- Luxexpo Hall 8 - South Entrance, Rue Carlo Hemmer, 2626, Kirchberg, Luxembourg
- Full day conference - 8:30 AM to 8:00 PM
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ABOUT THE INSIGHTS
The LPEA Insights conference is designed by and for GPs, LPs and will also be the meeting point for all Private Equity and Venture Capital practitioners. Over 900 participants are expected to join this years’s edition. This is a unique networking event bringing local and international players together. Luxembourg’s leading Private Equity and Venture Capital conference will take place during the Luxembourg Venture Days.
The Luxembourg Venture Days (LVD), initiated in 2023, is a partnership between LPEA and LuxInnovation. This event brings together LPEA’s Insights conference audience and LuxInnovation’s Fit4Start candidates, creating a successful melting pot of investors and entrepreneurs under one roof. This year, the LVD includes de usual Fit4Start startup competition and dedicated sessions on: the UN Food Programme Innovation Accelerator, Corporate Venture Capital and many other sessions orgnaised by VCs and other partners of the event.
All participants of Insights are automatically registered in the Luxembourg Venture Days and therefore benefiting the additional events available in parallel.
PATHWAY TO COMPETITIVENESS
The Insights 2025 will stay course in the need for excellence an competitiveness of Private Markets. In a moment of global challenges and transformation, the Insights is your lighthouse of guidance and best-practice sharing in buyout, venture, debt and infrastructure.
The conference will feature three stages, all of which with a strong focus on the needs and next steps of LPs and GPs.
Join us and be part of this international conference with a Luxembourg angle!
Agenda
INNOVATION IN ACTION
Innovating the Private Markets Landscape
The PE Tech Area at the LPEA Insights 2025 Conference will once again spotlight the latest innovations shaping Private Equity and Venture Capital. This dedicated space will bring together leading tech providers, GPs, LPs, and asset servicers to explore cutting-edge tools and digital solutions driving efficiency, transparency, and growth in private markets.
Building on the success of our past Demo Days, the PE Tech Area offers an interactive environment to connect with top solution providers, experience live demos, and discover technologies designed to meet the evolving needs of the PE-VC industry.
MEET THE PE TECH FIRMS
MEET THE SPEAKERS
Claudia Scarico
Bio
Claudia Scarico is a Partner in the Private Equity team at Apollo, primarily focused on Packaging, Diversified Industrial and Auto in Europe. She previously served on the board of Verallia. Prior to joining Apollo in 2014, Claudia was a member of the Investment Banking division at Morgan Stanley, focusing on Consumer & Retail transactions. Claudia graduated cum laude from Bocconi University with a Master’s degree in Finance.
Hind El Gaidi
Bio
Hind El Gaidi serves as Head of Luxembourg Office at ICG, a FTSE 100 listed British asset manager with over EUR 100 billion in assets under management.
Ms. El Gaidi is President of the Luxembourg Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (LPEA), following more than five years of service on its board and executive committee. She has been actively involved in various financial market initiatives aimed at positioning Luxembourg’s private markets sector at the forefront of the industry.
She is co-founder and board member of the Luxembourg Valuation Professionals Association, a professional organization affiliated with the International Valuation Standards Council (IVSC).
Ms. El Gaidi is a Member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors. She holds an Executive MBA and MSc from Nyenrode University, The Netherlands, and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics & International Law from the University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, France.
Raman Rajagopal
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Raman Rajagopal is a Senior Client Portfolio Manager dedicated to Invesco’s global private credit group, which includes capabilities across broadly syndicated loans, CLO’s, direct lending and distressed credit.
Mr. Rajagopal joined Invesco in 2016. With Invesco, he has held roles focusing on private markets asset classes as well as in corporate strategy. Mr. Rajagopal was previously a management consultant with Accenture, where he concentrated on wealth and asset management companies. Prior to Accenture, he worked in asset management roles with Oppenheimer and Morgan Stanley. He began his career as a corporate attorney with Paul Hastings LLP, where he focused on mergers and acquisitions.
Mr. Rajagopal earned a BS degree with university honors from Carnegie Mellon University and a JD from the University of Southern California Law School.
Raphael de Botton
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Raphael de Botton is a Senior Managing Director in the Tactical Opportunities group, based in London. Since joining Blackstone in 2006, Mr. de Botton has been involved in Blackstone’s investments in Tangerine, TDC, Tragus, Versace, AAG, Clarion, JOA, Murka, Superbet, HH Global, Sipartech, Lazeo, SII Group, L’Occitane and Dream Games.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. de Botton worked at Lazard in the Mergers and Acquisition division, in New York.
Mr. de Botton graduated from ESSEC Business School with a Master’s degree in Finance and from the French National Institute of Telecommunications with a Master’s of Science. Mr. de Botton serves as a director of JOA, Murka, HH Global, Lazeo, SII Group, Superbet, L’Occitane and Dream Games.
Sara Huda
Bio
Sara Huda is a Managing Director and Head of Investment Services at EQT. Sara also serves as a board member of EQT Fund Management Sarl, EQT’s regulated investment manager.
Prior to EQT, Sara was Head of Luxembourg at the Carlyle Group, overseeing Carlyle’s European investment structures and its regulated investment fund manager. Sara was also a deals and fund tax advisor at PwC for 12 years, working in Australia, New York and Luxembourg.
Sara currently serves on the board of the Luxembourg Association of Funds, the main industry body for asset managers in Luxembourg. She is an admitted solicitor in Australia and holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and Bachelor of Applied Finance from Macquarie University Sydney.
Dr. Serge Younes
Bio
Serge is the Head of Sustainability at Investindustrial, responsible for Sustainability (ESG), Responsible Investing, Impact Investment and sustainable growth. He leads a team of highly experienced domain experts in Sustainability & ESG to deliver tangible value and impact in the investment process working closely with portfolio companies.
Co-Chair and member of the Private Equity Advisory Committee at the UN PRI. Member of the SBTi Financial Sector Expert Advisory Group. Chairs the global Steerco of Initiative Climat International (A PE Climate Initiative). Member of the Invest Europe Responsible Investment Roundtable.
Serge was previously a Director at Accenture Strategy as the global lead for cross-industry “Clean Energy Solutions” helping Cross-industry industry clients in their low-carbon and digital transformations. He also previously lead the sustainability practice in India and also lead the Sustainability Capability Network, a cluster of core strategy practitioners based in India, Argentina and Poland supporting the delivery of projects globally. Serge was a Director of Sustainability Services at WSP Environment & Energy and had responsibility for international business development of renewable energy & sustainable masterplanning advisory services. Serge acted as program manager for the delivery of large sustainable city development masterplans, globally.
Serge has a PhD in Renewable Energy and is a published author on subjects ranging from clean technologies/energy, low carbon infrastructures, and urban planning.
ALL SPEAKERS
Adrian Dearnell
Bio
French-American financial journalist.
Former television presenter and host of various programs in English and French on Bloomberg TV, BFM Business Radio and Radio Classique.
Over the course of his career, he has conducted more than 3,000 television interviews, in both English and French, including with most of the CEOs of the largest French groups.
He is the author of several practical manuals, including “L’Art des présentations percutantes” and “Le Media Training : réussir face aux journalistes”, published by
Eyrolles.
Former President of the Anglo-American Press Association of Paris and active contributor to Forbes.
Adrian Pawelec
Bio
Adrian Pawelec is partner and head of legal involved in major legal aspects of investment, divestment and fundraising operations of Marguerite. Prior to joining in 2010, he had over 12 years of transactional experience with White & Case, Weil, Gotshal & Manges and Baker McKenzie working on cross-border finance, project finance, LBO and infrastructure projects.
Alexandre Hector
Bio
Alexandre Hector is co‑chairman of the LPEA Wealth Management Club and a Partner at KPMG, where he focuses on private assets and the democratisation and retailisation of our industry. His expertise spans private equity, infrastructure, venture capital and private debt across the EU and the US.
At the Wealth Management Club, together with co‑chair Mathieu Perfetti, Alexandre works to broaden access to private markets, widen investment horizons for individual investors and private banking, and strengthen Luxembourg’s appeal as a leading financial center. He is also active in exploring new trends in private assets such as ELTIFs, tokenization, ETFs…
Don’t hesitate to get in touch with Mathieu and Alexandre to catch up, discuss ideas, or explore collaboration — they are (almost) always available for lunch or coffee 😉.
Antoine Maduzzi
Bio
Antoine Maduzzi (London) joined KKR in 2022 and leads the EMEA effort for KKR Global Product Origination within Global Client Solutions.
Prior to joining KKR, he spent eight years at Goldman Sachs in their cross-asset structuring team as executive director within the global markets division.
He helped form their unregulated fund platform in 2019. Mr. Maduzzi holds an MSc in Investment Management from Bayes Business School and a BSc in Economics from Maastricht University.
Arnaud Brive
Bio
Arnaud is the Senior Director of Juniper Square European fund administration business with over 15 years of industry experience.
Prior to joining Juniper Square, Arnaud served as Director at PwC Luxembourg, one of the world’s leading professional services firms where he served multi-billion-dollar real estate, private debt, private equity, and infrastructure accounts across different asset strategies and fund structures.
Arnaud graduated from EM Lyon Business School with a master’s degree in management and is a certified Chartered Accountant and Statutory Auditor in France.
Aurélien Hollard
Bio
Aurélien Hollard heads the Investment Funds practice. He specialises in the formation of alternative investment funds (AIFs) and has significant experience in structuring funds for private equity, venture capital, private debt, real estate and infrastructure.
Aurélien assists both local and international clients in the structuring of Luxembourg AIFs, whether organised as unregulated (SV, SCSp, Sàrl), semi-regulated (RAIF) or regulated (SIF, SICAR, Part II) funds. He also advises institutional investors in their investments as well as management companies in their legal and regulatory requirements.
Aurélien also assists local and international clients in their securitisation and capital market transactions, in relation to both debt and equity, whether exempted, publicly authorised and/or listed.
Aurélien also leads sustainable and digital campaigns within CMS and is therefore deeply involved in ESG and fund tokenisation. He is part of the Digital Strategy Committee of the ABBL and of InvestEurope Financial Services and Regulatory Working Group.
He is a fully qualified lawyer admitted to the Bars of Paris and Luxembourg.
Recognition
– Ranked Up and Coming in Chambers and Partners 2025: “Aurélien Hollard is very client-focused and has a remarkable ability to provide pragmatic and commercial advice on sophisticated matters.”
– Ranked Next Generation Partner in The Legal 500 2025 “Aurélien Hollard is always coming with innovative ideas to find solutions to our rather complex structures.”
Bart van Dijk
Bio
Bart van Dijk is ILPA’s Managing Director, Head of Europe. He is responsible for building out and growing ILPA’s on-the-ground presence in Europe through a base of operations in London and steering and supporting the organization’s engagement strategy to elevate ILPA’s visibility in the region with members and other stakeholders including general partners, service providers, industry organizations and conferences, policy makers and press. As the organization’s lead representative in the region, he serves as ILPA’s main point of contact in Europe and coordinates closely with colleagues in Washington, DC and Toronto to ensure that ILPA’s European activities inform, support and enhance ILPA’s global organizational strategic priorities.
Prior to ILPA, Bart served as Head of Business Development with CSC. In this role, he was responsible for business development, commercial strategy and marketing focused on private markets in Europe as well as liaising with various regional teams across the United States, Europe and Asia-Pacific. His background includes various commercial, sales, leadership and management positions, including overseeing and directing various teams and staff. He has also acted as independent director on various PE-owned company boards alongside some of the world’s most renowned private equity and investment firms and their investors. Bart holds a Masters in Tax Law and a Masters in Corporate/Financial Law, both from the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He also holds a postgraduate certificate in U.S. tax law from the International Tax Center (ITC).
Benjamin Sabatier
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Benjamin Sabatier, is currently a Principal at Sofina. Benjamin Sabatier brings experience from previous roles at Typeform and M.Chapoutier.
Benjamin Sabatier holds a Private Equity and Venture Capital certificate from Harvard Business School. With a robust skill set that includes Private Equity, Management, Financial Modeling, Investment Banking, Project Management and more.
Billyana Kuncheva
Bio
Billyana Kuncheva is a Luxembourg-based investment and governance professional with extensive board experience across fund management companies, investment funds, and related corporate entities. With solid public and private markets experience, she brings a strong track record of guiding organizations through financial and political cycles while ensuring regulatory compliance and delivering sustainable value for clients and stakeholders.
She has previously held regulated senior executive and conducting officer roles in leading Nordic, UK, and Luxembourg investment organizations. In these positions, she built and enhanced organizational capabilities in portfolio management, risk and performance oversight, product governance and distribution strategies across listed securities and private market assets.
Billyana is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and a member of the CFA Institute, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS), the Luxembourg Institute of Directors (ILA), and the Luxembourg Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (LPEA). She has complemented her professional expertise with advanced governance training and is a certified board director with ILA, INSEAD, and ecoDa (European Confederation of Directors’ Associations).
Dr. Christian Goergen
Bio
Christian is a founding partner at Catalpa Ventures with a solid foundation in business engineering and academic roots in both Germany and France. He earned his PhD in process engineering from one of the esteemed Leibniz Institutes. With over 12 years of hands-on experience as a startup founder and operator, Christian truly has a passion for entrepreneurship. His role as CEO of RetroBrain, an innovative DTX startup focused on serious games for elderly care, marked his incursion into HealthTech—a sector where he quickly recognized the urgent need for innovation to address the critical shortage of healthcare workers and the surging costs. This realization fuels his current mission to channel his energy into the growth of Catalpa Ventures.
Outside the office, Christian enjoys quality time with his wife and two sons and indulges in his passion for sailing and scuba diving.
Christoph Baumann
Bio
Christoph Baumann is part of the Private Equity Integrated Investments business unit, based in Zug. He has 13 years of industry experience.
Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked as a Vice Principal at Hollyport Capital in London and as a Manager in the transaction services division at PwC in London and Vienna. He holds a bachelor’s degree in international business economics from the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), Austria.
Christophe Bonnat
Bio
Christophe Bonnat joined Marguerite in 2019. He has 18 years of experience in the infrastructure sector, both in construction and investment.
Before joining Marguerite in 2019, he was Investment Director at SEIEF, an EIB sponsored infrastructure fund focused on greenfield PPP and renewable energy projects in Western Europe, where he was responsible for a diverse range of investments, such as PPPs, road and rail projects and solar plants. He was also previously a Bid Manager at Alstom Transport then Bouygues Travaux Publics, in charge of large international urban and suburban rail and road infrastructures contracts during tender stage.
Claudia Scarico
Bio
Claudia Scarico is a Partner in the Private Equity team at Apollo, primarily focused on Packaging, Diversified Industrial and Auto in Europe. She previously served on the board of Verallia. Prior to joining Apollo in 2014, Claudia was a member of the Investment Banking division at Morgan Stanley, focusing on Consumer & Retail transactions. Claudia graduated cum laude from Bocconi University with a Master’s degree in Finance.
Claus Mansfeldt
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Claus is the executive Chairman of SwanCap’s regulated AIFM management company in Luxembourg. Prior to co-founding SwanCap in 2013 he worked for 25 years in a wide range of investment banking and private equity related functions at UniCredit and Nomura in London, most recently heading UniCredit’s Principal Investments unit there. He is also former President of the Luxembourg Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (LPEA).
Claus holds a BSc. (Econ) from the London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE).
Daniel Dexiang Wang
Bio
Before becoming a fund manager at TUS, Daniel served KPMG Luxembourg as the Principal, China Business since 2014. He worked for about 15 years for United Nations Development Program (UNDP) with positions of Development Economist and Economic Policy Advisor, also Senior Specialist for Project Appraisal for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and International Financial Specialist at the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He was EU China Agricultural Program Officer (1999-2001) before joining UNDP.
Ph.D. in Operations Research from the Institute of Economics and Resource Management, Faculty of Science (KVL), University of Copenhagen, Denmark, 1997; Master of Management Science, The Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium, 1992.
David Dana
Bio
After almost 20 years as an LP, David recently turned into a GP role.
David is a seasoned investment professional, with a proven successful track record of investing into VC funds, specialized in selecting, anchoring, and backing emerging VC fund managers.
He is a regular contributor to podcasts and speaker at industry events, expert in deeptech fields such as Defence, Space, Web 3.0, Blockchain, Quantum Technologies, Semiconductors, Tech Transfer, etc.
David invested €3.5bn+ of capital in over 120 VC funds, mainly following deeptech strategies.
He holds a M.Sc. in Management and Finance from the Ecole Supérieure des Affaires – Université Paris XII, a Bachelors Degree in Management and Finance from the University of Paris La Sorbonne, and an Executive Masters Degree from ESCP Paris Business School.
David Liebmann
Bio
David Liebmann joined Apollo in 2025 as a Managing Director, focusing on the execution of EMEA Tax-Advantaged Strategy within the Global Wealth Management Solutions team.
Prior to joining Apollo, David spent over 15 years in senior roles within the European wealth management industry, most recently as Deputy Sales Director for Europe at Utmost (previously Lombard International Assurance based in Luxembourg). He was previously Deputy Head of Sales at Carmignac, in Paris.
David graduated with a Degree in Sales Marketing from University Bordeaux IV and has a Postgraduate Diploma in Wealth Management (DES) from University Paris Dauphine.
Diana Ogunlesi
Bio
Diana Ogunlesi is Head of Luxembourg office at Arcmont. Prior to joining Arcmont, Diana was the Head of Strategic Transition at BNP Paribas Security Services Channel Islands where she worked from 2017.
Prior to BNP , Diana worked with Deloitte for over 10 years.
Diana is an FCCA, having qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2006.
Ed Nevens
Bio
Ed is Cinven’s Head of Tax.
Prior to joining Cinven, Ed was a Tax Partner at BDO focussed on the taxation of private equity firms and their investors. Before this Ed was an Associate Partner at EY and he previously worked in-house at Apax Partners and Bridgepoint Capital.
Ed has a PhD in Pure Mathematics from Imperial College and is a qualified Chartered Accountant.
He joined Cinven in 2020.
Elaine Hughes
Bio
Elaine Hughes is a Partner and US Co-Head of the Funds & Asset Management team at A&O Shearman and is based in New York City. Elaine focuses on credit funds, hedge funds, private equity funds, venture funds, funds of funds, and other pooled investment vehicles and accounts. Her clients include leading US and global funds and investment managers, as well as institutional investors.
Elaine has extensive experience in the formation, structuring and operation of private investment vehicles, joint ventures, managed accounts, and other alternative investments, as well as cross-border relationships, upper tier management arrangements, seed investments, and strategic partnerships.
Elaine is a thought leader in her field and is regularly invited to speak on the topic of private funds and investments, including recent speaking engagements regarding cross-border marketing, US market trends, and current private fund market fundraising conditions. Elaine serves on the NYC Bar Private Investment Funds Committee and previously served on the NVCA Model Legal Document Working Group.
Eleonore de Potesta
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Eléonore de Potesta serves as Senior Investor Relations at Converginvest Capital Partners, a distinctive boutique investment firm in Luxembourg.
Converginvest Capital Partners specializes in providing professional investors with exclusive access, curated investment selection, a collaborative community, and portfolio diversification, with a sole focus on Venture and Private Equity. The firm stands out for its dynamic approach, offering near-monthly investment opportunities and is guided by a committed board of seasoned investors.
Prior to joining Converginvest Capital Partners, Eléonore worked in Private Banking, accumulating over a decade of experience with the same team across two institutions: Eurobank Private Bank Luxembourg and EFG Bank Luxembourg, where she supported the team led by the current CEO. She later transitioned to Investor Relations at Antwort, where she spent three years gaining a deep understanding of the asset class and is since then an active contributor to the sector.
Eléonore holds a BSc in International Affairs from Vesalius College in Brussels, with a double major in Politics and History.
Frédéric Pérard
Bio
Regional head of Luxembourg and International Fund Centres and location head of BNP Paribas Securities Services Luxembourg, Frédéric is also a member of the BNP Paribas Securities Services Executive Committee.
As part of the role, Frédéric ensures daily oversight of our Luxembourg office as Managing Director.
Frédéric is also a member of several industry working groups to ensure promotion and development of the Luxembourg market place.
Galina Volkova
Bio
Galina Volkova is a Managing Director and Head of Private Markets Product for BlackRock’s Global Product Solutions business in EMEA. In this role, she leads a team of product designers to deliver a differentiated offering for clients across Europe, Middle East, and Africa. Galina was instrumental in designing BlackRock’s European evergreen product platform and is passionate about helping more and more people experience financial well-being.
Galina has over 15 years of investment management experience both in London and New York and has previously led European institutional product distribution and equities product management globally for BlackRock. She earned a BBA degree with high distinction from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Gautier Laurent
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Gautier is a Managing Director and Head of the Luxembourg office, responsible for the execution of Cinven Luxembourg investments and leads globally the transaction services function.
Prior to joining Cinven, Gautier was an M&A Advisor at NPG Wealth Management where he was responsible for the origination, negotiation and implementation of cross border mergers, acquisitions and sales of companies in life insurance sector. Previously he worked at Deloitte Luxembourg as a M&A Tax Advisor.
Georges Bock
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Georges Bock is a leading forward thinker of the Luxembourg and European Financial Services industry.
In his 27 years at KPMG Luxembourg, he had several responsibilities ranging from Managing Partner, Head of Tax and Head of Banking on a national level to Global Financial Services Digital Strategy Lead Partner, Global Automatic Exchange of Information Lead Partner and Global Chair of the KPMG Funds Tax Network on an international level. He leaves KPMG shores to make a study break and attends MIT School of Management to learn more about the Blockchain economy. In December 2020 he founds investre SA with a bold vision: building the first fully licensed large scale DLT infrastructure for the European Fund Industry. In 2024 investre SA starts to operate Moniflo a dynamic market place where UCITS and ELTIF are offered to a European retail client based entirely on DLT technology. He is convinced that the new Blockchain 4 law is a major corner stone to a new capital market infrastructure for the Fund industry.
During his career, he has contributed to a variety of professional organisations, including ALFI, ILA and Fedil (where he served as a board member), Efama, EU Commission Expert Groups and various professional associations.
Georges Zahlen-Karanatsios
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Georges Zahlen is the CEO of Axiomatic, a PE fund based in Luxembourg. Axiomatic’s mission is to provide Luxembourgish SMEs with a safe haven in case of a succession issue. With a buy-and-hold strategy, the company strives to acquire healthy SMEs, to continue to write their story and to develop them in the long run. Before co-founding Axiomatic, Georges was a Corporate Finance Advisor at PwC Luxembourg, specializing in M&A. He is a membre élu at Luxembourg’s Chamber of Commerce and Vice-President of the Luxembourg Confederation. He holds a Master’s Degree from Solvay Brussels School of Economics & Management.
Giuliano Bidoli
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Experienced International Tax Specialist with a demonstrated history of working in the alternative investments industry. Strong finance professional skilled in Alternative Investments structuring, LBO, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A).
Gorka Gonzalez
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Currently Managing Director – Head of Retail at BPI France, the French Sovereign fund, one of the largest private equity investor in Europe.
He started his career at BNP Paribas where he worked for 11 years in different fields (Asset management, Life Insurance and Business development) providing investment solutions to individuals. Then, Gorka joined Quintet Private Bank in 2014 (ex-KBL) as Group Head of Private Markets in charge of selection, structuring and distribution of Private Equity solutions.
He is passionate about Private equity and how to provide access to this asset class to individuals. During his professional life in the Grand Duchy, he was also a board member of LPEA (Luxembourg Privat Equity and Venture Capital Association) and a PE trainer at the House of Training hosted by Luxembourgish Chamber of Commerce.
He is a graduate of DEUSTO (TOP 3 Business school in Spain) and HEC Montréal.
Gwen Colin
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Gwen was previously a consultant for PE/Infra funds looking to develop their sustainable projects in Europe and Asia, and has managed projects on topics like impact management, climate change and sustainable finance more broadly.
Gwen has spent most of her career with some major financial corporations. She started her career as a legal advisor, then project manager, at Credit Agricole Asset Management (now Amundi) in Paris and Luxembourg.
Her involvement in sustainable finance started in 2008, when she led the product innovation and supported the distribution of a Socially Responsible Investments offer targeting the Middle Eastern and South East Asian sovereign entities, institutional clients, private banks and family offices.
Hind El Gaidi
Bio
Hind El Gaidi serves as Head of Luxembourg Office at ICG, a FTSE 100 listed British asset manager with over EUR 100 billion in assets under management.
Ms. El Gaidi is President of the Luxembourg Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (LPEA), following more than five years of service on its board and executive committee. She has been actively involved in various financial market initiatives aimed at positioning Luxembourg’s private markets sector at the forefront of the industry.
She is co-founder and board member of the Luxembourg Valuation Professionals Association, a professional organization affiliated with the International Valuation Standards Council (IVSC).
Ms. El Gaidi is a Member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors. She holds an Executive MBA and MSc from Nyenrode University, The Netherlands, and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics & International Law from the University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, France.
Irina Barbuntoiu
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Irina Barbuntoiu is Senior Portfolio Manager for Private Debt at NN Group. With 15+ years of experience in the investment world, particularly in the alternatives space, Irina expertly oversees NN’s private debt portfolio that spans across investment grade corporate to high-yield, specialist and commercial real estate lending. Her comprehensive expertise spans the entire investment process, from conducting multifaceted due diligence to structuring bespoke investments.
Irina’s work aims to drive investments to align with financial, environmental and societal goals. Before joining NN Group, she was dedicated to impact investing, playing a pivotal role in catalysing access to capital for entrepreneurs and early-stage businesses in underserved markets. Her career began at APG Asset Management in public markets.
Irina is a CFA Charterholder and holds a Master’s Degree in Finance.
Ivan de Lastours de Bernarde
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Ivan de Lastours is a Venture partner at Bpifrance, where he spearheads blockchain and crypto strategy, financing 200 startups and investing in crypto companies and investment funds.
Bpifrance just launched a 25 m€ token investment strategy which is a first move in the sovereign wealth funds community. This strategy completes a 200 m€ indirect exposure to this sector. Ivan blends tech, legal, and tokenomics expertise as a cryptocurrencies and Web3 specialist.
He is also a Solidity developer and holds a computer science engineering degree, with more than 10 years of global experience. Ivan speaks French, English, German and is a key figure in the European and French blockchain ecosystems. His background includes roles as an R&D engineer and innovation advisor.
Jack Azoulay
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Jack is a Senior Partner at Argos, where he implemented the successful launch of “Argos Climate Action”, a buyout fund focused on acquiring majority stakes in European SMEs with a view to strongly reducing their carbon footprint.
He was previously deeply involved in the French Government’s environmental initiatives during President Macron’s first term as Chief of Staff at the Ministry of Ecological Transition.
He also managed industrial investments in various sectors (aerospace, auto, naval construction, defence) and actively contributed to the transformation of the French Postal Group La Poste, where he held both strategic and operational positions.
Jack is a graduate of ENA, Sciences Po, ESCP and Paris-Dauphine University.
Jane Wilkinson
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Jane Wilkinson is a recognised non-executive director and leading expert in Luxembourg’s asset management sector, widely acknowledged for her thought leadership in sustainable finance and ESG.
She brings extensive board experience as an independent director and chairwoman, serving on the boards of both Alternative Investment Funds and UCITS, as well as their management companies and related entities. Jane collaborates with several international asset management groups, contributing her deep expertise in governance, strategy, and sustainability.
A passionate advocate for sustainable finance, Jane was a founding member of the Luxembourg Government’s Climate Finance Task Force and previously led the sustainable finance strategy at the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. She was also appointed as one of only 35 technical experts selected by the European Commission to advise on the implementation of the EU Sustainable Finance Action Plan.
Today, Jane continues to advance the field through teaching sustainable finance to executives and master’s students at the University of Luxembourg, reinforcing her commitment to driving responsible and forward-thinking financial practices.
Jean-Daniel Zandona
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Jean-Daniel Zandona is the Chief Commercial Officer of Arendt Investor Services, whom he joined mid-2024 after
20 years leading product and sales in the investment banking and fund industries, sourcing deals, debt/equity or structuring operations for leading asset owners and managers.
At Arendt, Jean-Daniel’s mission is to engage with prominent fund managers, families and investors to support them designing, raising and operating their private assets investment programs.
Jean-Daniel graduated from Laval University (MBA, Canada) and Bordeaux Business School (BA, France), speaks fluent English, Spanish & French – wine-lover, he’s also a keen motorcycle rider (not at the same time though !)
Jean-Marc Faber
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Founded in 1995 by Jean-Marc, Ancorius Group (formerly Fiduciaire Jean-Marc Faber) is a leading independent provider of chartered accountancy, tax, payroll, trust and corporate services
Led by 3 partners (of which Jean-Marc was the majority shareholder), the firm has enjoyed significant success and expansion through both organic and inorganic growth
In 2025, the group sold a majority stake to AnaCap, a UK-based private equity firm, to support the next phase of the company’s growth, with Jean-Marc and the two other partners re-investing into a minority interest.
Jean-Philippe Smeets
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Jean-Philippe Smeets is a Partner in the Corporate M&A team at Ashurst LLP – Luxembourg Branch, with over two decades of experience advising on complex business law matters.
His practice spans the full spectrum of M&A transactions—both buy- and sell-side—from initial structuring and negotiation to closing, as well as private equity investments and general corporate governance. Jean-Philippe counsels a diverse client base, including multinational corporations, listed entities, and private investors, delivering strategic legal solutions across jurisdictions.
Recognised by Chambers Global as a Foreign Expert for both the Luxembourg and Belgian markets, Jean-Philippe also contributes to the development of Luxembourg’s legal ecosystem through his involvement in various professional associations. He currently serves notably as co-chair of the LPEA M&A Club.
Before relocating to Luxembourg, Jean-Philippe spent 15 years practicing corporate and M&A law in Belgium at leading international and independent firms, building a strong cross-border perspective that continues to inform his practice today.
Jeremy Teboul
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Jeremy is a Partner at OTB Ventures, where he focuses on opportunities in applied AI, automation, space and dual use technology. He brings a deep network and technical expertise, having spent 4 years at U.S. venture capital firm Promus Ventures, leading robotics and space investments on both sides of Atlantic, and deploying the Orbital fund—the largest early-stage VC fund dedicated to space tech in Europe. Jeremy began his career as a founder, launching MeepLabs, a software incubator in New York, and previously worked at Accenture and ALTEN. He holds a Bachelor’s in Mathematics from NYU, and a Master’s in Management from INSEAD.
Jerome Bertrand
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Prior to his current role at L-GAM, Jerome was a Principal at Bain Capital in London and Boston. Jerome started his career as a consultant at Bain & Company.
Jerome is a French and German national and received an M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar. He also received an MSc from HEC School of Management in Paris, France.
Jérôme Mullmaier
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Jérôme Mullmaier, partner, is a member of the Investment Management Practice Group in our Luxembourg office and an active member of the firm Private Equity/ Funds sector team. His practice covers the structuring, formation and operations of private funds across a variety of asset classes. He also advises private investment fund sponsors on the regulatory aspects relating to the structuring of alternative funds.
Joaquin Ruiz Tarré
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Joaquin is Head of Secondaries at the European Investment Fund, where he has worked since 2008. He has led transactions across Buyout, Development Capital, Growth, Credit, and VC strategies, with experience in primaries, various types of secondaries, and co-investments throughout Europe.
Joaquin co-built the co-investment platform of EIF in 2014-15 raising a EUR 100m in-house programme, invested in 17 transactions. In early 2016, he started managing the EIF Discretionary Portfolio, a EUR 250m balance sheet programme devoted to the secondaries market; 19 transactions were made. As part of EIF’s private institutional investor programme (AMUF), which has raised over EUR 1.6bn, he led and closed a EUR 100m private equity secondaries fund focused on GP-led solutions, co-investments and lower mid-market LP acquisitions. With nearly 16 transactions completed, the fund will have deployed c. EUR 200m (alongside co-investments from its LPs). Joaquin regularly serves as a panellist on secondaries, primaries, and co-investments across Europe.
He holds a Law degree from Nebrija University, an International MBA from IE Business School, and completed the Private Equity Certification Program at the Wharton School. He is fluent in English, French, and Spanish.
John Holloway
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John worked 43 years in Finance, the last 20 of which in EIF where he led the Fund Investments team focusing on EU VC and Lower Mid-Market GP’s, growing AuM from 500m to 18bn.
Since leaving EIF he has taken on a number of assignments, either occupying Board positions or providing advisory services. He is a member of the iNED club at LPEA.
John Sharp
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John is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Hatcher+, a Top-20 Data-Driven venture firm, and the developer of the multi-award-winning, AI-powered FAAST (Funds As A Service Technology) platform.
John has extensive commercial experience at the senior management level, having been the Chief Executive Officer of Authentium, Inc. the Managing Director, Asia, of WorldSpace, and CEO of Hatcher, the precursor company to Hatcher+. A tenacious and driven executive with longstanding board-level and C-suite level management experience within high-growth companies, John maintains a single family office based in Singapore, which invests globally with a focus on generative AI, fintech, and decarbonization.
As Chairman and CEO of cybersecurity pioneer Authentium (acquired by CYREN in 2010), John has co-authored three US patents and delivered cybersecurity solutions to some of the largest organizations in the world, including the US Department of Commerce, NASA, AOL, British Telecom, Comcast, Cox Communications, Google, McAfee, Microsoft, Symantec, and Telstra. As CTO at Hatcher+, DocDoc, Heardable, and ThoughtRiver, John has designed and developed several highly-innovative technology platforms using cutting-edge approaches to data processing, financial decision-making, user interface design, and workflow optimization.
John is a frequent blogger and an in-demand speaker at venture and family office events worldwide and has extensive experience implementing ESG solutions as Chairman and/or board member of numerous start-ups, including director roles at Hatcher+, trade finance provider ASYX, and payment aggregator Mozido, and roles as Chairman of MENA-based financial services pioneer Telr, and co-founder and director of the first reversible, space-based climate mitigation solution, EarthGuard.
Joseph F. Falcone III
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Joe Falcone is the Chief Executive Officer of Haussmann 1864 Capital Management, an affiliate of Societe Generale (SG). Haussmann 1864 is the investment management entity that was created in relation to the strategic partnership in private credit between SG and Brookfield Asset Management.
Mr. Falcone has worked in the financial services industry since 2000; and specifically, within the asset management space specializing in the management of credit assets since 2011. Prior to his role at SG, Mr. Falcone was the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Chamonix Partners Capital Management (Chamonix), a New York-based investment management firm and affiliate of Natixis Corporate & Investment Bank (Natixis). Mr. Falcone co-founded Chamonix in 2014 and lead the development and operation of new, strategic businesses in the credit space. Prior to Chamonix, Mr. Falcone was Chief Operating Officer and Head of Co-Lending for the Americas at Ostrum Asset Management U.S. (Ostrum), a Natixis Investment Managers affiliate.
Prior to his role at Ostrum, Mr. Falcone served as a Senior Portfolio Manager at Chamonix. He also previously acted as a Managing Director, Senior Structurer for Natixis’ Gestion Active des Portefeuilles Cantonnés, the global legacy workout group formed by Natixis in 2008 to manage a number of the bank’s non-core credit and derivatives portfolios.
Before entering the asset management space, Mr. Falcone was a practicing attorney. He served as in-house counsel for Natixis, and as an attorney for the law firms of Saul Ewing LLP and Fox Rothschild LLP, where he worked on a wide range of public and private financings and corporate transactions.
Mr. Falcone earned a JD from Villanova University School of Law and a BA from La Salle University. He is admitted (currently inactive) to practice law in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Jurgen Vanhoenacker
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With over 25 years of experience in insurance-based wealth solutions, Jurgen brings a strategic and hands-on approach to leading international multidisciplinary teams. He currently serves as CEO of Utmost Luxembourg S.A., a long-established Pan European insurance player with a team of 500 industry specialists and servicing professionals and over 53bn EUR Assets Under Administration.
Jurgen started his journey in the company in 2000 and held a range of leadership roles, most recently serving as Executive Director for Sales, Marketing & Wealth Structuring, between 2010 to mid-2025. His work has spanned multiple geographies in Europe and beyond, business development, and organizational transformation.
Before joining Utmost Luxembourg in 2000, he worked as a Senior Manager at PwC Management Consultants Luxembourg and began his career in private banking with Banque Indosuez Luxembourg in 1994. Academically, Jurgen worked for a number of years as a Research Associate at the University of Leuven (Belgium). He holds a PhD in Applied Economics, a Master in Business Information (MBI) from University of Leuven (KU Leuven), alongside a Master in Economics from University of Antwerp.
Keith O'Donnell
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A tax professional since 1988, Keith has experience in advising international groups on the design and implementation of global tax strategies. He was instrumental in designing pan european RE fund structures that are widely used today. Keith is a founding Partner and Managing Partner of ATOZ. He is actively involved in several key tax international bodies. Keith is chairman of the Luxembourg chapter of IFA, chair of the ALFI Tax Commission and member of other Luxembourg advisory and industry bodies. Keith is also a Taxand board member.
Keith is a regular author and speaker at professional and academic conferences. He studied law then qualified as a Tax Adviser and a Chartered Accountant in Ireland and Luxembourg, and has completed numerous post-qualification lifelong learning education programmes.
Keith is a board member of Luxembourg Art Week, the Executive Club of Luxembourg and a number of private companies.
Laura Zahren
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Laurent Capolaghi
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Laurent Capolaghi is leading our Private Equity practice of 420+ professionals at EY
Luxembourg. He has over 20 years of experience in the audit and advisory of private equity,
private debt, and infrastructure mandates across the Luxembourg regimes available.
Furthermore, Laurent regularly participates in EY Luxembourg’s Country Leadership Committee
market meetings.
Laurent has been elected as a member of the Board of Directors and a member of the Executive
Committee of the Luxembourg Private Equity Association (“LPEA”), where he also serves as
Second Vice President. The LPEA is the Luxembourg association promoting and lobbying the
industry to the Luxembourg government as well as to the European Securities and Markets
Agency, together with Invest Europe and the European Fund and Asset Management Association.
Before leading the Private Equity practice in Luxembourg, Laurent founded the Impact Investing
practice for the Luxembourg office in 2010 and currently sits as a member of the board of the
Inclusive Finance Network, acting as Treasurer of the Association. He is also a founding member
of the European Impact Investing Luxembourg a.s.b.l. and the International Climate Finance
Accelerator a.s.b.l., which both aim at developing the Impact Finance Managers ecosystem in
Luxembourg.
Leonhard Kossman
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Leonhard is a Data Scientist and the Founder of Fundvis. Fundvis uses AI to automate the onboarding, monitoring/analytics and regulatory reporting of Delegates and Providers across European and local regulations.
Luís Galveias
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Luís oversees the different initiatives of the LPEA with the objective of supporting members in their private equity and venture capital endeavours, a job he enjoys doing since he joined the association in 2014.
As COO he also likes to spend time with members, listen to them and craft new initiatives with the goal of pushing Luxembourg’s financial ecosystem forward. Luís has previously worked in marketing and management functions in Brussels and Lisbon following his academic background in Economics and Marketing. Privately, he enjoys sailing and spending time by the sea.
Luke Mason
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Luke Mason, Principal, joined Neuberger Berman’s Private Equity team in 2023 as part of the Investment Solutions team, with a particular focus on supporting a range of clients, growing and developing the firm’s Evergreen/Semi-Liquid product range, and leading investor relations for NB Private Equity Partners. Prior to joining the firm, he was Head of IR and Business Development for the closed-end fund business at abrdn, focusing on UK wealth management and institutional clients. He started his career at J.P. Morgan Cazenove in the UK Funds team and then at JPMorgan Asset Management, looking after their closed-end fund sales team. Prior to that, Luke served for five years as an Infantry Officer in the British Army.
Manon Aubry
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Manager in charge of the client relationships at RSM Financial Services Luxembourg (Central Administration & Transfer Agency services), Manon takes care of a portfolio of regulated PE/RE/Private Debt structures as well as unregulated entities (SPVs, etc.) . She supervises the Transfer Agency and Central Administrative team.
She acts as main point of contact for Private Equity and Real Estate clients. She is taking care of ensuring a smooth client onboarding process for regulated SIF/SICAR structures as well as unregulated entities (unregulated SCSp, SPVs, etc.).
She is also in charge of preparing all service offers and RFPs for our clients, of the overall Business Development and of the positioning of RSM in Luxembourg.
Manuel San Salvador
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Manuel is the Founder and Lead Partner at Antwort. He brings extensive experience in asset management and private banking, having held CEO roles at some of Spain’s leading private banking institutions, including Merrill Lynch Private Banking, Lazard Wealth Management, and Banco Urquijo.
Over the course of his career, Manuel has also served in senior leadership positions across international banking hubs such as the UK, Switzerland, and Luxembourg. Most recently, he was the CEO of Andbank Luxembourg.
In addition to his role at Antwort, Manuel serves on the boards of various private equity funds, leveraging his deep industry expertise and strategic insight.
He holds a B.Sc. in Economics and Business Administration, with a specialization in Finance, from CUNEF in Madrid, and an MBA from IESE Business School.
Marc Beaujean
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On behalf of British International Investment of the U.K, Marc is a Non-Executive Director, Member of the Risk Committee and of the Governance Committee of Bank of Africa in Casablanca, the second largest Moroccan bank. In that same group, Marc is a Non-Executive Director, Member of the Risk and Audit Committee of BOA Groupe S.A. in Luxembourg, a Bank of Africa’s sub-holding company grouping the Bank’s 15+ subsidiaries in African countries other than Morocco.
Marc holds several mandates within the Alternative Investment Funds industry in Luxembourg, at Enabling Qapital Lux (SPV), Essling Lux GP (RAIF) and BXVentures Lux GP, the latter one currently raising a Fund in Climte Tech focusing on hardware technologies aimed at helping industrial polluters to decarbonize.
Until April 2024, Marc was a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Risk Committee at Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie BIAT (the largest bank in Tunisia), in Tunis, as an Independent Director (one-term limit imposed by the local Regulator).
Marc is the Founder of Beaujean&Partners (www.beaujeanpartners.com) , a Board-level consultancy in the financial sector, with a focus on medium-term transformative assigments in Strategy, Operations and IT, next to or independently from his board mandates, including: 1)helping a leading insurance player to reassess its IT roadmap and structure its portfolio management office; 2)helping a private bank to assess its core banking system renewal options; 3))leading the AIFM agreement process in Luxembourg and in France for a newly created P.E. player; 4)structuring the effort for a major bank to define its core banking system renewal strategy and 5-year IT roadmap in alignment with its new target operating model and ; 5)structuring the effort for a bank to comply with the upcoming SREP regulation.
Prior to these current assignements, Marc was a Senior Partner with McKinsey & Co in Paris, Luxembourg and Brussels for 20 years, and a Board Member and COO / Head of Strategy at P&V-Vivium, a Belgium insurance group (SIFI), for 6 years.
Marc holds a Bachelor in Business Administration from Liège University (magna cum laude), a Master in Business Administration from Columbia University (New York) (Dean’s List every quarter and Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society). He is a ILA1-INSEAD Certified Independent Director (IDP38) and a ILA-certified Fund Governance Expert
A Luxembourg and a Belgian national, Marc speaks fluently French, English and Dutch and has a passived knowledge of German
Marco Houscheid
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Partner in the Deals & Strategy team at PwC Luxembourg, with 18 years of experience advising clients on mergers, acquisitions, fundraisings, strategic reviews, valuations and due diligence
Prior to returning to PwC in 2020, spent 13 years in London within Lehman Brothers/Nomura and J.P. Morgan investment banking divisions, where he was an Executive Director in the EMEA FIG M&A team.
Maria Rodriguez
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Maria Rodriguez is a Senior Associate in the Investment Management practice of Arendt & Medernach. She specialises in the structuring and formation of private equity alternative investment funds and their managers (AIFMs), in addition to all relevant regulatory matters.
She advises domestic and international clients on private equity deals, including acquisitions, restructurings, financings and exists, covering the whole chain of private equity transactions.
Martine Kerschenmeyer
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Martine joined Advent in 2021 and is a Director in Luxembourg. She is a member of the Limited Partner Services team and is primarily focused on fundraising and investor relations activities in Europe.
Prior to joining Advent, Martine was a Senior Client Partner at Korn Ferry, where she established the Luxembourg office in 2018. Before that, she spent 18 years in the financial services industry focusing on private equity and alternative assets fundraising. Most recently in this capacity, Martine was a Director at BlackRock and headed the fundraising efforts for the private equity group in EMEA. Prior to this, she was an Investment Director at SL Capital Partners, in charge of private equity business development in Continental Europe. Before that, Martine was a Vice President at Morgan Stanley, responsible for business development in EMEA, Asia Pacific and Latin America for private equity and hedge funds. She began her career as an Associate at JP Morgan in the Equity Derivatives business.
Martine holds an LLM in International Commercial and Comparative Law from King’s College London and a D.E.A (Diplôme d’Etudes Appliquées) in International Business Law from the Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris II) in France. Martine has also completed the Harvard Business School Executive Program for Private Equity and Venture Capital and is a CFA Charterholder.
Mathieu Perfetti
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Prior to joining Société Générale in Luxembourg as Head of Private Markets in 2024, Mathieu was Conducting Officer and Head of Private Equity at Threestones Capital since 2021 and Conducting officer & Head of Private Markets & Alternatives at CA Indosuez Wealth (Asset Management) in Luxembourg between 2018 and 2021. From 2012 to 2018, Mathieu was heading Indosuez Wealth Management’s Private Equity platform in Asia from Singapore. Previously, he was Investment Manager at Indosuez based in Switzerland. Mathieu started his career in France as Investment Analyst with the fund of fund team of Ardian (fka AXA Private Equity) and then with the VC fund manager Alto Invest.
Mathieu holds a post-graduate Master’s Degree in Corporate Finance from EMLYON Business School and a Master’s Degree in Finance from Paris Nanterre University.
Matthew Goldblatt
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Matthew Goldblatt is J.P. Morgan’s Head of Securities Services Sales in Luxembourg as well as Head of Private Assets Solutions Sales for EMEA and APAC. As Head of Securities Services Sales in Luxembourg, he is responsible for the new business development across the Securities Services Custody, Fund Administration, Depositary, Cash, Liquidity and FX business in Luxembourg. In his role as Head Private Assets Solutions Sales for EMEA and APAC, he is responsible for the alignment of multi-asset public and private strategies to the operational models of complex asset owner and asset manager clients of J.P. Morgan.
Prior to this role, Matthew location Head of Alternative Fund Services in Luxembourg, responsible for the business, strategy and end-to-end service delivery to private equity, real estate, and hedge and infrastructure funds domiciled in the jurisdiction. He was also the global product Head of Alternative Investments Portfolio Administration managing a global team focused on aligning global institutional investor’s alternative investment portfolios with J.P. Morgan’s capabilities in processing, valuation, performance, and exposure reporting. He has also supported J.P. Morgan’s fund-of-hedge-funds and portfolio administration businesses in the Americas, and previously was the product manager for alternative investment services for the Asia-Pacific region.
Matthew has been with J.P. Morgan for 19 years, having spent time in the firm’s Luxembourg, London, Hong Kong, Sydney, and New York offices.
Matthew holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Political Science, and a business management certificate in marketing from the University of Rochester and the Simon School of Business Administration in Rochester, New York.
Menachem Tabanpour
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Menachem Tabanpour is Principal at Cycle Group, investing in advanced semiconductors and sustainable energy technologies. With 20+ years experience in deep tech research and commercialization, he led his startup, NRU from lab to market and launched gener8tor Luxembourg’s first EU fund. Menachem serves on select portfolio boards, accelerating breakthrough innovations in power electronics and the energy transition.
Michael Hartwig
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Michael Hartwig is Vice President at Allianz Global Investors, based in Frankfurt. He leads the product development and buildout of evergreen, semi-liquid private markets solutions across a EUR 100 billion platform. With over nine years of experience in private markets, Michael specializes in fund structuring, capital raising, and managing investment vehicles. Prior to joining Allianz Global Investors, Michael spent six years at Finance in Motion as a lead portfolio manager for two impact investment funds.
Mickaël Fischer
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Mickael leads IQ-EQ Luxembourg’s sales efforts, bringing over 15 years of experience in client relationship management, fund structuring, and business development within the alternative investment space. Prior to joining IQ-EQ, Mickael was Director Client Coverage at CACEIS, following its acquisition of RBC Investor & Treasury Services, where he held several senior roles. At RBC, Mickael managed a portfolio of alternative investment clients generating over €20 million in revenue and led teams across Europe and Asia. He has deep expertise in private equity and real estate fund structures, AML/KYC compliance, and client onboarding.
Mickael began his career in operational roles at RBC, LIDL, and IKEA, gaining hands-on experience in leadership, customer service, and operational efficiency. He holds a Master’s in Management from SKEMA Business School.
Fluent in French and English, Mickael is an active participant in Luxembourg’s financial ecosystem through associations such as ALFI, LPEA, and LuxReal. He is also a regular speaker at leading industry conferences including SuperReturn, PE Insights, Global Investor Group, and SuperInvestor.
Niclas Düring
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Niclas is a Senior Impact Director focusing on private equity. He has more than 20 years of industry experience within impact and ESG investing, private equity and strategy consulting. Before joining Trill Impact, he was an Associate Partner specialising in Impact and ESG at Steward Requeen. He has further professional experience as Portfolio Director at Swedfund, Head of ESG and Fund Evaluations at the CDC Group plc, Senior Associate at McKinsey & Co., Senior Consultant at Hitachi/Celerant Consulting and as Consultant to the World Bank Group.
Nicolas Macquin
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Nicolas Macquin is Chairman & Co-founder of Archinvest, a newly-born private equity investment platform dedicated to private investors in Europe.
Nicolas began his career in 1998 with Morgan Stanley in London. In 2002, he joined the team at Alpha Private Equity in Paris, where he became Partner in 2009, and later moved to Vitruvian Partners in 2017 as Managing Director and then Special Advisor in London. Since 2022, Nicolas is Chairman & Co-founder of Archinvest.
Nicolas graduated from HEC School of Management (1998) and holds an MBA from INSEAD (2005). He is member of YPO since 2011, and is also co-founder of the France Asia Foundation.
Nicolas Milerioux
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Nicolas leads the Venture Capital efforts at Encevo. As such, he is responsible of scouting and selecting innovative solutions for our business units across the entire Encevo Group as well as, when relevant, conduct a number of hand-picked equity in early stage companies on the European market and preferably at Series A stage.
Norman Finster
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Norman is a Wealth & Asset Management Consulting Partner at EY Luxembourg with more than 27 years of experience in the Luxembourg financial sector.
He mainly advises Fund Managers, Asset Servicers and Wealth Managers on topics related to Private Equity and other alternative investments covering regulatory, operational and technology dimensions. His key areas of expertise and research revolve around the democratization of private assets and client centricity within the Asset Servicing Industry on which he has also published numerous articles.
Norman is member of various working groups of the ALFI and co-chair of the regulatory committee of the Luxembourg Alternative Administrator Association (L3A). Norman is German/Luxembourgish and holds the degree of a “Diplom-Kaufmann” from the University of Trier and has obtained qualifications, amongst others, as an Expert Comptable and Certified Internal Auditor.
Oliver Zwick
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Oliver Zwick specialises in financial regulation, with particular focus on funds and asset management. This includes advising clients on both AIFMD (including ELTIFs) and UCITS structures as well as on other issues associated with e.g. AML, MiFID, outsourcing, distribution/marketing, derivatives, markets abuse regulations and Fintech regulations.
Olivier Coekelbergs
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Olivier is Managed Services Leader for EY Financial Services in the Europe West Region. Before that he served as Luxembourg Country Managing Partner and CEO between 2020 and 2025.
With more than 20 years’ experience in servicing major Private Equity houses and small and mid-sized general partners around the globe, Olivier has acted for many years as Vice-Chairman of the Luxembourg Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (LPEA) and he has been sitting in the board of FEDIL.
Olivier earned BS in Business with major in auditing and accountancy at the Facultés Universitaires Catholiques de Mons, Belgium in 1999.
Olivier Dellenbach
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Graduated from the Ecole Polytechnique and after a short period of 3 years of consulting, Olivier Dellenbach co-founded and managed his first software company NAT Systems in 1987, sold to Canadian Cognicase in 1998.
In 1999, Olivier Dellenbach founded eFront, a software company specialised in the management of Private Equity and Venture Capital portfolios, which he managed until its sale in April 2019 for more than $1.5 billion.
In 20 years, eFront became the global leader in its sector, with more than 850 employees, 800 customers, a presence in more than 30 countries through about twenty offices and a global income of more than 130 million euros.
In mid-2019, he created ChapsVision with the goal of rapidly becoming a very important publisher in the world of AI and Data, through organic growth and targeted acquisitions.
In 2021, he created the CyberGov division of the group that brings together around Argonos – the heterogeneous data operating system – capabilities augmented by Artificial Intelligence for states in the fields of Cybersecurity, Homeland Security, Defence and Intelligence.
5 years after its creation, the ChapsVision group enters the Next40 of the promotion 2024 French Tech Next40/120, has 1000 employees, more than 1000 customers, and aims for a turnover of more than €200 million at the end of 2024.
Concurrently with the creation of ChapsVision, he co-founded with his wife Beatrice, HappyCap Foundation, dedicated to supporting people with mental disabilities and their families, and thus illustrates his strong attachment to societal and ethical values.
Olivier Portenseigne
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Olivier Portenseigne is the Chief Executive Officer of FundsDLT, part of Clearstream Fund Services.
He has over 25 years of experience in the fund industry, having previously served as Managing Director of Fundsquare and other senior management roles in asset servicing firms. Olivier led the development of FundDLT from its inception in 2016, transforming it into a leading blockchain-based platform for fund token distribution and servicing. The platform is fostering efficiency, speed, transparency, easier access to products and new distribution opportunities.
Ore Adegbotolu
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Ore Adegbotolu is Aztec Group’s Head of Commercial, U.S., and is responsible for leading and delivering Aztec Group exciting growth ambitions in the world’s largest market in the alternatives’ industry.
Prior to joining Aztec, Ore had a decorated career spanning 13 years in the banking industry as a senior corporate & investment banker. During this time, he led cross-border relationship and sales teams, covering large cap multinational corporates and private equity firms headquartered in Europe and the United States, delivering corporate finance and transactional banking solutions on a multi-jurisdictional basis.
In his new role, Ore assumes responsibility for the creation and execution of the Aztec U.S. strategy and Go-To Market plan. Together with the rest of the Aztec U.S. leadership team, Ore will focus on the build-out of our U.S. proposition, to deliver fund services to clients operating within the Private Equity, Real Estate, Infrastructure, Credit and Venture Capital segments.
Based in New York, Ore will also be responsible for driving strategic growth initiatives; working with stakeholders in the industry to explore transformation opportunities. He will also provide strategic coverage to our U.S. based clients.
Pascale Sicurani
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Pascale Sicurani is Product Manager and Wealth Planner in the Tax, Wealth Planning & Product Management department of Baloise Vie Luxembourg.
Holder of a postgraduate degree in International Business Law (Paris I) and a Master’s degree in International Law and Management (H.E.C./E.S.C.P.), Pascale started her career in Luxembourg as an international tax advisor in one of the Big 4. After joining the Luxembourg Bar in 2007, she continued her career as a lawyer in her main areas of expertise: taxation and private equity.
Pascale joined Baloise in April 2019. In her role, she is responsible for providing efficient wealth management and planning solutions from both a legal and tax perspective. She is also responsible for the development and management of the Company’s life insurance products.
Paul E. Cornet
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Paul E. Cornet has over three decades of capital markets experience in asset management, commercial & investment banking, family office, private funds and restructuring and has advised both executives and the governing bodies of privately- and publicly-owned operating and investment companies. Since 2012, he has served as a non-executive board member of alternative investment (Venture, Private Equity, Infrastructure, Real Assets, Private Credit, and Venture/PE/Credit Secondaries) companies including AIF, AIFM, IFM, Manco, RAIF, SIF, SICAR, SPV & Holdco, Securitization Vehicle, UCI Part II, and ELTIF).
He serves on the Private Equity & Venture Capital and Debt Funds Special Committees of ALFI “Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry”, as a CAIA Chapter Executive and as a member of LPEA (Luxembourg Private Equity Association) and ILA (Luxembourgish Institute of Directors). Paul obtained an MBA from Columbia University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern California. He holds both Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) certifications.
Pauline Bovyn
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Pauline brings over 20 years of experience in strategy, business, marketing and investment, with a rare background at the intersection of corporate management, international development and new technologies.
She held senior executive roles at TotalEnergies in both France and the UK, where she has managed and developed multi-disciplinary teams and led strategic transformation initiatives.
Her leadership in strategic partnerships and launching innovation projects inside one of Europe’s largest industrial groups gives her a unique understanding of corporate adoption cycles and how to scale solutions within global organizations, a strategic asset in venture capital. She developed deep operational expertise in go-to-market strategy with a strong ability to bridge corporate and startup dynamics.
Pedro Alonso-Lamberti
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Senior Portfolio Manager responsible for Eur 10 Bn AuM with a focus on Infrastructure and Private Equity, encompassing both indirect and direct strategies.
Previous 10 years of experience were deployed in senior and management positions within transaction advisory –dealing with valuation, business modelling, project financing and M&A-, of Big 4 firms based in Madrid, Latin America and Luxembourg focusing on renewable energies (solar, wind, hydro, biomass) and core infrastructures (gas -transportation and generation-, underground, mining, toll roads, ports).
Philippe Augustin
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Philippe is the Head of BGL BNP Paribas Development, which has been launched in 2021 to support Luxembourg based SMEs by acquiring minority stakes in order to accelerate their growth and to facilitate business transfers. He was previously in charge of the Commercial Banking team and the Innovation Hub and he holds a Master’s degree in Money and Finance from University Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg and a Master’s degree in Banking and Finance from Luxembourg School of Finance.
Quentin Dupraz
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Quentin Dupraz is a General Partner at Ilavska Vuillermoz Capital, currently investing its early-stage DefenceTech Fund across NATO partner countries. With nearly a decade of venture capital experience,
Quentin has built a track record of investing across transformative sectors, ranging from energy systems to frontier technologies that support European security and sovereignty. He began his investment career in Corporate Venture Capital at Encevo, where he focused on early-stage cleantech.
Quentin is Co-Chair of the Luxembourg VC Club and serves as a representative member of LuxDefence, contributing to national efforts to develop Luxembourg’s industrial and technological base in the defence sector.
Raphael de Botton
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Raphael de Botton is a Senior Managing Director in the Tactical Opportunities group, based in London. Since joining Blackstone in 2006, Mr. de Botton has been involved in Blackstone’s investments in Tangerine, TDC, Tragus, Versace, AAG, Clarion, JOA, Murka, Superbet, HH Global, Sipartech, Lazeo, SII Group, L’Occitane and Dream Games.
Before joining Blackstone, Mr. de Botton worked at Lazard in the Mergers and Acquisition division, in New York.
Mr. de Botton graduated from ESSEC Business School with a Master’s degree in Finance and from the French National Institute of Telecommunications with a Master’s of Science. Mr. de Botton serves as a director of JOA, Murka, HH Global, Lazeo, SII Group, Superbet, L’Occitane and Dream Games.
Raphaël Eber
Bio
Raphaël is Head of Corporate Services, Continental Europe with over 25 years’ experience in Luxembourg’s financial sector. He is responsible for the corporate and fund services delivered from our Luxembourg and Malta offices and the related strategic initiatives aligning with our ambitious growth objectives in Continental Europe. Raphaël has an established history of working in the structuring and operational management of alternative investments, with a particular specialisation in the private equity and real estate sectors.
Prior to joining the Group in 2024, he was a Partner at a global professional services firm, leading their Private Equity practice, and in charge of their central administration for Alternative Investments Funds in Luxembourg. Before that, Raphaël co-led the Regulated Alternative Investments service business line for APEX Luxembourg, and was a Co-Founder of MAS Fund Services. Previous to joining the alternative investments industry, Raphaël worked for over ten years at a top tier bank in Luxembourg in mergers and acquisitions, and as manager of a $10 billion portfolio in credit derivatives and real estate linked fixed income instruments.
Raman Rajagopal
Bio
Raman Rajagopal is a Senior Client Portfolio Manager dedicated to Invesco’s global private credit group, which includes capabilities across broadly syndicated loans, CLO’s, direct lending and distressed credit.
Mr. Rajagopal joined Invesco in 2016. With Invesco, he has held roles focusing on private markets asset classes as well as in corporate strategy. Mr. Rajagopal was previously a management consultant with Accenture, where he concentrated on wealth and asset management companies. Prior to Accenture, he worked in asset management roles with Oppenheimer and Morgan Stanley. He began his career as a corporate attorney with Paul Hastings LLP, where he focused on mergers and acquisitions.
Mr. Rajagopal earned a BS degree with university honors from Carnegie Mellon University and a JD from the University of Southern California Law School.
Renauld Graas
Bio
Renaud is a founding partner of LAB Partners and is a partner in its Funds and Asset Management Practice.
Renaud has over 20 years of experience in the field of alternative investments. He advises fund managers on the set-up and day-to-day operations of (unregulated and regulated) alternative investment funds, continuation funds, co-investment vehicles and carry and team commitment vehicles in the private equity, venture capital, infrastructure, private debt and real estate space. Renaud also has extensive experience advising asset managers as well as limited partners on secondary transactions (including GP-led secondary transactions, stapled deals and continuation funds).
Before launching LAB Partners, Renaud worked for more than a decade in the Luxembourg funds practice of a Magic Circle firm, headed the funds practice at an independent Benelux firm and worked as a partner in the funds and asset management practice of the Luxembourg office of a Dutch firm.
Renaud has been consistently ranked as a Band 3 lawyer in Chambers & Partners – Investment Funds, Luxembourg (Europe and Global) for the past 12 years.
Renaud is qualified and admitted to the Bar in Luxembourg (Avocat à la Cour – List I).
Robert Stoll
Bio
Robert (“Boyo” to his friends) is a 77-year-old young timer and a serial entrepreneur.
He recently defended a doctorate on the transfer of SMEs in the absence of natural heirs.
His thesis centered on filling a little researched gap: how can a “Patriarch Emeritus” achieve an ethically defensible balance between a “Hard” objective (maximizing the selling price of his SME) and a “Soft” one (ensuring the sustainability of the work of his lifetime)?
The case study of the transfer of one of Robert’s SMEs shows that combining the OBO and LMBO models with two PE investment funds and a “dream team” of “intrapreneurs”, can yield an excellent compromise.
The next question consists of how the resulting funds should be redeployed in several types of assets including in private equity.
Dr Robert Stoll holds an MA in philosophy and economics from Oxford University, an MBA from INSEAD and a DBA from the Business Science Institute and the University of Lyon.
Samuelle Thevenet
Bio
Samuelle Thevenet is a seasoned executive with over 25 years of international experience in private equity, financial management, transaction services and corporate governance. As Chief Operating Officer of a Geneva-based Family Office and Singapore-based Investment Funds, she oversees international portfolios, driving strategic exits, optimizing valuations, and navigating complex regulatory landscapes across Europe, Asia, and USA. Samuelle pioneered one of the first Variable Capital Companies (VCC) in Singapore, enhancing operational flexibility in challenging market environments. She holds board member positions in asset management, venture and growth capital companies.
Sara Huda
Bio
Sara Huda is a Managing Director, Global Head of Investment Services, at EQT Group. Sara also serves as a board member of EQT Fund Management Sarl, EQT’s regulated investment manager.
Prior to EQT, Sara was Head of Luxembourg at the Carlyle Group, overseeing Carlyle’s European investment structures and its regulated investment fund manager. Sara was also a deals and fund tax advisor at PwC for 12 years, working in Australia, New York and Luxembourg.
Sara currently serves on the board of the Luxembourg Association of Funds, the main industry body for asset managers in Luxembourg. She is an admitted solicitor in Australia and holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and Bachelor of Applied Finance from Macquarie University Sydney.
Dr. Serge Younes
Bio
Serge is the Head of Sustainability at Investindustrial, responsible for Sustainability (ESG), Responsible Investing, Impact Investment and sustainable growth. He leads a team of highly experienced domain experts in Sustainability & ESG to deliver tangible value and impact in the investment process working closely with portfolio companies.
Co-Chair and member of the Private Equity Advisory Committee at the UN PRI. Member of the SBTi Financial Sector Expert Advisory Group. Chairs the global Steerco of Initiative Climat International (A PE Climate Initiative). Member of the Invest Europe Responsible Investment Roundtable.
Serge was previously a Director at Accenture Strategy as the global lead for cross-industry “Clean Energy Solutions” helping Cross-industry industry clients in their low-carbon and digital transformations. He also previously lead the sustainability practice in India and also lead the Sustainability Capability Network, a cluster of core strategy practitioners based in India, Argentina and Poland supporting the delivery of projects globally. Serge was a Director of Sustainability Services at WSP Environment & Energy and had responsibility for international business development of renewable energy & sustainable masterplanning advisory services. Serge acted as program manager for the delivery of large sustainable city development masterplans, globally.
Serge has a PhD in Renewable Energy and is a published author on subjects ranging from clean technologies/energy, low carbon infrastructures, and urban planning.
Shanu Sherwani
Bio
Shanu Sherwani is the Chief Investment Officer of Kneip Management S.A., a family office based in Luxembourg, and a Partner at Antwort Capital, a platform providing qualified investors access to top-tier private equity funds.
Previously, he served as Deputy CEO and Chief Investment Officer of AM Investment, a Luxembourg private equity fund managing €1 billion in assets. He was also Conducting Officer for Distribution and Valuation at Castik Capital, where he led Investor Relations. Earlier, he was Head of Business Development and Investor Relations at Threestones Capital, focusing on alternative investment strategies. Before that, he led M&A activities at Post Group Luxembourg and held management roles at KPMG Corporate Finance and Muller & Associes, overseeing major corporate finance and M&A projects.
Shanu holds a Master’s in International Management and Corporate Finance from ICHEC Brussels Management School and postgraduate certificates in Alternative Assets with a focus on Private Equity from Oxford’s Saïd Business School, Imperial College London, Harvard Business School, and the London School of Economics.
A member of FJD and LPEA, he is considered an expert on private equity and portfolio allocation and regularly contributes to AGEFI, Paperjam, and Delano on private equity topics.
Simone Pini
Bio
Simone Pini is Managing Director and ESG Referent at ORAXYS, a Luxembourg based PE firm specialized in financing buyout transactions and expansion of European companies focused on environment-friendly products or services, partnering with leadership teams to accelerate their development and profitable growth.
Prior to joining ORAXYS, Simone spent more than 16 years at Cube Infrastructure Managers, sourcing and executing investments in European small and mid-sized enterprises active in the Energy Transition space (district heating, energy efficiency services, renewable energy). Simone is a former Supervisory Board member of Idex (France), CogenInfra (Italy) and Enetiqa (Czech Republic), former Chairman of the Boards of Norsk VannKraft (Norway), Green Energy Platform (Spain) and Grecom (Slovakia) and former Board member of RPI (Spain) and Varanger Kraftvind (Norway).
Simone began his career in the M&A Energy team of Mediobanca in Milan. He is a graduate with honors from Politecnico di Milano and holds a diploma from the Alta Scuola Politecnica in Italy, as well as an MBA from the Collège des Ingénieurs in France. He is also a CFA charterholder.
Soraya Kamel
Bio
Soraya Kamel is the Global Head of Business Development at Allfunds Alternative Solutions.
She has over 15 years of experience in the financial services industry, specializing in digital platforms and solutions. She has held various sales and management positions at Allfunds, MFEX, and Morningstar, where she developed and maintained strong relationships with institutional investors and distributors across Europe and Latin America.
She holds a Bachelor of Marketing from Dublin Business School, a Master in International Management from Università Bocconi and a Master of Business, Languages and Cultures from Copenhagen Business School.
Stefan Huber
Bio
Stefan Huber is Managing Director of PATRIZIA’s private wealth AIFM, overseeing product development and portfolio management.
He also leads group-wide initiatives for private wealth solutions. With nearly 20 years of experience in real assets, Stefan has a strong track record in the acquisition, structuring, and management of real estate and infrastructure investments.
He holds an MBA from London South Bank University, a Diploma in International Management from the Technical University of Augsburg, and a Bachelor’s degree from Inholland University Rotterdam.
Stephane Pesch
Bio
Stephane Pesch is the CEO of the Luxembourg Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (LPEA)
Stephane Pesch, studied Finance and Business administration in France and finished his studies with an exchange program in the US. After some experiences in the media sector, Stephane joined the financial services and investment funds industry in 2005. He worked for various banks (BNP Paribas, KBL and Sal. Oppenheim) in different Sales, client- and product-centric positions. He switched afterwards to an international PSF providing specialised PE & VC services for which he led the business development activities in Europe. He was able to participate over the last years in the tremendous growth of the PE/VC asset classes in Luxembourg and of the LPEA via different active roles in Technical Committees. After many years as a member, he professionally joined the association in October 2019 as Director of Strategy and started working on key missions including public advocacy, thought leadership and the attraction of talents. With his team he launched the LPEA Training Academy in 2020 and took over in September the role of CEO, pursuing LPEA’s core mission of promoting, defending and representing the Private Capital industry and community.
Steven Gringoire
Bio
Steven is an Investment Director, having joined AnaCap in 2019 as an Associate. He was involved in the investments into Cleva and MRH Trowe and is today a member of MRH Trowe’s supervisory board.
Previously, Steven worked at J.P. Morgan as an analyst in the FIG EMEA M&A team and at EY in the transaction advisory team.
Steven graduated magna cum laude with an M.Sc. in Economic and Finance from the Louvain School of Management and is a CFA charter holder.
Ted Logan
Bio
Ted Logan joined HarbourVest in 2021 and focuses on business development and strategy with key intermediary relationships in EMEA and Asia.
Ted brings 20 years of experience to HarbourVest in private equity and alternatives distribution in both the wealth and institutional channels.
Ted joined the Firm from BlackRock and was part of the BlackRock Alternatives Specialists team focused on fundraising across private equity, private debt, real assets and liquid alternative strategies.
Prior to that, he held positions as marketing director for GLC Ltd. and Aspect Capital, Inc. and started his finance career with Goldman Sachs. Ted received a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Arizona and holds the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designation.
Tristan Schirra
Bio
Tristan Schirra is Head of Fund & Portfolio Management at Swiss Life Asset Managers since 2020. In this role, he assumes responsibility for the infrastructure mandates and two semi-liquid investment groups of the Swiss Life Investment Foundation.
He is also responsible for the portfolio management of the new Swiss Life Privado Infrastructure ELTIF.
He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Corporate Finance from the University of Saarbrücken.
Vaishnavi Gurumurthy
Bio
Vaishnavi Gurumurthy is a Director at EAAA Alternatives, a leading India-focused private alternatives asset manager specializing in private credit and real assets. The firm manages capital on behalf of marquee limited partners—including pension funds, insurance companies, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals—across North America, Europe, Asia, and India.
Vaishnavi has been with EAAA Alternatives for over a decade, playing a key role in the firm’s growth and institutionalization. Currently based in Luxembourg, she focuses on business development, product strategy, and sustainability.
Before joining EAAA Alternatives, Vaishnavi worked at Citigroup, where she gained experience in equity research and investment banking. She holds an undergraduate degree in Engineering and an MBA with a specialization in Finance.
Victoria Chernykh
Bio
Victoria specializes in private equity within the team. Her experience across different asset classes in private and public markets includes research, investor relations, and marketing of investment products.
In 2015, Citywire recognized her as one of the top 25 wealth managers for fund selection and asset allocation. Victoria is skilled in public and private investor event communication and digital broadcasts. She holds an MBA from Bayes Business School.
Yann Grutzmacher
Bio
Yann is the Founder and President of the Goldbridge Investment Club, Luxembourg’s first student-led investment club managing a real-money portfolio. Goldbridge was created to make finance more accessible by combining theory, practice, and collaboration. Built around four pillars — Simulation & Education, Financial Analysis, Portfolio Management, and Legal Analysis — the club gives students the opportunity to gain hands-on experience.
While Goldbridge’s active members are students, its educational mission extends far beyond the university sphere. The club aims to make financial knowledge understandable and engaging for everyone, from young learners to experienced professionals, through educational content, webinars, and insights.
Yann is currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Banking and Finance at the University of Zurich, focusing on financial concepts, asset pricing, and market dynamics. He gained his first professional experience in the alternative assets market at Hauck & Aufhäuser Lampe Privatbank AG in Luxembourg, where he worked on due diligence, securitisation vehicle onboarding, and investor compliance.
Yannick Arbaut
Bio
Yannick is a partner in Simpson Thacher’s Investment Funds Practice and is based in the recently opened Luxembourg office.
He advises some of the largest global asset managers on complex fund formation matters, including the structuring and registration of regulated funds (including semi-liquid evergreen funds) and unregulated funds, covering private equity, private credit, real estate and infrastructure strategies.
With extensive experience across a broad range of sectors, he is recognised by Chambers as a leading lawyer in Investment Funds and was named a “Next Generation Partner” for investment funds by Legal 500. He is fluent in English, French, German and Luxembourgish. Yannick is a member of a number of fund industry bodies including the Association of the Luxembourg Funds Industry (ALFI) and the Luxembourg Private Equity Association (LPEA) where he co-chairs the AIFMD working group.
Thomas Göricke
Bio
Tom Göricke’s practice focuses on collective asset management and investment funds with a specific focus on rules regarding sustainable finance and ESG.
Tom advises clients on the set-up and structuring of their Luxembourg investment fund operations as well as on regulatory matters.
He is part of the firm’s sustainable finance task force and actively participates in various industry association working groups on this subject.
LPS, GPS & ASSET MANAGERS
ATTENDING LPEA INSIGHTS
- 33n Ventures
- 3impax
- ABEQ Venture Partners
- Abts and Partners
- Accession Capital Partners
- ACP
- Advent International
- Agartha Springs
- Allianz Capital Partners
- Allianz Global Investor
- Amadeus Capital Partners
- Ambrosia
- Amundi
- Antin Infrastructure Partners
- Antwort Capital
- Anyssa Venture Capital
- APERAM
- Apollo Global Management
- Apollo Health Ventures
- Apollo Investment Management Europe
- Arc Capital Partners
- Archinvest
- Arcmont
- ARDIAN
- Argos Fund Partners
- Argos Wityu Partners
- Arianna
- Arici
- AUSTELL FINANCIERE
- Axiomatic
- Aviva Investors Luxembourg
- Bain Capital
- BC Partners
- Beaujean & Partners
- BGK
- BGL BNP Paribas
- BI-Invest Endowment Management Sarl
- BIP Capital Partners
- BlackRock
- Blackstone
- BlueShore
- BPI France
- BLK GP
- Bridgepoint
- Brightlands Venture Partners
- Brightpoint Luxembourg
- BROTHERS & Partners Europe
- Bullhound Capital
- BXVentures
- BXVentures Climate Tech Fund
- CA Indosuez Fund Solutions
- Calista Direct Investors
- CapMan Fund Investments
- Cardif Lux Vie
- Castik Capital
- Castlelake
- Catalpa Ventures
- Celestra
- CFO CAPITAL ADVISORY
- Chenavari Investment Managers
- Cinven Luxembourg
- Cipio Partners
- Citco
- Clerville Investment Management
- ClickWin
- Climate Leaders Fast-Track
- CNP - GBL
- Colibri Advisory
- Coller Capital
- Coller Investment Management
- Converginvest Capital Partners
- Core Equity Holdings
- Critical Capital Partners
- Cube Infrastructure Managers
- CVC
- Cycle Group
- Dentressangle Global Opportunities
- Deutsche Beteiligungs
- DF3I (JCDecaux Holding)
- Digital Transformation Capital
- EAAA Alternatives
- Earlybird Health Management GmbH & Co. KG
- EEC Ventures
- Encevo
- EOS Creditable Investment Management
- EQT
- Equinox
- Esséré
- Eurizon Capital Real Asset SGR
- Euro Games Funding Club
- Eurocom Group - La vie est belle
- European Investment Bank
- European Investment Fund
- Eurizon Capital Real Asset
- Expansion Ventures
- Expon Capital
- Feedback
- Fidelity International (FIL Holdings)
- Finance in Motion
- Franklin Templeton
- Fumoir de luxe
- Fund AML
- Futurewave AG
- Gayo Capital Fund SICAV-FIS
- GC Ventures
- gener8tor Luxembourg
- Genii Capital
- Gestron Asset Management
- Global Resilience Innovation Fund
- Golding Capital Partners
- Governance.com
- Greenbridge
- Grid.vc
- Ground Capital
- Groupe SIPAREX - SIGEFI
- Haltra Group (Family Office)
- HarbourVest
- Haussmann 1864 Capital Management
- Helix Space
- HIG Capital
- ICG
- IK Investment Partners Luxembourg
- Ilavska Vuillermoz Capital
- Innovaticgroup GmbH
- INOKS CAPITAL (LUXEMBOURG) GP 1
- Inter Fund Management
- Invesco
- Investindustrial
- IQEQ
- Jalad Pty Ltd
- Jamon Investment
- Jasperus S.A.
- Jeneral Family office
- Karista
- Kartesia Management
- kerabeo
- Kilgobbin Partners
- KJK Capital Luxembourg
- KKR
- Klarphos
- Kneip Management
- L.F. Investments Sàrl
- LBAN
- LFH
- L-GAM
- Lombard International
- Lombard International Assurance (Utmost Group)
- Lombard Odier Funds (Europe)
- Lone Star Capital Investments
- L.R. Capital Group
- Ludorf Partner
- Luxaviation
- Luxembourg Space Agency
- Luxembourg Stock Exchange
- Luxempart
- Macquarie Asset Management
- Magnum Industrial Partners
- Mangrove Capital Partners
- Mantra Investment Partners
- Marble Arch Capital Ventures
- Marcol European Services
- Marguerite
- Marie-Carla Corporation
- MARLIS
- MFB Hungarian Development Bank
- Midas Wealth Management
- Mikro Kapital Management
- Moonfare
- Movens Capital
- Multiplicity Partners
- Munich Private Equity Partners
- NB Private Equity Partners
- Neuberger Berman
- NewSpace Capital
- Nineyards Equity
- NN Group
- Nordcap.lu SARL
- Nordea Asset Management
- Nordic Capital Management
- Norvestor
- Oakley Capital
- Oaktree Coop
- OLKAD
- ORAXYS - Environmental Private Equity
- Orion Capital Managers
- OTB Ventures
- Palico
- Partners Group
- PATRIZIA GrundInvest
- PEMBERTON ASSET MANAGEMENT
- PGIM
- Polara
- POST Capital
- Primwest
- Probus Pleion Luxembourg
- Prosnav Capital
- Providence Equity Partners
- Quaero Capital Luxembourg
- Radix Ventures GP
- Regah Ventures
- Renaio Assets GmbH
- SABIC Ventures
- Sarona Asset Management
- Schroders
- SEB Greentech VC
- Sekura
- Sienna Investment Managers (Group BLG)
- SIPAREX
- Sofina
- Squads BV Fund
- Stableton Financial
- StepStone Group
- Stoll Group
- Stonehage Fleming Luxembourg
- SwanCap Investment Management
- Swiss Life Asset Managers France
- Talos Capital
- Tangible Markets Liquidity Solution
- Telemos
- THoW
- Three Hills Fund Management
- Threestones Capital Management
- TIIC
- Tikehau Capital
- TPG
- Trill Impact
- Triton Investment Management Services
- Triton Partners
- Trois I
- Tuspark Capital Management Luxembourg
- Unigestion
- Utmost
- Varde Partners
- Vauban Infrastructure Partners
- Vedihold
- Vertex Holdings
- Vesalius Biocapital IV Partners
- Vitol
- VIVES Partners
- Volta Ventures
- Wallonie Entreprendre
- Warburg Pincus
- Wayton Capital I Limited
- WEALINS
- Wellstern
- White Oak Management
- Yaday
- Zaz Ventures
Additional Family Offices, Corporate Investors, and other institutional players are also confirmed to attend, ensuring a diverse and high-quality investor audience.
event partners
Event Venue
For any additional information please contact events@lpea.lu
or call +352 28 68 19 602.
- LuxExpo Hall 8 | South Entrance, Rue Carlo Hemmer, 2626, Kirchberg, Luxembourg
- 23 October 2025
- Full day conference - 8:30 AM to 8:00 PM