11
Feb
Panel: Exit strategies - the path to liquidity
As a slowdown in exit activity continues, GPs are navigating multiple paths to liquidity through traditional IPOs where available, sponsor-to-sponsor transactions and more innovative liquidity solutions like NAV financing and continuation vehicles. As pressure mounts to deliver returns, managers must balance DPI expectations with optimal value realisations timing, and the fundraising cycle. In this session a panel of investors will share the strategies they are employing to source exits and return capital to LPs.
- How are recent exit activity and valuations trending across different sectors?
- What role will public markets play in exit strategies in 2025, and how are IPO windows being assessed?
- How are GPs managing DPI pressures while maintaining value creation strategies?
- What secondary market opportunities exist, and how are they being leveraged?
- How are innovative liquidity solutions being used to bridge the gap between LP liquidity needs and optimal exit timing?
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SpeakersBarnaby Lyons Partner, Special Situations BAIN CAPITAL
Daniel Calderon Co-Founder & Managing Partner ALCAZAR ENERGY
Chris Mauss Managing Director, Co-Head Portfolio Management, Senior Member of Management PARTNERS GROUP
George Allen Managing Director TENEO
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Barnaby Lyons joined Bain Capital in 2006. He is a Partner and Global Head of Special Situations as well as the Head of Credit in Asia. Prior to his current role, Barnaby was based in our London office, covering European Special Situations opportunities.
Prior to joining Bain Capital, Barnaby was a consultant at Bain & Company.
Barnaby received an AB Phi Beta Kappa from Princeton University.
Daniel has developed several GW of renewable energy projects including the first and second utility scale wind farms in the Middle East. Two of the first solar PV plants in the UAE as well as in Jordan, the first solar CSP plant in the Middle East, the world’s first CSP Tower project with salt storage and the world’s largest off-shore wind farm as of 2014. Prior to founding Alcazar Energy Partners, Daniel had the opportunity to lead investments in various successful renewable energy development platforms such as Fotowatio, Torresol Energy and Theolia among others.
Daniel has over 22 years of experience and holds degrees in Industrial Engineering & Finance from University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Cum-Laude) and an MBA from London Business School.
Chris Mauss is Co-Head of the Portfolio Management business unit, based in Paris. He has been with the firm since 2017 and worked on Partners Group’s private equity investments in Cerba Healthcare and Laboratoires Serb, where he served on the board of directors. Chris has a background in Private Equity buyout investing, with 19 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he was Managing Director at Dubai International Capital, where he was responsible for some of the firms' European private equity investments. He holds a master's degree from ESCP Europe in Paris, France
George Allen is a Managing Director with Teneo in Dubai, where he advises clients on Financial Communications and Investor Relations.
Prior to joining Teneo in 2021, George was Partner at Instinctif Partners, where he led their Capital Markets practice in the Middle East & North Africa. His focus is on Financial Communications including IPOs, M&A and other ECM transactions, as well as Investor Relations for issuers across GCC markets, with wide sector experience including Financial Services, Oil & Gas, Telecoms, Real Estate, Healthcare, and Hospitality.
In previous roles, George has sat on group-level committees for both ESG and IR. He is a Certified Investor Relations Officer and an active member of the Middle East IR Association, regularly speaking at industry events. George is a graduate of the University of Oxford from where he holds a BA in History and has completed Said Business School’s ‘Oxford Executive Leadership Programme’.