Kaarina Suikkonen

Partner
Lyrique

Lyrique provides private equity investment solutions for family offices and institutions with a focus on high quality fund and co-investment opportunities in less efficient, niche markets in Europe and North America. Kaarina has over 14 years of experience in investing and managing investment programs in private equity, prior to Lyrique as Head of Private Equity at FERI Trust in Germany and before that at CalSTRS in the US.

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Kaarina.

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Day 2

Friday, March 9th, 2018

08:00 MORNING THINK TANK: Women in Private Equity- connecting the next generation of women business leaders

With fewer than 10% of senior level positions in PE held by women, the future success of the industry requires a more diverse set of participants. This masterclass provides a platform for women to form relationships that will help dictate the development of the industry.

Make direct connections that lead to real business deals, benefitting you and your organisation
Extend your professional network amongst the next generation of leading women and investment professionals
Enhance your career by learning from, and being inspired by, some of Europe’s most successful and influential women leaders

Withlimited spaces, guarantee your space now by emailing Susie.benaim@wbr.co.uk

16:20 INTERVIEW: How is the growing appetite for co-investments influencing fundraising strategies?

How are GPs dealing with increased requests for co-investments?
What are the conflicts of interest that need to be identified and addressed?
How central is that promise of co-investments becoming to get funds raised?
How are GPs managing co-investment requests once investors are in the fund?
What is the reality of GPs forced to do deals given increasing pressures in co-investments and how does this impact returns?