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Frau Baumbach ist Partnerin bei Palladio Partners und verfügt über eine langjährige Industrieerfahrung im Asset Management. Vor ihrer Tätigkeit bei Palladio Partners war sie über viele Jahre Mitglied des Investitionsteams eines führenden deutschen Beratungshauses, für das sie private und institutionelle Anleger bei Investitionen in Sachwerte (u. a. Infrastruktur, Private Equity, Private Debt und Timber) betreute. Anna Baumbach hat einen M.A. in Finance & Banking (Warsaw School of Economics; Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz) und hat den CFA Charter erworben.

Christian Burkard is Investment Partner at Deutsche Credit. Prior to joining Deutsche Credit, Mr. Burkard worked for more than 12 years in Barclays' Investment Banking division in Frankfurt, during this time he was responsible for Financial Sponsor Coverage in the DACH region and advised several corporates on C-level. In this role he led numerous Leveraged Finance and M&A transactions. Before joining Barclays, Mr. Burkard worked for more than five years in GE Capital's Leveraged Finance team in Frankfurt and London and supported the opening and growth of the Frankfurt office. He started his career at DZ Bank in Frankfurt and New York, where most recently he was part of the Leveraged Finance team. Christian holds an MBA with distinction from INSEAD as well as a Bachelor of Business Administration from Frankfurt School of Finance & Management.

Benjamin heads the Manager and Product Selection department of Selinus Capital, the largest placement agent focused on the distribution of alternative investments to institutional investors in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH). Prior to joining Selinus, he worked as Investment Specialist in Deutsche Bank’s Key Client Partners division, providing large single family offices access to alternative investments and broader investment banking services. Benjamin holds a Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Finance & Investment from Durham University Business School, UK, as well as a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Business Administration & Banking from DHBW Karlsruhe, Germany. He is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA®) Charterholder, a CAIA Germany Chapter Executive and has completed the Stanford Online Energy Innovation and Emerging Technologies (EIET) professional course.

Samuel Duncombe is an independent consultant in the private market space and a CAIA Germany chapter executive. He advises clients on topics such as fund selection / manager due diligence, portfolio management and research projects. In addition to Samuel's industry-side work, he is also a postgraduate researcher with the University of Exeter, and has published academic research on private markets. He is a CAIA and CFA charterholder.

Dr. Mikhail Polianskii is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the International Institutions Department at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF), based in Germany. His research focuses on Russian politics, foreign policy, hybrid warfare, and the post-Soviet space. He has published on Russian domestic and foreign policy in leading journals such as Contemporary Security Policy, Europe-Asia Studies, and Communist and Post-Communist Studies, and is the author of several chapters in edited volumes and handbooks on post-Soviet politics. He has held visiting positions at institutions including Carleton University in Ottawa and the Berlin Center for Cold War Studies, and has participated in collaborative research networks on Eastern Europe and Eurasia.