London School of EconomicsSU | Alternative Investments Conference
- Speakers:
- Oliver Haarmann, KKR
- Howard Davies, LSE
- Emmanuel Roman, GLG Partners
- David Blitzer, The Blackstone Group
- Omar Kodmani, Permal Group
- Jon Moulton, Alchemy Partners
- Steven Puccinelli, Investcorp
- Philippa Malmgren, Canonbury Group
- Tim Frost, Cairn Capital
- Vincenzo Morelli, Texas Pacific Group
- Alon Avner, Sankaty Advisors
- Omar Lodhi, Abraaj Capital
- Guy Townsend, Walker Hamill
- Bruce Robson, FSA
- Sir Geoffrey Owen, LSE
- Dr. Vikas Agarwal, LBS
- Wol Kolade, ISIS Private Equity
- Guy Hurley, Merrill Lynch
- Reiko Nahum, Amber Partners
- Carolina Minio-Paluello, GSAM
- Matt Mack, GSAM
- Giles Drury, KPMG
- Michele Giddens, Bridges Ventures
- Robert Cressy, Birmingham B. School
- Chairs:
- Henry Tricks, The Economist
- Lionel Barber, The Financial Times
- Peter Harrison, Harrison Careers
- Danny Quah, LSE
- Ron Anderson, LSE
- Paul Mullins, BCG
- Robert Lenzner, Forbes Magazine

Alon Avner is a Senior Vice President at Sankaty Advisors, responsible for the European Media, Telecoms and Cable portfolio. Sankaty Advisors, a division of Bain Capital acts as a debt focused hedge fund and has offices in Boston, Chicago and London. Sankaty Advisors manages $17 billion in assets and invests across the entire capital structure of companies (from equity to senior debt).
Before Joining Sankaty Advisors, Alon worked for Bain & Company as a manager in the Telecoms and Private Equity practices. Prior to that, Alon worked for seven years in the high tech and telecoms industries in operational and commercial roles.
Alon obtained an MBA from INSEAD Business School in 1999 and a BSc. in Industrial Engineering from the Tel Aviv University.
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