AGENDA
MONDAY - APRIL 27, 2015 - THE NEW YORK ATHLETIC CLUB – 180 Central Park South, New York
6:00 - 7:30 pm
OPENING COCKTAIL RECEPTION
TUESDAY - APRIL 28, 2015 - THE NEW YORK ATHLETIC CLUB – 180 Central Park South, New York
7:30 – 8:30 am
BREAKFAST
8:30 – 8:40 am
OPENING REMARKS
8:40 – 9:20 am
Moderator
STALWARTS ROUNDTABLE – GLOBAL M&A IN THE DIGITAL ERA
Marshall Sonenshine | Chairman, Sonenshine Partners; Professor, Columbia University
Albert Notini | Managing Director, New Mountain Capital
Andrew Rice | Senior Vice President, The Jordan Company
Florian Funk | Director, EQT Partners
Harvey Fine | Managing Director – Global Investments & Strategies, Fosun Group
9:20 – 10:00 am
Moderator
STALWARTS ROUNDTABLE - CYBER SECURITY AND THE INTERNET OF THINGS
Danil Kerimi, Director, Head of ICT Government Community, World Economic Forum USA
Carlos Moreira | CEO, Wisekey
Jeffrey Wells | Executive Director of Cyber Development and CyberMaryland, Maryland Dept. of
Business and Economic Development
Pavlo Protopapa | Chairman and CEO, Spacecode
Hany A. Fam| President, MasterCard Enterprise Partnerships
10:00 – 11:00 am
Introduction
Moderator
STALWARTS ROUNDTABLE - GLOBAL DEALS/LOCAL CHALLENGES
Jaime Malet | Chairman, American Chamber of Commerce in Spain
Bob Profusek | Partner & Head of M&A, Jones Day
Nicole Y. Lamb-Hale | Senior Vice President, Albright Stonebridge Group
Hani Ramadan| Managing Director, Head of Principal Investments, Waha Capital
Ira Cohen | Chairman, Signal Hill India
Laura Brank | Managing Partner, Head of the Russia Practice, Dechert
Charles Otton | Managing Director and Co-Head Global Industrials, UBS
Lex Suvanto |Managing Director and Global Practice Lead, Financial Communications & Special
Situations, Edelman
11:00 – 11:40 am
Moderator
Panelists
STALWARTS ROUNDTABLE - TRANSATLANTIC DEALMAKING: US/UK M&A
Ceasar Anquillare | Chairman & CEO, Winchester Capital
Bob Stefanowski | CEO, DFC Global - A Lone Star Company
Michael Vincent | Executive Director, Winchester Capital
Steve Johnson I Principal, WL Ross & Co.
Jayne Rosefield I Partner, Brunswick Group
11:40 – 12:15 pm
M&A CONNECTS Networking Break
12:15 – 1:10 pm
LUNCHEON KEYNOTE CONVERSATION
Hany A. Fam| President, MasterCard Enterprise Partnerships
Carol Massar | Chief National Correspondent, Bloomberg News
With
1:10 – 2:00 pm
Opening Keynote
Moderator
STALWARTS ROUNDTABLE - GLOBAL GROWTH MARKETS
Tom Speechley | CEO, Abraaj North America
Selig Sacks | Co-Chair, Global Practice Group, Foley and Lardner
Euan Rellie | Co-Founder, BDA Partners
Henny Sender | Chief Correspondent - International Finance, Financial Times
2:00 – 2:50 pm
Opening Keynote
Moderator
STALWARTS ROUNDTABLE - THE NEXT AFRICA
Jake Bright | Author, The Next Africa; Whitehead Fellow, Foreign Policy Association
Pimm Fox | Anchor, Bloomberg Television and Radio
Larry Seruma | Managing Principal of Nile Capital Management
Nnamdi Chiekwu | Founder and Managing Partner, The Namdex Group
2:50 – 4:00 pm
Introduction
Moderator
STALWARTS ROUNDTABLE – CROSS BORDER M&A ADVISOR’S OUTLOOK
Pavle Sabic | Director - Credit Market Development & Thought Leadership, S&P Capital IQ
Daniel Bases | Senior Correspondent, Thomson Reuters
Jim Bunn | Senior Managing Director, Head of Investment Banking, Raymond James
Lawrence Goodman | Head of M&A Practice, Curtis, Mallet
Gregory Bedrosian | CEO, Redwood Capital
Rene-Pierre Azria | Senior Partner, Liontree Advisors
Tom Staszak | Managing Director - Mergers & Acquisitions, Generational Equity
4:00 – 5:00 pm
M&A CONNECTS COCKTAIL RECEPTION
6:30 – 7:30 pm
CHAIRMAN’S AWARDS GALA RECEPTION
7:30 – 9:30 pm
THE 7th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL M&A AWARDS DINNER
Hosted by
Claudia Shea, Anchor, M&A.TV
9:30 – 11:00 pm
CLOSING PARTY