3rd Swiss Private Equity Breakfast
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Zurich
The Private Equity Breakfast is an annual event that is hosted through the joint cooperation of Pedersen & Partners and CMS. This is the third event held in Zurich and will bring together senior decision makers from Private Equity, Mezzanine and Venture Funds, Asset Managers, Financial Institutions, Family Offices and their portfolio companies.
The purpose of this event is to bring together investment professionals to discuss and share experiences and comments regarding the current industry climate and future developments.
Type:
Private Equity Breakfast
Venue:
Zunfthaus zur Zimmerleuten
Limmatquai 40
Zurich, Switzerland
Co-Chairs:
- Daniel Jenny - Partner, CMS von Erlach Partners
- Poul Pedersen – Executive Chairman, Pedersen & Partners
Panellists:
- Roy Awad - Managing Partner, White Peaks Capital
- Ueli Eckhardt - Managing Partner, eevolve
- Olivier Franscella - Investment Director & Head of GENUI Switzerland
- Inna Gehrt - Investment Director & Head of DACH, Ackermans & van Haaren
- Christian Hemmrich - Partner, INVISION Private Equity
- Ulrich Mogwitz - Managing Director, Co-Head of Private Equity, Patrimonium
- Kasper Srensen - Director, Bregal Unternehmerkapital
Panel discussion topics:
- Importance of ESG criteria in fundraising and when selecting portfolio companies, including the increased demand for governance at both the fund and portfolio levels;
- Outlook for and latest trends in investment, finance, and M&A activity, including deal flow, valuations and exit strategies, search funds; secondaries; private debt funds, continuation funds;
- High opportunity sectors and market segments: Artificial Intelligence, FinTech, Life Sciences, digital & energy infrastructure, water & food security, decarbonisation/clean energy;
- Value creation: portfolio management and exit strategies, change management, the significance of human capital in due diligence, succession planning, and key talent acquisition and retention;
- Influence of current external factors such as interest rates and inflation, armed geopolitical conflicts, digital transformation, energy transition, new legislation and key elections;
- Fundraising environment - who are the main sources of capital: institutional investors, family offices, corporate ventures, sovereign wealth funds, multilaterals, funds of funds;
- Outbound investment destinations - what geographies have the highest potential for investors and their portfolio companies?