Dominic Mellett Senior Partner Finatal

Dominic is a Senior Partner at Finatal. Working closely with both funds and portfolio companies, he has an enviable track record across Europe servicing over 80 private equity houses, with lots of repeat engagements, including many of the world’s largest by AUM. He focuses on senior interim managers and consultants to drive value creation in private equity situations, often arising from deal activity, whether it be buy-outs, carve-outs, exits, buy and builds, or wider transformation programmes

Meiping Yap Director Stonehage Fleming Private Capital

Meiping is a Director within the Stonehage Fleming Private Capital team and is responsible for selecting private equity fund investments, portfolio construction and liquidity management. Headquartered in London, Stonehage Fleming is an international multi-family office with over $55bn of assets under management and advisory. Prior to Stonehage Fleming, Meiping previously worked for the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation and HarbourVest Partners in London. She graduated from the London School of Economics with a first class honours degree in Accounting and Finance.

Darius Craton Director, Private Capital Advisory Raymond James

Darius is a Director at Raymond James Private Capital Advisory and brings over 15 years of investment advisory and private equity experience to the firm.

Prior to joining Raymond James, Darius was part of the Global Investment Research group at Cambridge Associates, where he was responsible for the evaluation of private investment managers and fund due diligence. Throughout his career, Darius has worked with a variety of clients, including institutional investors and private clients, advising on the construction of custom private equity portfolios and providing investment recommendations on specific fund opportunities.

Before joining Cambridge Associates, Darius worked at two UK-based early-stage venture capital firms, Imprimatur Capital and Eden Ventures where he was responsible for conducting market analysis and helping build out the management teams of investee businesses.

Charles Ind Managing partner Bowmark Capital

Charles is a managing partner of Bowmark and co-chairman of the Investment Committee. He established Bowmark in 1997 and has jointly led the business with Kevin Grassby since 2000. Prior to Bowmark, he worked in investment banking with Morgan Stanley in London and New York, and in strategic management consultancy with the Boston Consulting Group.

Ian Sale Senior Director, Leveraged Finance HSBC UK

Ian Sale is one of the London Team heads on HSBC’s Middle Market Financial Sponsors team. He has over 20 years’ experience in the leveraged finance arena. Ian and his team provide senior debt, working capital and super senior facilities for private equity investments in the UK and overseas. Ian has served on the Member Engagement Advisory Committee of the BVCA and is an external guest speaker on debt at the CASS Business School, London for their Private Equity MBA module.

Louise Wallace Head of CMS Corporate/M&A PAG CMS

Louise Wallace has been a partner in the Corporate Team since 1997 and is a member of CMS’ Executive Committee.

She covers all aspects of M&A, private equity, corporate finance, takeovers, joint ventures, corporate outsourcing, integrations and governance, and all forms of corporate restructurings.

Louise specialises in the hotels & leisure and the consumer and retail sectors. She is ranked in the top tier of Chambers 2016 for her work in the hotels & leisure sector and is recognised in Chambers for M&A (High End)