Value creation for private equity funds and investors

Mr Duncan Littlejohn, speaking at Private Equity World Brasil 2011

Mr Duncan Littlejohn,
Director for Latin America
Paul Capital

Duncan Littlejohn is Managing Director- Latin America for Paul Capital Partners, a well known secondary private equity fund manager with over US$ 7 billion in AUM. He was previously a partner of BPE Investimentos, a primary private equity fund manager whose portfolios have included companies such as Datasul, Injepet, Mobitel, Getec, Autotrac, Armco Staco and others. BPE has invested in 15 Brazilian medium sized companies with a combined enterprise value of over R$ 1,5 billion. He began his career in NY with the S& W Berisford (UK) group concentrating on coffee cocoa and sugar business. He spent 10 years in Ecuador as CEO of Productos Ecuatorianos (Prodec) a leading coffee and cocoa exporter. In Brazil since 1989, he has been active in principal investing, in the US and Brazil, and in corporate finance. Before joining Brasilpar in 1995 he was director and President and major shareholder of AVM Auto-equipamentos Ltda, a local auto parts manufacturer and Partner of Pirelli Fintec Ltda, a Financial Advisory firm associated to the Pirelli Group. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania where he majored in International Relations. He has served on the boards various portfolio companies and is currently on the board of ABVCAP the Brazilian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association and the advisory board of several PE funds.

Appearing:

Day two: Thursday, September 15, 2011

3.10pm

Panel Session: Aligning investee and investor interests towards exit

• Listing in Brazil vs. listing abroad - what is Brazil doing to create more liquidity?
• Will strategic sales remain the preferred means of securing an exit?
• The benefits of secondary buyouts in today’s market
• IPOs attracting smaller deals again - parallels and differences with China and India

Mr Duncan Littlejohn,

Director for Latin America,
Paul Capital

Mr. Nick Wollak,

Managing Partner,
Axxon Group

Mr. Sidney Chameh,

Founding Partner,
DGF Investimentos

Joe Topley,

Managing Director,
Parish Capital Advisors Europe, LLP

4.20pm