First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) x IPEM Private Markets 2025 is a high-level event which brings together top-tier international fund managers, sovereign wealth representatives from Abu Dhabi and the GCC, and key private market stakeholders to explore the most pressing trends shaping private capital in 2025.
🔶 Exchange valuable insights.
🔶 Expand your network.
🔶 Explore new business perspectives across asset classes (private equity, private credit, real assets) and key secular growth themes.
✅ Where are the strongest growth opportunities in infrastructure, healthcare, and technology?
✅ What role will innovation, discipline, and long-term vision play in navigating today’s complex landscape?
Opening Remarks
– FAB (Sophia Oumary, Global Head of SWFs & Financial Sponsors)
– IPEM (Antoine Colson, CEO)
Panel
– Mubadala (Rajesh Gopalakrishnan, CFO, Private Equity Platform)
– Brookfield (Jad Ellawn, Managing Partner, Regional Head of the Middle East)
– Bridgepoint (Hamish Grant, Partner IR, IC member)
– Fortress (Eran Zur, Head of Intellectual Property)
– FAB (Sophia Oumary, Global Head of SWFs & Financial Sponsors) – Moderator
Panel
– Coller Capital (Hani El Khoury, Investment Partner)
– W Capital Partners (David Wachter, CEO)
– Carlyle AlpInvest (Louis Choy, MD, Secondaries)
– Goldman Sachs Asset Management (Harold Hope, Global Head of Secondaries)
– FAB (Bhupinder Singh, Head of Leveraged & Acquisition Finance) – Moderator
Panel
– ICG Europe (Jens Tonn, Head of Germany, Austria and Switzerland, IC Member – Capital Solutions)
– FS Investments (Mike Kelly, CIO & President)
– Apollo (Thomas Collier, MD Asset Backed Finance Strategies)
– FAB (Emilien Chiappore, Structured Investments, Global Markets) – Moderator
Panel
– Janus Handerson (Sikander Ahmed, Head of MENA Private Credit)
– Ruya Partners (Mirza Beg, Founding Partner)
– FAB (Bhupinder Singh, Head of Leveraged & Acquisition Finance)
– IPEM (Antoine Colson, CEO) – Moderator
Panel
– KKR (Julian Barratt-Due, Managing Director and Head of Middle East)
– CVC (Ozgur Onder, Senior Managing Director , Head of Middle East)
– Brookfield (Arpit Sharma, (Arpit Sharma, SVP, Private Equity – Middle East)
– FAB (Sophia Oumary, Global Head of SWFs & Financial Sponsors) – Moderator
Fireside Chat
– AXA IM Prime (Pascal Christory, CEO)
– FAB (Omeir Jilani, Head of Alternative Investments, Global Markets) – Moderator
Fireside Chat
– GEMS (Dino Varkey, CEO)
– FAB (Bhupinder Singh, Head of Leveraged & Acquisition Finance) – Moderator
Fireside Chat
– iCapital (Marco Bizzozero, Head of International business & Member of the Executive Committee)
– FAB (Michel Longhini, Group Head of Global Private Banking)
Fireside Chat
– ADNOC (Klaus Froehlich, Chief Investment Officer)
– FAB (Martin Tricaud, Group Head of Wholesale Banking) – Moderator
Panel
– Emirates Investment Authority “EIA” (Patrick Brauer, Head of Real Estate & Agriculture )
– Fortress (Cyril Courbage, Head of European Real Estate)
– Newmark (Joe Morris, Vice Chairman, Capital Markets)
– FAB (Neal Lindsay, Head of Real Estate Finance) – Moderator
Panel
– Seviora – SeaTown (Eddie Ong, CIO Asia Private Credit Manager)
– CapitaLand (Sanjeev Dasgupta, CEO at CapitaLand Investment India)
– LGT Capital Partners (Doug Coulter, Partner and Head of Asia)
– FAB (Vinayak Herur, Head – Corporate Coverage SEAA) – Moderator
Panel
– Marshall Wace (Thilo Roth, SEO & Head of Digital)
– Further Ventures (Mohammed Hamdy, Managing Partner)
– FAB (Marco Massucco, Head of Global Financial Institutions Sales, Global Markets) – Moderator
Panel
– Mubadala (Jacobo Calderon, Responsible Investing)
– Kimmeridge (Henry Makansi, Co-Founder and Managing Partner)
– FAB (Shargiil Bashir, Chief Sustainability Officer)
– IPEM (Antoine Colson, CEO) – Moderator
Closing Remarks
– FAB (Sophia Oumary, Global Head of SWFs & Financial Sponsors)
– IPEM (Antoine Colson, CEO)
It’s a great opportunity to connect with key industry players and take part in the DIFC Dubai FinTech Summit while you’re there!
📅 From 3:00 PM (with networking from 04:00 PM to 5:00 PM)
Winning the Long Game: Why Private Capital Is the Future of Finance
🔸 Introductory Keynote and moderator: Antoine Colson, CEO & Managing Partner, IPEM
🔸 Noor Sweid, Managing Partner, Global VC
🔸 Hugo Bongers, Partner, MOTIVE Partners
🔸 Salmaan Jaffery, CBDO, DIFC
Discover a summary of Wednesday at IPEM Paris 2024 with the Photo Gallery (relive our events: Comms & Marketing Lunch, Wrap Party), the TV Studio Interviews, and the Video Highlights!
