6th Annual Global Private Equity Investing Conference

Navigating the Minefields & Opportunities of Global Private Equity

As the global financial crisis begins to show signs of a recovery, there has never been a more important time for industry titans to share insight into how private capital will lead the revitalization of the global economy. Thunderbird is pleased to host the 6th Annual Global Private Equity Investing Conference on April 8-9, 2010.

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Featured Speakers:

• Susan Boedy '02, Principal, Knightsbridge Advisers, LLC
• Sebastien Burdel, Principal, Coller Capital
• Jennifer Fonstad, Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
• Marc Frishman '98, Partner, Conduit Capital Partners
• Marleen Groen, Principal Founder & CEO, Greenpark Capital
• David Jeffrey, Managing Partner, Parish Capital Advisors LLP
• John Kuhns, Chief Executive Officer, China Hydro Electric
• H. Jeffrey Leonard, Chairman & CEO, Global Environment Fund
• Michael Marcon, Founder & CEO, Equity Risk Partners
• John Mauldin, Editor, Thoughts from the Frontline
• Michael Mueller, Deputy Chief Investment Officer, Oregon State Treasury
• Terry A. Newendorp, Chairman and CEO, Taylor-DeJongh 
• Mark O'Hare, Managing Director, Preqin Ltd.
• Todd Peterson, Head of Emerging Markets Group, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP
• Amit Ratanpal, Head-Private Equity Fund of Funds, ICICI Bank
• Lewis Rutherfurd, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Inter-Asia Management 
• Joseph Quinlan, Managing Director & Chief Market Strategist, US Trust - Bank of America
• Maninder Saluja, Co-Head, Emerging Markets Private Equity Group, Quilvest
• Erik Sebusch, Portfolio Manager, UPS Investments
• James Seymour, Managing Director, EMP Global

Student Attendees

After applying, 40 Thunderbird students are selected to attend the Thunderbird 6th Annual Global Private Equity Investing Conference on April 8-9, 2010. These highly qualified students are chosen based on their breadth of experience in private equity, academic qualifications, and interest in pursuing a career in global private equity & venture capital.

As a result of networking afforded to students at the conference, more than twenty-five percent of students that attended the 2009 conference received offers for either internship or full-time employment with private equity firms.

Contact us directly if you are interested in hiring an MBA candidate for a position within your firm.

Testimonials

"An excellent event which should be on the calendar for all who work in Private Equity and Venture Capital."    -Kurt Geiger, Former-Head of Financial Institutions, European Bank for Reconstruction & Development; Chairman, Thunderbird Global Private Equity Center

“The intimacy of the Thunderbird private equity conference led to more interaction both in the formal sessions and informally with some students and other attendees.” -Jim Seymour, Managing Director, EMP Global

“I thought the Conference was terrific. Having once organized a multi-day conference of securities regulators and others from many places, I have a keen appreciation of the effort that went into the Fifth Annual Thunderbird Global Private Equity Conference and the myriad of details of which had to be dealt with.” -Dee Harris, Managing Director, Arizona Angels

“We met some wonderful people at the T-bird event from a broad range of very international backgrounds…we have already interacted with several people as a result of the conference and look forward to many more in the months ahead.” -William Tharp, Chief Executive Officer, The Climate Change Infrastructure