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Global leaders: Searching for momentum
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SpeakersGavin Geminder Global Head of Private Equity KPMG INTERNATIONAL
David Gross Co-Managing Partner BAIN CAPITAL
Kristiaan Nieuwenburg Partner and Head of Performance for Private Capital Europe & North America EQT
Tagar Olson Founder INTEGRUM
Ivan Vercoutere Managing Partner, CIO LGT CAPITAL PARTNERS
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I am honored to serve as both the Global PE Sector Leader and US PE Advisory Leader at KPMG. For nearly 30 years, my journey has taken me to London, Hong Kong, and the U.S., providing me with a wealth of experience in the private equity space.
As Global PE Sector Leader, I focus on driving KPMG’s Private Equity sector globally. I aim to advance the firm’s growth ambitions by enhancing client experiences, delivering value across the full deal lifecycle, and fostering strong collaboration across KPMG’s global network.
As the US PE Advisory Leader, I lead our Private Equity advisory services in the United States, supporting clients from deal origination through portfolio value creation, to ultimate exit.
In these roles I am also committed to maximizing value for our private equity clients through collaboration with our Consulting and Tax practices and Alliance Partners.
Previously, I was the National Managing Principal, Growth & Strategy, working alongside the Vice Chair to drive growth initiatives for KPMG, focusing on innovation, building trust, and delivering quality service. I have also served as the Head of the US Private Equity Practice and Head of Corporate Responsibility for the San Francisco office, overseeing volunteer and philanthropic events.
I also served as the Global Lead Partner for KKR for 15 years, a position that never previously existed, which I commenced in 2007. In this role I led the build out and maintenance of key relationships, as well as supervised a team of KPMG professionals across the world serving KKR and its portfolio companies, with a focus on delivering a differentiated yet valuable client experience.
I am proud to be on the Executive Leadership Team for the Bay Area Heart Walk, part of the American Heart Association.
David Gross is the Co-Managing Partner of Bain Capital, a leading private investment firm with offices on four continents and approximately $185 billion in assets under management. He also serves as Asia Managing Partner. He joined the firm in 2000.
Mr. Gross is a founding member of Bain Capital’s Asia business, having launched and managed the Tokyo office in 2006. He was instrumental in the expansion of the Asia business in the region covering the firm’s activities across the private equity, private credit, special situations, life sciences, and technology businesses. David has led a number of the most prominent transactions in the region over that period including Kioxia (former Toshiba Memory, where he currently serves on the Board), Genpact (NYSE: G), Hero MotorCorp (NSE: HEROMOTOCO), Japan Wind Development, Macromill, Jupiter Shop Channel, Domino’s Pizza Japan, and Uniview Technologies. Prior to that, Mr. Gross was a key member of the team that formed the firm’s industrial and technology investment verticals, having worked on several transactions including UGS PLM Software, Innophos, US Internetworking, and MEI Conlux.
Mr. Gross also led the creation of Bain Capital’s Macro team which provides macroeconomic insights and investment strategies to benefit the broader platform in investment theme development as well as portfolio and risk management.
Prior to Bain Capital, Mr. Gross was a consultant with Bain & Company from 1998-2000 and worked with NEC Corporation in Tokyo from 1992 to 1996.
Mr. Gross received an MBA from Harvard Business School where he was a Baker Scholar and a B.S. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Gross serves on several non-profit boards including the Berklee College of Music, Boston Children’s Hospital Trust Board, the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences Board of Overseers, and the advisory boards of the Kelly Writer’s House and the Center for the Advanced Study of India, both at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also a Board member of Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio S.p.A.
Kristiaan Nieuwenburg is a Partner and joined EQT Partners in March 2013. Kristiaan is Chairman of the Private Equity Portfolio Review Committee and of the EQT Foundation Investment Committee. He is a member of the Equity Partners Investment Committee.
Kristiaan has an M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Delft University of Technology and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Prior to joining EQT Partners, Kristiaan was a Partner at IK Investment Partners in London. Kristiaan started his career at Lehman Brothers in London.
Tagar Olson is a Founder of Integrum and Chairman of the firm’s Investment Committee.
Tagar has over twenty-five years of investment experience. Prior to founding Integrum, Tagar was a partner at KKR & Co., where he led the firm’s financial services investing practice and was involved in transactions valued at more than $50 billion in the aggregate over the course of nearly two decades. During his time leading KKR’s financial services practice, KKR was one of the most active private equity acquirers of financial services and business services companies. Tagar was involved in investments including Alliant Insurance Services, Apple Leisure Group, First Data (now Fiserv), Focus Financial, Mr. Cooper Group, Nephila, PURE, Resolution Life, Santander Consumer USA, Sedgwick, and USI. Tagar was a member of KKR’s Investments, Markets, and Distribution Committee, which was the firm’s most senior governance body. He also participated on the Investment and Portfolio Management Committees within KKR’s Americas Private Equity business and on the firm’s Inclusion & Diversity Committee. Tagar was involved in building a number of KKR’s businesses, including its credit business, its capital markets business, and its insurance strategy. Prior to joining KKR, Tagar was with Evercore Partners, where he was involved in a number of private equity transactions and mergers and acquisitions.
Tagar is on the boards of Integrum portfolio companies USI, Evertree, SRS, and Program Productions, and previously served on the board of MerchantE. He is also on the board of Mr. Cooper Group. Tagar is co-founder of the DHPS Foundation, a charitable organization dedicated to the research and treatment of rare genetic diseases. He holds a BS and BAS, summa cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania.
Ivan Vercoutere is a Managing Partner at LGT Capital Partners Ltd and co-founder of its private equity activities in 1998.
Bringing over 30 years of private equity investment experience, Mr Vercoutere is responsible for leading and coordinating the global private equity investment activities of LGT Capital Partners and chairs its global investment committee. Prior to LGT, Mr Vercoutere worked at Pacific Corporate Group in La Jolla, California where he was responsible for U.S. and European private equity investments on behalf of institutional investors including CalPERS, State of Oregon, World Bank pension fund among others. Mr Vercoutere serves on the advisory boards of a number of private equity funds globally and is fluent in English, French and Spanish.