2026 Speakers
Additional speakers to be announced
Featured Speakers

Michael Arougheti
Co-Founder and CEO
Ares Management Corporation

Andrea Auerbach
Global Head of Private Investments & Partner
Cambridge Associates

Ben Black
CEO
US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)

Mark Gallogly
Co-Founder and Managing Principal
Three Cairns Group

Lucy Heintz
Managing Director, Head of Energy Infrastructure
Actis, a part of General Atlantic

Greg Jania
Global Co-Head of Private Equity
APG Asset Management

Eric Mason
Managing Director, Head of Global Private Equity
The Church Pension Fund (CPF)

Karim Radwan
Partner and Head of Investments
ALTÉRRA

John Ritter
Managing Director, Head of Real Assets
Texas Municipal Retirement System (TMRS)
Speakers

Labeeb Abboud
Chairman and CEO
Global Healthcare Investment Corporation

Hoda Abou Jamra
Founding Partner
TVM Capital Healthcare Partners

Rodrigo Abreu
Operating Partner/CEO
Patria Investments/Omnia Data Centers

Eric Acher
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Monashees

Runa Alam
Founder and Chair
Development Partners International (DPI)

Cate Ambrose
CEO
Global Private Capital Association (GPCA)

Antonio Avitabile
Managing Director EU
Sony Ventures

Wale Ayeni
Managing Partner
Helios Digital Ventures

Souleymane Ba
Partner, Co-Head of Climate Investment Strategy
LeapFrog Investments

Cem Baytok
Managing Partner
idacapital

Darly Bendo
Managing Partner
NXTP

Rodrigo Bettini
Managing Director, Latin America
Milken Institute International

Monica Brand Engel
Managing Partner
Quona

Michael Buchanan
Chief Macro Strategist, Head, Australia & New Zealand
Temasek

Maurizio Caio
Founder and Managing Partner
TLcom Capital

Daniel Calderon
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Alcazar Energy Partners

Alfredo Castellanos
Managing Partner
Glisco Partners

Walid Cherif
Co-founder & Managing Partner
BluePeak Private Capital

Matt Christ
Portfolio Manager
Ninety One

Jesse Corradi
Associate Portfolio Manager
CalSTRS

Jake Cusack
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
CrossBoundary

Jonathan Dean
Deputy Head of Natural Capital & Impact Private Equity
BNP Paribas Asset Management

Martin Diaz Plata
Global Head of Private Equity
BlueOrchard

Mohamed Eissa
Global Head & CIO of Venture Capital
International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Karim El Solh
Co-Founder and CEO
Gulf Capital

Gustavo Ferraro
Partner
Gramercy

Farid Fezoua
Director of Equity, Funds, and Venture Capital
International Finance Corporation (IFC)

John Fischer
CIO
Accion

Christine Glancey
Executive Editor
Rest of World

Mohamed Gouled
Vice President, Products & Clients
International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Charlie Graham-Brown
General Partner
Seedstars International Ventures

Drew Guff
Co-Managing Partner and CIO
Siguler Guff

Florian Hagenbuch
Co-Founder and Partner
Canary

Robert Hamlin
Principal, Private Capital
Cleveland Clinic Investment Office

Karim Hussein
Managing Partner
Algebra Ventures

Obinna Isiadinso
Global Sector Lead, Data Centers and Cloud Services
International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Ava Jacobi
Assistant General Counsel
APG Asset Management US Inc.

Nainesh Jaisingh
Founding Partner and Chief Executive Officer
Affirma Capital

Suneel Kaji
Managing Director
Everstone Capital

Erman Kalkandelen
Managing Director, Global Private Equity, CEO Turkey
Franklin Templeton

Erik Kankainen
Partner – Forestry & Agriculture
The Rohatyn Group

Farah Khan
Managing Partner
L Catterton

Shaun Khubchandani
Partner and Co-Head of Emerging Markets
Siguler Guff

Teddy Kleinman
Vice President
Raine Group

Robert Knorr
Managing Partner
MidEuropa

Boris Kodjoe
Co-Founder
Full Circle Africa

Lenna Koszarny
Founding Partner and CEO
Horizon Capital

Mukund Krishnaswami
Founder & Managing Partner
Lighthouse

Thomas Kronsbein
Director
DEG

Krzysztof Kulig
Senior Partner
Innova Capital

Yemi Lalude
Partner & Head of The Rise Funds for Europe, Middle East & Africa
TPG

Yann Malka
Managing Director, Investment and Head of Business Development
TR Capital

Jennifer Mazin
Managing Partner, General Counsel and Co-President
Brookfield Renewable Power & Transition

Patrick J. McGinnis
Founder/Creator & Host
The xQuotient/FOMO Sapiens

Fabien Mendez
Co-Founder and CEO
Sanctu

Eduardo Mufarej
Partner and Co-Chief Investment Officer
Just Climate

Richard Okello
Co-Founder and Partner
Sango Capital

Steve Okun
Asia Senior Advisor
Global Private Capital Association (GPCA)

Andrea Onate
Global Lead, Private Equity Co-Investments
International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Ziad Oueslati
Founding Partner
AfricInvest

Raj Pai
Founder and Managing Partner
GEF Capital Partners

Anandhi Rajakumaran
Global Equity Head - Manufacturing, Agribusiness, & Services
International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Carlos Ramos de la Vega
Managing Director - VC & Tech
Global Private Capital Association (GPCA)

Aamir Rehan
CEO
Humania Capital

Sara Rona
Managing Director, Head of UK/Europe and MENA
Silicon Valley Bank (SVB)

Jeff Schlapinski
Managing Director of Research
Global Private Capital Association (GPCA)

Noah Schottenstein
Partner
Stone Hilton

Cem Sertoglu
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Bek Ventures

Raiyaan Shingati
Managing Partner
Transition Venture Capital

Frederico Skwara
Director
Advent International

Jose Sosa del Valle
Partner
Lexington Partners

Noor Sweid
Founder and Managing Partner
Global Ventures

Patrick Temple-West
Reporter
Financial Times

Craig Thorburn
Director of Thought Leadership
Future Fund

Nicole Valentine
Senior Director, FinTech
Milken Institute Finance

Nicholas Vickery
Global Head, Private Equity Funds
International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Roger Vincent
Founder and CIO
Summation Capital

Bhavika Vyas
Managing Director
StepStone Group

Ngetha Waithaka
General Partner
Norrsken22

Katie Wu
Director
KKR, Global Impact

Rebecca Xu
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Asia Alternatives Management

Rachel Ziemba
Adjunct Senior Fellow
Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

Amy Wang
Managing Director
Blue Earth Capital

Atul Gupta
Managing Partner & Co-Founder
Trident Growth Partners

Jose (Pepe) Pano
Partner and Head of VIR Strategy
Vinci Compass

Zak Bentley
Americas Editor
Infrastructure Investor, PEI

Martin Pustilnick
Co-Founder & CEO
Mundi

Adiba Ighodaro
Senior Advisor
GPCA

Bekir Polat
Vice President
Investment Office and Finance of the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye

Clarisa De Franco
Senior Advisor
Allied Climate Partners

Alex Porto
Partner
Riverwood Capital
