History

From 1999 to 2004, EVCA has organised an annual International Investors Conference, which has been regularly attended by a cross section of the private equity industry in Europe.

In 2005, EVCA held its first Investors' Forum, which is built on the criteria defined by the LP community and is aimed at creating an LP-GP discussion platform.

This decision will have a beneficial impact for all EVCA members, as it will contribute to the further growth and success of our industry.

You may be interested to view last year's conference proceedings and journal as well as a list of keynote speakers at the conferences in 2002-2004.


2004 EVCA International Investors Conference Proceedings

2004 EVCA International Investors Conference Journal

Keynote speakers International Investors Conference 2002-2004

2004

Hans-Dietrich Genscher

Former Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs, Germany

Hans-Dietrich Genscher is an internationally respected statesman and one of Germany and Europe’s foremost politicians who has realised his vision of economic and political integration first with the German reunification and then as one of the architects of modern Europe. Widely admired for his integrity and insight, he is an expert on the importance of economic and political integration in Europe and discussed this and trends and prospects for the EU in his keynote speech. Recognised as a man 'of the political centre' he was an acting Member of the German Parliament until the elections in 1998 and continues to preside over several important institutions, a role he combines with writing for a number of major national and international publications as well as lecturing.

2003

The Honourable Richard C Holbrooke

Former United States Ambassador to the United Nations and Vice Chairman, Perseus LLC

Ambassador Richard Holbrooke was the Permanent United States Representative to the United Nations 1999-2001. During his career he has been a professional diplomat, a magazine editor, an author, a Peace Corps Director, the chairman of two important non-governmental organisations and an investment banker. He was the US Ambassador to Germany from 1993-1994 before being appointed by President Clinton as Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs in 1994. He was the architect of the 1995 Dayton Peace Accords that ended the war in Bosnia. He was vice chairman of Credit Suisse First Boston from 1996-1999.

2002

David Swensen

Chief Investment Officer, Yale University

As Yale's Chief Investment Officer, David Swensen is responsible for more than $12 billion in endowment assets and other investment funds. Prior to joining Yale in 1985, Professor Swensen spent six years on Wall Street as senior vice president at Lehman Brothers, specializing in the firm's swap activities, and as an associate in Corporate Finance for Salomon Brothers, where his work focused on developing new financial technologies. He authored Pioneering Portfolio Management: An Unconventional Approach to Institutional Investment, which was published by The Free Press in 2000.

Paul Myners

Former Chairman of Gartmore Investment Management plc

Paul Myners, Chairman of Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited and of Aspen Insurance UK Limited, is also Chairman of the Guardian Media Group, a non-executive Director of The Bank of New York, and is currently serving as interim chairman at Marks & Spencer whilst a permanent chairman is sought. He completed a review of Institutional Investment for HM Treasury in 2001 and is a member of the Financial Reporting Council, the body responsible for overseeing the process for setting UK accounting standards. He was Chairman of Gartmore Investment Management until 30 November 2001 and has previously held directorships at National Westminster Bank, Coutts & Co., the Investment Management Regulatory Organisation, the Lloyd's Market Board, Celltech Group, the Scottish National Trust, Powergen and Orange.


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