Laurence is a portfolio manager and deputy head of the emerging markets equity team at RBC BlueBay Asset Management. Before joining the firm in 2013, she was the head of the emerging markets team at a leading UK-based asset management company. In that role, Laurence managed strategies for Asian and global emerging market equities and developed quantitative models for stock selection and environmental analysis. She began her professional career in 1998 as a quantitative analyst at a major financial services company, where she supported European and global equity portfolio management teams by developing quantitative models to assist in portfolio construction and stock selection. Laurence holds a university diploma (Magistère) in Statistical Economics and a postgraduate diploma (DEES) in Statistics and Econometrics from the University of Toulouse. She also holds the CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) certification.
Constance de Wavrin is the founder of In|Flow, a firm specializing in unlocking and accelerating the flow of debt capital towards sustainable, regenerative, and impactful investments, projects, and activities worldwide
Borja Mateo has been Business Development Director at RBC BlueBay since March 2007. Previously, he worked at BNP Paribas, where he created the equity derivatives franchise for listed structured products for Germany and Austria. He also worked for four years at Landesbank Baden-Württemberg in wholesale risk management. Borja holds a degree in Business Administration, Law and Modern Languages from the University of Deusto.
Vargas is a Chilean lawyer who has been working in the alternative investment funds area of Arendt & Medernach since April 2022. He mainly advises clients on the structuring, raising and development of investment funds in Luxembourg, distributed and invested at European and global level. Before joining the firm in Luxembourg, Mr. Medernach worked for seven years in Santiago as a lawyer at Aninat Schwencke & Cia, in various corporate and commercial matters such as M&A, national and international contracts, financing and capital markets, real estate law and alternative investment funds. He has studies at Duke University School of Law and an LLM in European commercial law from the University Paris 1 Panthèon-Sorbonne.
David Schäfer is a founding member and Managing Director of Munich Private Equity Partners (MPEP). He is responsible for portfolio management and business development as well as serving on MPEP’s investment committee.
David has studied financial management and international business and holds a Masters’ degree in Business Administration (“Diplom-Kaufmann”) as well as a Private Equity Advisor Certificate from the European Business School. He has more than 20 years of experience in the private equity industry.
