PAM Insight hosted the inaugural PAM Private Markets Leaders Forum at The Grove Hotel in Hertfordshire form the 9th-10th September 2025. Delegates attended a welcome dinner where Hugo Rifkind delivered an after dinner speech and had a full day of panel sessions and roundtable discussions, with networking opportunities in between.
James Anderson, PAM Insight and Opening Keynote: Peter Repetto, Vice President, Investment Strategist: iCapital
Featuring Fahad Kamal, Chief Investment Officer, Coutts; Alexander Wright, Partner, Apollo; Victoria Baker-Duly, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs Asset Management; Hamza Azeem, Managing Director, Hamilton Lane & Emily Pollock, Director, KKR.
Featuring Samuel Guinness, Head of Alternative Capital Markets, Goldman Sachs Private Bank; Alexander Wright, Partner, Apollo; Richard Oliver, Partner, Ares Credit Group; Jerry Baglien, Chief Financial Officer, Benefit Street Partners and Jo McCaffrey, Chief Strategy and Product Officer, L&G.
Featuring Stephen Kattou, Head of Alternatives, Lincoln Private Investment Office; Guglielmo De Martino, Portfolio Manager, BlackRock; Gary Lin, Managing Director, Blue Owl; Thorben Schaefer, Managing Director, Clarion Partners and Omar Thowfeek, Senior Managing Director, Hines.
Featuring Jessica Dale, Managing Director, Rothschild & Co; Keshav Bhojania, Managing Director, Brookfield; Phelim Bolger, Executive Director, IFM Investors; Daniel Valladares, Director, KKR and Duncan Hale, Portfolio Manager, Schroders Capital.
Regulation Address: Daniel Barry, Wealth and Asset Management Regulatory Practice, KPMG and Execution and Access Sessions – Fireside Chat with James Wallace, Partner, Simmons and Simons
Featuring Katie Royals, Managing Editor, PAM Insight; Daniel Imhof, Head of Client Solutions EMEA, iCapital; Emma Cory, Head of Alternatives, HSBC Private Bank; Mathew Powley, Partner, Head of Private Credit, Stonehage Fleming; Enrica Dacamo, Head of Manager Research, Capital Generation Partners; Luca Serino, Investment Director, Cazenove Capital; Emma Corbishley, Head of Private Equity Advisory Platform, UBS.
Lunch: Delegates had a buffet lunch at The Glasshouse Restaurant, where there was the opportunity to continue the conversation and discussion the morning’s sessions.Networking: Throughout the day there were coffee breaks where delegates could catch up with contacts old and new and discuss the topics raised during the panel sessions and roundtables.
Our sponsors hosted intimate roundtables with delegates to discuss strategies and access in more depth.
