IFC’s 10th Annual Global Private Equity Conference in association with EMPEA

May 15-16, 2008 – Washington, DC
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First Name Last Name Company Title
Michael Abbey HSM Partner
Eldar Abdrazakov Centras Capital CEO
Hoda Abou-Jamra Boston BioCapital CEO
Ayaan Adam IFC Portfolio Manager
Simisola Adejumo IFC Counsel
Eugenia Adofo IFC Investment Officer
Natalia Aero Northgate Capital Senior Investment Analyst
Feisal Afzal Pound Capital Managing Director
Paul Ahlstrom vSpring Capital Managing Director
Amjad Ahmad NBK Capital Chief Executive Investment & Merchant Banking
Muhammad Ahmad National Pension Commission Director General &CEO
Hasib Ahmed Asian Development Bank Senior Investment Specialist
Motoko Aizawa IFC Head, Policy & Standards, CES
Richard Akwei The Rohatyn Group Africa/Middle East Investment Manager
Ahmed Al Ayyar Global Investment House Marketing Executive
Sarah Alexander EMPEA
Laura Allen EMPEA Volunteer
Mark Alloway IFC Associate Director
Sofya Alterman Clearwater Capital Partners Assistant VP
Francisco Alvarez-Demalde Eton Park N/A
Cate Ambrose LAVCA Executive Director
Magdi Amin IFC Senior Strategy Officer
Saliha Amroune IFC Program Assistant
Ritesh Anand Wellcome Trust Investment Manager
Paul Applegarth Value Enhancement International Chief Executive Officer
Stefan Armonat Credit Suisse Director
Samuel Ashong Venture Capital Trust Fund Board Chairman
Martin Aspillaga Freire Enfoca SAFI Funds Manager
Hany Assaad IFC Head, MENA Region
Kareem Aziz IFC
Yvonne Bakkum FMO Director Private Equity
Matt Bannick Omidyar Network Managing Partner
Rod Barfield MAP Capital Director, Investments
Teresa Barger Cartica Management, LLC Managing Director
Claude Barras Sifem (Swiss Investment Fund for Emerging Markets) Managing Director
Ben Bartels Ceridian HRO Solutions & Sales Executive
Leon Batagelj Poteza Partners, D.O.O. Managing Director
Adrian Becher IFC Principal Investment Officer
John Beckham Inter-American Investment Corporation Corporate Projects Coordinator
Noah Beckwith Aureos Advisers
Duka Begzjav NVC Senior Manager
Elizabeth Bell JE Robert Companies Analyst
Khaled Ben Jilani Tuninvest
Vegard Benterud Norfund Senior Associate
David Berchenbriter BerchWood Partners Partner
Tomas Bermudez IIC Investment Officer
David Bernstein Baring Vosotk Capital Partners Director on Investor Relations
Joseph Berring Reforma Partners Managing Director
Rahul Bhasin Baring Private Equity Partners (I) Ltd Managing Partner
Sofia Bianchi BlueCrest Capital Management Portfolio Manager
Evan Binder MFA Partner
Nicholas Bloy Navis Capital Director
Paul Botha Lereko Metier Capital Growth Fund Principal
Jan Boyer Inter-American Development Bank United States Executive Director
Sara Bracceschi Control Risks Marketing & Communications Manager
Markus Bracht DEG Vice President Department Equity / Mezzanine
Monica Brand Accion International Vice President
Barbara Brereton OPIC Director Private Equity
Matthew Brockwell PricewaterhouseCoopers Partner
Jennifer Brooy Export Development Canada Vice-President & Head of Equity
Laura Bruce Good Energies Inc
Mary Rose Brusewitz Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Partner
Arleen Buckley PEI Media Vice President
J. Kofi Bucknor Kingdom Zehyr Managing Partner
Lily Bui Zephyr Management Associate
Gregg Buksbaum Patton Boggs LLP Of Counsel
James Bunch Omidyar Network Director, Investments
Andre Burger FAMA - Brazil
Nadir Burnashev Eurasian Development Bank Head of the Credit & Investment Department
Lauren Burnhill Accion International SVP, Financial Markets & Services
Geoff Burns Barnellan Equity Advice Ltd Director
Mildred Callear Small Enterprise Assistance Funds Executive Vice President and COO
Michael Calvey Baring Vostok Private Equity CEO
Carolyn Campbell Emerging Capital Partners Managing Director
Michael Cantor Equator Capital Managing Director
Michael Caprioni Dow Jones & Company Account Executive
Alejandro Cardenas Andes Capital LLC Principal
Erik Carlberg Alta Growth Capital, S.C. Managing Director
Gordon Carrihill Global Environment Fund Managing Director
Joanne Carrillo IBF Conferences*International Business Forum VP of Operations
Eileen Casey Trident Fund Services Vice President Client Services
Stephen Cashin Pan African Capital Group, LLC CEO
Andrew Caspersen Coller Capital Principal
James Castanino Global Environment Fund Associate
Haydee Celaya IFC Director
Sidney Chameh ABVCAP Vice President
Abdul Karim Chamseddine CFH International (BVI) Ltd Executive Director
Shruti Chandrasekhar IFC Investment Analyst
John Chase Atlantic Pacific Capital Principal
Muneesh Chawla Blue River Capital Management (India) Pvt. Ltd. Managing Director
Connie Chen Chen Planning Consultants, Inc. President
Fang Chen IFC Investment Officer
Hui Chen China Construction Bank International
Agnes Chew GIC Special Investments Pte Ltd Assistant Vice President
Omar Chikhaoui Capital Invest General Manager
Frederick Chima Credit Suisse Vice President
Kenneth Chin IFC Investment Analyst
Jennifer Choi EMPEA Director of Research
Matthew Chukwu MOCO Partners LLC Managing Partner
Ngalaah Chuphi Ethos Private Equity Partner
Roberto Chute The Rohatyn Group Investment Professional
Julie Cochran XT Capital Partners Managing Partner
Anna Cohen Streamline Alliance President
David S. Cole Baker & McKenzie LLP Partner
Amy Coleman Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Robert Colorina American Industrial Acquisition Corporation
Moya Connelly Seed Capital Board Member
Carlos Correa Banco ABN AMRO Real S.A. Investment Manager
Christopher Juan Costain World Bank Lead FPD Specialist
Manuel Costescu McKinsey Consultant
Steve Cowan PCGI Managing Director
Yeages Cowan IFC Special Assistant to the General Counsel
Simon Cox Norton Rose LLP Partner
Dwight Crabtree Capital Verde Investment Officer
Piers Cumberlege Cordiant Vice President, Private Equity
Thierry Dalais Lereko Metier Capital Growth Fund Principal
Peixin Dallara Polaris Investments LLC CEO
Deirdre Daly
Chris Davidsson Campbell Lutyens & Co Ltd Principal
Barbara Day OPIC Associate General Counsel, Investment Funds
Lucas de Beaufort EMP Latin America Senior Associate
Pedro de Lima European Investment Bank Deputy Economic Advisor
Russell Deakin CRP Companhia De Participacoes Manager
Thomas Debass USAID Senior Advisor
Clemente del Valle IFC Lead Financial Specialist
Milena Dermendjieva IFC Investment Officer
Serge Desjardins Abu Dhabi Investment Authority Investment Controller
Hernando Diaz ISI Emerging Markets Account Manager
Malengreau Didier B-I-O Senior Investment Officer
Kitty DiMartino Global Environment Fund Managing Director
Rauf Diwan Emerging Markets Partnership Senior Partner & CEO
Alexander Dixon Small Enterprise Assistance Funds VP-Africa
Alisher Djumanov Eurasia Capital Management Managing Partner
David Do VI Group Managing Director
Philip Docena IFC Investment Officer
Hurley Doddy Emerging Capital Partners COO
Gregor Dolenec Poteza Partners, D.O.O. Procurist
Dirk Donath Eton Park Managing Director
NanaAma Dowuona Kingdom Zephyr Counsel
Pascal Dozie African Capital Alliance Partner
Emile Du toit Development Bank of SA Manager
Declan Duff IFC Vice President
Yolande Duhem IFC Senior Manager, Latin America
Meghan Dunne Goldman, Sachs & Co. Vice President
Monish Dutt IFC Chief Credit Officer
Sara Edmondson Howard Hughes Medical Institute Manager - Global Equities
Ngozi Edozien EVHA
Hisham El-Khazindar Citadel
Guilherme Emrich Fir Capital  Founding Partner
Okechukwu Enelamah African Capital Alliance Group Chief Executive Officer
Javier Escorriola Norfund Regional Director LA
Victor Esquivel KPMG Cardenas Dosal, S.C. Partner
Tryfan Evans Tufts University Director, Microfinance Investments
Roderick Evison CDC Group PLC Portfolio Director
Henry Fan Pinnacle Capital Group Managing Partner
Jim Farley Babcock & Brown Executive Chairman
Anis Fathallah Tuninvest
Jennifer Fauci IBF Conferences*International Business Forum Marketing/New Business Development
Jennifer Faust PCGI Vice President
Wanda Felton Helix Associates Managing Director
Victor Ferreira Control Risks Senior Consultant, Global Services
Joaquim Figueiredo Lima IFC Investment Officer-Global Information & Communicat
Corinne Figueredo IFC Senior Investment Office
Christopher Fischer Mayer Brown LLP Associate
Paul Fletcher Actis
Augusto Flores Insignia Capital Managing Partner
Robert Fogler Thousand Hills Venture Fund Managing Director
Mauricio Folkerts NSG Caital Managing Director
Thomas Franco Clayton Dubilier & Rice Inc. Partner
Gaya Frias IFC Program Assistant
Marc Frishman Conduit Capital Partners Partner
Claudio Furtado FGV-Fundacao Getulio Vargas Professor
Bogdan Fushchych Consoris
Peter Gachuba AfriCap Investment Investment Principal
Koonal Gandhi OPIC Investment Funds Officer
Carolynn Gandolfo Bioveda China General Partner & Counsel
Read Gasimov Azerbaijan Investment Company Deputy Executive Director
Fernando Gentil Darby Overseas Investments Managing Director
Luc Gerard Tribeca-Colombia
Emilio Ghersi Accion Gateway Fund Vice President
Thomas Gibian ECP Investments
Stephen Gillette Cirrus Capital Partners, LLC Managing Partner
Ted Gillman The Rohatyn Group
Brian Gimotty Paul Capital Partners Sr. Advisor Emerging Markets
Sergei Glazunov Consoris
Jeremy Goldberg EMPEA
David Goldfield Southern Bridge Capital Partner and CEO
David Goldstein White & Case LLP Partner
Jie Gong Morgan Stanley Vice President
Dianna Gonzales-Burdin Strategic Investment Management LP Principal, Equity Investments
Mikael Gorsky BSCol Mag Consulting Managing Partner, Member of the Board
Frederick Gortner Paladin Realty Partners Managing Director
Gyaneshwarnath Gowrea AAA Global Services Ltd Director
Jonathan Gray Comerica Bank SVP, Equity Fund Services
Jennifer Grimaldi OPIC Investment Funds Portfolio Analyst
Susanne Grossmann BTS Investment Advisors Ltd Managing Partner
Simon Guenzl Paul Capital Principal
Gail Guerin Talamore Group Partner
Zineb Guessous Alothon Group LLC
Drew Guff Siguler Guff & Company Managing Director
Michael Gujda EMPEA Volunteer
Andrew Gunther IFC Country Manager, Brazil
Erik Gutierrez-Zuniga Baker & McKenzie, S.C. Partner
Linda Habgood Delphos International Director
David Hale David Hale Global Economics
Lyric Hale
Kathryn Hambrick Patton Boggs LLP Partner
Jeffrey Hammer Bear Stearns Senior Managing Director
Allen Hammond World Resources Institute VP for Innovation & Special Projects
James Hansley OPIC Director, Private Equity
Jennifer Harris PEI Media Associate Editor
Daniel Hausmann Dow Jones & Company Reporter
Leslie Hawrylyshyn Euroventures Ukraine Partner
Susan Healy Babcock & Brown
Vaughan Heberden International Management (Mauritius) Ltd
Garth Hedley IFC Chief Industry Specialist
Mark Heesen National Venture Capital Association President
Ashley Heise MVision Private Equity Advisers Vice President
Tjarko Hektor Alplnvest Partners Partner
Teresa Heller Comerica Bank SVP/Manager-Equity Fund Services
Myriam Henriquez IFC Portfolio Assistant
Gavin Heron Standard Bank VP-Latin America Structured Finance
Lena Hodge Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Partner
Friederike Hofmann Sifem (Swiss Investment Fund for Emerging Markets) Investment Manager
Powell Holly Broad Cove Partners Inc. Managing Director
Farzana Hoque EMPEA
Gueorgui Horozov Black Sea Trade & Development Bank Director, Energy & Infrustructure
Cynthia Hostetler OPIC Vice President for Investment Funds
Steven Howard Bingham McCutchen LLP Partner
Mark Huber Greenpark Capital Investment Director
Jeremy Hurewitz Control Risks Senior Consultant, Global Services
Martin Hutchinson Breaking Views.com Correspondent
Adiba Ighodaro Actis Director
Jamal Isa IFC Investment Analyst
Iftakharul Islam Asian Tiger Capital Partners Managing Partner
Ken Jarvis Portfolio Advisors, LLC Senior Vice President
Danielle Jean-Pierre American Capital Associate General Counsel
David Jennison Ubuntu Trading Ltd. Director
Kathy Jeramaz-Larson Institutional Limited Partners Association Executive Director
Paul Jessiman Lereko Metier Capital Growth Fund Associate
Nikunj Jinsi IFC Principal Investment Officer
Marisa Joelson Renaissance Capital International Equity Sales
Veronica John IDFC Global Alternatives President
Kevin Johnson Liberty Global Partners Managing Partner
Matthew Judd White & Case LLP Partner
Pekka Juusela Finnfund Senior Investment Manager
Abdellatif Kabbaj IFC Investment Officer
Nasser Kadiri Capital Invest Senior Investment Officer
Rashad Kaldany IFC
Kishore Kansal Campbell Lutyens & Co Ltd Associate
Sanjiv Kapoor Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited Director, Portfolio & Value Management
Vishal Kapur Avigo Capital Partners Vice President
Ogeday Karahan Eurasia Capital Partners Managing Partner
Viktor Kats IFC Principal Investment Officer
Michael Katsnelson Quadriga Capital Russia VP Director & Head of Moscow Representative Office
Dmytro Kazakov Kiev Investment Group Executive Director
Wayne Keast Consensus
Michael Keaveney Atlantic Pacific Capital Associate
Tom Keck StepStone Group Chief Investment Officer
Ralph Keitel IFC Sr. Investment Officer
Christine Kelleher Georgetown University Investment Officer
David Keresztes Standard Capital Ltd Managing Director
Aamir Khan Unicorn Investment Bank B.S.C. Managing Director & Head Global Private Equity
Asif Khan Hudson International Consulting, Inc.
Azam Khan IFC Investment Officer
Shujaat Khan Blue River Capital Management (India) Pvt. Ltd. Managing Director
Rosy Khanna IFC Principal Investment Officer
Hakim Khelifa Tuninvest
Kevin Kihara Johns Hopkins Student
Brian Kim Zephyr Management Managing Director
Mu-Shin Kim Asian Development Bank Investment Specialist
William Knight Campbell Lutyens & Co Ltd Special Consultant
Claudia Koch Ethos Private Equity Partner
Paul Kokoricha African Capital Alliance Partner
Kelley Koltes Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Director of Practice Development
Melvin Koo GIC Special Investments Pte Ltd Associate
Jyrki Koskelo IFC Vice President
Eric Kosmowski Cartica Capital Senior Vice President
Teruaki Kotaka Japan Bank for International Cooperation Senior Representative
Magdalena Kowalska magdak@mac.com Director General
Maria Kozloski J. E. Robert Companies President, Funds Business
Richard Kramer African Capital Alliance Chairman
Sanjeev Krishnan Global Environment Fund Associate
Kim Kuhn Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Manager
Kuhle Kunene Brait Deal Executive
Sak Kupasrimonkol IFC Director
Eren Kuraner Eurasia Capital Partners Managing Partner
Michael Kwee EMP Chief Executive Officer
Ernest Lambers EMAlternatives managing partner and CIO
Nicole Lanteri Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Associate
Joan M. Larrea Global Environment Fund Managing Director
Berit Lauridsen IFC Program Officer
Chris Lawless Cirrus Capital Partners Managing Partner
Roger Leeds EMPEA Chairman
Dale LeFebvre AIC Private Equity Managing Partner
Alex Leite IFC
Michael Lenard Paladin Realty Partners Senior Managing Director
Jeff Leonard Global Environment Fund President & CEO
Jean-Etienne Leroux Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec Investments Director
Reta Lewis Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge Counsel
Cheryl Lewis-Lovelace IBF Conferences*International Business Forum Marketing Coordinator
K.C. Li Mauritius International Trust Co Ltd
Kevin Li HBM BioMed China Partner
Alice Lin IFC Projects Officer
Robert Linton Vision Brazil Partner
Jason Liou Silicon Valley Bank Associate
Kurt Lipp WAMEX Private Equity Mangement Partner
Duncan Littlejohn Paul Capital Partners Managing Director
Mark Livingston Standard Bank Group
Francois Lombard Turenne Capital President Director General
Michael Machabee Export Development Canada Senior Portfolio Manager
Denis Mack Brait Private Equity Director
Mikalis Madianos Global Finance SA Investment Director
Mario Mahler Inter-American Investment Corporation IIC Chief Credit Officer
Kiragu Maina IFC Program Manager
Mouayed Makhlouf IFC Principal Investment Officer
Ziad Makkawi Algebra Capital Chairman & CEO
Craig Marmer Probitas Partners Partner
Luis Antonio Marquez Heine
Nashat Masri Foursan Technology Partners Partner
Jean-Marie Masse IFC Head, Business Development Global Financial Market
Marie-France Mathes CAM-NewMarkets Managing Partner
David Mathewson Bedminster Capital Management LLC Managing Director
Shahbaz Mavaddat IFC - World Bank Director, IFC Southern Europe and Central Asia Dep
Laurie McArdle IBF Conferences*International Business Forum Manager-Conference Operations
Garrett Mcdonald World Bank Principal Portfolio Manager/PE Investment
Scott McDonough Alta Growth Capital Managing Director
Stuart McDowall 3e Royalties Inc President & CEO
Jim McGuigan Capital Group Partner
Bernard McGuire OPIC Director - Investment Funds
Judith McHale Global Environment Fund Managing Partner
Jennifer McLeod EMP Global Associate
Aziz Mebarek Tuninvest Executive Partner
Gregor Medinger The Uruguay Fund Managing Partner
N.C. Meegama Continental Capital Managing Partner
Ribal Mehio Swicorp Executive Director
Prakash Mehta Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld  Partner
Flavio Meyer Meyer Sendacz e Opice
Stephen Miller U.S. Department of State Business Practice Advisor
Randy Mitchell US Department of Commerce International Trade Strategist
David Mixer Middleland Capital President
Nhlanganiso Mkwanazi Medu Capital Director
Kay Mock Saratoga Asia II LP Partner
Alejandra Moreno IFC Executive Assistant
William Morrow Mid Europa Partners (FKA: EMP Europe) Managing Director
Stephen Moseley Stepstone President
Harrison Moskowitz EMPEA
Noabezinhle Mpofu Venture Partners Botswana Chief Investme