CEE Private Equity Forum Programme Agenda |
DAY ONE: NOVEMBER 3, 2011
08:30 Registration, Refreshments and Networking
09:15 Chair’s Opening Remarks and Welcome
Garret Byrne
Partner – M&A Transaction Services
Leader
Deloitte Central Europe (Prague)
9:15 Keynote Presentation
Thierry Baudon
Managing Partner
Mid Europa Partners (London)
09:30 Panel: How to Win the War for Deals and Capitalise on Current Growth Opportunities across CEE
Panelists:
Thomas Wilfling
Director
AXA Private Equity
(Vienna)
Brian Wardrop
Managing Partner
ARX Equity Partners (Prague)
Pierre Mellinger
CEO, PineBridge Investments
Central Europe (Warsaw)
Parham Pouladdej
Managing Director
EMSA Capital (Vienna)
Yalin Karadogan
Principal
Cinven (London)
10:45 Coffee and Networking
11:15 Private Equity Activity in CEE: Stuck in the Middle Again
Bill Watson
Chief Investment Officer, Eastern Europe
Amundi Private Equity Funds (Paris)
11:45 Regional Transactions – a Case Study of Provimi Pet Food
Albena Vassileva
Director
Advent International
(Prague)
12:15 Poland as the Most Attractive Private Equity Proposition in CEE
Moderator:
Dr. Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz
Managing
Partner
GESSEL Attorneys at Law (Warsaw)
Panelists:
Andrzej Bartos
Managing Partner
Innova Capital (Warsaw)
Robert Manz
Managing Partner
Enterprise Investors (Warsaw)
Witold Radwanski
Managing Director
Krokus (Warsaw)
13:15 Networking Lunch Hosted by Sponsor Partner
14:15 CEE Private Healthcare: The Changing Regulatory and Fiscal Environment and Resulting Opportunities for Private Equity
Moderator:
Hein Van Dam
Partner, Financial
Services
Deloitte Central Europe
Panelists:
Václav Jirk
Investment Director
Penta Investments (Prague)
Additional panelists TBC
15:00 How Can Private Equity Investors Capitalise from the Current Wave of M&A Activity in the Region
Richard Clegg
Partner
Wolf Theiss (Sofia)
15:30 Investing in Generic Pharmaceutical Companies
Sunil Nair
Senior Managing Director and
Head of Europe, Middle East, Africa and India
Citi Venture Capital International (London)
16:00 Coffee and Networking
16:30 Common Mistakes in Private Equity Transactions and Lessons Learnt the Hard Way: Relevant Experiences from Various Perspectives
Moderator:
Christopher Rose
Partner
Squire Sanders (Moscow)
Panelists:
Claire Scott-Priestley
Partner
Squire Sanders (London)
Additional panelist to be announced
16:45 Public to Private in Poland – Key Challenges and New Opportunities
Tomasz Hatylak
Senior Associate
Squire Sanders Święcicki Krześniak sp. k.
17:15 Debt Finance, Leveraged Loan Market and Mezzanine
Moderator:
Richard Clegg
Partner
Wolf Theiss (Sofia)
Panelists:
Sean Glodek
Director
Darby Private Equity
(Warsaw)
Thomas Spring
Founding Partner
Syntaxis Capital (Vienna)
Patrick O’Brian
Managing Partner
ADM (London)
18:00 From Philanthropy to Equity: Investing in Social Enterprise in CEE
Moderator:
Joseph Schull
Warburg Pincus (London) & NESsT
Board of Directors
Panelists:
Roxana Damaschin-Tecu
NESsT Enterprise
Development Director Europe
Aron Jakab
CEO
Fruit of Care
18:30 Drinks Reception & International Venture
Philanthropy Award hosted by sponsor partner
The International Venture Philanthropy Award was established by NESsT in 2001 to promote excellence in the fi eld of venture philanthropy and to celebrate international venture philanthropy role models. Also known as the "NESsT Golden Egg Award," the biennial award is presented to a member of the CEE private equity/venture capital industry who is a role model for giving back to the communities/region in which our industry invests.
Presented by:
Loic Comolli
NESsT, & Robert Manz, Enterprise
Investors (2009 award recipient)