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ORGANIZERS
Jakob Heiberg
Project Director
Joanne Chia
Head
LEAD COORDINATOR
Erik Alexander H. Foss
Team Lead for Students
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FLOOR PLAN
- table of contents -
Ellehammer 1
08:45 - 08:55
Ellehammer 2
Opening the
conference:
Gregers Kronborg
08:55 - 10:00
Opening Panel:
P.E. in the Nordics
10:30 - 11:30
Small/Mid Caps
12:00 - 13:00
LP Perspective
15:00 - 16:00
Deal Sourcing
(p. 34)
Lunch keynote:
Allan Søgaard Larsen
Mega Fund
Perspective
Operational
Excellence
(p. 37)
TMT Investments
(p. 45)
Closing Keynote:
Frank Fiskers
CEO Perspective and
its Owners (p. 25)
(p. 11)
Exit Routes
(p. 40)
16:30 - 17:15
(p. 12)
(p. 20)
(p. 29)
14:00 - 14:30
(p. 10)
Fundraising
(p. 16)
Heimdall
(p. 49)
(p. 11)
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AGENDA
08:00 - 08:45
Registration & Breakfast
08:45 - 08:55
Opening of the Conference: Gregers Kronborg
08:55 - 10:00
Opening Panel: P.E. in the Nordics
10:00 - 10:30
Networking Break
10:30 - 11:30
Small/Mid
Caps
Fundraising
11:30 - 12:00
Networking Break
12:00 - 13:00
LP
Perspective
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch Break
14:00 - 14:30
Lunch Keynote:
Allan Søgaard Larsen
CEO Perspectives
and its Owners
Deal
Sourcing
Operational
Excellence
Exit Routes
TMT and
Private Equity
14:30 - 15:00
Networking break
15:00 - 16:00
Mega Fund
Perspective
16:00 - 16:30
Networking break
16:30 - 17:15
Closing Keynote:
Frank Fiskers
17:15 - 18:00
Cocktail reception
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KEYNOTES
Opening of the conference:
08:45 - 08:55
Gregers Kronborg
Chairman, DVCA
General Partner Nothzone
Gregers Kronborg is general partner of Northzone Ventures
working out of the Copenhagen and London offices. Gregers
Kronborg is responsible for investments in eCommerce/internet
business models such as TrustPilot and Mojn/RTT, and in
hardware related investments in Napatech and Asetek, that
were both listed on Oslo stock exchange last year. Gregers
also serves as chairman of the venture sector of DVCA. Prior
to joining Northzone, Gregers has been a business angel, a
successful technology entrepreneur (COCOM acquired by
Cisco) and management consulting partner. Gregers holds a
MsC in Engineering and a Bachelor BA.
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Lunch keynote:
14:00 - 14:30
Allan Søgaard Larsen
Group CEO, Falck
Allan Soegaard Larsen joined Falck in 1990. By 2004, Allan
had climbed to the very top of Falck, where he is currently
president and CEO. Before his time at Falck, Mr. Larsen was
a teacher at Randers Technical School, where after he joined
Aarhus Sporveje to become a HR Consultant and later HR
Manager. Prior to his working career, he took a Master’s degree
in Nordic language and literature at Aarhus University.
In addition to his position at Falck, Allan Larsen is on the board
of directors of PensionDanmark Holding A/S, PensionDanmark A/S,
Ambu A/S and the Central Board of the Confederation of
Danish Industry.
Closing keynote:
16:30 - 17:15
Frank Fiskers
President & CEO, Scandic Hotels
Frank Fiskers is since October 2013 President & CEO of
Scandic Hotels, one of Europe´s largest hotel operators with
currently 235 hotels in operation and development in seven
countries and close to 13,000 employees. For the two years
prior Frank was CEO of Coop/KF, Sweden. Prior to that he
was a partner at Azure Property Group, London. In April 2007
Frank became CEO of Scandic Hotels as part of a private equity buy-out, a position he held until September 2010. For six
years Frank was with Hilton as Vice President based in Frankfurt, Stockholm, London and Johannesburg. Before that he
was for a number of years with SAS Hotels in various senior
operational positions - latest as Vice President, Nordic Countries.
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Opening Panel
- P.E Performance Capturing Alpha in the Nordics
Moderator:
Bjarke Mikkelsen
Executive Director - Nordic M&A,
Goldman Sachs Investment Banking
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Ellehammer 1/
Ellehammer 2
08:55-10:00
Mirja Lehmler-Brown
Principal, Aberdeen Private Equity
Mirja is a Principal in private equity within Aberdeen’s Alternatives
Division. The private equity team manages in excess of £3.7bn
in commitments on behalf of its clients. Since 2006, Mirja has
helped the team refocus the investment strategy towards a
proactive pure European buy-out strategy based on local
networks. Mirja has formed strong relationships with many of
the leading European private equity funds, particularly those
in the Nordic and German-speaking regions, were she is the
country partner. She sits on the advisory boards of a number
of funds.
Prior to SWIP (which was acquired by Aberdeen in April 2014),
Mirja has previously worked for Goldman Sachs as an Executive
Director responsible for a number of M&A, buyout and leveraged
transactions. Prior to that she worked in the Investment Banking
Division at Morgan Stanley.
Mirja holds a Master of Science Degree in Economics and
Business Administration from Stockholm School of Economics
and Hochschule St. Gallen. She is fluent in Swedish, English
and German.
Henrik Kraft
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Partner, Head of Nordic & European
Technology & Communications Industry Team,
KKR
Henrik Kraft (London) joined KKR in 2006 and leads KKR’s
KKRunications industry team in Europe within KKR’s Private
Equity platform. Mr. Kraft is also responsible for the development of
KKR’s activities in the Nordic countries. He has been actively
involved with investments in Ambea, Alliance Boots, SBB/
Telemach, TDC, Versatel and Visma. Mr. Kraft currently serves
on the boards of directors of SBB/Telemach, Versatel and
Visma. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Kraft was with Apax Partners
in London focusing on technology and telecoms investments
including TDC and Intelsat. Previously, he was a strategy
consultant with Braxton Associates. Mr. Kraft holds a M.Eng.
with first class honors from the University of Oxford.
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Opening Panel - P.E Performance
Anders Misund
Partner, EQT
Anders Misund joined EQT Partners in 2007 and is Head of
EQT Partners in Norway.
Anders graduated with a M.Sc in Business Administration
from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business
Administration majoring in finance, with exchange studies at
the MBA program on the J.L. Graduate School of Management
at Northwestern University.
Prior to joining EQT Partners, Anders was at TH Global plc as
Executive VP of M&A and Partner in a management buy-out.
Prior to this, he was working with business development in
Kværner ASA as Executive VP. Anders started his career in
Corporate Finance at Alfred Berg.
Directorships
Current:
XXL, Broadnet, Ventelo, Qinterra, NVCA.
Previous:
Board of Trustees, Kvaerner Pension Fund; TH Global PLC,
Nordic Jetline Oy
Jonas Nyquist
Head of Buyout Fund Investment,
Skandia
Jonas is Head of Buyout Fund Investments at Skandia with
a focus on US and European funds. Jonas joined Skandia
from Arthur D. Little in 2008, where he previously worked for
seven years on strategic advice to a variety of different clients,
including private equity firms and portfolio companies. Jonas
has M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from The Royal Institute of
Technology in Stockholm, and a B.Sc. in Business Administration
and Economics. Jonas represents Skandia on various Advisory
Boards.
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Opening Panel - P.E Performance
Lars Terney
Partner, Nordic Capital
Partner, NC Advisory A/S, advisor to the Nordic Capital funds.
Joined NC Advisory A/S in July, 2008. Lars holds an MBA from
J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern
University and started his career at Boston Consulting Group
in Chicago in 1994. He was one of the founders of BCG’s
Copenhagen branch in 1998 and became Managing Partner for
BCG’s Copenhagen office in 2001 and Senior Partner in BCG
in 2007.
Lars is the Chairman of Bladt Industries, a steel contractor for
the offshore wind energy sector. He also serves on the boards
of the leading sporting goods retailer chain SPORT-MASTER
and as well as logistics company Unifeeder. Previously, Lars
has been a board member of emergency and assistance service
provider Falck, and also IT solutions and consultancy services
EG.
Tatiana Chopova
Managing Director, Alplnvest
Tatiana is a Managing Director in AlpInvest Partners’ Fund
Investments team and focuses on the European market. She
joined AlpInvest Partners in 2003 from McKinsey & Co.,
where she was a Consultant, based in Moscow and Brussels,
advising multinational companies on strategic and financial issues.
Previously, she worked at Credit Suisse First Boston. Tatiana
received a BS, with first-class honors, from the University of
Bristol and an MBA from INSEAD. She represents AlpInvest
Partners on various Advisory Boards.
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Small/Mid Caps
How to select the best deals and deliver
superior returns in the Small-Mid market?
Moderator:
Gert Sigh Christensen
Partner - Head of M&A Denmark,
EY
Gert is partner in the Transaction Advisory Services team and
is heading EY’s M&A/Lead Advisory practice in Denmark (previously as head of the former KPMG M&A-team since end of
2009). Gert has 15 years of experience in advising on M&Atransactions and has managed a large number of M&A-transactions, including acquisitions, disposals, mergers, corporate
carve-outs, capital raising and private equity buy-outs.
Gert joined the former KPMG (now Ernst & Young) in 2000.
During the period 2006-2007, Gert relocated to the Australian KPMG M&A-team and participated in advising a number of
US and Australian-based corporates and private equity funds
in regards to M&A-transactions. Before joining the former
KPMG, Gert worked at Handelsbanken Investment Banking
and Nykredit Markets.
Education: MSc in Finance and Accounting from Copenhagen
Business School.
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Ellehammer 1
Steffen Thomsen
Partner - Head of Danish Investments Team,
Adelis Equity
Prior to joining Adelis, Steffen was a partner at 3i Nordic where
he was responsible for buyout activities in Denmark. Steffen
joined 3i in 2001, became partner in 2007 and was Head of
the European Private Equity Portfolio from 2010 to 2012. Prior
to joining 3i, Steffen was on the corporate finance team at
Deloitte & Touche in London and Copenhagen. Steffen is
also a CPA.
Steffen was a member of the board at Damcos and Scandlines
and interim CFO at three 3i portfolio companies.
Tore Rynning-Nielsen
Senior Partner & Co-Founder,
Herkules Capital
Tore Rynning-Nielsen co-founded Herkules Private Equity
Fund in 2003. Mr. Rynning-Nielsen is responsible partner for
investments in Hatteland Display and Norsk Jernbanedrift.
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Mr. Rynning-Nielsen has more than 25 years of international
corporate finance experience, including as a principal, an
advisor and an investor. In 1999 he founded the private education
company B+W Learning Systems AS. Mr. Rynning-Nielsen
has also held positions as managing director of Enskilda
Securities’ Norwegian operations and as senior vice
president and treasurer of Holberg Industrier Inc. in Greenwich,
Connecticut. From 1985 to 1988, Mr. Rynning-Nielsen worked
at Merrill Lynch Capital Markets in New York, responsible
for origination of fixed income instruments for clients in
Europe and Asia.
Mr. Rynning-Nielsen is a member of the Board of Overseers at
the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.
Mr. Rynning-Nielsen holds a BBA magna cum laude degree
from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and an MBA
degree from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.
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Small/Mid Caps
Jan Johan Kühl
Managing Partner,
Polaris Private Equity
Jan Johan Kühl joined Polaris as managing partner in April
2007. Prior to joining Polaris, he was a Group Director at Icopal,
where he started in 2000. He was previously CEO of Monarflex
(1995-2000), Project Manager with strategy consultants Aarsø
Nielsen & Partners (1993-1995) and Equity Analyst with Gudme
Raaschou Investment Bank (1989-1993).
Peter Thorlund Haahr
Partner, Via Venture Partners
Peter has a successful track record of building and exiting
companies. He has been involved in numerous investments,
focusing on operational development, international expansion
and exits.
He has more than 10 years of experience from consultancy,
investment banking, venture capital and private equity. Prior
to joining Via Venture Partners, Peter was with Seed Capital
Denmark where has was in charge of a number of noteworthy
investments. In addition Peter has held non-executive board
of director positions in more than a handful of companies.
Peter has furthermore worked for Nordea Markets, the Danish
Ministry of Finance, and PLS Consult (now Rambøl Management).
He holds a M.Sc. in Economics from University of Aarhus and a
M.Sc. in Finance from Warwick Business School (UK).
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Thomas Svenningsen
Managing Director,
Greystone Capital
Thomas Svenningsen founded Greystone Capital A/S in 2007
together with the family owned consortium Clipper Group.
Since its foundation Greystone have invested in a number of
small and midsize companies and had several exits nationally and internationally. Thomas Svenningsen has more than
15 years experience in the venture and private equity industry
and was a partner at Dansk Kapitalanlæg before establishing
Greystone Capital. Thomas Svenningsen has been an chairman and boardmember in different medium sized companies
though an active hands on investment approach. From 1988
to 1999 Thomas Svenningsen worked at A.P Møller-Mærsk
and he holds an MBA from Henley.
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Fundraising
How to fundraise in the current climate?
Moderator:
Matthew Judd
Partner, Ropes & Gray
Matthew Judd is a partner in Ropes & Gray’s private investment
funds group in London and has 20 years’ experience in UK
and European funds formation. Matthew joined the firm in
February 2012, having previously been head of the global
investment funds practice of a leading US firm, and a partner
in the Private Funds group of a Magic Circle firm.
Matthew advises in relation to the structuring and establishment
of private equity, real estate, infrastructure, and credit funds,
private equity secondaries and carried interest and co-investment
arrangements.
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Ellehammer 2
Arne Trondsen
Senior Partner, Business Development,
HitecVision
Mr. Trondsen, Senior Partner and Business Development,
joined the HitecVision team in 2008. He joined from Argentum
Fondsinvesteringer AS , the Norwegian State’s PE fund investor
managing approximately NOK 10 billion under management,
where he was Chief Investment Officer. His work experience
includes management consulting with McKinsey & Co. and
Boston Consulting Group in London, as well as experience from
direct and PE fund investments.
Mr. Trondsen has a degree in economics and an MBA from
Nortwestern University, USA.
Klaus Bjørn Rühne
Partner, ATP Private Equity Partners
Mr. Klaus Rühne joined ATP Private Equity Partners in 2003, and
is Partner. He received an Msc in Economics from Copenhagen
University, Denmark and has over a decade of experience in
corporate finance, and equity research from Danske Bank, and
SEB Enskilda Securities in Copenhagen, Stockholm, and London.
He serves on the Advisory Board of the following funds: Archer
Capital V, Charlesbank VII, Clarus Lifesciences II, EQT IV, First
Reserve X, Gresham III & IV, New Leaf Ventures II, Shamrock
Capital Growth II & III, and Seed Capital I & II.
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Fundraising
Frode Strand-Nielsen
Managing Partner & Founder,
FSN Capital
Mr Strand-Nielsen has entrepreneurial, strategy and M&A
experience from Arkwright and Bain & Co. Prior to founding
FSN Capital in 1999, Mr Strand-Nielsen was a founding Director
and the Chairman of the Executive Committee of Arkwright.
Arkwright is a corporate advisory firm specialising in strategy
consulting and M&A work. The firm had 120 professionals
located in five offices; London, Paris, Hamburg, Stockholm and
Oslo. Before Arkwright Mr Strand-Nielsen was a Manager with
Bain & Co, London. Mr Strand-Nielsen holds a B.A. from Simon
Fraser University, Vancouver, BC and an MBA from Harvard
Business School.
Stefan Linder
Partner, Altor Equity Partners
Stefan joined Altor as Partner in 2004 and had previously
worked for seven years at Industri Kapital, responsible for
private equity investments in Sweden and Finland. Prior to
that, he worked in the Investment Banking Division of Morgan
Stanley in London. Stefan is a Swedish national and holds a
MSc in Economics and Business Administration from Stockholm
School of Economics, where he was awarded a scholarship
to the MBA program of Stern School of Business, New York
University.
Stefan is currently a member of the boards of Apotek Hjärtat,
Byggmax, CTEK and Dustin. He has also been deeply involved
with Altor’s realized investments in EuroCater and Meyn as
well as with Altor’s fundraising activities.
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Ellehammer 2
Sven Lidén
CEO, Head of Investor Relations,
Adveq Management
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Sven Lidén is Adveq’s CEO and Head of Investor Relations and
Marketing. He is responsible for the coordination of all investor
related activities. He is also a member of Adveq’s Management
Committee.
Before joining Adveq in 2011, Sven worked for 10 years at Man
Investments, most recently as the Head of Product Strategy
and Business Development. Prior to that he was a member of
the Executive Management Team at RMF which focuses on
institutional fund of funds operations at Man Investments. At RMF
he acted as the Head of Business Development and Client
Services, the Head of Portfolio Management and the Head of
Global Leveraged Finance. Before joining RMF in 2001, Sven
was a Co-Head of Swiss Re’s Central and Eastern European
activities and prior to that he built up Lidén & Denz, Russia’s
leading language school.
Sven holds two Master’s degrees from the University of St.
Gallen, Switzerland, one in Management and one in Political
Science. He is also a Management Coach, certified by the
Tavistock Institute in London, UK.
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CEO Perspective
and its owners
What are the key stategies in boosting company
performance to deliver top tier returns?
Moderator:
Kai Hammerich
Senior Client Partner,
Global Technology Market
Kai is based in the firm’s London and Copenhagen offices where
his focus is on further expanding the company’s integrated
capabilities in the Nordics, working closely with colleagues across
the region and the globe.
Prior to joining Korn Ferry, Kai led the European Leadership &
Succession Practice for a global executive search firm, working
extensively with C-suite executives and board members at major
Nordic, European and global technology clients. Before this Kai led
the European and Global Technology Sector and was instrumental
in establishing its presence in the Nordic region.
He has considerable experience in advising clients on how to align
a company’s talent portfolio with the overall business strategy and
company culture.
Previously, Kai worked for Apple Computer as the UK Regional
Marketing Director, based in London, and as EMEA Marketing
Manager for the Education Business Unit based in Paris. Before
that, he held various sales and marketing management positions
at Apple Computer and Hewlett-Packard in Denmark.
Kai received his MBA from Northwestern University, Kellogg
Graduate School of Management and his MSc in Economics from
the University of Aarhus, Denmark. He is fluent in Danish, English,
Swedish and Norwegian.
Kai is a published author and distinguished thought leader,
co-authoring a book called “Fish Can’t See Water”, on how
national culture impacts organisational and business success.
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Elina Björklund
CEO, Reima Oy
Elina Björklund was appointed CEO of Reima Oy in 2012. Reima is
the leading Nordic functional kids wear brand currently owned
by Riverside, the US based private equity investor.
Prior to joining Reima, Elina was Partner and Director of
Management Consultancy B&B Advisors in Shanghai, China.
Prior to this her working history included executive roles in
companies Fiskars Plc and Iittala Group.
She started her career in banking and held a position of Chief
equity analyst and Deputy Managing Director of Merita Securities
(currently Nordea) between 1996-1999.
Elina has had several positions of trust throughout her career
including Marimekko Plc and Finnair Plc. She holds a M.Sc
(Economics) from the Helsinki School of Economics and Business
Administration. She has also attended the MBA Finance
Programme at the City University Business School in London
and studied in International Design Business Management pro
–programme at the Aalto University in Helsinki.
Torben Frigaard Rasmussen
Former CEO, e-conomic
Torben is a Special Operating Director at HgCapital, the #1
investor in technology growth buyouts across Europe over
the last 15 years.
Torben joined HgCapital in 2014, having spent nearly six years
as CEO at e-conomic, a HgCapital portfolio company. He has
a 20 year track record in the SME software and online sector,
working to build businesses in Europe and across the USA.
In addition, Torben is Chairman of a number of companies:
Vinens Verden, Worldticket, Kofoed&Co and esoft a/s. He is
also a member of the board at Fyens Stiftstidende and the
advisory board at Danish National Growth Fund/Vækstfonden.
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CEO Perspective and its owners
Per Thau
CEO, Dagrofa A/S
Per Thau became CEO of Dagrofa in November 2013.
From 2010 to 2013, he assumed responsibilities as Purchasing and
Category Director at Dagrofa. Before he came to Dagrofa, he was a
Director at Kvickly at Coop Denmark. From 1997 to 2006 he was the
Sales Manager, Category Manager and Group Manager at Unilever.
Per has an MSc in International Marketing and Management from
the University of Southern Denmark (1997), and BA in Marketing from
the University of Newcastle (1994).
Per attended the Prince’s Life Regiment from 1990 to 2005 where
he ranked as a Reserve Officer.
Per’s hobbies include: Sailing, swimming, running, mountain biking
and skiing.
Frank Fiskers
President & CEO, Scandic Hotels
Frank Fiskers is since October 2013 President & CEO of
Scandic Hotels, one of Europe´s largest hotel operators with
currently 235 hotels in operation and development in seven
countries and close to 13,000 employees. For the two years
prior Frank was CEO of Coop/KF, Sweden. Prior to that he
was a partner at Azure Property Group, London. In April 2007
Frank became CEO of Scandic Hotels as part of a private equity
buy-out, a position he held until September 2010. For six years
Frank was with Hilton as Vice President based in Frankfurt,
Stockholm, London and Johannesburg. Before that he was
for a number of years with SAS Hotels in various senior
operational positions - latest as Vice President, Nordic
Countries.
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Heimdall
Lars Bo Jeppesen
Group CEO, Dentsu Aegis Network
Lars Bo Jeppesen was appointed CEO of Dentsu Aegis Network Nordics, Central & Eastern Europe (NCEE) in August 2014.
Prior to his regional role Lars Bo Jeppesen was CEO of Dentsu
Aegis Network in Denmark since 2006 and Nordic CEO since
2013. Worldwide, Dentsu Aegis Network is Innovating the Way
Brands Are Built for its clients through its best-in-class expertise
and capabilities in media, digital and creative communications
services. The group consists of a number of digital, media and
marketing agencies including Carat, Vizeum, iProspect, Isobar,
Posterscope and psLIVE. There are 3000 full time employees
in the 18 markets of the NCEE region.
Before joining Dentsu Aegis Network, Lars Bo Jeppesen, who
has a master degree in economics and marketing, founded the
first sponsorship consultancy company “Promovator” in Denmark in 1998. The company was sold to Aegis plc (now Dentsu
Aegis Network) in 2002 and today operates under the name
“psLIVE”. Furthermore he worked for Carlsberg, TDC, Danske
Bank, Velux, Lego and SAS on maximising the return on their
sponsorship investments.
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LP Perspective
Where are the big opportunities for investment in
the Nordics (vs. rest of Europe), and why now?
Moderator:
John L. Pitts
Managing Director,
Forbes Private Capital Group
John Pitts is based in London, and is responsible for raising
capital from institutions and family offices in Europe. Prior to
joining FPCG, Mr. Pitts successfully raised capital for alternative
investment strategies for Teragon Capital, a European private
placement firm. From 2002 to 2007, he was a Senior Portfolio
Manager and Co-Director for U.S. equity long/short strategies
at Cheyne Capital, a London-based multi-strategy hedge fund.
Prior to Cheyne, Mr. Pitts was Head of Trading for the entrepreneurial
investment bank W.R. Hambrecht & Co. He began his career
in 1995 as a Senior Equity Trader at Hambrecht & Quist in San
Francisco. He graduated with a B.A. in Political Science and
Business Administration from the University of California, Los
Angeles.
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Ellehammer 1
Espen Langeland
Head of Primary investments,
Argentum
Espen Langeland is an Investment Director and heads up the
firm’s activities in the primary market. He joined Argentum in
2003 from the investment banking division of HSBC, where he
was part of the Nordic M&A team.
Espen holds an MSc in Economics and Business Administration
from the Norwegian School of Economics and the Stockholm
School of Economics.
Nathalie von Niederhaeusern
Managing Director,
BlackRock Private Equity Partners
Nathalie von Niederhaeusern, Managing Director, is a member
of the BlackRock Private Equity Partners (PEP) group within
BlackRock Alternative Investors.
Ms. von Niederhaeusern has more than 15 years of experience
in the private equity and corporate finance industry. She started
her career in 1997 at Zurich Financial Services, Switzerland,
in the Mergers & Acquisitions department, focusing on the
life and non-life insurance sectors. In 1999, she joined Swiss
Re, Switzerland, focusing on the company’s strategic, long-term
investments in the insurance industry. As from 2001, she
worked for Swiss Re’s Private Equity Fund of Funds unit,
where she was responsible for investments in European and
US based private equity fund managers. In 2005, she moved
to New York, United States, to establish the North American
presence of the unit. Prior to joining BlackRock Private Equity
Partners, Ms. von Niederhaeusern was Head Private Equity
and Investment Monitoring and member of the Investment
Committee at Swiss Re Private Equity Partners.
Ms. von Niederhaeusern holds a Master Degree in Business
Administration from the University of Bern, and is a CFA and
CAIA charterholder.
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LP Perspective
Helen Steers
Partner, Pantheon
Helen Steers, Partner ( joined 2004, 25 years of private equity
experience)
Helen leads Pantheon’s European primary investment activity
and chairs the European Investment Committee. Helen is also
a member of the International Investment Committee and the
Co-investment Committee. Helen joined Pantheon in 2004
from Russell Investments in Paris, where she was Managing
Director with overall responsibility for private equity in
Europe. Prior to joining Russell in 1999, Helen spent five
years as Director, European Private Equity with the Caisse de
dépôt et placement du Québec. From 1989 to 1994, Helen
was a senior investment manager at the Business Development
Bank of Canada in Montréal.
Helen received a BA and an MA in engineering from the
University of Cambridge and an MBA from the University of
Western Ontario in Canada. Helen, who is bilingual in English
and French, is based in London.
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Ellehammer 1
Dan Kjerulf
Partner, Danske Private Equity
Dan has 28 years of experience in legal matters relating to
private equity and other financial transactions and has
been responsible for negotiating and structuring terms and
conditions governing all portfolio investments in the Danske PEP
I-V funds-of-funds. Furthermore, Dan serves on the LP Platform
Council of the European Private Equity and Venture Capital
Association (EVCA) and has served on the Legal Affairs
Committee of the Danish Venture Capital and Private Equity
Association.
Dan’s focus on negotiating and drafting commercially minded
contractual relationships ensures an ongoing alignment of
interest between Danske Private Equity, its investors and
portfolio funds. Before joining Danske Private Equity, Dan was
Head of the Legal Section in Danske Securities Corporate Finance,
where his duties included due diligence on and monitoring of
equity fund investments made by the Danske Bank Group,
and advising clients on a range of transactions involving private
equity funds. Prior to heading the legal section of Danske
Securities, Dan held various legal positions within Danske Bank
(HandelsBanken).
Dan holds a masters degree in law from the University of
Copenhagen.
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Deal Sourcing
Where to source for superior returns?
Moderator:
Lisa Wright
Managing Director, Bureau Van Dijk
Lisa has been working in the information industry for over
twenty years and has a detailed knowledge of both company
financial information and M&A data. She holds a post graduate
qualification in Business and Management from Salford
University and in 2013 also sat and passed the Certified Merger
& Acquisition Advisor (CM&AA) certification programme for
Mid-Market M&A Advisors operating in the US market.
Lisa Wright joined Zephus.com, a provider of M&A data, as
Commercial Director in 2001 to manage the transition of its
original business model from free to fee paying and to seek
new revenue streams. Part of this transition was Lisa’s
instigation of discussions with Bureau van Dijk (BvD), the
leading publisher of global business information, regarding
a co-published analytical M&A information product, Zephyr,
which was successfully launched 2002. When the opportunity
arose for BvD to acquire Zephus, Lisa participated in the sale
process.
Lisa is now BvD’s managing director for M&A products globally
and oversees the research process for Zephyr. She is BvD’s
product expert in Global M&A and acts in an advisory role to
the group’s sales teams worldwide.
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Ellehammer 2
Dr. Ralf Gleisberg
Partner, Akina Partners
Ralf is a Partner at Akina who advises funds of funds and
direct investment programs, investing mainly in small and
mid-sized companies in Europe. He is responsible for advising
on fund investments in the Benelux and the Nordic countries and
is a member of the advisory board of several private equity
funds. He has been instrumental in setting up the portfolio
monitoring for the company’s advised investment vehicles.
Before joining the company, Ralf worked at Lombard Odier
Group in Zurich and Paris, spending four years in the Corporate
Finance team. His experience includes transactions such as
going publics, capital increases, restructurings, public tender
offers and private buy- and sell-side M&A transactions. Prior
to Lombard Odier, Ralf spent three years at Dresdner Bank
rotating through various divisions of the bank in Stuttgart,
Frankfurt and Hong Kong.
Ralf holds a Doctorate in Finance from Basel University and a
Masters Degree in Economics acquired at Freiburg University
and the University of Michigan. He is fluent in German, English
and French. A German / Swiss national, Ralf is married and
has three children.
Ola Nordquist
Head of Nordic, Permira
Ola is Head of Permira’s Nordic office. He has worked on a
number of transactions including TDC and Pharmaq.
Prior to joining Permira in 2005, Ola worked in London at
Apax Partners on a number of buy-outs specifically covering
the Nordic region and in M&A at Lehman Brothers. Previously,
he was a Manager in the Strategy Division at Andersen
Consulting (now Accenture) in Washington DC.
Ola has a Masters in Economics from the Gothenburg School
of Economics and Commercial Law, Sweden, and an MBA
from Harvard Business School, USA
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Deal Sourcing
Mads Ditlevsen
Director, EQT
Mr. Mads Ditlevsen joined EQT Partners in January 2004. He
has since then been based in both Copenhagen and Hong
Kong, where he worked for the EQT Greater China fund.
He currently serves as a board member of Atos Medical and
Færch Plast. He was also part of the deal teams on the Contex,
IHI, CaridianBCT, Dako, Tiger and Qinterra transactions.
Mr Ditlevsen holds a M. Sc. in Finance and Accounting from
Copenhagen Business School and Case Western Reserve
University, Ohio. He is also engaged with Copenhagen Business
School, where he acts as supervisor and examiner on M. Sc.
dissertations.
Jørgen Kjærnes
Managing Partner,
Cubera Private Equity
With 24 years private equity experience, Jørgen is one of the
most experienced Nordic managers. His experience spanning
from bank Investment Director, family office CEO and partner
at a Private Equity fund. As appointed Managing Partner, he
established the Norwegian fund-of-funds Argentum in 2002
and left in 2006 to establish Cubera Private Equity, the leading
player within Nordic Secondary. Jørgen holds a M.Sc. (IndEc)
from the University of Linköping.
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Operational
Excellence
What are the key techniques to ensure
maximum value creation and deliver top-tier
value for the portfolio companies?
Moderator:
Michael Diné
Nordic Head of Operational Turnarounds &
Restructuring, EY
Michael is specialized in turnaround and restructuring situations
mainly with a strategic and operational focus. He has successfully
carried out several turnarounds for private equity clients, private
owners and corporates as well as restructuring initiatives mainly
for banks and investors. His core industry sector knowledge
is with retail & consumer products, installation, hightech
manufacturing and mobile operators. Prior to joining EY in
2011, Michael has been a Partner with other Strategy &
Management Consulting Firms and held leading positions
within corporates like IKEA. He holds a degree in International
Trade Law from the University of Lund and corporate MBA
program from INSEAD/LBS.
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Heimdall
Pontus Pettersson
Principal, Cinven
Pontus joined Cinven in 2011 and is a member of the Industrials
sector team. He has been involved in a number of transactions
including CeramTec and Prezioso.
Previously, Pontus was a Principal at KKR & Co in London,
Tokyo and Menlo Park, where he worked on a number of
deals. Prior to this, he worked at Altor Equity Partners in Stockholm.
ACO Hud, Ferrosan, and Lindorff Group are among the investments
on which Pontus worked. Pontus started his career at
Goldman Sachs.
Pontus has a BA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from
Oxford University and an MBA from the Stanford University
Graduate School of Business.
Felix Ackermann
Partner, Evoco
Felix is a co-founder of Evoco. He has 17 years of professional
experience in private equity and operating turnaround
management, respectively consulting.
Felix was a co-founder of Rhino Partners in 2007 where he
led the buyout and buy-and-build of Seniocare to a EUR 80
million company on behalf of Rhino Partner’s clients. He was
part of the team that established 3i in Switzerland between
2000 and 2006 and has invested in several companies
across industries and stages of development.
Prior, he was with Helbling Management Consulting where
he led cross-border turnaround and interim management
engagements. He holds a MSc as mechanical engineer of
the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH) and a
Bachelor of Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne
(EPFL). Felix is a board member of Solarwatt GmbH and De
Martin AG.
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Operational Excellence
Juan de Ochoa
Managing Director - European Portfolio,
KKR Capstone
Juan de Ochoa (London) joined KKR Capstone in 2011
as European Procurement Head. Currently Mr. de Ochoa
leads performance improvement efforts across the European
portfolio with a particular focus on Manufacturing, Supply
Chain, Procurement and Turnarounds. Prior to joining KKR
Capstone, Mr. de Ochoa was a Director at AlixPartners,
specializing in procurement and supply chain. Before that
he was general manager and primary shareholder of an
Automotive Tier II supplier specializing in injection moulding
with plants in Spain and Slovakia. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree
in Economics and Business Administration from the Université
Catholique de Louvain (Belgium) and specialized training courses
in Operations. Mr. de Ochoa is fluent in Spanish, English and
French.
Christoffer Sjøqvist
Managing Director,
CVC Capital Partners
Christoffer joined CVC’s Nordic team in March 2006, and
has since then been involved with the firm’s investments in
Post Danmark, Ahlsell and Matas, serving as a member of the
board of Matas until its IPO in June 2013. Prior to CVC, Christoffer
worked at Warburg Pincus and Lazard Private Equity, starting
his career at Goldman Sachs as an M&A banker in both
London and Asia. He is a graduate of the London School of
Economics.
Christian Jarnov
Investment Advisory Professional - Head of Danish Investments, Triton
Prior to joining, Christian was most recently a Director at Nordic
Capital, where he spent seven years. Previously, he was an
Associate at McKinsey in Copenhagen. Christian has an MSc
in Engineering from the Danish Institute of Technology.
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Mega Fund
Perspective
Is mega back? Where are the opportunities
for mega deals in the Nordics?
Moderator:
Yves Lacroix
Partner
Yves Lacroix is a partner in the private equity & real estate
practice of Arendt & Medernach, where he specialises in
investment funds formation work, advising domestic and foreign
clients in matters relating to the structuring and operation of
Luxembourg investment funds, including contracts, company
law, securities services matters and investment funds operating
arrangements, with a specific focus on private equity, opportunistic
real estate and alternative asset classes.
He is a member of the Luxembourg Bar.
Yves Lacroix also worked several years as a senior legal officer
for a major bank in Luxembourg, where he was in charge of
the legal affairs concerning the structuring, operation and
administration of investment funds as well as compliance
matters regarding the fund business of the bank.
He is a member of the legal committee of the Association of
the Luxembourg Fund Industry Association (ALFI).
Yves Lacroix holds a Master’s degree in law from the Université
de Liège (Belgium).
Languages: English and French.
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Ellehammer 1
Sachin Tulyani
Partner - CFA,
Adams Street Partners
Sachin is a member of Adams Street Partners’ Direct Investment
Team with a specific focus on growth equity and buyout
co-investments. He is a Partner serving on the Direct Investment
Committee with responsibility for Europe, Asia & other emerging
markets.
Adams Street Partners has been co-investing alongside GPs
for the past 25+ years and the co-investment platform
comprises of dedicated funds (in process of raising fund 3) as
well as an allocation to their global fund of funds.
Robin Marshall
Managing Director, Bain Capital
Robin Marshall joined Bain Capital in 2009 and is a Managing
Director. Prior to joining Bain Capital, he was a Partner at 3i
where he completed transactions in the healthcare, business
services, and consumer sectors. Robin was the founding partner
of 3i’s US Private Equity business and prior to that was a
Managing Director of 3i’s UK business. Previously, he was
with McKinsey & Company and Procter & Gamble.
Robin received his Master’s Degree from the University of
Glasgow. He was also a post-graduate Thouron Fellow at the
University of Pennsylvania.
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Mega Fund Perspective
Leif Lindbäck
Partner, Charterhouse
Leif Lindbäck joined Charterhouse in 2013.
He previously spent eleven years at Blackstone in London,
where he was a Managing Director and participated in
numerous investments across sectors on a pan-European
basis. Prior to this, he worked for Morgan Stanley within its
Private Equity Group.
He received a Master’s Degree in Finance from the ESCP-EAP
European School of Management. He is fluent in English, French
and Norwegian.
Daniel Zilberman
Managing Director, Head of European
Financial Services and Special Situations Groups
Daniel Zilberman is a Partner based in London, and leads
Warburg Pincus’ European Financial Services and Special
Situations groups. Since joining Warburg Pincus in 2005, Mr.
Zilberman has led and completed investments in various
financial services related sectors including banks, insurance
companies, asset/wealth managers, consumer finance
companies, leasing companies, broker dealers and service
providers to the financial services industry. He is currently a
board member of Aeolus Re Ltd., Primerica Inc., Santander
Consumer USA, The Mutual Fund Store and Santander
Asset Management. Prior to joining Warburg Pincus, Mr.
Zilberman worked at private equity firm, Evercore Capital
Partners and investment bank, Lehman Brothers. He received
a B.A. in International Relations from Tufts University and an
M.B.A. in Finance from The Wharton School at the University
of Pennsylvania.
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Ellehammer 1
15:00-16:00
Michael Bruun
Managing Director,
Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division
Michael is a Managing Director in the Merchant Banking
Division (MBD) in London, responsible for corporate investing
in Scandinavia. He has been with MBD since 2010 and has
worked in both London and New York.
Previously, Michael was an associate in the Nordic Mergers
& Acquisitions team in the Investment Banking Division (IBD).
He joined Goldman Sachs in 2004 as an analyst in the Fixed
Income, Currency and Commodities Division and transferred
to IBD in 2005. He became a vice president in 2010 and was
named managing director in 2013.
Michael earned a BA in Economics from the University of
Copenhagen in 2002 and an MSc in Economics from University
of Copenhagen and Cornell University in 2004.
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Exit Routes
How to select and execute the perfect
exit strategy to maximise returns?
Moderator:
Merlin Piscitelli
Director - Sales,
Merrill DataSite, International
Merlin leads a high performing sales organisation at Merrill
DataSite – the premier virtual data room solution that acts as
a due diligence platform to manage sensitive and confidential
information. He operates out of the European headquarters in
London since 2006 and has been a key contributor in driving
the business forward with consistent as well as exponential
growth. Merlin has played an instrumental role in formulating
the growth strategy in the EMEA region whilst actively feeding
into the product development roadmap with continuous
improvements. He oversees a team of sales executives in
London whilst covering a wide client base across United Kingdom,
Nordic region, Russia (CIS), India and Africa/ South Africa.
He is also a member of the Merrill Corporate Initiative and
Management team, where he advises on the go-to-market
plan for establishing integrated cross-selling opportunities
across other product lines at Merrill Corporation.
Overall he comes with more than 17 years of experience
growing companies, building teams and exceeding expectations.
His experience has primarily been in Software, SaaS, Cloud
based (ASP) technologies and services. He holds a BS degree
in Marketing from Florida State University.
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Ellehammer 2
Henrik Lundh
Senior Investment Manager,
Ratos
Henrik is Senior Investment Manager at Ratos, which he joined
in 2007. Between 2000 and 2007 he was founding partner at
small-cap M&A advisor Keystone Advisers in Stockholm. He
started his career at Warburg Dillon Read’s M&A execution
team in London in 1998.
Henrik holds a Master of Science degree in Economics and
Business from Stockholm School of Economics and NYU Stern
School of Business.
Joachim Ogland
Senior Partner - Head of Nordic,
BC Partners
Joachim joined BC Partners (London) in 2003 and is responsible
for the firm’s investment activities in the Nordic region. He
has been actively involved with investments in Office Depot,
Foxtons, Dometic, Teknon and BDR Thermea and he currently
serves on the boards of Com Hem and Nille.
Prior to joining BC Partners, Joachim spent two years at Morgan
Stanley Capital Partners in London working on growth capital
and leverage buy-out investments across Europe. Prior to
business school, he spent two years at McKinsey & Co in Oslo
and consulted clients in media, telecom, financial services and
retail sectors.
Joachim holds an MBA from Harvard University and a BSc in
Mechanical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT).
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Exit Routes
Klaus Thune
Managing Director,
JP Morgan
Mr. Thune has worked for JPMorgan since June 2000 and
has been an investment banker since 1990. He is a senior
Nordic client banker with responsibility for Denmark and Finland
and several other clients in the rest of the Nordic region. In
addition he covers selected non Nordic clients within the
Industrial sector.
Prior to joining JPMorgan he worked for Deutsche Bank,
where he was Co-head of their Industrial Group in London,
for Merrill Lynch in their M&A department focusing on the
Capital Goods sector and for Trap & Kornum, a Danish M&A
firm, where he was involved in several Scandinavian transactions.
Before this Klaus worked as assistant to the Board of Directors
of ISS, a large Danish Service Group.
Klaus holds a B.A. and a M.Sc. in Economics and Business
Administration from Copenhagen Business School.
Erik Tregaard
Managing Director - Investment Banking
Division
Erik Tregaard is a Managing Director in the Investment Banking
Division of Morgan Stanley based in Stockholm.
Erik started his career in the Corporate Finance Department at
Warburg Dillon Read in London in 1999.
He is a graduate of the Norwegian School of Economics and
Business Administration (NHH).
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Ellehammer 2
Søren Johansen
Partner, Altor Equity Partners
Søren Johansen, Partner, has worked for the leading Danish
law firm, Kromann Reumert for 22 years which includes three
years at its London office and 12 years as a partner. During the
period 2007 through to joining Altor in 2011, Søren Johansen
served as Managing Partner of Kromann Reumert. Prior to
being elected as managing partner he mainly worked on
private M&A transactions including some of the larger private
equity transactions in Denmark. Søren Johansen is of Danish
origin and speaks Danish, English and some German. He
holds a Master of Law degree from the University of Copenhagen
and is inter alia a member of the boards of Carnegie Asset
Management A/S, Haarslev Industries A/S, Sonion A/S, OW
Bunker A/S and Wrist Ship Supply A/S.
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TMT investments
in Private Equity and
Venture Capital
How to win big in TMT in the Nordics?
Moderator:
Gregers Kronborg
Chairman, DVCA
General Partner Nothzone
Gregers Kronborg is general partner of Northzone Ventures
working out of the Copenhagen and London offices. Gregers
Kronborg is responsible for investments in eCommerce/
internet business models such as TrustPilot and Mojn/
RTT, and in hardware related investments in Napatech and
Asetek, that were both listed on Oslo stock exchange last year.
Gregers also serves as chairman of the venture sector of DVCA.
Prior to joining Northzone, Gregers has been a business angel,
a successful technology entrepreneur (COCOM acquired by
Cisco) and management consulting partner. Gregers holds a
MsC in Engineering and a Bachelor BA.
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Heimdall
Mikael Johnsson
Partner, Amadeus Capital
Mikael focuses on Nordic growth stage technology companies.
Based in Stockholm, Sweden he is a Venture Partner with
Amadeus.
In 2011 Mikael founded Top Gear Advisory and Investment in
Stockholm to pursue opportunities as an independent investor
and advisor. At Top Gear Mikael has worked with more than
20 fast growing tech companies on strategy, coaching and
fundraising, including raising more than $10m of venture funding
for three companies. He was previously Vice President at Investor
Growth Capital focusing on expansion stage venture in the TMT
sector, and Senior Consultant at KPMG Consulting, Stockholm.
Mikael holds an MSc in Industrial Engineering and Management
from Linköping Institute of Technology in Sweden. He has served
as a non-executive director at several companies and currently
serves on the boards at inRiver, Qwaya, Loop54 and Keybroker.
Martin S. Hauge
General Partner, Creandum
Martin has for more than 10 years been a General Partner
in Creandum. He is an entrepreneur and co-founder of several
startups in Scandinavia. Among them Interaction Design and
Creuna. As a GP in Creandum he has recently worked with
Nanoradio (Acquired by Samsung in 2012) and IPtronics
(Acquired by Mellanox in 2013) and currently he holds board
seats in Appear TV, Vivino, Autobutler and Fitbay.
Martin holds a M.Sc. from NTH-NTNU in Trondheim and has
studied business at IMD in Lausanne and at Stanford University.
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TMT Investments
Per Skoglund
Associate Director, Carlyle
Per Skoglund is an Associate Director advising on European
buyout and growth capital investment opportunities in
technology & business service sectors. Since joining Carlyle in
2008, Per has been heavily involved in Carlyle’s investments in
LBI/Bigmouthmedia, ITRS Group, Vubiquity and BTI.
Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Skoglund was an Associate at Citi
London, where he focused on the opportunities in the Nordic
region for three years. Prior to Citi, Mr. Skoglund worked for
McKinsey and Co in London for two years.
Mr. Skoglund graduated and received a Msc from the School
of Economics and Management in Lund, Sweden with a
specialization in international finance.
Hans J. Carstensen
CFO, Egmont
Merlin Piscitelli joined Merrill in January 2006 to help lead the
Hans J. Carstensen is the CFO of Egmont. Egmont is one of
Scandinavia’s leading media groups publishing digital media, as
well as tv, magazines, weeklies and movies etc. Mr. Carstensen
is the former CFO of TDC Mobile and has had a range of
executive positions within the tele industry and holds a M.Sc.
in Economics and Business Administration from the University
of Aarhus.
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Nic Humphries
Managing Partner - Head of TMT,
HgCapital
Nic is the Managing Partner of HgCapital and the head of the
TMT team. HgCapital is the #1 investor in technology growth
buyouts across Europe over the last 15 years.
Nic joined HgCapital in 2001, having previously worked at
Geocapital Partners where he founded its European business.
Prior to that, he was head of Barclays Private Equity’s IT and
telecoms team. He started his career at 3i plc and has over
24 years’ experience of the private equity and venture capital
industry. Nic’s investment experience has focused on the TMT
sector.
Nic is a member of HgCapital’s Executive Committee, as well
as its Investment, Portfolio Review and Valuation Committee.
He has led investments including e-conomic, Visma, IRIS, Rolfe
& Nolan, Xyratex, Geneva Technology and NextGenTel. He has
co-led investments in Addison Software, CS Group plc and
SiTel Semiconductor. He is currently a director on the boards
of e-conomic, Visma and IRIS. Nic is also a World Fellow of the
Duke of Edinburgh Awards.
Nic holds a First Class degree in Electronic Engineering from
the University of Salford and was an IEEE and National
Engineering Council scholar.
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Conference, please contact Joanne Chia:
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