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Britta Bene is the founding partner at Mainstay Human Capital Advisors, an executive search boutique specializing in private markets, as well as board member of the BAI (Bundesverband Alternative Investments). Previously, she was a Partner at Indigo Headhunters, where she led the Alternative Investments practice. Her focus is on executive positions at GPs and their portfolio companies as well as institutional investors, family offices, fund of funds and placement agents. Her expertise covers private equity, private debt, venture capital, infrastructure, and hedge or activist funds. Prior to joining Indigo, Ms. Bene was a director in the German sales team at BlackRock. Born in Hamburg, Germany, she spent almost 12 years in the USA and began her career in New York as a strategy consultant with a focus on asset management at the consulting firm Opera Solutions. In 2009 she founded a software company and later re-entered the financial business at the hedge fund Bridgewater Associates. As a member of the strategist team, Ms. Bene advised international pension funds and sovereign wealth funds on all issues related to portfolio positioning and market performance. Today, Ms. Bene lives in Frankfurt but continues to have footholds in both Hamburg and the US East Coast.

Reza is a Director at Eurazeo and is heading the fundraising activities in the DACH region. He raises funds for several strategies across Private Markets, spanning from Private Equity, Private Debt, and Infrastructure. Reza has joined Eurazeo in 2018, prior to this, he was a Director for institutional investors at Robeco Asset Management, one of the leading asset managers in the Netherlands. Previous positions also include positions at Aquila Capital and Deutsche Bank. Reza holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, Germany. He also holds the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) designation