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20 JUNE,

LONDON
8.15 AM

Guest registration and networking breakfast

9.00 AM

Welcome
HELEN STEERS
Partner, Pantheon

9.10 AM

European growth capital - where now?
NAZO MOOSA
Managing Partner, v|t capital

9.30 AM

How the game’s changed in early stage investing
KAREN McCORMICK
CIO, Beringea

9.50 AM

Support for British Scale-Ups
ALICE HU WAGNER
Managing Director, Strategy Economics and Business Development, British Business Bank

10.10 AM

Investing growth capital
Panel discussion
Moderated by
DARREN HART
Head of Growth Capital, Santander Corporate and Commercial Banking
BELINDA BERKELEY
Managing Director, The Good Care Group
TOM SMITH
CEO, GlobalWebIndex

10.30 AM

An expanding investor base: how do fund managers with growth capital strategies differ?
Panel discussion
Moderated by
MALCOLM MACDOUGALL
Partner, Charles Russell Speechlys
GARRETT CURRAN
Managing Partner, Growth Capital Partners
GUY GILLON
Managing Partner, Tenzing Private Equity
HENRY SALLITT
Managing Partner, FPE Capital

11.00 AM

Tea and coffee break

11.30 AM

What are the hot sectors for investors and how do they add value? PART I
Panel discussion
Moderated by
MAGGIE RODRIGUEZ-PIZA
Chief Executive, Funding London
CHRIS CAULKIN
Principal, General Atlantic
AJIT NEDUNGADI
Managing Partner, TA Associates
JOHN ROSENBERG
General Partner, Technology Crossover Ventures
DEEP SHAH
Co-President, Francisco Partners

12.00 PM

CEO presentation (SaaS technology)
Fairsail story: Scale up to acquisition
ADAM HALE
EVP, Sage People (former CEO, Fairsail)

12.10 PM

CEO presentation (online retail)
Scaling and collaborating across emerging markets
NILS CHRESTIN
CFO, Global Fashion Group

12.20 PM

CEO presentation
Growth – the triple win
CHRIS McBEAN
CEO, E-Leather

12.30 PM

CEO presentation
Your call is important...
JONATHAN GALE
CEO, NewVoiceMedia

12.40 PM

Lunch break

13.40 PM

What are the hot sectors for investors and how do they add value? PART II
Panel discussion
Moderated by
SEAN LONGSDALE
Managing Director, Structured Finance Group, Santander Corporate and Commercial Banking
NICOL FRASER
Principal & Partner, Dunedin
WOL KOLADE
Managing Partner, Livingbridge
PHILIP SHAPIRO
Managing Partner, Synova Capital
TOM WEHMEIER
Principal & Head of Research, Atomico

14.10 PM

CEO presentation (energy)
Lessons learned: being a UK energy challenger
TIM EMRICH
CEO and Co-Founder, UK Power Reserve

14.20 PM

CEO presentation (cyber security)
Leading from the front: creating a brand new market segment
ROY TUVEY
President and Founder, Wandera

14.30 PM

CEO presentation (online retail and social impact)
Fixing the food chain
BEN PUGH
Founder and CEO, Farmdrop

14.40 PM

Tea and coffee break

15.20 PM

Expansion beyond borders
Panel discussion
Moderated by
JAN RUTHERFORD
Partner, Scottish Equity Partners
DAVID BURNS
Managing Partner, Phoenix Equity Partners
NATALIA NOWAK
Managing Director, ESO Capital
MIKE REID
Managing Partner, Frog Capital
MATT TAYLOR
Director, Generation Investment Management

15.50 PM

Keynote address
GEORGE FREEMAN MP
Politician and former Venture Capital Investor

16.10 PM

Closing remarks
TIM HAMES
Director General, BVCA

16.30 PM

BBQ and drinks on the rooftop terrace

18.30 PM

Event closes

CPD ACCREDITATION

High Growth 2017 is in the process of being CPD accredited by the CPD Certification Service. If you would like to know more, please contact the BVCA team at events@bvca.co.uk

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