Meet the Speakers

Michael Bane joined Ardian in 2011. He established the US Investor Relations team that he currently heads and now comprises of eight professionals between New York, San Francisco, and Santiago. He has been instrumental for developing and maintaining client relationships and fundraising activities in both North America and Latin America. Prior to joining Ardian, Michael previously worked for five years as Vice President within PCG Asset Management and for four years within State Street Corporation. He is based in New York.

Emma leads our investment strategy together alongside our Investment Committee, helping to grow and evolve our charitable endowment, one of the largest in the UK.

Emma brings a wealth of experience and an acute understanding of growing and managing teams while achieving strong investment returns. Most recently, Emma was co-CEO of Octopus Ventures and founding Chief Investment Officer at Big Society Capital.

Prior to this she held roles in world-class investment houses including JP Morgan, Perry Capital, The Wellcome Trust and Marylebone Partners. Throughout her career, Emma has been particularly interested in ESG and impact considerations – she believes passionately that the business of business is to work to solve the challenges faced by people, societies and the planet.

Emma holds an MA from the University of Oxford and an MSc from London School of Economics.

Lynnette Ferguson, CFA – Global Co-Head Investment Specialists (Americas)
Ms. Ferguson is Global Co-Head of Investment Specialists focusing on Americas for J.P. Morgan Alternative Asset Management Hedge Fund & Alternative Credit Solutions. She sits on the JPMAAM Investment Committee as well as the group’s Management Committee. Prior to joining JPMAAM in August 2018, Ms. Ferguson was a Partner and CEO at Blantyre Capital from 2016 to 2017, where she was an Investment Committee member and ran the non-investment side of the business. Prior to Blantyre, Ms. Ferguson spent 5 years as the Head of Marketing & Investor Relations for the JPS Credit Opportunities Fund, a relative value credit hedge fund owned by JPMorgan Asset Management. Early on in her career, Ms. Ferguson spent 9 years in Manager Research at Financial Risk Management, where she was a director, responsible for underwriting macro and credit hedge fund managers. Ms. Ferguson holds a Master’s Degree from the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA) designation.

Paul Marino is a partner in the Financial Services and Corporate Groups. Paul focuses his practice in matters concerning financial services, corporate law and corporate finance. Paul provides counsel in the areas of private equity funds and mergers and acquisitions for private equity firms and public and private companies and private equity fund and hedge fund formation.

Paul works on a variety of M&A transactions, including leveraged acquisitions, divestitures of business divisions, going-private transactions, and other strategic acquisitions and dispositions, in the following industries: manufacturing, telecommunications, consumer products, hospitality, healthcare, and technology, among others. His practice also includes joint ventures and general company representation matters.

Paul has represented national and multinational corporations, ranging from telecoms to tech companies, as well as real estate syndication and financial investors and investment advisors. He has also negotiated and structured a number of U.S. domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures.

Stephane Chevrier is a Partner at BEX Capital and a member of the Investment Committee. He is based in New York. Stéphane joined BEX Capital in 2021 from Invesco Private Capital, formerly OppenheimerFunds, where he was responsible for private equity in New York. Prior to joining Invesco, Stéphane ran his own business, Equifin Alternative Investments with a focus on intermediation in secondary private equity markets. In the early 2000s Stéphane took part in establishing Ardian’s US secondary business and investor relations, first from Paris and then from its New York office between 2004 and 2010 where has was a Managing Director. Stephane graduated from the University of Quebec in Montreal and from Dauphine University in Paris. A French and American national, Stephane is fluent in English and French.

Akhil Mago is the Founder and Portfolio Manager at Indago Capital LLC.  Prior to launching Indago, Akhil was Executive Managing Director, and Global Head of Structured Products at Och-Ziff.  Akhil was also a Member of the Och-Ziff Portfolio Committee and Commitments Committee.  While at Och Ziff, Akhil led a team of 14 investment professionals in New York and London that were instrumental in building Och-Ziff’s structured products and asset-centric investing business from inception.  His team managed a multi-billion-dollar portfolio of asset-focused investments.  Prior to Och-Ziff, Akhil was the Lead Mortgage Credit Analyst at Lehman Brothers.  Indago Capital is a private credit firm focused on the asset-based finance space.  In today’s environment of banking retrenchment, Indago Capital is designed to seize the opportunity to deliver bespoke, creative solutions to specialty finance counterparts who face increasing hurdles to traditional financing. Indago is uniquely positioned to step in where banks have stepped back, unlocking excess returns across both private and public markets

Marissa Mahoney is the Senior Director of Partnerships and Alliances at the National Association of Investment Companies (NAIC). As Senior Director of Partnerships and Alliances, Marissa leads strategic engagement of the organization’s key industry alliances and corporate partnerships.

Prior to joining NAIC, Marissa was the Director of Education Programs at the Economic Club of Washington, DC. While there, she guided and executed programming for the premier forum for speakers and business leaders in the Washington metropolitan area, including college scholarship programming, nonprofit grant-making, and racial equity efforts. Marissa led the expansion of critical academic and career supports, including mentoring and internships, for students from the District through engagement with regional business executives and companies.

Before the Economic Club, Marissa worked at the Aspen Institute with the Ascend program, where she managed logistics for leadership programming, produced policy briefs and events, and directed operational initiatives for the Ascend network of organizations and individuals working to advance family economic security. While at Aspen, she also co-chaired the employee-led Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council.

Prior to attending graduate school, Marissa gained early career experience in investment banking and private equity real estate. She helped place over $1.2 billion in debt and equity securities and managed a portfolio of securitized assets while working at SunTrust. As an analyst and consultant with a private equity fund, she made investment recommendations and provided asset management for a $175 million real estate fund.

Marissa is a Richmond, Virginia native and a graduate of Howard University, with a BBA in Finance. She attained joint graduate degrees in business (MBA) and theology (MDiv) from Emory University.

Amyn is a Partner and Global Head of Private Equity Secondaries. Prior to joining Pantheon Amyn was an Investment Partner at Coller Capital, where he worked for 17 years in both London and New York and was formerly the global Co-Head of Investment Execution. Prior to joining Coller, he practiced corporate law, focusing on private equity transactions and fund structuring. Amyn holds a bachelor’s degree in Politics from Brandeis University and a JD in Law from the Duke University School of Law.

Andrew is a Partner on the investment team in New York, leading deals and sitting on the Investment Committee.

He joined Hollyport in 2021 as an investment team Principal in the London office and relocated to New York in 2024. Andrew originates potential opportunities and leads project teams as they are evaluated and presented at Investment Committee. He also focuses on outreach to market intermediaries, fund managers, and potential sellers.

Andrew has worked in private equity secondaries for more than 14 years and has seen the market develop from around $20bn of transaction volume to over $150bn. He has focused on GP-led transactions for the last seven years and is an expert in this field.

Andrew graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in Banking and Finance and holds an MBA from INSEAD.  He has worked and studied in five different countries: the US, UK, Hong Kong, Singapore, and France. As well as travelling, Andrew loves to ski, hike, play tennis, and listen to live music.