Speakers – Cannes 2025

Pierre ABADIE

Managing Director & Group Climate Director

Dr. Beverley ADAMS

Climate Resilience and Strategy Specialist and Consulting Director

Eric ADLER

President & Chief Executive Officer

Ralph AERNI

Managing Director and Head of Client Solutions in EMEA

Maria AGUILAR-WITTMANN

Co-Head of Infrastructure & Co-Investments

Elif AKTUG

Managing Partner

Maxime ALBAN

Managing Director in

Sophia ALISON

Direct Lending Portfolio Manager (EMEA)

SALMAN ALAM

CFO

Frank AMBERG

Managing Director and Head of Infrastructure Germany

Sarah ANTOR

Managing Partner

Eric ARCHAMBEAU

Co-Founder & Partner

Ana ARSOV

Global Head of Private Credit & Global Co-Head of Financial Institutions

Esther ATTIAS

Journalist

Karen AZOULAY

Head of Real Assets

Jack AZOULAY

Senior Partner

Corinne BACH

Co-CEO

Clara BARBY

Senior Partner

Pierre BAREL

Vice President EMEA investment team

Edmondo BARLETTA

Partner & Head of Continental Europe

Stéphane BARRET

Head of Private Capital Group & Global Head of TMT Sector

William BARRETT

Managing Partner

Julien BAUDINAUD

Director

Benjamin BAUMANN

Partner, Global Head of Secondaries, Mercer Investments

Christophe BAVIÈRE

Co-Chief Executive Officer

Nicolas BEAUGRAND

Partner & Managing Director

Mark BENEDETTI

Executive President, Co-Head of Secondaries & Primaries, Co-Head of Ardian US

Andrew BERNSTEIN

Senior Managing Director & Head of Private Equity

Elina BERREBI

Founding Partner

Rémi BERTELOOT

Managing Director - Head of Small Cap Funds Investments

Cyril BERTRAND

CEO / Managing Partner

Adi BHAGWAT

Managing Director, Strategic Equity

Gary BINNING

Founding Managing Partner

Maud BISCHOFF

Partner

Joshua BLAINE

Senior Managing Director & Head of GP Stakes, Blackstone Strategic Partners

David BLOOD

Senior Partner

Antoine BORDAS

Head of Product & Delivery

Francois BOUILLON

Partner

Gonzague BOUTRY

Managing Director, Digital Infrastructure - Infrastructure

Wesley BRADLE

Senior Portfolio Manager, Private Equity

Michael BRANDMEYER

Global Head and Chief Investment Officer External Investing Group (XIG)

Nicholas BROOKS

Head of Economic and Investment Research, ICG

Ken BROUGHER

Head of Special Situations

Silas BROWN

Reporter

Christoph BRUGUIER

Senior Investment Director - Partner

Michael BRUUN

Global Head of Private Equity

CAMILLE BUEWAERT

Marco BUSCA

Head of Indirect Private Debt

Gabriel CAILLAUX

Co-President, Head of Climate, Head of EMEA Business

Joaquin CAMACHO

CEO and Founding Partner

Lucía CAMBLOR

Senior Reporter

Nicolas CANNASSE

CEO & Creative Director

Arabella CAPORELLO

Partner ( Milan, IT )

Mattia CAPRIOLI

Partner, Co-Head of European Private Equity

Mike CARRUTHERS

Senior Managing Director and European Head of Private Credit for Blackstone Credit and Insurance

Alice CAVALIER

Partner, Co-Head Capital Solutions

Nicolas CELIER

President

Rishika CHANDAN

Managing Director

James CHARALAMBIDES

Partner & Head of European Private Credit

Laurent CHATELIN

Partner Infrastructure

Yvan CHENE

Managing Director, Private Equity - Secondaries

Socheat CHHAY

MD - Head of Corporate Ventures

Michael CHOE

Managing Director and CEO

Jennifer CHOI

CEO

Paul CHOO

Managing Director

Sarit CHOPRA

Partner & Head of Special Situations, Asia – Special Situations

Marc CHOWRIMOOTOO

Managing Director and Portfolio Manager

Samantha CRISTOFORETTI

Astronaut

Christopher KERSEY

Founding Managing Partner

Pascal CHRISTORY

Chief Executive Officer

Melissa COHEN

Partner - Infrastructure

Antoine COLSON

CEO and Managing Partner

Sabina COMIS

Global Managing Partner

Kirsten CONNELL

Pre Seed-Investor

Jean-François COPPENOLLE

Director of sustainable investment

Mathieu CORNIETI

CEO

Jonathan COSTELLO

Managing Partner

Maxim CREWE

Partner - Consumer

Frederick CROT

President

Richard DAMMING

Head of Private Equity Investments Europe

David DANA

Head of VC Investments

Keith DAVIDSON

Partner

Tara DAVIES

Partner, Co-Head of KKR EMEA and Co-Head of European Infrastructure

Becca DAVIS

Senior Investment Director

Henry DE BENNETOT

EMEA Lead, Private Equity Partnerships

Michel DE LEMPDES

Partner, Head of Venture Capital

Camille DELIBES

Partner, Head of - Private Debt

Nathalie DEPETRO

Global Strategy & New Bus. Development Director

Eric DERAM

Managing Partner - CEO

Prune DES ROCHES

Partner

Rory DEVLIN

Founder and Managing Partner

Peter DILLON

Director

Don DIMITRIEVICH

Portfolio Manager, Senior Managing Director

Michael DORRELL

Chairman, CEO & Co-Founder

Jean-Charles DOUIN

Senior Managing Director

Anthony DUBUT

Président & Associé Gérant

R. Sean DUFF

Partner & Global Head of Business Development

Augustin DUHAMEL

Managing Partner

Ben DUMMETT

Reporter

Coralie DURBEC

Investment Director

Benoît DURTESTE

CEO & CIO

Emmanuelle DUTEN

Events Manager

Jérôme DUTHU-BENGTZON

Partner

Matt EDGAR

Senior Managing Director

Michael ELIO

Partner

Carleton ENGLISH

Senior Vice President

David ENRIQUEZ

Partner

Joanna ERNST

Partner

Shira ETING

Partner

Matt EVANS

Head of Europe

Hala FADEL

Managing Partner - Growth

Guillaume FAROUX

Investment director and Partner

Sarah FARRELL

Managing Principal, Head of Private Equity Europe and Asia

Francesca FICAI

Senior Editor

Hamza FILALI

Managing Director - Private Credit

Adam FISHER

Managing Director

Antoine FLAMARION

Co-Founder

Jan-Henrik FOERSTER

Deals Reporter (FIG/PE)

Jennifer FORREST

Journalist

Charles FOUCARD

Chief Operating Officer

Timothée FRAISSE

Partner

Pierre-Etienne FRANC

CEO

Yennifer FRASCONE

Principal & Head of Latin America Capital Partnering

Fred EBRAHEMI

Partner COO-General Counsel

Julien GAILLETON

Principal - Infrastructure Equity

Jose GARCIA

CEO & Founder

Damien GARDES

Co-Head of Infrastructure Debt

Philippe GARREL

Head of Energy Transition Funds

Charlie GARROOD

Global Head of Infrastructure M&A and Transaction Solutions

Christophe GEGOUT

Managing Partner

Markus GEIGER

Head of Private Debt

Matthew GIBSON

Head of Clients Solutions Group

Andrew GILBERT

Partner

Glen KUNOFSKY

Founder & CEO

Nicolas GODEMENT

MD Twin Sails ; VP Financing SNJV

José GONZALO

Directeur Exécutif Capital Développement

Swetha GOPINATH

Private Equity Deals Reporter

Michael GROSS

Co-Founder

Abhishek GUPTA

Associate Director, Head of Product

Clara HAINSDORF

Partner, Paris Intellectual Property & Information Technology Department

Andrea HAJDU-HOWE

Global Partner, Co-Head of Capital

Tim HAMES

Advisor

Sebastian HARLANDER

Investment Manager

Ali HASSAN

Senior Representative, Europe and North America

Chen Geng HE

Co Founder and Managing Partner

Damien HENAULT

Managing Director

Rocio HERES

Partner

Yohan HILL

Director of ESG and Responsible Investing

Alexis HOJABR

Partner

Niels HOLST

Partner in Growth Markets Funds

Tracey HUGGETT

Managing Partner

Thomas HUTIN

Senior Managing Director & Head of Cybersecurity France

Tomas HVAMB

Managing Partner

Ryosuke IINUMA

Chairman

Reynir INDAHL

Founder & Managing Partner

Veena ISAAC

Partner and Co-Head of Apollo’s Sponsor & Secondary Solutions

Isabelle PAGNOTTA

Partner

Salmaan JAFFERY

Chief Business Development Officer

Khurram JAFREE

Global Head of RFP Services, Entrepreneurs & Families

Rune JEPSEN

Head of Europe

Christian JOLCK

Co-Founder and General Partner

Annabelle JUDD

Managing Director

Eneasz KADZIELA

Deputy CIO & Head of Private Equity

Avshalom KALICHSTEIN

Chief Executive Officer

Sacha KAMP

Managing Director, Head of Debt Investment Team

Leslie KAPIN

Partner, Director of Impact

Ken KENCEL

President & CEO

Werner KERSCHL

Executive Director

Yup KIM

CIO

Megumi KIYOZUKA

President & Representative Director

Stefanie KNEER

Head of Sustainability

Nathalie KRIEGER

Executive Director, Co-Head of Europe & Head of Asia

Katherine KUCHERENKO

Asset Owner Partnerships, Private Investments

Max KULHANEK

Senior Private Equity Portfolio Manager

Emmanuel LAGARRIGUE

Co-Head Global Climate

Paul LAMACRAFT

Head of Sustainability & Impact, Private Equity

Lee LANDRUM

Partner

Xavier LAZARUS

Partner

Adam LE

Senior editor

Hamish LEA-WILSON

Head of Europe

Alice LEGRIX DE LA SALLE

Head of Financing

Adeline LEMAIRE

Executive Director & Head of Funds Investments

Christophe LENOUVEL

Founder

Xavier LEROY

Member of the Executive Committee - Head of Advisory Services

Guillaume LESUEUR

Managing Director and Head of the Clean Hydrogen Equipment Fund, Hy24

Ethan LEVINE

Managing Director

Rachel LEWIS

Head of Auctions, Senior Correspondent

Domenico LIA

Partner Co-Head of Europe

Cari LODGE

Managing Director and Head of Secondaries

Christian LUCAS

Managing Partner

Barry LYNCH

Partner, Head of Operations Energy Infrastructure

Imène MAHARZI

Senior Advisor

Gurpreet MANKU

CEO

Brian MANSOURI

Chief Investment Officer

Eric MARCHAND

Managing Partner

Alexandre MARTIN-MIN

Head of Natural Capital & Impact Investment

Arash MASSOUDI

Corporate Finance & Deals Editor

Stuart MATHIESON

Head of Europe & APAC Private Credit & Capital Solutions

Sarah MATHIEU-COMTOIS

Sustainability Director

Cecile MAYER LEVI

Head of Private Debt

Garvan MCCARTHY

CIO EMEA and Asia

Rachel MCGOVERN

Europe Editor, KBRA DLD

Nicholas MCGRANE

Head of Post Acquisition, North America Private Equity

Laurence MEHAIGNERIE

Co-Founder & Partner

Steffen MEISTER

Partner & Executive Chairman of Board of Directors

Laura MERLINI

Managing Director, EMEA

John MERRILL

Partner

Victoria MILES

Founding Partner, Co-CEO and CIO

Jeffrey MINDLIN

VP of Investments & Chief Investment Officer

Pak MING WAN

Director Cloud Engineering AI

Roxana MIRICA

Head of Capital Markets Europe

Toby MITCHENALL

Senior Editor, ESG and Sustainability

Lucie MIXERAS

Investment Director

Benedicte MONPERT

Managing Director GIGF

Tara MOORE

Head of European Origination

Gilles MOREL

Partner

Virginie MORGON

Founding Partner

Steve MOSELEY

Managing Director

Cyndi MOSQUERA

Associate Director

Frederic NADAL

CEO & Co-Founder

Edouard NARBOUX

President

Joshua NELSON

Head of Healthcare

Jenny NEWMARCH

Head of Private Equity

Edmond NG

Managing Partner

Claire NGO

Advisory Director

Christophe NICOLAS

Managing Director

Maya NOËL

Managing Director

Olaf NORDMEYER

Partner & Co-Founder

Anne-Sophie NOURY

Partner

Doc O'CONNOR

Managing Partner

Madison O'CONNOR

Managing Director

Ryoichi OGAWA

Partner

Greg OLAFSON

Global Head Private Credit

William ORUM

Partner and Investment Committee Member

Alexandre OUIMET-STORRS

Investment Director - Plastic Circularity Fund

Armen PANOSSIAN

Co-CEO and Head of Performing Credit and Portfolio Manager

Emmanuel PARMENTIER

Managing Partner

Fabio PARPAJOLA

Partner

Nalin PATEL

Lead Analyst, EMEA Private Capital

Philipp PATSCHKOWSKI

Managing Director

Sophie PATURLE - GUESNEROT

Managing Partner

Marie PESTALOZZI

Co-Head Private Equity Investment Team

Xavier PETET

Partner

Jocelyn PIDOUX

Managing Director, Head of Asset Manager Solutions EMEA

Jim PITTMAN

Head of Private Markets Multi-Management

Matthias PLOTZ

Reporter

Kim POCHON

Principal & Global Head of Primary Investments

Simon PONROY

Directeur des études économiques et statistiques

Alberto PONTI

Senior Partner Head of Strategy & Business Development

Ville POUKKA

Managing Partner

Jennifer PROSEK

CEO

Francis QUINT

Global Head Rabo Investments

Stephanie RADER

Global co-head Alternatives Capital Formation

Jean-Pierre RAFFARIN

Chairman & Former French Prime Minister

Bertrand RAMBAUD

Chairman

Christian RESCH

Global Head of Growth Equity

Yann ROBARD

Managing Partner

Sonia ROCHER

Managing Director

Nicolas ROCHON

Founder & President

Marc ROMANO

Head of Impact Private Equity

Nicolas ROSE

Partner

Anne-Laurence ROUCHER

Head of Private equity and Natural capital

Gautier ROUSSEAU

CIO

Woody ROUSSEAU

CTO and Co-founder

Pauline ROUX

Managing Partner

Joaquin RUIZ TARRE

Head of Secondaries

Aaron SACK

Managing Director and Head of Capital Partners

Cyrille SAINT OLIVE

Head of Venture Capital & Startup Business Development

Charlotte SALMON

Principal

Balthazar SCHLUMBERGER

CEO

Alexandre SCHMITZ

Entrepreneur in private markets

Sebastian SCHROFF

Lead portfolio manager

Laura SCOLAN

Head of France - Private Debt

Alessandro SCORTECCI

Head of Strategy & Business Development

Sean WARD

Senior Managing Director

Robert SEMINARA

Senior Partner, Head of Europe & Head of European PE

Qiongyan SHAO

Partner

Michael SHEDOSKY

Co-CIO

Greg SHELL

Head of Inclusive Growth Strategy Sustainable Investing

Eriko SHOJI

Director

Radhika SHROFF

Managing Director on the Private Equity Impact Team

Taj SIDHU

Managing Director - Partner, Head of European and Asian Private Credit

Sunaina SINHA

Global Head of Private Capital Advisory

Henry SMITH

Partner

Conor SMYTH

CEO

James SOCAS

Head of Investcorp Climate Solutions Partners

Renee SONG

Executive Director

Matteo SQUILLONI

Head of Climate Transition - Equity Investments

Nikos STATHOPOULOS

Chairman of Europe

Sarah STEIN

Head of Transaction Services

Jens STEINMÜLLER

Partner

Dorothee STIK

Managing Director - Head of Innovation Economy for France, Benelux & Southern Europe

Marta STOJANOVA

Director, Leveraged Finance

Romain STOKES

VP

Jérôme SUTOUR

Partner- Head of Financial Services

Delphine SZTERMER

Partner

Naomi TAKEGOSHI

Relationship Manager

Jean-Bernard TANQUERAY

Chief Executive Officer

Klas TIKKANEN

Chief Operating Officer

Viviane TING

Managing Director

Tom ROTHERHAM-WINQVIST

Founder

Miray TOPAY

Partner (London, UK)

Krisztina TORA

Chief Market Development Officer

Martin TORNBERG

Head of Private Markets

Nino TRONCHETTI PROVERA

Managing Partner & Founder

Jonathan TUBIANA

Managing Director

Tristan TULLY

Managing Partner at Brookfield Private Equity

Anthony TUTRONE

Global Head of NB Alternatives & Managing Director

Michael URBAN

Chief Sustainability Strategist

Andrei VADUVA

Managing Director, Global Co-head Portfolio Management

Toni VAINIO

Partner

Kristof VAN OVERLOOP

Managing Director

James VANEK

Partner and Co-Head of Global Performing Credit

Benoit VERBRUGGHE

Managing Partner

Ivan VERCOUTERE

CIO & Managing Partner

Nicolas VIÉNOT

Partner

Roger VINCENT

Founder and CIO

Marie-Anne VINCENT

General Secretary

Guillaume VITRICH

Partner

Danny VROEGOP

Co-Founder & CIO

Taron WADE

Head of Credit Research, EMEA

Nicole WAIBEL

Managing Director

Bridget WALSH

Global Private Equity Leader

Orla WALSH

Managing Director and Portfolio Manager

Michael WAND

Head of European Private Equity

Olivia WASSENAAR

Partner Head of Sustainability and Infrastructure

Michael Oliver WEINBERG

Managing Director

Michael Olivier WEINBERG

Special Advisor

Amelia WEITZMAN

Direct lending reporter

Pieter WELMAN

Head of Global Infrastructure

Pauline WETTER

Partner

Gian-Marc WIDMER

Head of Investment Banking Europe

Charles WONG

Founding Partner

Alisa WOOD

Partner, Private Equity

Serge YOUNES

Global Head of Sustainability at Investindustrial & Chair of Initiative Climat International (iCI)

Deborah ZURKOW

Global Head of investments