Just some of the speakers in attendance included:

•   Jane Rowe, Senior Vice President, TEACHERS' PRIVATE CAPITAL

•    Abdulmohsen AlTouq, CEO, ALTOUQ GROUP

•    Nick Moakes, Head of Equities & Emerging Markets,
     THE WELLCOME TRUST

•    Çağatay Özdoğru, CEO, ESAS HOLDING

•    Carlos Héneiné, Partner, QUILVEST

•    Howard Marks, Chairman, OAKTREE

•    Greg Brenneman, Chairman, CCMP CAPITAL ADVISORS

•    Timothy Fox, Chief Economist & Head of Research,
     EMIRATES NBD

•    Xan Smiley, Middle East & Africa Editor, THE ECONOMIST

• Constantin Salameh, CEO, ABDULLA AL MASOOD & SONS

• Dwight Keating, Vice President & CIO, 
  CLAUDE WORTHINGTON BENEDUM FOUNDATION

• Timothy Draper, Managing Director,
   DRAPER FISHER JURVETSON

Speakers included:

•    Emre Mimaroglu, Director, Turkey Country Coverage       
     Officer, CREDIT SUISSE

•    Çağatay Özdoğru, CEO, ESAS HOLDING

•    Juan Delgado-Moreira, Managing Director,
     HAMILTON LANE

•    Patricia Dinneen, Managing Director, SIGULER GUFF

•   Seymur Tari, Managing Director, TURKVEN

•   Jose Romano, Head of Turkey, EUROPEAN INVESTMENT FUND

•    Jerry Davis, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, 
     NEW ORLEANS EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM

•    Gert-Jan Monster, Senior Investment Officer Private Equity, FMO

•    Ozgur Altan, Investment Manager, 
     EUROPEAN INVESTMENT FUND

•    Amjad Ahmad, Senior Managing Director, Alternative
     Investments, NBK CAPITAL

Topics discussed at the conference included:

•    North Africa & Egypt
     What are the implications of political upheaval?
•    Regional deal flow
     Where are new deals being generated?
•    Regional LPs
     What are they looking for in a fund manager and in what
     region?
•    The Middle East in the context of other emerging markets
     Where do international LPs place the region within their
     portfolio?

Xan Smiley, Middle East & Africa Editor, THE ECONOMIST
As an unbiased and seasoned observer of the region, Xan spoke on how political turmoil will affect global stability and what the region will look like once the dust has settled.

Josh Lerner, Jacob H Schiff Professor of Investment Banking, HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL
Renowned Harvard academic Josh Lerner shared his opinion on how private equity & growth equity are best placed to act as a source of sustainable economic development in the region and beyond.

After conducting a series of informal polls across our extensive LP network, we invited the fund managers with the most recommendations to give a five minute presentation explaining their future strategy at SuperReturn Middle East.

Delegates heard from those new GPs who have already earned the respect of regional and international LPs.

Back by popular demand, our invite-only LP session allowed regional and international LPs to discuss opinions freely and compare experiences. This session was a unique opportunity for families and institutions from the region to network with a range of LPs from across the globe.