Tristan Nagler Partner Aurelius

Tristan Nagler joined Aurelius in January 2014 to lead the London office and is responsible for sourcing and executing investments across the UK and Ireland. He began his career with KPMG, where he became a director in the London-based M&A team, and in 2010 joined Investec Growth & Acquisition Finance.

Jacques Buhart Managing Partner France McDermott Will & Emery

Jacques Buhart is a partner at McDermott Will & Emery and focuses his practice on cross-border mergers and acquisitions and EU/French competition investigations and litigation out of Brussels and Paris. Jacques has also developed substantial knowledge of various industries, including nuclear, telecommunications, pharmaceutical, paper and energy. He is head of the Firm's Paris and Brussels offices.

Professor Scott Moeller Director, M&A Research Centre Bayes Business School

Scott Moeller is Professor in the Practice of Finance at Bayes Business School, City, University of London where he also is the director and founder of the M&A Research Centre (https://www.bayes.city.ac.uk/faculties-and-research/centres/marc). Before teaching at Bayes, he was a visiting lecturer at the business schools of Imperial College (London) and Oxford University. His most recent book, published in September 2016 for The Economist business book series, is entitled Why Deals Fail & How to Rescue Them: M&A Lessons for Deal Success (co-authored with Michel Driessen and Anna Faelten). One of his books received an award in the United States as one of the top 30 business books of the year in 2008.

Scott had a long career in banking prior to his move to academia. During his six years at Deutsche Bank, Scott was Global Head of the bank’s private equity and corporate venture capital unit. Scott worked first at Booz Allen & Hamilton management consultants for over five years and then at Morgan Stanley for over twelve years in New York, Japan, and then as co-manager and member of the board of Morgan Stanley Bank AG in Germany. Scott has held a number of other board seats throughout Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas and is currently a non-executive director on several boards. Scott is a graduate of Yale College, the Yale Graduate School and the Yale School of Management.

Liana Logiurato NED Intesa Sanpaolo Bank M&A adviser

Leading Board adviser on over $100bn M&A deals and $20bn capital raisings. Creating stakeholder value by originating strategic opportunities for industry transformation & growth. Asian, European and American markets. Biotech, healthcare, technology, communications, industrials, chemicals, agriculture and financial services.

Emilio Zito Group Head of M&A & Investments, EDF Invest and Investor Relations EDF Group

Based in Paris, Emilio Zito is EDF Group Head of M&A, Investments and EDF Invest. He is also in charge of Investor Relations.

Emilio joined EDF in 2008 and since he originated, led and executed a wide range of greenfield and brownfield transactions across the energy chain and related infrastructure. He has also been holding Boards positions within several subsidiaries of the Group, mainly in the Renewables business.

Emilio started his career as an investment banker in London, covering natural resources, energy and power sectors. He joined EDF in 2008 as an M&A and Investment Manager and relocated to London in 2011 to take on the M&A and Investment responsibility of EDF Energy, the largest subsidiary of the Group. Between 2018 and 2020 he also held the position of Deputy Head of M&A for EDF Group, before being appointed EDF Group Head of M&A and Investor Relations. On March 1st, 2023, Emilio had his responsibilities widened to include the Group’s principal investments activity and EDF Invest.

Originally from Milan, Emilio holds a double MSc in General Management from Milan Bocconi University and HEC Paris. He also graduated from the University of California San Diego with a major in Corporate Finance.

Emilio is an Italian native speaker, and speaks fluent English and French.

Niall Keppie Global Senior M&A and Business Development Deal Lead Shell International Ltd.

Niall is a senior deal lead in Shell’s global M&A team, currently responsible for renewables M&A in the Americas and oil refinery divestments in Europe.

A chemical engineer by education, his 25 year career in the energy sector has spanned oil refinery and chemical plant operations, fuel supply chain optimisation, biofuels, corporate strategy and consultancy, and M&A across the Americas, Europe and Asia. Prior to his current role he led the design of Shell’s new group-wide M&A organisation. He is passionate about leading change, developing people and building high-performing organisations and is fascinated by diverse cultures.

John West Managing Editor M&A EMEA ION Analytics

Heading Mergermarket and Dealreporter editorial output across EMEA, leading a team of more than 50 reporters across both products.

Andrew Philbey Data Quality Manager for the M&A Domain ION Analytics.

Data Quality Manager for the M&A Domain at ION Analytics. Began career 18 years ago with Dealogic starting in the DCM team. Transitioned to M&A in 2010, responsible for covering the UK and Ireland market.