Program

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08:30–09:00 Morning coffee
09:00–09:20

Warm welcome

Let’s get this ball rolling!

Speakers
09:20–09:45

Market Overview

What challenges does the European M&A market face in the context of geopolitical turmoil and what are the chances of the market activity picking up again?

Elžbieta Lukenskaitė / CFA, Executive Director at Morgan Stanley
09:45–10:35

ESG: value, risk, opportunity?

Realities of integrating ESG aspects into investment activities in the Baltics

Kaido Veske, Founding Partner of Livonia Partners
Tadas Gudaitis, CEO at Swedbank Asset Management Lithuania
Rūta Skarulskė, Head of ESG & Impact at Contrarian Ventures
Tomas Kairys, Head of Baltic States at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Moderated by Eva Berlaus, Managing Partner at Sorainen

Speakers
10:35–11:00

Merger filing in the Baltics

Top 5 mistakes that are too costly to be made

Monika Mališauskaitė-Vaupšienė / Partner at Sorainen
11:00–11:40 Coffee break
11:40–12:30

Private Equity Investments

What are the new trends reshaping the future of PE? What sectors are most attractive in the current investment environment, and what investment schemes and exit strategies will yield the highest returns?

Rustam Kurmakaev, Principal at MidEuropa
Deimantė Korsakaitė, Managing Partner at INVL Baltic Sea Growth Fund
Sigvards Dzelzkalejs, Director at Superia
Kristjan Kalda, Founding Partner at BaltCap
Moderated by Anna Wnuk, Managing Director of the Polish Private Equity and Venture Capital Association

Speakers
12:30–12:55

Biggest Merger in the Baltics in 2023

How did the merger of Šiaulių bankas, the largest bank based on Lithuanian capital, and Invalda INVL, a Baltic investment management and life insurance giant, merge their retail businesses? What happened behind the scenes and how is the marriage working?

Darius Šulnis, CEO at Invalda INVL
Vytautas Sinius, Chairman of the Management Board at Šiaulių bankas
Moderated by Andrius Načajus, Finance executive

Speakers
12:55–13:15

Building the capabilities to harness the power of GenAI in private equity investing

Justinas Šukys / Partner at Claria Strategy Partners, GenAI research team leader at London Business School
13:15–14:30 Lunch Break
14:30–15:20

Hot Energy Deals

How does the energy industry – the most active sector in the Baltic deal industry – expect to perform in today’s challenging markets?

Ilkka Niiranen, CEO at Gren

Marco Wiedemeier, Senior Director, Structured Finance – Energy Origination at NORD/LB

Thierry Michel W Aelens, CEO at Ignitis Renewables

Vaiko Tammeväli, CFO of Eesti Gaas

Moderated by Sergej Butov, Partner at Sorainen

Speakers
15:20–15:45

Strategic Roadmap for Achieving Growth Targets

Kerstin Kütt, General Counsel at Sunly

Uku-Kaarel Vorm, Senior Analyst at Sunly

 

Speakers
15:45–16:25

Outbound Transactions

How are Lithuania-headquartered Oxylabs, PVcase and Vinted governing their new global acquisitions?

Julius Černiauskas, CEO at Oxylabs

Paulius Miečius, Head of Strategic Initiatives at PVcase

Milda Jasaitė, Head of Corporate Development at Vinted

Interviewed by Arvydas Bložė, Partner at Practica Capital

Speakers
16:25-16:35 Closing remarks
from 17:00

The Baltic M&A and Private Equity Awards

Party time! Networking reception to celebrate milestone Baltic transactions.

La Boheme, Šv. Ignoto str. 4, Vilnius

Ugnius Jankauskas
Ugnius Jankauskas
CEO at Verslo žinios

Rūta Skarulskė
Rūta Skarulskė
Head of ESG & Impact at Contrarian Ventures

Deimantė Korsakaitė
Deimantė Korsakaitė
Managing Partner at INVL Baltic Sea Growth Fund

Darius Šulnis
Darius Šulnis
CEO at Invalda INVL

Vytautas Sinius
Vytautas Sinius
Chairman of the Management Board at Šiaulių bankas

Julius Černiauskas
Julius Černiauskas
CEO at Oxylabs

Ilkka Niiranen
Ilkka Niiranen
CEO at Gren

Thierry Aelens
Thierry Aelens
CEO at Ignitis Renewables

Marco Wedemeier
Marco Wedemeier
Senior Director, Structured Finance – Energy Origination at NORD/LB

Eva Berlaus
Eva Berlaus
Managing Partner at Sorainen

Sergej Butov
Sergej Butov
Partner at Sorainen

Monika Mališauskaitė-Vaupšienė
Monika Mališauskaitė-Vaupšienė
Partner at Sorainen

Kaido Veske
Kaido Veske
Founding Partner of Livonia Partners

Tadas Gudaitis
Tadas Gudaitis
CEO at Swedbank Asset Management Lithuania

Sigvards Dzelzkalejs
Sigvards Dzelzkalejs
Director at Superia

Kristjan Kalda
Kristjan Kalda
Founding Partner at BaltCap

Rustam Kurmakaev
Rustam Kurmakaev
Principal at MidEuropa

Anna Wnuk
Anna Wnuk
Managing Director of the Polish Private Equity and Venture Capital Association

Arvydas Bložė
Arvydas Bložė
Partner at Practica Capital

Elžbieta Lukenskaitė
Elžbieta Lukenskaitė
CFA, Executive Director at Morgan Stanley

Andrius Načajus
Andrius Načajus
Finance executive

Milda Jasaitė
Milda Jasaitė
Head of Corporate Development, Vinted

Justinas Šukys
Justinas Šukys
Partner at Claria Strategy Partners, GenAI research team leader at London Business School

Vaiko Tammeväli
Vaiko Tammeväli
CFO of Eesti Gaas

Paulius Miecius
Paulius Miecius
Head of Strategic Initiatives at PVcase

Uku-Kaarel Vorm
Uku-Kaarel Vorm
Senior Analyst at Sunly

Kerstin Kütt
Kerstin Kütt
General Counsel at Sunly

Tomas Kairys
Tomas Kairys
Head of Baltic States at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Darius Daubaras
Darius Daubaras
Investor and Finance Executive

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