Forum agenda

Sessions run from morning through evening with breaks between speakers and panels.

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08:00 – 09:00

Chair:
Breakfast Briefing

Learnings from breaking research on The Future of GTM value creation in private equity in the age of Commercial AI - Invitation only, hosted by Blue Ridge Partners

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08:30 – 09:15

Chair:
Conference Registration & Networking

09:15 – 09:20

Chair:
Actum Welcome
  • Raouf Fria, Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer, Actum Group

09:20 – 09:30

Chair:
Chair Opening Remarks
  • Carl Evander, Partner & Global Head of Private Equity, OC&C

09:30 – 10:15

Chair:
Investment and Value Creation in the Age of Geoeconomics
  • Raid Ismail, Senior Director- Co-Head MENA Direct Investments & Head of Operational Value Creation Group, PIF
  • Elisabeth Rehder, Managing Director & Global Head of Portfolio Value Creation, CPP Investments
  • Anne Arlinghaus, Partner & Co-Head of Capstone, Americas, KKR

10:15 – 10:45

Chair:
Networking Break

10:45 – 11:30

SUPPLY CHAIN STREAM
Chair:
Creating Value Through Procurement Excellence
  • Dirk De Waart, SVP & Operating Partner, Brookfield
REVENUE GROWTH STREAM
Chair:
AI Pricing and Pricing Enablement to Maximize P&L Impact
  • Jeanne chen, Managing Director, Cinven

11:30 – 12:15

SUPPLY CHAIN STREAM
Chair:
Buy, Build, Integrate: Turning Supply Chain Complexity into Portfolio Value
  • Terrence Hahn, Operating Partner, Cerberus Capital Management
  • Marty Guinoo, Partner, Apax
  • Colin Smith, MD & Head of Portfolio Transformation Team, Oaktree
REVENUE GROWTH STREAM
Chair:
Commercial Engineering: Unlocking Trapped Value at PE Speed
  • Derek Mills, MD Value Creation, Permira
  • Tracy Burzycki, Operating Partner, Apollo
  • Paul Dodd, Go-to-Market Operating Partner, Sixth Street
  • Lane McDonald, Operating Partner, Omers

12:15 – 13:30

Chair:
Networking Lunch & Private Lunch
Private Lunch
Chair:
The Early Advantage: Speed, Precision, and Outsized Returns in PE Value Creation, Invitation only, Lunch hosted by Oliver Wyman
  • Apurva Nair, Partner, Private Capital, Oliver Wyman
  • Kevin Hauser, Partner, Transportation & Advanced Industrials, Oliver Wyman
  • Rich Sheinfeld, Partner, Performance Transformation, Oliver Wyman

13:30 – 14:15

Tech & Gen AI stream
Chair:
No Data, No AI, No Value: Building the Foundations for Real Impact
  • Raj Kushwaha, MD, Value Creation Head & Chief Digital Officer,Warburg Pincus
  • Claire Saint-Donat, Head of Data Science and AI, Bain Capital
  • Himanshu Udeshi, Managing Director – Digital, Towerbrook
  • Alexandra Lutz, Managing Director, Value Creation, EQT
  • Stuart Sim, MD, Head of AI, Silver Lake Partners
Office of the CFO stream
Chair:
The New CFO Playbook for Growth and Value
  • Barry Booth, Senior Operating Partner, HIG
  • Neely Pielet, Managing Director, New Mountain Capital

14:15 – 15:00

Tech & Gen AI stream
Chair:
Cloud as a Core Value Driver
  • Chris Satchell, Head of Portfolio Technology, CD&R
Office of the CFO stream
Chair:
Driving Measurable Impact Through Digital Change
  • Jay Epstein, MD & CFO Advisor, Warburg Pincus

15:00 – 15:30

Chair:
Networking break

15:30 – 16:15

Chair:
Developing Leaders to Unlock Portfolio Performance
  • Tracey Byrne, Operating Partner, Apollo
  • Kate Migliaro, Managing Director, Blackstone

16:15 – 16:45

Chair:
Fireside Chat — Leadership Resilience and the Power of Teams
  • Tony La Russa, Former Manager Chicago White Sox & Three-Time World Series Champion
  • Carl Evander, Partner & Global Head of Private Equity, OC&C

16:45 – 17:00

Chair:
Closing Remarks
  • Carl Evander, Partner & Global Head of Private Equity, OC&C

17:00 – 19:00

Chair:
Drinks reception

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