2022 Speakers

Jason Howard
COO
Headway Capital Partners
Jason Howard
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Natalia Ramsden
Founder
Sofos Associates
Natalia Ramsden
After starting her career in clinical services, Natalia moved into talent consulting, specialising in leadership assessment and succession at board level. She’s worked with FTSE250 companies in the UK and global clients across EMEA and Asia-Pacific.
As a pioneer in neuroenhancement and its applications she speaks at events on boosting brain power and why its where the future of self-development and cognitive maximisation lies.

Stuart Mair
IT Special Projects
BC Partners
Stuart Mair

Martin Sjolund
General Counsel
Summa Equity
Martin Sjolund

Jonathan Pugh-Smith
General Counsel - Funds and Compliance Officer
Bregal Investments
Jonathan Pugh-Smith

Aaron Kienwald
Chief Operating Officer
Oakley Capital
Aaron Kienwald

Maria Durkan
Director of Fund Finance
Beringea
Maria Durkan

Anne Sheedy
ESG Advisor
Bowmark Capital
Anne Sheedy

Andrew Stewart
Business Development Director
Ocorian
Andrew Stewart

Henrik Berg
CTO
Verdane
Henrik Berg

Steve Darrington
Partner & Chief Financial & Risk Officer
Phoenix Equity Partners
Steve Darrington
Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, BA (Hons) in Business Studies and Computing from the Leicester Business School and an MBA from Manchester Business School. Rugby, Tennis & Golf enthusiast along with a love of Italy.

Malcolm Goddard
CFO/COO
Zetland Capital
Malcolm Goddard
Before Zetland he spent 10 years as a Partner and COO of Altima, who managed $5bn of hedge and private-equity assets in a number of strategies and markets. He joined Altima after 15 years in investment banking iwhere he performed a number of development and operational roles.
Malcolm is a frequent speaker at industry conferences on operational and fund matters; has sat on industry committees, has consulted to emerging and developing managers and was the Drawdown’s COO of the year in 2020.

Tom Cole
Managing Director - UK & Europe
Abacus
Tom Cole

Patrick Watson
Finance Director
Anthemis
Patrick Watson
He joined Anthemis in 2019, having previously been CFO at 8c Capital. His previous roles include heading up Fund Reporting at 3i Group plc, and Vice President in Deutsche Bank’s infrastructure funds business.
Patrick is a chartered accountant and holds a BA from Cambridge University.

Diana Meyel
COO/CFO
Cipio Partners
Diana Meyel
Diana holds a degree in Banking Administration from Frankfurt School of Finance & Management.

Miles Chan
VP/GM Insight
Ontra
Miles Chan

Ash Hall
Senior Partner
Alpha FX
Ash Hall
Launching Alpha’s institutional FX division with co-partner Sam Marsh, Ash joined Alpha after eight years of successfully growing an institutional foreign exchange division from the ground up, delivering 70% YoY growth over five years.
Ash is a member of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment and

Paul Cunningham
CFO
Helios Investment Partners
Paul Cunningham
taxation, fund administration and reporting and regulatory compliance for the Helios group
entities. An experienced private equity finance and administration executive with 32 years in the
industry, he served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer for Barclays Private
Equity (“BPE”) for six years prior to joining Helios in May 2008, and previously as Director, Head of
Finance & Product Control Projects at Barclays Capital. His responsibilities included the reporting
and administration of various managed funds as well as internal reporting / administration for
BPE’s proprietary business. Mr Cunningham is Chairman of the International Private Equity and
Venture Capital Valuation Guidelines (“IPEV”) Board. Prior to joining Barclays, he worked within
the finance functions of various major investment banks, including Deutsche Bank and Credit
Suisse, since qualifying as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst & Whinney in 1989. He graduated
with a BS (Hons) in Mathematics from Imperial College.

Allan Dowie
CFO
N4 Partners
Allan Dowie

Robert Sroka
ESG Director
Abris
Robert Sroka
Previously, Manager at EY Climate Change and Sustainability Services and EY Business Integrity and Corporate Compliance practices. Robert is a member of the Invest Europe Responsible Investment Roundtable and the European Business Ethics Network. Author and co-author of many research reports, books and articles available on www.robertsroka.pl.

Jennifer Flood
Sustainability Vice President
InvestIndustrial
Jennifer Flood

Raxita Kapashi
Chief Finance Officer
Dawn Capital
Raxita Kapashi
Before joining Dawn, Raxita was a CFO of a Fintech group called TruFin plc. Raxita was instrumental in taking the group to IPO on AIM raising £70m of proceeds. Prior to TruFin, Raxita has held senior finance roles at Inflexion Private Equity and before that Oakley Capital Private Equity.
Raxita qualified as a chartered accountant with BDO and has a Civil Engineering degree from Cardiff University.

Rebecca Noyes
CFO
Stable Asset Management
Rebecca Noyes
Iain Katimbo
Head of Funds
LDC
Iain Katimbo
He has over 15 years’ experience in Investment management spanning across several strategies including Private Equity, Debt, Real estate and infrastructure, Venture and Growth capital across numerous jurisdictions globally, having worked at ARES, ICG, Valiance and Apax. Iain is a fellow of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants and trained as an auditor with Deloitte

Shakeeb Ahmed
Compliance - Director
Permira Credit
Shakeeb Ahmed
Prior to joining Permira Credit, Shakeeb spent nine years at Citigroup, most recently within the Fixed Income, Currencies & Commodities Markets Product Compliance team. Shakeeb has also held a variety of operations and business management roles at both Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley

Ryan McNelley
Managing Director
Kroll
Ryan McNelley
Ryan is a regular speaker at conferences across Europe and is part of several industry working groups and trade organisations. Most notably, Ryan was a contributing author to the AIMA Guide to Sound Practices for Hedge Fund Valuation, and is a member of Invest Europe’s Working Group on Accounting Standards, Valuation and Reporting.

Matthew Kirsch
Managing Director
Pemberton
Matthew Kirsch
Prior to joining Pemberton in 2022, Matthew was a founding member of Apollo’s European Private Credit team, where he focused on the origination and execution of investments in support of mid-market Private Equity backed transactions. Previously, Matthew was a Director at both Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Europe and GE Capital in their respective Leveraged Finance teams.
Matthew holds a BA (Hons) in Business and Finance from Oxford Brookes University and a BSc in Financial Services from the University of Manchester.

Kirsty Joly
CFO
Px3 Partners
Kirsty Joly
Kirsty qualified as a chartered accountant with EY in Guernsey before spending some time in New York with PwC and ultimately settling in London.

Bruce Hepburn
CEO
Mactavish