State of the Private Equity Industry
April 10, 2018, Zurich

2017 was a year to celebrate in Private Equity: countless successful exits and strong fundraising put GPs in a comfortable position. But working in Private Equity is never easy. This year, new investments often come at a high price due to competition. There is also growing uncertainty about how long the steady global economic growth of the past few years will continue; a correction is expected.

For the second time since 2016, INSEAD alumni and guests have the opportunity to gain insight and an outlook on the Private Equity industry from INSEAD alumnus Rolf-Magnus Weddigen and Moritz Vielhauer from Bain & Co.’s private equity practice. Their presentation is followed by a panel discussion with leading PE practitioners, networking and an apéro riche.

Rolf-Magnus Weddigen, MBA 92D, Partner

Bain & Co., Munich
Based in Munich, Rolf-Magnus Weddigen is a Bain & Company partner, leading Bain's German and Swiss Private Equity practice. He is a Mergers & Acquisitions expert, and has worked for Bain in Munich, Stockholm and Boston. Prior to joining Bain in 1989, he worked for companies in the information technology and bio-technology industries in England and Denmark. Rolf-Magnus has an Industrial Engineering degree from Technical University of Karlsruhe (KIT) and an INSEAD MBA.

Moritz Vielhauer, Partner,

Bain & Co., Zurich

Moritz Vielhauer is a partner in Bain & Company's Zurich office. He is an expert in Bain's Full Potential Transformation, Industrial Goods & Services and Private Equity practices. He has worked on PE transactions across industrial goods, consumer and retail. He holds deep expertise in full potential transformations, strategy development, performance improvement and operational due diligence. Moritz holds an MBA from Columbia Business School in New York, where he graduated with honors and a BA in business administration from the University of St. Gallen (HSG) in Switzerland.

Panel

Dr Peter Hammermann,
Founding Partner, HBL Partners
Dr. Hammermann founded HBL Partners in 2018. Until 2017, he was Managing Director at Equistone (formerly known as Barclays Private Equity) in Munich. He founded the company’s German operations in 1998. From 2011, he also served on the advisory board of Equistone Partners Europe. Before that he worked for several years at Robert Bosch GmbH. Prior to that, he also worked in banking and co-founded a PE fund in Germany. He is a graduate of Universität Hamburg with a PhD in economics.

Ulrich Köllensperger
Partner, EQT Partners

Ulrich is a partner at EQT based in Zurich and board member of Charleston and Unilode Aviation Solutions; in addition, he was involved with the portfolio companies EEW Energy from Waste and Parkia. Prior to joining EQT in 2010, Ulrich worked as Vice President at J.P. Morgan in London focusing on infrastructure and transportation transactions in EMEA. Ulrich holds a master’s degree in Business Administration from Vienna University of Economics and Business and a CEMS Master of International Management from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) in Bergen.

Velina Peneva
Head of Private Equity, Swiss Re Asset Management
Velina Peneva is responsible for steering portfolio construction and for committing capital across primary funds, secondaries and co-investments.  Prior to joining Swiss Re, Velina spent nearly 20 years at Bain & Company focusing on Private Equity. Velina holds a BA from Wellesley College in Economics and Computer Science and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Key Facts

Swiss NAA Member CHF 55

Alumni Non-members & Guests CHF 75

18:30 Registration & Welcome Drink

19:00 Highlights of Bain & Co 2018 Global PE Report - Rolf Weddigen, Moritz Vielhauer

19:30 Discussion + Q&A - Moderated by Martin Spirig

20:30 Apéro Riche