Private Equity, Growth Capital & Venture Capital In The World’s Converging, Emerging & Frontier Economies

What makes this event the leading emerging market private equity conference in the world?

INCREDIBLE LP LINE UP Joseph Dear, CIO, CALPERS as of 3 March 2009, joins over 45 other LPs to give his insight into emerging market private equity

Joe Dear was appointed Executive Director of the Washington State Investment Board in November, 2002. He serves as the Board’s Chief Executive Officer, overseeing a staff of 65 that implements the Board’s investment policy decisions. The WSIB manages $80.1 billion within 36 funds. Formerly he served as Government Relations Officer for Frank Russell Company, Chief Of Staff for Governor Gary Locke, Assistant Secretary Of Labour for the U. S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and Director of the Washington State Department of Labour and Industries. Joe was a member on the Washington State Investment Board from 1987 to 1992, and served as Board chair from 1989 to 1991. Joe serves on the Boards of the Council of Institutional Investors, Pacific Pension Institute, Millstein Centre for Corporate Governance and Performance, Economic Opportunity Institute, the College Success Foundation, and The Evergreen State College Foundation. As of 3 March 2009, Joe will take up his new position as Chief Investment Officer at CalPERS.

Hear from the most experienced GPs operating in the emerging markets including exclusive insights from ACTIS, ADVENT INTERNATIONAL, AUREOS and DUBAI INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL

Paul Fletcher, Senior Partner, ACTIS gives his views on where capital can generate strongest returns in the emerging markets whilst Sev Vettivetpillai, CEO, AUREOS offers an insight into how to build a business in the emerging markets. Pan-emerging market epxerts are joined by regionally specific experts Peter Amour, CEO, AIF CAPITAL, Patricia Cloherty, Chairwoman, DELTA PRIVATE EQUITY PARTNERS, Luis Miranda, CEO, IDFC and John Gnodde, Executive Director, BRAIT

LP Summit – 30 June 2009 including speakers from HERMES PRIVATE EQUITY, CANADIAN PENSION PLAN BOARD, ONTARIO TEACHERS, IFC, OECD, PICTET & CIE and ALLIANZ

Hear from leading LPs investing in the emerging markets to learn their views on the hottest regions for 2009-2010, their strategies for these new and exciting markets and their fund manager selection criteria. Hear Andrew Claerhout of ONTARIO TEACHERS’ PRIVATE CAPITAL interviewed on Teachers’ investment strategy for the emerging regions and an exclusive Sovereign Welath Fund research report from Helmut Reisen, Head of Research at OECD. With over 10 hours of dedicated LP perspectives, you really can't afford to miss meeting these first class private equity investors.

Leading Economist and author of 'China And The West In The 21st Century', Will Hutton gives his view on the relationship between China, India and western economies.

 

Meet the key players in emerging market private equity through our structured networking programme

• 12 Hours of structured networking breaks
• 15 hours of dedicated LP perspectives
• 110+ Expert speakers
• 50+ LPs
• 1 Breakfast briefing
• 2 LP-GP Networking Sessions
• 2 Fund Showcase sessions - your chance to present a fund to a panel of LP judges. Email Katy on kmcdonnell@icbi.co.uk for more information
• 100s of potential meetings

Save time and money travelling the world with 3 days at Super Return Emerging Markets in Geneva, Switzerland.

International Private Equity Titan David Rubenstein, Co-Founder of THE CARLYLE GROUP analyses global PE trends and gives his thoughts on the next 12-18 months

Mr Rubenstein co-founded the firm in 1987. Since then, Carlyle has grown into a firm managing more than $70 billion from 30 offices around the world. From 1975-76 David served as Chief Counsel to the US Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments. From 1977-81, during the Carter Administration, David was Deputy Assistant to the Presidence for Domestic Policy. After his White House service and before co-founding Carlyle, David practiced law in Washington with Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Towbridge (now Pilsbury, Winthrop Shaw Pittman).

110+ Speakers from leading private equity and growth capital firms and investors. Download the speaker line up to see who will be in Geneva at this Growth Capital Event
REGIONAL FOCUS SESSIONS featuring the lead LPs and GPs from Asia, Middle East, Latin America, Africa, CEE and Russia offer an in depth understanding of regional dynamics and economic trends