Forum agenda
Sessions run from morning through evening with breaks between speakers and panels.
08:15 - 09:15
Unlocking Value with AI: A Morning Breakfast Briefing - Invitation only, hosted by OMMAX
Chair:
Moderator:
Dr. Stefan Sambol, Founding Partner, OMMAX
Sinan Erhan, Partner & Head of UK, OMMAX
Daniel Soujon, Managing Partner & CTO, OMMAX
08:30 - 09:15
Chair:
Conference Registration & Networking
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09:15 - 09:20
Actum Welcome
Chair:
Moderator:
Raouf Fria, Co-Founder, Actum Group
09:20 – 09:30
Chair Opening Remarks
Chair:
Moderator:
Carl Evander, Partner & Global Head of Private Equity, OC&C
09:30 – 10:15
Investment and Value Creation: Q1 Review & 2026 Outlook
Chair:
Moderator:
Andreas Stender, Partner & Europe Lead – Private Equity and Principal Investors, Kearney
Zouhir Regragui, Executive Director, Head of Industrials & Business Services, Mubadala
Tristan Tully, Managing Partner & Head of Private Equity, Europe, Brookfield
Nigel Walder, Co-Head of Business Services, Bain Capital
Helen Lee Bouygues, Head of Embedded Value Creation, Ardian
10:15 – 10:45
Chair:
Morning Networking
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10:45 – 11:30
Revenue Growth Stream
Chair:
Ben Gregory, Partner, TMT, OC&C
Improving go-to-market and Commercial Excellence to Drive Value-Creating Revenue Growth
Moderator:
Moti Shahani, Managing Director, Blue Ridge Partners
Riccardo Basile, Operating Partner, Head of Value Creation, Permira
Esther Nayyar, Managing Director, DD & Value Creation, ICG
Martin Jacobsson, Operating Partner, Nordic Capital
Owen Cartier, Partner & Head of Value Creation Europe, Searchlight Capital
Sustainability Stream
Chair:
Henri-Thierry Toutounji, Partner, B2B Services, OC&C
Value Creation: Overcoming Barriers to Sustainability
Moderator:
TBC
Graeme Ardus, Head of Sustainability, Triton
Hannah-Polly Williams, Head of Sustainability, Europe, CD&R
Nina Kraus, Director of Sustainability, Hamilton Lane
Letitia Webster, Managing Director & Chief Sustainability Officer, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
11:30 – 12:15
Revenue Growth Stream
Chair:
Masterclass in leveraging AI to accelerate profitable revenue growth
Moderator:
Chris Heuschkel, Managing Director & Chief AI Officer, Blue Ridge Partners
Sustainability Stream
Chair:
Harnessing AI for Sustainable Development Goals
Moderator:
TBC
Caroline Lofgren, Chief Sustainability Officer, Hg
Sophie Walker, Senior Advisor, Sustainability & Responsible AI, EQT
Guillaume Cravero, Head of Sustainability and Public Affairs Managing Director, Ardian
Laura McMullen, Head of Sustainability and Impact, Five Arrows
12:15 – 13:30
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Networking Lunch
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The Early Advantage: Speed, Precision, and Outsized Returns in PE Value Creation, Invitation only, Lunch hosted by Oliver Wyman
Chair:
Moderator:
Chris McMillan, Partner & Head of Private Capital, Europe, Oliver Wyman
Cornelius Herzog, Partner & Head of Supply Chain, Europe, Oliver Wyman
Muriel Schtickzelle, Partner, Head of Pricing, Sales and Marketing and Head of Oliver Wyman Quotient, Europe, Oliver Wyman
13:30 – 14:15
Tech & GenAI Stream
Chair:
Fred Ward, Partner, B2B Services, OC&C
Tech-led value creation in PortCos to spur top-line growth
Moderator:
Liam Moore, Head of PE & VC, ProsperOps
Cesare Ruggiero, MD & Global Head of Portfolio Value Creation, CPP Investments
Marco Venturini, Head of Technology, Portfolio Value Creation, Investindustrial
Philip Carrivick , Operating Partner & Tech procurement Lead, CVC
Catherine Cutts, Digital Operating Partner, KKR
CFO Stream
Chair:
Chessy Whalen, Partner, OC&C
The CFO’s Superpower : Leveraging data to drive transformation
Moderator:
Christina Barakett, Managing Director, Private Equity performance Improvement, Alvarez & Marsal
Stuart Fulton, Chief Financial Officer, Aztec Group, Warburg Pincus PortCo
Charlie Warhurst, Chief Financial Officer, WGSN, Apax PortCo
Thomas Dixon, Managing Director, Operating Team, Blackstone
Pierre Chaboussant, Managing Director, Operational Support Group, Bridgepoint
14:15 – 15:00
Tech & GenAI Stream
Chair:
GenAI Centres of Excellence: Scaling Use-Cases Across PortCos
Moderator:
Sumit Malhotra, Partner – Private Equity and Principal Investors, Kearney
Ben Rogers, Head of AI Value Creation, Permira
Cameron Hulett, MD & Head of AI and Digital, BC Partners
Claire Saint-Donat, Head of Data Science and AI, Bain Capital
Jonas Corné, Operating Partner – Data & Digital, Ardian
Dominic Gallello, MD & Head of Digital and AI, Bridgepoint
CFO Stream
Chair:
Value Through the Continuum: Exit Readiness and Value Realisation
Moderator:
Thomas Cobet, Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal
Jan Diederichsen, Senior Operating Partner, H.I.G. Capital
Selim Loukil, MD – Head of Portfolio Support Group, Advent International
Joanne Bennett, Chief Financial Officer, Ingenico, Apollo PortCo
Craig Lovelace, Group Chief Financial Officer, Giacom, Inflexion & Ares PortCO
Nikhil Chadha, Managing Director, EQT
15:00 – 15:30
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Afternoon networking
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15:30 – 16:15
Leadership Assessment and Alignment: Accelerating Value Creation Through Talent
Chair:
Moderator:
Roberto Del-Maschio, CEO & Co-Founder, The Siena Partnership
Corjanne van Drimmelen, Managing Director, Head of Talent, Europe, PSG
Keith Beattie, Partner, Head of Operations. Astorg
Lisa Telford, Partner, Full Potential Partners, Montagu
Alice Deller, Operating Partner, Portfolio Group, Bain capital
16:15-16:45
Fireside: Sophia The Robot Views on Private Equity, Value Creation and GenAI
Chair:
Moderator:
Carl Evander, Partner & Global Head of Private Equity, OC&C
Sophia, Advanced Humanoid, Hanson Robotics
16:45-17:00
Chair Closing Remarks
Chair:
Moderator:
Carl Evander, Partner & Global Head of Private Equity, OC&C
17:00 – 19:00
Chair:
Drinks Reception, The St Patrick’s Way, Hosted by Infosys
Moderator:
19:00 - 22:00
Chair:
Dine with your Peers: Hosted by JMAN
Moderator:
Anush Newman, CEO & Co-Founder, JMAN Group
Natalie Cramp, Partner, JMAN Group