Webinar: Top Strategies for PE-backed Companies to Expand Internationally by Private Equity Insights

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About This Webinar

Over the past year, companies across the world entered a reactive mode, either pivoting operations or shifting to a fully remote, digital environment. According to Ernst & Young’s Global Capital Confidence Barometer 2021 survey, 63% of respondents planned to increase investments in technology and digital capabilities, while 49% planned acquisitions throughout 2021.

However, before attracting clients in an international market, or building a global team to develop new product features, companies would first have to set up a local entity. The laws and regulations around entity setup vary from country to country, which puts a major burden on the business to discover the unknowns of local regulations and ensure compliance. Additionally, employee transfers during mergers and acquisitions can be lengthy and time-consuming. The challenges can get even more daunting when the portfolio company is operating in an international market.

Join Sam Perry, Strategic Alliances Director at Globalization Partners, along with Henrik Aspén, Partners at Verdane, Olof Faxander, Operating Partner at Nordic Capital, and Nathalie Kornhoff-Brüls, MD at Eurazeo, in a discussion about:

Agenda

What are the common roadblocks portfolio companies face while pursuing global growth
What are the best practices for portfolio companies to access and hire global talent
What are the top strategies for portfolio companies looking to expand internationally
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Presenters

Private Equity Insights

For more than 10 years, PEI has helped Investors, Fund Managers and CXOs rethink what it takes to fundraise, invest, operate and exit in Private Equity, and does so via online engagement and cutting edge conferences in Singapore, UK, France, Poland & CEE, Benelux, Switzerland, Iberia, Germany, Italy, Nordics and DACH.

Olof Faxander

Operating Partner @ Nordic Capital

Olof joined Nordic Capital in January 2016. He is head of the Operational Team which provides operational support to portfolio companies. Olof has extensive experience in leadership roles in large industrial companies where he spent the first 20 years of his career. Since joining, Olof has been driving the Operational Excellence effort and working on establishing and developing Nordic Capital’s Operations Team. Olof is board member of several of portfolio companies. Prior to joining, his most recent positions were as CEO of two large public industrial groups, Sandvik (2011–2015) and SSAB (2006–2010). Olof has an MSc in Engineering from the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology and a B.A. Economics from the Stockholm University.

Nathalie Kornhoff-Brüls

Managing Director @ Eurazeo Growth

Nathalie is MD in the Growth team of Eurazeo. Based in London, she is primarily responsible for leading the firm’s tech and digital growth investments in the UK and Benelux region. She sits on the boards of PPRO, MessageBird, Neo4j, platform.sh and Secret Escapes.

Before joining Eurazeo, Nathalie founded Mindforce Innovations, a technology company which develops platform applications for professional coaching. She also became a founding member of Dreamers // Doers, a female-focused collaboration and co-mentorship community which acts as a network for entrepreneurs, investors and advisors. Until mid 2017, Nathalie was a Principal in the TMT Growth team at KKR, where she was actively involved in the investments of arago, Darktrace and GfK. Prior to this, Nathalie was a Vice President at General Atlantic after having started her career as an investment banking associate at JPMorgan in TMT.

Nathalie graduated from Maastricht University cum laude with a BSc in International Business and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Henrik Aspén

Partner @ Verdane

An experienced digital consumer investor, Henrik Aspén is a Partner at Verdane. Since joining Verdane from Skandia Liv in 2005, Aspén has jointly overseen the growth of Verdane’s digital consumer investment team and portfolio. He currently serves on the boards of CAIA Cosmetics, one of the fastest-growing prestige D2C beauty brands in Northern Europe; EasyPark Group, a global parking solutions provider; and smava, Germany’s leading online loan comparison platform. Henrik holds an MSc in Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics and a CEMS Master from the University of St. Gallen. He is a graduate of the Swedish Naval Academy.

Sam Perry

Director of Strategic Alliances - Private Equity @ Globalization Partners

Sam is the Director of Strategic Alliances & Private Equity at Globalization Partners. He has extensive experience in private equity value creation, business development, value selling SaaS, creating strategies and partnering with leaders to provide business transformation solutions. He has spent most of his career in London and New York. At Globalization Partners, Sam leads the European Private Equity business solutions channel, focusing on helping firms, and their portfolio companies shape their global workforce strategies while driving growth and value.