Ms. Anu Bhardwaj

Ms. Anu Bhardwaj, a 2008 US Fulbright Scholar to the Indian Institute of Technology in Mumbai, has been engaged in a global canvass of women entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, and over 750 senior executives in private equity/venture capital within high-tech clusters of innovation. Ms. Bhardwaj has worked on global fundraising and strategy for an early stage US venture capital firm specializing in health care services and health care information technology, an India based private equity fund investing in real estate, and an Abu Dhabi based MENA focused buyout fund, after having spent a decade fundraising for non-profits in North America, Asia, Europe, & Africa. Anu was a Xerox Corporation Scholar in the M.A. in Communication, Culture, & Technology Program at Georgetown University, a Class of 2007- Mary Walshok Scholar in the MBA program at the Stockholm School of Economics and a graduate of the Venture Capitalist Development Program at the Indian School of Business. Ms. Bhardwaj is the Founder of the Nordic Chapter of The Indus Entrepreneurs, the ATMA SEVA Foundation, and Venture Catalyst Private Equity Partners.

Mr. Michel Delouvrier

Michel Delouvrier, Founder of Private Finance Advisers (PFA) is a Paris based Private Equity Placement Agent, member of the European Venture Capital Association-EVCA who has an extensive track record of European and International fund placement spanning more than a decade. PFA was founded in 2006 to carry on with the placement agent activities of Invent Finance, spearheaded by Mr Denis Mortier, former chairman of la Financière Saint-Dominique (Natexis) in 2000. Private Finance Advisers has been actively involved in fund raising for growth capital and European middle market buy-out private equity teams. On the average, PFA is committed to two to four assigments per year. In the primary market, PFA has started an extent of its placement activities to emerging markets Private Equity teams mainly, in Asia and the MENA region. The second activity is a diversification in the secondary market which has been set up and developed since 2006. The third one is private equity assistance to institutional investors and advisory activities to Private Equity teams.

Mr. Douglas Smith

Douglas Smith, Founder and Chairman of EuroRisk Partners, has a distinguished track record of over 40 years in the Insurance industry specializing in Insurance services requiring pre-investment due diligence, portfolio management, and exit transactional products to the Private Equity Sector. Between 1987-1996, Doug founded and later served as Chairman of Corporate Risk plc, which was acquired by Johnson & Higgins in 1996 and then merged with Marsh & McLennan in 1997 to form the world's largest broking and risk management group. Doug has since served as the Chairman of Marsh Ltd- UK Private Equity (Scotland) and M&A Services. Following early retirement in 2005 he joined, Willis Ltd in April 2006 as Non-Executive Deputy Chairman of Willis Mergers & Acquisitions. Doug is an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute and a Fellow of the Institute of Directors. He currently services as the Chairman of Lit-Comp Plc, Chairman of Cairns Bond Limited, Director of Instant Group Ltd, and currently serves as a Trustee of the Muir Maxwell Charity Trust.

Mr. Piers Hooper

Mr. Piers Hooper is the Founder and Managing Partner of Equus Group, Europe's first dedicated private equity communications practice which has now expanded its reach to clients in Asia and the Middle East. Equus Group was established on the belief that media relations and brand support will become increasingly important for general partners, limited partners and advisors to the private equity industry. Since its founding in 2004, Piers and his highly specialized team have supported the brand development of a wide variety of private equity participants including large end GP's, middle market GP's, turnaround specialists, industry sector specialists, secondaries fund managers, LP's, debt providers, lawyers, and investment banks. Equus has to date advised on more than 150 transactions with a total enterprise value of over €15 billion.

Gail Guerin

Gail Guerin is a partner and co-founder of Talamore Group, a consulting firm founded in 2004 to work with general partners in the areas of strategic positioning, branding, fundraising readiness and investor relations. Through her work on investor perception surveys and fundraising work, Ms. Guerin maintains contact with approximately 100 institutional LPs on an ongoing basis. To date, Talamore has advised over 30 alternative investment firms domiciled in 13 countries across five continents. Ms. Guerin has over 25 years of experience in the investment industry with a specialization in the emerging markets. Prior to the founding of Talamore Group, Ms. Guerin was a Senior Partner and Director of Marketing/Investor Relations for Baring Private Equity Partners, London where she worked with the six team emerging market platform. Before joining Baring, Ms. Guerin was a Managing Director, Marketing/Client Service at Hamilton Lane where she was responsible for business development and investor relations.