Karl Bystedt Wikblom is a Managing Director and Head of Nordic Mergers & Acquisitions at Bank of America. He is based in Stockholm and has over 15 years of experience from M&A and capital markets advisory. Karl holds a Master of Science degree in Business and Economics from Stockholm School of Economics (Civilekonom).

Björn Modée is the CEO of Look Closer, Sweden’s leading consultancy within Integrity Due Diligence. With over 15 years of experience in investigative and advisory roles, he supports clients across sectors in assessing senior hires and M&A targets, ensuring alignment with strategic, ethical, and reputational priorities. Prior to his role at Look Closer, Björn held leadership positions in media intelligence and employer branding overseeing international operations in the UK and Scandinavia. His academic background includes an MBA from the Stockholm School of Economics and a Master’s in Engineering Physics from KTH Royal Institute of Technology. Björn has lived and worked in the UK, US, France, and Brazil, bringing a global perspective to Nordic corporate governance and transaction integrity.

Mr. Helander is a Partner in the Ares Credit Group, where he focuses on European direct lending and covers the Northern European markets. Mr. Helander also is a member of the Ares Credit Group's European Direct Lending Investment Committee. Prior to joining Ares in 2008, Mr. Helander was a Director in the Financial Sponsors Leveraged Finance Origination Group at Barclays, where he focused on covering the Nordic and Germanic (DACH) markets. Previously, Mr. Helander was a member of the pan-European Leveraged Finance Group of Mizuho Corporate Bank, the Equity Research Group of CSFB Technology Group and additionally worked at SEB Debt Capital Markets. Mr. Helander holds an undergraduate degree from Uppsala University, Sweden, in Finance and Economics and an M.Sc. from Uppsala University in Business Administration, where he earned a scholarship to study at Illinois State University in the U.S.

Charlotte leads DLA Piper's procurement group in Sweden and is active in the control of foreign direct investment (FDI). Charlotte advises suppliers as well as contracting authorities and entities in public procurement. Charlotte assists clients in all stages of procurement, including strategic issues in tendering, procurement planning, drafting of procurement documents and contract review. She has a background in supervision of public procurement at NOU and the Swedish Competition Authority and as a business lawyer at FMV Legal Staff. Charlotte's experience covers all parts of the procurement law regulations as well as security protection and the defence and security area. Charlotte also has experience of municipal law and legislative work from her work at the Municipal Unit at the Ministry of Finance.

Frederikke Beck joined Impilo in 2023. Frederikke holds a M.Sc. in Finance and Accounting from Copenhagen Business School, where she had one exchange semester at National University of Singapore. Prior to joining Impilo, Frederikke spent two years at Polaris, another Nordic based Private Equity fund. Before joining Polaris Frederikke spent 3 years at KIRKBI, the LEGO family office, and one year at the Nordic M&A team of J.P. Morgan in London.

Gilles Lafleuriel is the Head of Sweden at Obligo Investment Management, a Nordic investment manager focusing on sustainable infrastructure projects, development companies and operational assets in the Nordics. Prior to Obligo, Gilles was heading the Alternatives portfolio of Nordea Asset Management’s externally managed funds. Gilles also held various positions as engineer, business developer, M&A advisor and investor, mostly in the energy industry, including at the French utility EDF where he started his career in 1999. Gilles holds and MSc from Ecole Centrale Paris and an MBA from INSEAD

 Prior to joining Triton, Gustaf worked in Private Equity Real Estate at Blackstone in London. He has a degree in Business and Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania as well as a degree in Russian from Stockholm University.

Gustav Højmark-Jensen is Head of Platforms at Nordic Alpha Partners, a leading private equity firm focused on greentech growth and industrial transformation. Based in London, Gustav leads the firm’s external partnerships, strategic platforms across Europe. Gustav plays a central role in shaping Nordic Alpha’s investment activities, aligning them with its operational value creation models and platform strategy. He has been instrumental in conceptualising the fund playbook and advancing Nordic Alpha’s position as a thought leader within re-industrialisation and value creation. He spearheaded the recent landmark collaboration with the Technical University of Denmark (#3 worldwide), launching an executive education programme on green re-industrialisation, hypergrowth and hypertransformation — the first of its kind in Europe. Prior to joining the firm, Gustav was a senior financial journalist in London, where he reported extensively on private equity, M&A, fundraising, and fund strategy for one of the world’s largest financial data and news providers. He has covered hundreds of transactions across the European mid- and upper-mid-market, building a wide network across the GP, LP and investment banking communities. He holds a Master’s degree in Journalism, Media and Globalisation from City St. George’s, University of London and Aarhus University in Denmark.

Based in Copenhagen, Denmark, Hannah Perregaard is Head of ESG at Nordic Alpha Partners, a European SFDR Article 9 greentech growth fund with EUR 400m in assets under management. Hannah brings expertise within EU sustainable finance regulation, ESG due diligence, ESG data integration, risk management and climate strategies and supports Nordic Alpha Partners' portfolio companies in maximizing their impact and the value thereof while maintaining momentum. Hannah has previously worked as a Senior ESG Specialist at PFA, one of the largest pension funds in Denmark and a Senior Risk Advisor at the pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk. She holds a master’s degree in Applied Economics and Finance and a bachelor’s degree in International Business and Politics, both from Copenhagen Business School.

Johan is a Partner at Polaris Private Equity, a leading Nordic mid-market private equity firm dedicated to the mid-market through three investment strategies: Polaris Private Equity - classic buy-out, Polaris Flexible Capital - junior financing and minority equity, and Polaris Public Equity - collaborative investments in public markets applying the PE toolbox. Johan holds a M.Sc. in Business Administration and Economics from Stockholm School of Economics. Prior to joining Polaris in 2019, Johan has 15 years of private equity experience as Partner with Triton Partners (2015-19), Director with H.IG. Capital Europe (2013-14) and Senior Investment Manager at Ratos AB (2006-13). Johan started his career as a management consultant with Bain & Co in Stockholm (2003-2005).

Magnus Wiberg, Co-Founder Pricerunner and eEquity. eEquity invests in Digital Growth Companies and have invested around SEK 5 Billion the last 10 years. eEquity's latest investment was in Snigel, a defense company focusing on Tactical Gear Development with revenues of approx SEK 500 million with great profitability.

Marta Frąckowiak's practice focuses on corporate law. She has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions (including asset transactions), particularly in planning, negotiating, and document drafting. She also advises clients on international corporate reorganisation processes. Marta has advised clients from various sectors in numerous multi-jurisdictional projects, including Hubert Burda Media, Life Healthcare Group, Add Secure, Viessmann, Fiserv, Raytheon, Danaher Corporation, JD Sports Fashion, Ecolab, DS Smith and Discovery. Marta has in-depth knowledge of commercial contract issues and has also advised clients in the course of obtaining state aid for investments and restructuring projects.

Mikael is a Director at Hg where he is focused on software and technology investments in the Nordic region. He is based in Stockholm. Mikael is also a Board member of Geomatikk AS. Prior to joining Hg in 2020, Mikael was Head of M&A and part of the senior management team at Visma Group for ten years, where he completed approximately 150 software and software-related acquisitions. Prior to this Mikael had an M&A advisory career working approximately 10 years in corporate finance/M&A for Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank and Jones Lang LaSalle. Mikael is a Swedish national and has an MBA from The Wharton School in Philadelphia, PA, and a B.S in Industrial Engineering from Clarkson University.

Patric joins the Investment Team as Associate Partner with focus on Nordic region and will be based in Sweden at Arcmont Asset Management. He was previously at Carnegie Investment Bank where he spent the last five years establishing and managing the Debt Advisory business within the Investment Banking unit. Prior to joining Carnegie, Patric spent 10 years at Danske Bank in various roles within Leveraged Finance and more recently as responsible for High Yield Origination in Sweden. Patric holds a Master of Science in Finance from the School of Business, Economics and Law in Gothenburg.

Petter Kjöllerström has over 20 years of experience in legal advice on corporate transactions and private equity investments. He primarily works with private equity firms and industrial players in Sweden and internationally. Petter specializes in structuring and managing incentive programs with complex international components. He assists clients in all phases of corporate acquisitions and venture capital investments. Additionally, Petter leads DLA Piper's Aerospace and Defense initiative in Sweden.

Sibel joined Adelis in 2022 where she focuses on Healthcare & Life Sciences investments. Sibel has been a board member at BBI Solutions (UK), Tempus Labs (US) and Mission Bio (US), and is currently on the board of SSI Diagnostica (DK) and IonOpticks (AUS). Prior to joining Adelis, Sibel worked as a Principal at Novo Holdings from 2016 to 2022 where she focused on life science and healthcare investments in Europe and the US. Sibel started her professional career at Bain & Company, where she worked primarily with private equity due diligences and corporate strategy for leading Nordic companies. Education: MSc, Finance & Strategic Management, Copenhagen Business School / CEIBS in Shanghai. BSc. International Business & Politics, Copenhagen Business School.