Swiss Private Equity Conference 2012

The first edition of the Swiss Private Equity Conference took place on the 9^th March 2012 and instantly became a success.

• +225 participants from 8 different countries
• 55 speakers including
• Karsten Langer [Chairman, EVCA]
• Lorne Somerville [Partner, CVC]
• Andreas Umbach [CEO, Landis + Gyr]
• Lars Niggemann [Executive Director, LGT Capital Partners]
• Matthias Hieber [MD, Goldman Sachs Capital Partners]
• Ralf Huep [General Partner, Advent International]
• Torsten Vogt [Partner, Permira]
• Christian Hinze [Head, Swiss Re PE]
• Christian Ebert [MD, Partners Group]
• Raffaele Vitale [Partner, PAI Partners]
• Michael Wand [Co-head Europe Technology Partners, Carlyle]
• Andrea Bonomi [Chairman, Investindustrial]
• Dominik Damaschke [Senior Investment Manager, MEAG]
• Peter Cornelius [Head of Research Alpinvest]
• Jan Masek [Executive Director, JP Morgan]
• Velina Peneva [Partner, Bain & Company]
• Tobias Valk [Partner, KPMG]
• Rolf Watter [Partner, Bär & Karrer]
• Alexander von Preysing [Head of Issuer Services, Deutsche Börse]
• Björn Böckenförde [Partner, Zurmont Madison Private Equity]
• Andros Payne [CEO, Humatica]
• Bernd Pfister [Chairman, SECA]
• amongst many more top notch speakers, as you can see on the Agenda!

We thank our sponsors and partners, without whom the Swiss Private Equity Conference would’t have been this successful:

• Sponsors: KPMG, Bär & Karrer, Deutsche Börse Group, Zurmont Madison Private Equity, Humatica

• Partners: Swiss Private Equity & Corporate Finance Association (SECA), Dow Jones Private Equity & Venture Capital, Mergermarket, FOSTER Family Office Network, Austrian Private Equity and Venture Capital Organisation (AVCO), Bundesverband Alternative Investments e. V. (BAI), VentureCapital Magazin, German Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVK)

Nordic Private Equity Conference 2011

The second edition of the Nordic Private Equity Conference took place on the 4^th November 2011 and tied in with the success of its first edition.

• Over 300 participants from 6 different countries
• More than 50 speakers including
  • Karsten Langer [Chairman, EVCA]
  • Dick Seger [CEO, Securitas Direct]
  • Lars Terney [Partner, Nordic Capital]
  • Ole Steen Andersen [Chairman, DVCA]
  • Kristin Ringland [Partner, McKinsey]
  • Lucian Schönefelder [Principal, KKR/Capstone]
  • Christian Dyvig [CEO, Lundbeck Foundation]
  • Kristian Skovmand [Managing Director, Morgan Stanley]
  • Steven Sher [Managing Director, Goldman Sachs Capital Partners]
  • Kristian Orssten [Managing Director, J.P. Morgan]
  • Kenneth Hofman [Partner, KPMG]
  • Jonathan Seeg [Director, BlackRock]
  • Klaus Rühne [Partner, ATP-PEP]
  • Jonas Agesand [Managing Director, Blackstone Group]
  • Ulrich Hege [Professor, HEC Paris]
  • Tom Knutzen [Former CEO, Danisco]

Nordic Private Equity Conference 2010

The first edition of the Private Equity Conference took place on the 12^th November 2010. It was a huge success, enabling the team to organize a second edition of the Nordic Private Equity Conference in 2011 as well as additional conferences in other locations like Australia, Spain and Switzerland.

• Over 300 participants from 6 different countries
• More than 40 speakers including
  • Arnaud Lipkowicz [Partner, Credit Suisse]
  • Bent Dyhre Hansen [Partner, Boston Consulting Group]
  • Christoffer Sjöqvist [Director, CVC Capital Partners]
  • Henrik Bonnerup [Partner and CFO, Polaris]
  • Henrik Kraft [Director, KKR]
  • Jeppe Christiansen [CEO, LD Invest]
  • John Jensen [Partner, Advizer]
  • Johnathan Seeg [Principal, BlackRock]
  • Lars Frederiksen [CEO, Chr. Hansen]
  • Martin Jermiin [Partner, McKinsey&Co]
  • Michael Eriksen [Head of Corporate Finance, PwC]
  • Ole Steen Andersen [Chairman, DVCA]
  • Peter Korsholm [Partner, EQT]
  • Søren B. Andersen [Partner, ATP PEP]
  • Søren Krejler [Head of Transaction Service, KPMG]
  • Steven Sher [Managing Director, Goldman Sachs Capital Partners]