Value creation for private equity funds and investors
Mr. Peter de Svastich, speaking at Private Equity World Brasil 2011

Mr. Peter de Svastich,
Managing General Partner
Global Emerging Markets Group

Peter de Svastich is the Managing General Partner of GEM Brazil Private Equity Fund SCA/SICAR where he is responsible for the overall Brazilian operations of the Fund and interfaces with GEM New York in matters related to fund-raising, private placement opportunities, and investor relations. Prior to joining the Fund, he worked as an investment banker involved in Brazil. He has been the CFO/COO/CCO for a number of hedge funds and funds of funds, most recently with Alpha Equity Management where he helped sell a 25% equity stake to SunTrust Bank N.A. of Atlanta, Georgia. He served as President of Delegated Management S.A., a fund of funds and asset allocator in Geneva, Switzerland. He founded and ran WestHem International Group for 15 years, a boutique investment and asset management firm that also had a broker/dealer in New York. Prior to that he ran the International Division of one of Brazil’s top five banks in the 1980’s and spearheaded its international expansion. He has formed joint-ventures in banking and alternative investments with N.M. Rothschild & Sons (Madrid), Banco Internacional y de Comercio Exterior (Santiago), Banque Francaise de Commerce Exterieur (BFCE) (Montevideo), and BNP (Rio de Janeiro). Peter received a B.A. cum laude from Princeton University, an LLB and JD from the Yale Law School, and a Latin American Teaching Fellowship from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.
Appearing:
Day two: Thursday, September 15, 2011
2pm

Panel session: Taking investees to the next level

• Preparing for the unexpected
• Managing changes in company leadership
• Consolidation and other strategies to create stronger value
• Lessons learned: what works well and what can be done differently

Mr. Peter de Svastich,
Managing General Partner,
Global Emerging Markets Group
Fernando Gentil,
Managing Director, Brazil,
Darby Overseas Investments
Mr. Allan Hadid,
Chief Executive Officer,
BRZ Investimentos
Mr. Luiz Francisco Novelli Viana,
Founder and Chief Executive Officer,
TMG Capital
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