in the early stages of his career. Mr. Saitta received a Bachelor’s Degree (with honours) in Economics from Bocconi University and a Master’s Degree in Econometrics from the University of Southampton.

Alfredo Saitta

Taula Capital

Andra Dima is a Director in the Credit Investments Team, at the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments). Andra’s responsibilities include originating and executing investments in Europe. With 11 years of experience in the financial sector, Andra has developed extensive knowledge and expertise in credit investing. Since joining PSP Investments in 2018, she has partnered closely with leading private equity sponsors to support leveraged buyouts and has invested across the capital structure in a range of sectors.

Prior to joining PSP Investments, Andra spent 5 years at Credit Suisse within the Industrials and Leveraged Finance teams. During her time there, she worked on a broad spectrum of transactions, including M&A and IPOs, and arranged leveraged loan and high-yield bond financings for sponsor-backed and corporate clients across Europe. Andra holds a MEng degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Imperial College London.

Andra Dima

PSP Investments

Charlotte Levy is a Manager in the Credit Investments Team at the
Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments).

With over 6 years of experience in the Credit sector, Charlotte has deep
industry knowledge and expertise in investing across the capital
structure and analyzing the credit strength of companies.

Since joining PSP Investments in 2021, she has reviewed transactions
across multiple sectors, mostly for LBOs and is responsible for end-to-
end credit analysis and monitoring of multiple companies.

Prior to joining PSP Investments, Charlotte worked for 2.5 years at Bank
of America in their Leveraged Finance Credit Underwriting team.
She holds a BSc degree in Economics from the University of Warwick.

Charlotte Levy

PSP Investments

Chris Krishanthan is a Partner at Davidson Kempner. Mr. Krishanthan is a co-portfolio manager of the Firm's global private credit fund series and co-manages the Global Credit department. Mr. Krishanthan also oversees DK Hawthorne, the Firm’s operating partner affiliate. He joined the Firm in 2005 and is based in the London office.

Before joining Davidson Kempner, Mr. Krishanthan was an Assistant Director on the Restructuring team at Deloitte & Touche LLP. Mr. Krishanthan obtained the JIEB qualification in UK insolvency and is qualified as a Chartered Accountant. Mr. Krishanthan received an LLM (Hons.) in International & Commercial Law from the University of Sheffield.

Chris Krishanthan

Davidson Kempner

Dame Alison Rose joined Charterhouse in 2024 as a Senior Partner. She sits on the Firm's Executive Committee, Investment Committee, and Portfolio Committee.

Alison previously worked at the major retail and commercial bank NatWest Group for 31 years, serving as CEO between 2019 and 2023. During her tenure at NatWest, she was invited by the UK Government to lead a review of the barriers to women starting business and authored The Rose Review in March 2019. This led to the establishment of the UK’s Investing In Women Code which now has over 200 signatories. This ecosystem wide effort has led to the UK tripling the number of women business start-ups from 50,000 per year in 2019 to 150,000 in 2022. Alison chaired the Rose Review board and the review was updated annually to detail good progress on female entrepreneurship. This initiative was introduced to We-Fi by the Financial Alliance For Women and is currently being rolled out in 28 countries.

Throughout her career, Alison has been a strong ambassador for diversity and the progression of women and female entrepreneurs. During her time at NatWest, she championed the firm’s entrepreneur accelerator programme by establishing 14 free accelerator hubs across the UK, and providing an extensive programme to support entrepreneurs. She was appointed Dame Commander (DBE) in 2023 New Year Honours for services to the financial services sector.

Alison holds a degree in History from Durham University and received an honorary degree from Durham University and University of York.

Dame Alison Rose

Charterhouse Capital Partners

Damon Wilson is a Principal, having joined Strategic Partners in 2025. Mr. Wilson joined Blackstone in 2016 and previously worked in the Real Estate Group in London and New York City, where he was involved in investments across several asset classes including logistics, data centers and life sciences. Mr. Wilson attended the London School of Economics where he graduated with a B.Sc. in Mathematics and Economics.

Damon Wilson

Blackstone

Daniel Breeden is a Senior Managing Director and leads Greystar’s Portfolio Management teams in Europe, alongside the UK Investment and Development teams. In this role, Daniel provides support for strategic growth initiatives in Europe, as well as venture formation, partner management, and investment strategy compliance for the various ventures, through all aspects of fund and portfolio execution. Daniel also has management oversight for all investment, development, and operational activities in the UK.

Prior to joining Greystar in 2015, Daniel served on the development team at Collett and Associates in Charlotte, North Carolina. Daniel is a member of the Urban Land Institute.

Daniel received his Bachelor of Science in business administration degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he focused in real estate and finance.

Daniel Breeden

Greystar

David A. Novak joined CD&R in 1997 and serves as the Firm’s Co-President. He is a member of the Investment, Executive and Operating Review committees. He is responsible for the Firm’s European business and the Firm’s external relations activities. He serves on the boards of many of the Firm’s European portfolio companies. Previously, he worked in the private equity and investment banking divisions of Morgan Stanley. David is a member of the Amherst College Board of Trustees, the Cambridge University Endowment Fund Investment Advisory Board and Director of Windmill Hill Asset Management and Chair of its Investment Committee. He is an Advisor to Ahren Innovation Capital. David has an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Amherst College.

David Novak

CD&R

David Witkin is a Managing Director and Head of Europe for the Credit Investments Team, at the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments). David’s responsibilities include originating and executing investments in Europe. He also sits on both the capital committees for the Credit Investments and Private Equity teams.

Prior to joining PSP Investments' London office in January 2017, David spent over a decade at Goldman Sachs, primarily in the Leveraged Finance team, where he arranged leveraged loan and high-yield bond
financings for sponsor and corporate clients in the U.S. and Europe. He started his career practicing corporate law at SJ Berwin & Co.

David holds a Bachelor of Laws from Birmingham University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

Since the inception of its Credit Investments group in November 2015, PSP Investments has led, structured or anchored debt transactions for leading sponsors. In Europe this includes Advent, Blackstone, Bain
Capital, Carlyle, Cinven, CVC, EQT, Hellman & Friedman, HG, KKR, PAI Partners and Permira.

David Witkin

PSP Investments

Debra Kelsall is a Principal in the Private Capital Solutions group at PJT Partners, based in London, where she is a senior member of the team and helps lead origination and execution of European GP-led secondaries transactions.

Prior to joining PJT in 2020, Debra spent 6 years in Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs (in New York and London), where she was focused on secondary advisory for financials sponsors (GP-led secondaries and fund financing) and primary LP capital raising across Europe, US, and Asia.

Debra received a BCom with Honours in Investment Management from McGill University and completed her MBA with Distinction at INSEAD and Wharton.

Debra Kelsall

PJT Partners

Emma joined CD&R in 2023 as Director of External Affairs, Europe. Prior to joining CD&R, Emma was a journalist at Bloomberg Television in New York, Washington D.C., and London where she covered financial markets, consumer/retail companies, and international politics. Prior to Bloomberg, Emma was a senior broadcast journalist at the BBC’s flagship Six and Ten O’clock News bulletins, where she covered economics, business, and politics. Emma holds an M.B.A. from Imperial College Business School, a B.A. in Modern History and Politics from the University of Oxford, and a postgraduate diploma in Journalism from City University London. Emma is a trustee of educational non-profit Music Masters.

Emma Chandra

CD&R

Erik Serrano Berntsen is the CEO of Stable, responsible for defining and executing the firm’s investment strategy. With offices in New York, London, and Palm Beach, Stable backs Founders of investment firms who appreciate that delivering extraordinary performance requires building a great organization. Stable’s track record of success is down to working with inspiring investors and business-builders across public and private markets. Prior to Stable, Erik was with Bain & Co., where he was part of the Private Equity Group (PEG). A believer in education as a tool for change, Erik supports initiatives such as the LSE Alternative Investment Conference, the largest student conference for alternatives globally, Girls Who Invest, and Girls Are Investors. Amongst other initiatives, Stable is a supporter of 100 Women in Finance and a Founding Partner of 10,000 Interns Foundation. Erik holds a Bachelor of Arts in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Keble College, University of Oxford and a Masters of Business Administration with honors and a Concentration in Finance from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Erik Serrano Berntsen

Stable

Gustav Moss, a Partner at Cevian Capital, has over a decade of experience as an activist shareholder.

Gustav began his career in investment banking and management consulting. In 2014, he joined Cevian Capital, where he has been instrumental in driving a number of investments as a generalist with a strong expertise in financial services. Examples of current investments Gustav leads include Nordea and UBS.

Gustav has been a member of the board of directors of Tieto since 2023.

Gustav holds an MSc from the Stockholm School of Economics.

Gustav Moss

Cevian Capital

Guy Ward Thomas is a Partner at DN Capital, where he focuses on investments at the intersection of fintech, enterprise software, and applied AI. He is particularly drawn to companies solving complex, mission critical challenges for enterprises through technology, data, and automation.

His investments include Cognigy, which was acquired by NICE in Europe’s largest AI exit to date, as well as Hawk AI, Unique, Fimple, and Hometree. He also supports high growth platforms such as Yassir and Incode alongside other DN Capital partners.

Guy joined DN Capital in 2015, having previously worked at OC&C Strategy Consultants and Rocket Internet. He holds a first class degree in Social and Political Sciences from the University of Cambridge and a Masters in Economics and Management from the Cambridge Judge Business School.

Guy Ward Thomas

DN Capital

Mr. Lemssouguer established Arini in 2021 alongside members of his team from Credit Suisse, where he was most recently the Head of European High Yield Credit Trading. Prior to that, he worked on the structured credit desk at Goldman Sachs. Mr. Lemssouguer began his career as a researcher for the French government. He holds two Master of Science degrees in Applied Mathematics from École Polytechnique and ENSAE Paris, as well as an Actuary degree from ENSAE Paris.

Hamza Lemssouguer

Arini Capital

Hannah brings over a decade of experience in the tech ecosystem, playing key roles in launching and scaling startups, developing products, and advising on fundraising strategy. She is a Partner at Antler UK, and a founding General Partner at Houghton Street Ventures, focusing on pre-seed and seed-stage investments globally. She is also a recognised leader in ESG within venture capital, having founded Reframe Venture and now serving as its Executive Chairwoman - a nonprofit supporting over 700 VCs and LPs with ESG integration.

Hannah Leach

Antler

Heather Kennedy Miner is a Managing Director and serves as Chief Operating Officer, based in New York. She is responsible for driving Advent’s operations globally, overseeing the firm’s strategic growth initiatives, marketing and communications, and delivering on talent development priorities. Heather is a member of Advent’s Operating Committee (BOLT) and Global Culture and Inclusion Committee.
Prior to joining Advent in 2022, Heather worked at Goldman Sachs, where she held a number of leadership positions during her nearly two-decade tenure at the firm. Most recently, she served as Partner and Chief Operating Officer as well as Global Co-Head of Client Solutions and Capital Markets for Goldman Sachs’ $2+ trillion Asset Management business. Heather previously served as Goldman Sachs’ Global Head of Investor Relations. She began her career as an investment banker in the Financial Institutions Group at UBS.
Heather earned a BS in Finance from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College and an MBA from the Stern School of Business at New York University.

Heather Miner

Advent International

Henry Jamieson is a Vice President at Blackstone Strategic Partners, focusing on investments in Private Equity Secondaries across LP secondaries and continuation funds. Mr. Jamieson joined Blackstone in 2021 and previously worked in the PE Secondaries Group at CPPIB for several years after beginning his career in Investment Banking at RBC. Mr. Jamieson attended the University of Bath where he graduated with a B.Sc. in Economics.

Henry Jamieson

Blackstone

Jack Czapalski joined Ardian in 2021 within the Buyout team in London. Prior to joining Ardian, he spent four years at Partners Group within their Private Equity Buyout team.

Jack Czapalski

Ardian

James Seppala is the Chairman of Blackstone Europe and the Head of Real Estate Europe. Based in London, he joined Blackstone in 2011. Prior to Blackstone, Mr. Seppala was a Vice President at Goldman Sachs & Co, where he spent 10 years focused on equity and debt investment opportunities in Europe and the United States on behalf of Goldman Sachs’s real estate private equity group. Mr. Seppala graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College in 2001. Mr. Seppala currently serves as Chairman of BEPIF. He also serves on the Imperial College Council, the Imperial College Endowment Board, the advisory board of the Academy of Real Assets, is a governor of the John Lyon's Foundation, and serves on the European Advisory Board of the Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center at the Wharton School.

James Seppala

Blackstone

Mr. Joel Wajsberg joined the European Investment Fund (EIF) in 2020. In his position as a Senior Mandate Manager, he works at the intersection of public policy and capital markets by structuring and implementing policy driven investment programs across European VC & PE markets. Prior to joining the EIF, Joel spent 6 years in London working at Wellington Management and Schroders, focused on institutional investments across public equities and fixed income. Joel graduated from LSE with an MSc in Political Economy of Europe and is a CFA Charterholder.

Joel Wajsberg

European Investment Fund

John Normand is Head of Investment Strategy for AustralianSuper, the country’s largest superannuation fund and one of the largest private pension funds in the world. He focuses on asset allocation across public and private markets, and is based in London.

Before joining the Fund, he spent 24 years at J.P. Morgan, where he was Head of Research for Currencies, International Bonds, Commodities, and Cross-Asset Strategy. He was ranked in Institutional Investor surveys for over a decade, and was named First Team eleven times across three categories (Macro Strategy, Cross-Asset Strategy, Currencies). Prior to his career at J.P. Morgan, he worked in global bond strategy at UBS Asset Management and in Latin American economics research at the World Bank.

He holds degrees from Georgetown (BA in Economics), Princeton (MPA in Economics & Public Policy), and London School of Economics (MSc in Philosophy & Public Policy). He is also a CFA charterholder.

John Normand

AustralianSuper

John Raes joined Ardian in 2023 within Ardian's Buyout team in London. Prior to joining Ardian, he spent two years at CapVest Partners and began his career as an investment banker at UBS where he spent three years in Amsterdam and London. He is a graduate of ESCP Europe and the KU Leuven. John is fluent in French, Dutch, English and Spanish.

John Raes

Ardian

Jonathan Lavine is the Founder of Bain Capital Credit and Bain Capital Special Situations. He is also Senior Advisory Partner of Bain Capital, a leading global private investment firm with approximately $185 billion in assets under management. In 1993, Mr Lavine joined Bain Capital with the firm’s private equity business.

Bain Capital Credit invests across the full spectrum of credit strategies, including leveraged loans, high-yield bonds, distressed securities and assets, private middle-market loans, bespoke capital solutions, structured products, non-performing loans, hard assets and equities.

Before joining Bain Capital, Mr Lavine consulted with McKinsey & Company and worked in mergers and acquisitions at Drexel Burnham Lambert.

Jonathan Lavine

Bain Capital

Kate is a member of Pantheon’s European Investment Team where she focuses on the analysis, evaluation and completion of investment opportunities. Prior to joining Pantheon, Kate worked at PwC where she qualified as an ACA Chartered Accountant. She also holds an LLB (Hons) Law degree from the University of Nottingham.

Kate Stewart

Pantheon Ventures

Khalid joined CD&R in 2022. Previously, he worked in both leveraged finance and mergers and acquisitions at Citi. Khalid has an M.Sc. in Financial Economics and a B.A. in Economics and Management, both from the University of Oxford.

Khalid Mohsen

CD&R

Luke is currently a Partner on the Technology team focused on consumer and enterprise investing. He serves as a board observer at Aquabyte, Wiith, Modyfi, DJUST, Sana, Bliq, and PlayVS, and is closely involved in several other early-stage companies. Luke also works on Connect Ventures—NEA’s joint investing venture with CAA. Before joining NEA, Luke was a member of the Technology Investment Banking Team at Morgan Stanley. He graduated from Stanford University with dual BS degrees in computer science and management science & engineering, and also played four years of varsity baseball.

Luke Pappas

New Enterprise Associates

Maarten de Jong joined EQT Partners in October 2023 as a Partner dedicated to the Healthcare sector, based in London.

Prior to joining EQT Partners, Maarten was a partner at Moelis & Company in New York, where he led the expansion of its global healthcare platform and was part of the Management Committee. A chemist by training, De Jong has nearly three decades of experience advising healthcare companies on M&A and capital markets transactions. Previously Maarten worked at MeesPierson, Lehman Brothers and Barclays, where he most recently was their Global Head of Life Sciences.

Maarten holds an MSc in Chemistry from the University of Utrech.

Maarten de Jong

EQT

Madalena Godinho Ramos is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in London. She is focused on the origination, analysis and advising on investments across the capital structure, with a focus on the European technology sector and the UK region. Prior to joining Blackstone in 2015, Ms. Godinho Ramos worked in the Investment Banking division for Morgan Stanley and for McKinsey & Company. Ms. Godinho Ramos received a BSc in Economics from NOVA School of Business and Economics, Portugal, and a MSc in Finance from Imperial College, UK.

Madalena Godinho Ramos

Blackstone

Marialina Klokidi is a Manager at the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments). With 9 years of experience in the Infrastructure sector, Marialina has developed extensive knowledge and expertise in Airports and Utilities. Since joining PSP Investments in 2021, she has participated in several flagship transactions, including more recently, PSP's minority investment in AEP Transmission and the IPO of Athens Airport. Before her tenure at PSP Investments, Marialina spent 2 years with UBS in their Power, Utilities and Infrastructure team, and 3 years with Arup, where she worked on the design and construction of infrastructure assets. Marialina holds a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from UCL, as well as two Master's degrees from Imperial College London, one in Soil Mechanics and one in Finance.

Marialina Klokidi

PSP Investments

Mathilde Gault is a Managing Director at Blackstone Growth (BXG), focusing on growth equity investments in Europe. Prior to joining Blackstone in 2020, Ms. Gault worked at KKR, as a member of the Private Equity team. She started her career at Morgan Stanley in the Investment Banking Department in 2013. Ms. Gault holds a BSc (Hons) from the London School of Economics.

Mathilde Gault

Blackstone

Mr. Griffin is a Partner and Co-Head of Direct Lending at Sixth Street based in London.

Prior to Sixth Street, Mr. Griffin was a senior vice president at Golub Capital. Previously, he was an associate at Merrill Lynch and an assistant vice president at LaSalle Bank.

Mr. Griffin received a B.B.A. in Finance from the Tippie College of Business at the University of Iowa.

Michael Griffin

Sixth Street

Mr. Pilson is a Managing Director in Houlihan Lokey’s Capital Solutions Group. He is based in the firm’s London office. Previously, Mr. Pilson was a Partner at Triago, which was acquired by Houlihan Lokey in 2024. He oversaw all secondary market origination and execution in the Americas. Prior to that, Mr. Pilson was Managing Director and Head of General Partner Advisory at Eaton Partners. While there, he focused on secondaries in the Americas and directs. Before Eaton Partners, Mr. Pilson created the secondary investment program at DuPont Capital Management. While at Dupont, he sat on 40 LPACs and committed capital to funds and directs across U.S. LBO, European LBO, venture capital, and non-correlated investment strategies. Earlier, at Deutsche Bank, Mr. Pilson was a founding member of the placement agent unit. He started his career as an Associate at Cowen Inc. (now TD Cowen). Mr. Pilson holds a BA in Finance from Loyola University Maryland and an MBA in Finance from Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management.

Michael Pilson

Houlihan Lokey

Mitra joined CD&R in 2025. Previously, she completed internships at KKR and PJT Partners. Mitra has a B.A. in Economics and Management from the University of Oxford.

Mitra Stainsbury

CD&R

Nadja is a Principal at Cherry, based in London, primarily focusing on application-layer and foundational AI. Before Cherry, she worked in fintech and business development at Mastercard Consulting and N26. After realizing that her true calling was on the more technical side, she learned how to code and joined Cherry portfolio company Luminovo.ai. She led the company’s product intelligence development, combining both quantitative and qualitative scaling approaches.

Besides working with Cherry’s early-stage founders, she’s been an active part of the European startup scene for years. Also passionate about community and events, she’s helped organise events like Slush and Bitz&Pretzels – a good example of her passion to help founders, also off the clock. She studied Data Science with a business focus at Imperial College London and holds a business degree from WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management.

Nadja Reischel

Cherry Ventures

Niharika joined CD&R in 2021. Previously, she worked at Goldman Sachs & Co. in the TMT EMEA investment banking area. Niharika has a degree (M.B.A. equivalent) from the Indian Institute of Management Indore and a B.Eng. in Electrical Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Srinagar.

Niharika Sharma

CD&R

Following an MA in Economics at Cambridge, Paul joined Merrill Lynch before becoming a director at at Citi's prop trading division. After banking he worked as PM at Portman Square Capital and Pine River Capital, where he was responsible for event driven investing strategy. He was the first hire when Hudson Bay Capital Management opened its London office and runs a team specializing in merger arbitrage.

Paul Godfrey

Hudson Bay Capital

Raoul Malhotra

Orka

Richard Ditizio is the CEO of the Milken Institute, where he is responsible for all centers and departments across the organization's global footprint. Under his leadership, the Institute expanded its staff and programmatic work to Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America. He joined the Institute after a 25-year career in banking, most recently serving as CEO of Citi Private Bank. Prior to that, Ditizio ran the North American UHNW practice for the bank, leading 24 offices across the United States and Canada. In these roles, he counselled clients on issues such as business succession, philanthropy, and the challenges of raising children amid great affluence. His work on UHNW families, DEI, corporate leadership, and philanthropy has been widely profiled in media outlets including the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Lifestyles, CNBC, and Reuters; and he speaks around the world on these topics. A recipient of the NSFRE Corporate Executive Award, Ditizio has been involved with numerous nonprofit boards and charitable organizations throughout his career.

Richard Ditizio

Milken Institute

Saleh Panahi is a Senior Managing Director in the Private Equity Group in London, where he focuses on investments in the Energy Transition, Industrials, Media & Education industries. Since joining Blackstone in 2012, Mr. Panahi has been involved in a number of investments and currently serves on the boards of Adevinta, Desotec, Enstall, Qlar (FKA Schenck Process) and Sediver. Mr. Panahi is a member of Blackstone’s Diverse Professionals Network EMEA Task Force, and represents Blackstone on the Futures Committee of Impetus, an organization supporting underprivileged youths in the UK. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Panahi worked at Lazard in the German M&A team. Mr. Panahi received a Master degree (Dipl. Kaufm.) from the University of Mannheim.

Saleh Panahi

Blackstone

Shuting is an Associate on the Real Estate Investments team at the
Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments). In this
role, she is responsible for assisting deal execution and asset
management across various partnerships in UK, Europe and APAC.
Prior to joining PSP Investments in 2022, Shuting worked for
Brookfield Asset Management as a Real Estate Investment Analyst
then Associate. She has 7 years of experience in real estate
investments across different sectors and strategies.
Shuting holds a Master degree in Management from London
Business School and a Bachelor degree in Economics and a dual
Bachelor degree in Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation from
Peking University.

Shuting Zhang

PSP

Simon Marc is Senior Vice President, Global Head of Private Equity
and Real Estate Investments at the Public Sector Pension
Investment Board (PSP Investments). In this role, he oversees PSP
Investments’ global Private Equity and Real Estate asset classes,
which represent a combined net AUM of close to $70 billion. As a
member of the Executive Committee, Simon plays a key role in
shaping the organization’s long-term investment strategy and global
footprint.
Simon joined PSP Investments in 2015 as Managing Director,
Private Equity (Europe) and was instrumental in opening the
organization’s London office, establishing its private equity presence
in Europe and expanding it globally. In January 2023, Simon became
Senior Vice President and Global Head of Private Equity and was
later appointed as Senior Vice President and Global Head of Real
Estate Investments in September 2025.
Simon has over 25 years of investment experience in private equity,
real estate and strategic partnerships. He began his career at
Goldman Sachs and held positions at Permira and Apax Partners in
London and Paris.

Simon Marc

PSP Investments

Stefan Haselwandter currently serves as a senior advisor to Milken Institute International and as a board member and advisor to other organizations. He is the former vice chair and global head of Wellington Management’s client platform, which includes the product management, fund sponsor, business development, client service, and marketing functions.

As vice chair, Haselwandter was a senior member of the firm’s management team and acted as an aide to the CEO and president on strategic initiatives and external affairs. He was also a member of the board of directors of Wellington Management International Limited. Prior to his 17-year tenure at Wellington Management, Haselwandter was a senior associate at Bain Capital, a management consultant with Bain & Company (2001–2003), and worked in equity capital markets with Goldman Sachs & Co. (1999–2000).

Stefan Haselwandter

Milken Institute

Steven Desmyter is President of Man Group and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. He leads Man Group's Discretionary investment business, comprising a diverse range of fundamental, research-driven strategies across equities, credit, and private markets. In addition, Steven leads the firm’s sales and marketing efforts and chairs the Man Group Charitable Trust.
Since joining Man Group in 2002, Steven has held several senior roles. He began his career at Goldman Sachs in the European Equities Division.
Steven represents the investment industry on several global advisory groups including the SASB and the SBAI.
He holds Master’s degrees in Economics and Finance from the University of Ghent and the University of Kiel, and an MBA from SDA Bocconi.

Steven Desmyter

Man Group

Tara Alhadeff

Permira

Ulrika joined CD&R in 2022 to lead talent and organizational development, in Europe, with a particular focus on our investment team. She has over 30 years of experience in a similar capacity, including COO and People lead roles at Accel, Investment AB Kinnevik, Apollo Global Management LLC, Goldman Sachs & Co, and is an accredited business coach. Ulrika is a member of the board and chair of the remuneration committee of Sagax AB, and a member of the Stockholm School of Economics Master of Finance Advisory Board. Ulrika has an M.Sc. in Finance and Managerial Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics.

Ulrika Werdelin

CD&R

Yaajan Govindia is an Executive Director in the XIG Vintage Strategies investment team within Goldman Sachs Asset Management, where he focuses on making private equity secondary investments globally, including minority equity, continuation vehicles, acquiring portfolios of assets, and preferred equity transactions. Yaajan joined Goldman Sachs in the AIMS Private Equity investment team in London, and previously worked at Nomura in the Investment Banking Division, focusing on transactions in the Technology, Media, and Telecom sector. Yaajan received a First Class with Distinction BSc in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Yaajan is also a philanthropist and spiritualist. Through a fundraiser Yaajan led in 2020/2021, he raised over $250k for Teenage Cancer Trust (TCT) through an online campaign to mark 10 years since he was first diagnosed and now cured with leukaemia, and shared his story through his social media pages where the videos and posts received over a hundred thousand views. Using his experiences and teachings which his mentors and teachers have given him, Yaajan now strives to help others through the platforms and opportunities he has been provided.

Yaajan Govindia

Goldman Sachs

Yanis joined Ardian in 2025 as an Analyst within the Secondaries and Primaries team in London. Prior to joining Ardian, Yanis gained work experience in Investment Banking at Stifel and Natixis, as well as within the Lagardère Group. He graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science and is based in London.

Yanis Khelfaoui

Ardian

Zain is the Founding Partner and CEO of TLG Capital. He has been a Director since the inception of the TLG Africa Growth Impact Fund [AGIF], having founded the firm along with his partner, Isha Doshi, in 2009. He has structured more than $700 million of transactions in Africa, and prior to founding TLG, Zain was an Executive Director in the New Markets investment banking division of Goldman Sachs, where he focused on Sub-Saharan Africa across all products. Zain joined Goldman Sachs from Merrill Lynch, where he was involved in originating and executing several ground-breaking transactions in Africa. Zain began his career at HSBC in London, where he was a member of the team leading the bank’s special situations effort in Africa. Zain earned a Master’s degree in Finance at the age of 19 from Cass Business School, City University of London.

Zain Latif

TLG Capital

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