Eamon Devlin and Brian Ferguson discuss the following topics:

• Optimal performance – how do we operate at maximum capacity?

• Effective teams & leadership – defining qualities and strategies for teams in any capacity to maximise impact.

• Technology & change – how to incorporate technology into team dynamics.

• “The Arena”- what can elite performers from a wide range of industries learn from each other?

• The evolution of healthcare in the face of Covid – will this create real change?

Eamon Devlin interviews Wol Kolade. Wol is Managing Partner of Livingbridge, which he joined 27 years ago. Livingbridge is one of the UK’s most successful and well-known mid-market private equity firms, dedicated to helping businesses grow faster by putting in place strategies to focus on what really matters.

Eamon and Wol discuss the following topics:

• How will GPs develop from here?

• What makes a good (and bad) management team?

• What threats do GPs face today?

• Diversity and BLM

Eamon Devlin interviews Nigel Kershaw, OBE, Chair of The Big Issue and its new platform for everyone in the UK to start positive impactful investing, The Big Exchange. Nigel believes now is the time to challenge what the trillions of pounds in our ISAs, pensions and savings is being used for and is focused on finding business solutions to the climate and social crisis we all face.

In this session, we discuss:

• Nigel’s vision for a better future.

• Can we build back better?

• What harm does greenwashing have in finance?

• The Big Exchange. How will it transform finance?

We interviewed Michael Moore, Director General of the BVCA to discuss the following topics:

• The state of UK private equity market.

• UK private equity post-Brexit.

• Fees.

• Private equity's image - is it getting better?

We interviewed Kjartan Rist, Founding Partner of Concentric, to discuss the following topics:

• State of play for Europeam VC.

• What returns to expect? Are U.S. VCs better?

• What mistakes has European VC made?

• What is VC activism?

Host, Eamon Devlin, interviews Mirja Lehmler-Brown, Managing Director and Partner at Hayfin. Eamon and Mirja will discuss the following topics:

• What financing options do stressed GPs have today?

• GP-led deals - trends and issues.

• NAV valuations - are they real?

• Why are there so few femal-founded PE businesses / providers?

• Nomenclature - secondaries, co-investments, primaries.

• LPACs - good and bad points.

We interviewed Nick Mitra, Vice Chair, Fund Finance Association. During the call we discussed:

• LP defaults - information vacuums and the need for better industry data

• Fund finance products, market resilience, and industry trends such as the growth of new entrants

• NAV / preferred equity deals

• ESG-focused subscription lines.

We interviewed Michael Bonte-Friedheim, Founder of NextEnergy Capital, the renewable energy asset manager. During the call we discussed:

• The growth of the solar energy sector and multitude of new investment opportunities.

• How solar assets generate cashflow and dividends throughout the life of the fund and yield expected returns on exit.

• How lower costs (and government subsidies) and carbon pricing are fuelling the growing demand

• What can be done to promote genuine ESG in our industry instead of just green washing.