Is the Adriatic Region the Next Big Thing for Private Equity Investors?

The American Chamber of Commerce in Croatia and the leading CEE focused private equity fund Enterprise Investors organized an executive event on private equity financing in the Adriatic region.

Private equity and venture capital play key role in economic growth and strongly contribute to job creation. The goal of private equity is to help more businesses achieve their ambitions for growth by providing the financial firepower and strategic advice in critical stages of their development. Leading global and European companies have benefited from private equity and venture capital to become industry leaders.

Agenda:
8:30 - 9:00 Registration
9:00 - 9:05 Opening remarks, Andrea Doko Jelušić, Executive Director AmCham
9:05 - 9:25 Emerging private equity opportunities in the Adriatic region, Michał Kędzia, Partner, Enterprise Investors
9:25 - 10:15 Panel discussion:

• Miljan Ždrale, Head of Agribusiness for CSEE, EBRD
• Michał Kędzia, Partner, Enterprise Investors
• Lena Habuš, Associate Partner, EY
• Neven Vranković, Group Vice President, Atlantic grupa

Enterprise Investors is the oldest and one of the largest private equity firms in Central and Eastern Europe. Active since 1990, the firm has raised nine funds with total capital exceeding EUR 2.5 billion. These funds have invested EUR 1.7 billion in 138 companies across a range of sectors and exited 125 companies with total gross proceeds of EUR 3.5 billion. The firm has completed 34 IPOs of portfolio companies on the stock exchanges in Warsaw (WSE), Prague (PSE) and New York (NYSE).