Profile
7 September 2023
Profile: Yacine Zarrouk, Ardian
Head of Ardian Abu Dhabi reveals to us the strategic aspects of setting up a regional office in the UAE
9 August 2023
The Drawdown Award Winners: Flavie Jean and Maria Stasse
Flavie Jean and Maria Stasse, co-heads of HR at Ardian, were named HR & Talent Professional of the Year at The Drawdown Awards 2023
7 August 2023
The Drawdown Award Winners: John Eggleston
John Eggleston, partner and global CTO at Pantheon Ventures, was named Technology Professional of the Year at The Drawdown Awards 2023
3 August 2023
5 min with… Marcus P. Höfer, base camp management consulting
In conversation with The Drawdown, the CEO explains what the firm’s philosophy of ‘being a sparring partner to the CFO office’ means in practice and talks about industry trends.
3 August 2023
The Drawdown Awards winners: Graeme Ardus
Graeme Ardus, head of ESG at Triton Partners, was named ESG Professional of the Year at The Drawdown Awards 2023
3 August 2023
Profile: Markus Gyssler, EMERAM Capital Partners
The managing partner and COO reflects on 10 years at the firm, walks through its succession programme and explains how he combines operational with investment duties
24 July 2023
The Drawdown Awards winners: Matt Guy
Matt Guy, associate director at Federated Hermes Private Markets, was named Rising Star of the Year at The Drawdown Awards 2023
20 July 2023
The Drawdown Awards winners: Debojit Mukherjee
Debojit Mukherjee of Agilitas Private Equity was named Chief Operating Officer of the Year at The Drawdown Awards 2023
20 July 2023
The Drawdown Awards winners: Linnovate Partners
The Drawdown speaks to Henry Lin, CEO and founder of Linnovate Partners, winner in the Fund Administration: Technology & Innovation category at The Drawdown Awards 2023.
17 July 2023
5 minutes with… Tim Andrews, IDR
Founder and CEO of the investor onboarding hub shares how its latest fund subscription service strengthens the platform
17 July 2023
The Drawdown Awards winners: Kristy Trieste
Kristy Trieste, founding partner of Motive Partners, was named Chief Financial Officer of the Year at The Drawdown Awards 2023
13 July 2023
Profile: Tony Corbin, White Star Capital
The firm's CFO speaks about navigating across jurisdictions, while using Guernsey as an operational base
13 July 2023
The Drawdown Awards winners: 73 Strings
The Drawdown speaks to Yann Magnan, CEO and co-founder of 73 Strings, winner in the Technology: Innovation category at The Drawdown Awards 2023
12 July 2023
5 minutes with… Stephen Roseman, 1970 Group
We chat with the founder and CEO about how the company frees up firms’ balance sheets from insurance collateral and in doing so boosts liquidity for corporations
10 July 2023
The Drawdown Awards winners: The Citco group of companies
The Drawdown speaks to Claudia Bertolino, head of private equity and private credit, Citco Fund Services
22 June 2023
Profile: Martin Sjölund, Summa Equity
The partner and general counsel walks us through the beginnings of the firm’s legal function and its current management
15 June 2023
Profile: Eva Lamalfa Gil, GED Capital
The firm's head of ESG and communication shares how her dual role is effective in generating meaningful KPIs and supporting portfolio companies
6 June 2023
5 minutes with… Priya Iyer, CEO of Concertiv
We sat down with the CEO to discuss how a company originally conceived to cut travel costs for six investment banks has grown into a leading provider of outsourced procurement services for mid-market firms.
24 May 2023
5 minutes with… Phil Westcott, co-founder and CEO of Filament Syfter
We sat down with the co-founder and CEO to learn how his company builds the beating heart of GPs’ investment strategy – their data infrastructure
18 May 2023
Profile: Matt Harrison, Stanley Capital
The firm's CFO discusses the way technology helps influence investment decisions and how his firm uses AI to drive portfolio company growth
11 May 2023
Profile: Mark Pleaner, Lightrock
The chief compliance officer believes a dedicated compliance function is a vital catalyst across operations, deal-doing and culture
13 April 2023
TECHWORK 23: Philippe Laval, Jolt Capital
Philippe is the engineer behind the firm's deal-sourcing software 'Ninja'
13 April 2023
TECHWORK 23: Kiril Valev and Phil Knaup, EMH Partners
Kiril and Phil have introduced a cloud platform and are building a data platform
12 April 2023
TECHWORK 23: Dan Costa, ICG
Dan is implementing digitalisation and automation across the firm's departments
12 April 2023
TECHWORK 23: Christian Schumer, ICG
Christian led a review of the firm's corporate and business services function and is implementing the results
11 April 2023
TECHWORK 23: Robert Sciaraffo, The Riverside Company
Robert is looking to centralise the firm's data and reporting
11 April 2023
TECHWORK 23: Lucas Root, Innova
Focuses on scaling the team and company, implementing foundational processes and tools
10 April 2023
TECHWORK 23: Simon Munday, Bregal Investments
Simon is passionate about data visualisation
7 April 2023
TECHWORK 23: Stewart White, Big Society Capital
White manages IT projects and infrastructure, and new technologies
6 April 2023
TECHWORK 23: Gilad Amir, Pollen Street Capital
Amir and his team are hoping to use data analytics to improve operational efficiency
6 April 2023
TECHWORK 23: Matt Guy, Hermes GPE
Guy is currently implementing a private markets data platform and a calculation engine
5 April 2023
TECHWORK 23: Niall O’Toole, InfraRed Capital Partners
O'Toole has worked on the implementation of the firm's ERP system
5 April 2023
TECHWORK 23: Simon Bowley, 17Capital
A key achievement of his is helping to move the business away from reliance on Excel
4 April 2023
TECHWORK 23: Tricia Mackechnie, HarbourVest
Mackechnie developed the firm's technology strategy and implementation roadmap
4 April 2023
TECHWORK 23: A Gabriel Durai, Actis
Gabriel has 28 years of experience in the IT industry
3 April 2023
TECHWORK 23: Griff Norville, Hamilton Lane
Norville elaborates on his transition from consulting to data roles
31 March 2023
5 minutes with… Tim Flannery, co-founder and CEO of Passthrough
The Drawdown spoke to the CEO and co-founder to discuss automating subscription documentation and differentiators in a high-tech world
23 March 2023
Profile: Brian Mason, BC Partners
The head of technology discusses the human side of tech and its role in decision making
16 March 2023
Profile: Fabio Ranghino, Ambienta
Fabio Ranghino, head of sustainability, shares his thoughts on how financial value can be aligned with impact investing
2 March 2023
5 minutes with… Steven Petersen, co-founder of Stavtar Solutions
The Drawdown gets to grips with the ‘universe of software solutions’ Stavtar offers to complex businesses
23 February 2023
Profile: Kenny Miller, FPE Capital
CFO at FPE Capital, Kenny Miller shares his views on rebranding and catering to different types of investor needs
17 February 2023
5 minutes with… José Zudaire, managing director of SpainCap
We spoke to the managing director of Spain’s PE and venture capital association SpainCap, to understand its key aims for 2023
16 February 2023
Profile: Louise Denning, Montagu
The CFO discusses her remit and operational governance
26 January 2023
The Profile: Marc Seitz, AlphaQ Venture Capital
The CTO shares lessons learned when moving from founding companies to funding them
23 January 2023
5 minutes with… Oliver Freigang and Gregor Kreuzer, founders of qashqade
We spoke to the CEO and CPO of qashqade to discuss waterfall and carry calculations, and find out more about how the company is automating them
19 January 2023
Profile: Rebecca Roberts, Conviction VC
Co-founder and COO of Conviction VC, Rebecca Roberts, comments on the importance of understanding the needs of her team when building a successful enterprise
3 January 2023
5 minutes with… David Genn, CEO of Goji
We spoke to the CEO of Goji to find out how they are using digitisation to open up investor access to private equity funds
18 November 2022
5 minutes with… Clémént Aglietta, CEO of Edda
We spoke to the CEO and co-founder of Edda to find out how the all-in-one venture capital software platform came about
10 November 2022
Profile: Phillipe Laval, Jolt Capital
The deep tech investor’s CTO dives into software, data and the intricacies of his role
7 November 2022
Preferred, professional, pragmatic
Pierre Weimerskirch, regional head, Luxembourg at Apex Group, discusses the emergent opportunities facing Europe’s largest centre for domiciled funds
3 November 2022
Profile: Bettina Denis, Revaia
The head of sustainability is passionate about ESG being a symbiotic effort of a GP and its portfolio companies
17 October 2022
Profile: Nigel Diesveld, HPE Growth
The CFO talks compliance and highlights the growing importance of a dedicated chief risk officer
10 October 2022
Profile: Sarah Shackleton, Seraphim Space
The COO explains her move from a frontier investor to the final frontier
3 October 2022
5 minutes with… Sita Kolossa, CEO of Nordbridge
We caught up with CEO and founder of Nordbridge, Sita Kolossa, to find out her drivers for establishing the executive search firm and her take on the evolution of PE recruitment over the past decade
15 September 2022
Profile: Kerrie Chung, Welkin Capital Management
The finance director discusses the firm’s setup when she joined, differences between fund administration for Cayman funds and local RMB funds, as well as Welkin’s tech stack
8 September 2022
Profile: Kenta Shima, J-STAR
The head of operations & IR discusses the Japanese private equity market, challenges within his role, J-STAR’s tech stack and setting up the firm’s latest fund
31 August 2022
Legal lowdown: Michael Halford, Goodwin
The partner, co-chair of global private investment funds discusses recent client challenges, thoughts on the FCA’s new AR rules and what he makes of PE’s reputation
31 August 2022
TDA 2022: CFO of the Year: Rebecca Noyes, Alderwood
We explore the Noyes' rapid development, including her focus and impact which the judges described as beyond that of a traditional CFO
31 August 2022
TDA 2022: COO of the Year: Steven Whitaker, Equistone
We explore the operational improvements Whitaker made that enhanced the overall capabilities of the firm