HR and Talent Summit

Sponsors & Partners

Exploring the strategy and science behind human capital

Real Deals and The Drawdown held its 2nd annual HR and Talent Summit at the Dilly Hotel in London. This one day conference examined the science behind human capital, focusing on creating and implementing robust strategies that work. The event focused on both HR and talent within private equity firms and their portfolio companies.

Topics included:

• How to keep on top of trends affecting the HR landscape
• Navigating changing HR and talent expectations
• Best practices for development and training
• Creating a company culture that withstands business disruption
• Leveraging human capital to meet ESG goals
• How to instil company culture when employees work from home two or more days a week
• The impact of innovation and implementation of new ideas, methods, and technologies
• The imperative to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace
• Keeping people strategy high on your agenda to ensure it’s contribution to a healthy, growing, successful organisation
• Best practices to reskill and redeploy existing employees to help fill the growing skills gap
• Adopting a broader, more holistic approach when looking beyond Covid mitigation when it comes to wellbeing, diversity and equality.

Senior HR & Talent Directors and industry experts from the Private Equity community joined us to:

• Gain actionable insights and practices from HR and talent professionals
• Network with industry peers
• Hear invaluable knowledge from experts and thought leaders
• Learn about the most up-to-date tech tools helping to transform HR practices
• Uncover the key to innovation in times of rapid and unplanned change
• Share experiences of remote working: maintaining productivity and virtually enhancing team culture

Previous attendees include

• 17Capital
• Headway Capital Partners
• Osborne Clarke
• Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
• HIEC
• Pantheon Ventures
• Acertitude
• HPS Investment Partners (UK) LLP
• PER
• Alderwood Capital
• IK Partners
• PGGM
• BGF
• Investcorp
• Private Equity Recruitment Limited
• Bridges Fund Management Ltd
• KLAR Partners
• Puma Private Equity
• Cairngorm Capital Partners LLP
• Livingbridge
• Rede Partners
• Carter Schwartz
• Mayfair Equity Partners
• Sainty, Hird & Partners
• Compass Associates Ltd
• MERCER
• ScaleUp Capital
• Cooper Limon Ltd
• MONTAGU
• Sofos Associates
• Dawn Capital
• MUFG Investor Services
• Summa Equity
• ECI Partners
• Olayan Europe Ltd
• The Danish Growth Fund
• Fidelity International Strategic Ventures
• Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Europe Ltd
• Triton
• Foresight Group
• Zetland Capital