Jean-Francois Le Ruyet has over 25 years of experience in Private Markets. For Quilvest Capital Partners, Jean-Francois is a member of the Global Investment Committee for the Private Equity secondary, co-investments and primary funds programs with a focus on growth and buy-out strategies in Europe. He is also an independent board member of a few companies, including investment vehicles of select European Family Offices. Prior to his career in Private Equity, Jean-Francois gained experience in strategy consulting, first with Bain & Company, then with McKinsey, advising PE firms among other assignments. Jean-Francois is a graduate of HEC in Paris and holds an MBA from Columbia Business School.

Elsa Letellier is the Co-Founder and President of Altiva Advisors, an independent advisory firm specializing in private-assets allocation for European single family offices and French financial institutions.

Agnès Lossi is a Partner at Indefi, where she leads strategic consulting and market research projects across Europe within the Corporate Strategy division. Since 2016, she has been a leading expert in the wealth sector, spearheading the development and execution of projects in private markets on behalf of asset managers and distributors. With over 20 years of experience, Agnès brings deep expertise in asset management, insurance, and capital markets, which are also key focus areas in her strategic initiatives across distribution networks and her work in sustainable investment practices.

Andrea Perlini is responsible for fund selection at Fideuram Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking Investment Center, leading a team of professionals covering all the main asset classes, both liquid and illiquid. Andrea has 15 years of experience in private markets.

Valentin Pillet is Head of Real Assets at Société Générale Private Banking, where he leads the development and management of the bank’s private markets offering. Since joining SGPB in 2023, Valentin has shaped the strategy and execution of investments across private debt, infrastructure, and private equity, with a focus on delivering tailored solutions to high-net-worth individuals. Valentin and his team are responsible for sourcing and analyzing private market investment opportunities, fund of funds structuring, investor relations, as well as private assets portfolio management activity.

Amit Popat is a Senior Partner and the Global Head of Financial Institutions. He is responsible for the development and execution of Mercer’s strategy to engage and support financial institutions and intermediaries including Insurance companies, Wealth Managers/Private banks, Family Offices etc.

Federico Romoli Experienced Investment Advisor with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry. Skilled in Asset Management, Fund Of Funds, Mutual Funds, Private Assets, Insurance Products, ETFs and Private Banking. Strong finance professional with a Second Level Degree focused in Economics and Financial Instruments from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.

Paolo Simonato has been a private equity investor for over 20 years with significant track record and a broad international network. Paolo advises Mediobanca on the Mediobanca-BlackRock Co-Investments Program for high net worth individuals (€1.4B committed), which he helped structuring in 2020. From 2022, he also advises Trilantic Europe Energy Transition Investments, a sector-focused private equity fund with €375mm in commitments. Formerly, he was co-head of BlackRock Private Equity Partners in Europe (>$17B global AUM) with a large pan-european team based in London and Zurich, where he launched the 1st BlackRock ELTIF program in Europe. Prior to BlackRock, Paolo was at General Electric and GE Capital for 24 years. As Chief Strategy Officer and Credit Committee member at GE Corporate Finance Bank, he underwrote €4B in 100 LBO transactions. He also established a multi-awarded JV with Ares Capital Management for unitranche financing. Previously, he turned-around the Latin America private equity portfolio at GE Investments and set-up a European private equity office in Paris with >$800M AUM for GE Asset Management Inc. Earlier, he was part of GE’s industrial operations in the energy M&A team and with the corporate audit staff since 1994 in Fairfield, CT. Paolo graduated from Bocconi University cum laude, he is a well-known speaker at major private equity industry events.

Eric Zuidmeer is the Head of Private Equity Solutions for the Netherlands at ABN AMRO MeesPierson, where he leads the firm’s Private Equity Advice offering and oversees the selection of high-potential private equity program managers. With more than 20 years of experience in financial markets — spanning investment banking, asset management, and private banking — Eric has spent the past decade focusing on private markets, and particularly private equity.