Partnership in private markets: Building trust for a new era

Please join us from 1:30pm for registration & refreshments.

Welcome and run of show by John Gee-Grant, Global Head of Client Solutions at IFM Investors.

David Neal, CEO at IFM Investors, shares his perspectives on the lessons learnt from 30+ years of infrastructure know-how and the role of trust in today’s shifting environment. 

Luba Nikulina, Chief Strategy Officer at IFM Investors, moderates a panel exploring how investors are moving beyond traditional asset-class allocations and using private markets to address increasingly complex portfolio objectives.

• Anthony MacGuinness, CIO, Keyridge Asset Management
• Jeff Chee, Global Head of Investment Research, IFM Investors

Luba Nikulina, Chief Strategy Officer, sits down with IFM’s investment specialists to discuss moving from strategy to technical implementation when building and delivering resilient portfolios:

• Aaron McGovern, Executive Director, Infrastructure

• Albena Vassileva, Executive Director, Infrastructure

• Chris Purcell, Executive Director, Debt  

Anna Demarmels, Head of Continental Europe, explores the role trust and partnership can play in solving market challenges with valued EMEA partners:

• Beat Wüst, CIO and Head of Asset Management, GastroSocial Pensionskasse

• Liz Fernando, Chief Investment Officer, Nest

Phelim Bolger, Head of UK and Ireland, sits down with leaders from IFM’s portfolio companies to explore how active long-term investment can deliver for businesses, communities and local economies:

• Rémy Verot, Interim Chief Executive Officer, Nala Renewables

• Joanna Seabright, Director of Customer Experience, Marketing and Communications, M6 Toll

• Jakub Patalas, CEO, Veolia Energia Poznań

A summary of the afternoon’s discussions and themes, before continuing the conversation at networking drinks.  

Join us upstairs for some networking drinks and canapes to round off the afternoon.