Private Capital Symposium 2025

8:30 – 18:30

Registration and Breakfast

Welcome and Opening Remarks

• Florin Vasvari, Professor of Accounting; Academic Director of IEPC, London Business School

Welcome from Sponsor

Simon Ward, Partner, Farrer & Co

Fireside Chat | What’s Next for Private Equity?

• Arthur Brothag, Global Head of Strategy and Investors Relation, Apax
• Florin Vasvari, Professor of Accounting; Academic Director of IEPC, London Business School

Session 1 | Structured Lending in the Private Market: The Intersection of Private Credit with CLOs

• Ian Anderson, Managing Director, KKR
• Gerhard Grueter, Managing Director, Tropea Capital Ltd.
• Matthew Layton, Partner, Head of EMEA, Pearl Diver Capital
• Suzana Perić, Managing Director, Oaktree Capital
• Moderated by: Florin Vasvari, Professor; Academic Director of IEPC, London Business School

Fireside Chat | Private Equity After the Great Moderation and the Long recovery: The Imperative of Value Creation

• Antonio Capo, Managing Director, Partner and Head of Global Portfolio Solutions EMEA, Carlyle
• Luisa Alemany, Associate Professor of Management Practice; Academic Director of IEPC, London Business School

Coffee Break

Session 2 | VC Gets Political

• Jonno Evans, Principal, IQ Capital
• Hannah Leach, Partner, Antler
• Kanishka Narayan, Member of Parliament, Vale of Glamorgan
• Moderated by: Dom Hallas, Executive Director, Startup Coalition

Session 3 | Deep Tech Investing

• Alex Hammacher, Head of Strategic Operations and Corporate Finance, Oxford Science Enterprises
• David Herbada, Venture Partner, Zinc Ventures
• Ofer Shayo, Managing Director, Ignite London
• Moderated by: 
  Luisa Alemany, Associate Professor of Management Practice; Academic Director of IEPC, London Business School

Lunch

Session 4 | GP Led Transactions and Continuation Funds

• Michael Schad, Partner, Head of Coller Credit Secondaries, Coller Capital
• Fred Stonell, Managing Director in Private Capital Advisory, Evercore
• Matthew Strassberg, Partner, MidEuropa
• Speaker and Moderator: Benedetta Balducci, Managing Director Private Markets EMEA, State Street Global Advisors and Executive Fellow, London Business School

Keynote | Human Capital in Venture Capital: Evidence from 50,000 Venture Capitalists

• Ilya A Strebulaev, The David S Lobel Professor of Private Equity and Finance, Founder and Director, Venture Capital Initiative, Stanford University

Coffee Break

Session 5 | Spotlight on Hotels as an Asset Class: Strategic Investment Trends for Private Capital

• Tom Boszko, Deputy Managing Partner, Alchemy Special Opportunities LLP
• James Greenslade, Director, Hotel Capital Markets, Savills
• Saydam Salaheddin, Global Head of Real Estate Lending, Deutsche Bank - Private Bank
• Moderated by: Marie Bates, Partner, Farrer & Co

Keynote | The Innovation Crisis and the Future of Venture Capital

• Josh Lerner, Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking, Harvard Business School

Closing Remarks

Networking Reception

Event Close

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