Mastering Private Equity

Claudia Zeisberger, Singapore, is one of the best networked figures in the private capital space, combining her academic expertise with over 35 years of experience in financial markets. As an advisor and angel investor, she partners with boards and leadership teams to drive growth and scale startups. A professor at INSEAD, a top-ranked business school with campuses in Singapore, France, the US and the UAE, she is a global citizen, an award-winning author and a trusted advisor to corporations, institutional investors and governments. In her role as a "Professional Devil's Advocate," she frequently provides independent perspectives on investment and risk-related decisions.

Bowen White, Singapore, has spent his 20-year career in alternative investments, the last 6 years of which he led the quantitative and risk management function in Singapore at Partners Group-a global private markets investment manager. He has deep functional expertise in multi-asset class private market risk and portfolio management and contributed to top-down investment strategy while with the firm. Prior to Partners Group, Bowen served as the Center Director of INSEAD's PE Center and started his career in the New York hedge fund industry in trading and business development roles.

Michael Prahl, Leipzig, Germany is Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship & Family Enterprise at INSEAD. An INSEAD alumnus, Michael served as the first Executive Director of the school's PE Center, with research interests in the areas of co-investment, family offices and market entry strategies and portfolio allocation for limited partners. Michael has been teaching the popular MBA Leveraged Buyout elective for over a decade and regularly participates as a lecturer in the Executive MBA program.