London School of EconomicsSU | Alternative Investments Conference2008
- Speakers:
- Private Equity:
- David Blitzer, The Blackstone Group
- Marc Rowan, Apollo Management
- Lord Clive Hollick, KKR
- Sir Ronald Cohen, Portland Capital
- Alex Dibelius, Goldman Sachs Germany
- Arif Naqvi, Abraaj Capital
- Colin Taylor, DLJ Merchant Banking
- Andrew Cowley, Macquarie
- Brian Dickie, Investcorp
- Conor Kehoe, McKinsey
- Robert Ramsauer, The Blackstone Group
- Michael Abraham, UBS Financial Sponsors
- John Sinik, UBS Financing
- Jon Mills, KPMG AIU
- Vincenzo Morelli, TPG Capital
- Bastian Lueken, TPG Capital
- Heino Meerkatt, The Boston Consulting Group
- Veronica John
- Brian Phillips, Greenhill Capital Partners Europe
- Michael Goold, Ashridge SMC
- Prof. Viral Acharya, LBS
- Charlie Green, Candover, PE foundation
- J.C. van den Branden, Bain & Company
- Simon Walker, BVCA
- Hedge Funds:
- Randall Dillard, Liongate Capital Management
- Anthony Clake, Marshall Wace
- Daoud Zekrya, Marshall Wace
- Paul Harvey, GLG Partners
- Stanley Fink, Man Group plc
- Adam Glinsman, Lansdowne Partners
- Guy Hurley, Merrill Lynch
- Appu Mundassery, Highland Capital
- Morten Spenner, IAM
- Alon Avner, Sankaty Advisors
- Lara Sevanot, UBP
- Terry Mellish, UBP
- Thomas Deinet, Oliver Wyman
- Jeff Biss, Société Générale
- Clive Emery, Société Générale
- Mark Yallop, ICAP
- Nikhil Mankodi, Pine River Capital
- Steven Drobny, Drobny Global Advisors
- Prof. M. Choudhry, London Metropolitan
- Stefan Pollmann, SemperMacro Capital LLP
- Savvas Savouri, QuantMetriks Research
- Chairs:
- Sir Andrew Large, Hedge Fund Working Group
- Sir Geoffrey Owen, Financial Times
- Martin Arnold, Financial Times
- Paul Mullins, Boston Consulting Group
- Neil Wilson, Hedge Fund Intelligence
- Howard Davies, LSE
- Prof. Ron Anderson, LSE
- Prof. Danny Quah, LSE

Stanley Fink is non-executive Deputy Chairman of Man Group Plc, the largest listed hedge fund manager in the world with nearly $70 billion in assets. Mr. Fink was CEO of Man Group from 2000-2007.
Mr. Fink joined Man Group in 1987 as a director with specific responsibility for mergers, acquisitions and treasury, becoming Group Finance Director in 1992. He was appointed Managing Director of Man Investments in 1996 and then Chairman in 2002.
During his time at Man Group Mr. Fink has overseen the public offering of the firm in 1994, the firm’s acquisition of Mint, AHL, Glenwood and RMF, and the growth of assets under management from $4.7 billion in 2000 to $68.6 billion in 2007
Stanley Fink studied at Manchester Grammar School and then Trinity Hall College, Cambridge, qualifying with an MA in Law in 1979. He then qualified as a chartered accountant with Arthur Andersen and held positions at Mars and Citibank prior to joining Man Group.
His charitable interests include being a Trustee of ARK (Absolute Return for Kids) and President of the Evelina Children’s Hospital Appeal Committee
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