Keynote speakers
Deb Chachra
Scientist, author and thought leader.
General David H. Petraeus
Partner and Chairman of the KKR Global Institute.
Pippa Malmgren
Former U.S. Presidential Advisor and Technology Entrepreneur.
Speakers
Gregory W. Cashman
Co-Head of Direct Lending in Golub Capital.
Jakob Tanzmeister
Managing Director in J.P. Morgan Asset Management.
Kyle Paster
Managing Director at Silver Lake.
Luis Gonzalí
Vice President & Co-Director of Investments at Franklin Templeton.
Michael Rees
Co-President, Blue Owl Capital.
Michael Smith
Partner and Co-head of Ares Global Credit Group.
Scott Kleinman
Co-President of Apollo Asset Management.
Deb Chachra
Scientist, author and thought leader
Her work explores the intersection of infrastructure, equity, and the future of technology, reflecting on how the systems that sustain modern life - water, energy, transportation, and digital networks - shape societies.
She is the author of “How Infrastructure Works: Inside the Systems That Shape Our World”, which has been widely praised for making the invisible visible and inspiring a new appreciation for the critical role infrastructure plays in both enabling and limiting our collective future. She has written for The Atlantic, Wired, The New York Times, and other leading publications, covering topics ranging from engineering education to digital culture.
She holds a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is a professor at Olin College of Engineering.
David H. Petraeus
Partner and Chairman of the KKR Global Institute
General David H. Petraeus (US Army, Ret.) is a member of the boards of directors of Optiv and OneStream, a Strategic Advisor for Sempra and Advanced Navigation, a personal venture investor, an academic, and the co-author (with Andrew Roberts) of “Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine”.
He is the Kissinger Fellow at Yale University’s Jackson School, Co-Chairman of the Global Advisory Council of the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, Vice President of the Royal United Services Institute, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Aspen Strategy Group, and the Atlantic Council, among others.
General Petraeus graduated with distinction from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and he also earned a Ph.D. in international relations and economics from Princeton University. He has taught at the U.S. Military Academy, the City University of New York, and the University of Southern California, as well as working as a research fellow at Harvard University’s Belfer Center.
Michael Smith
Partner and Co-head of Ares Global Credit Group
Mr. Smith is part of Ares's Operating Committee and serves as director and co-chairman of the Board of Directors of Ares Capital Corporation, where he was co-chairman from 2014 to 2022 and executive vice president from 2013 to 2014. Additionally, he is a trustee and co-chief executive officer of Ares Strategic Income Fund and vice president of CION Ares Diversified Credit Fund. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Ivy Hill Asset Management GP, LLC.
Before joining Ares in 2004, he was a partner at RBC Capital Partners, a division of the Royal Bank of Canada, where he led middle-market financing and equity investments for the firm. Prior to this, he worked at Indosuez Capital in the investment banking group, at Kenter, Glastris & Company, and at Salomon Brothers in debt markets and financial services.
He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame and a Master of Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Scott Kleinman
Co-President of Apollo Asset Management
Scott Kleinman co-leads Apollo’s day-to-day operations including all of Apollo’s revenue-generating businesses and enterprise solutions across its integrated alternative investment platform. He joined Apollo in 1996, and, in 2009, he was appointed Lead Partner for Private Equity, prior to being named Co-President in 2018. Mr. Kleinman also serves on Apollo’s Executive Committee.
Before joining Apollo, Mr. Kleinman was a member of the Investment Banking division at Smith Barney Inc. He currently serves on the board of directors of Apollo Global Management, Inc. and Athora Holding. In 2014, he founded the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Board of Advisors at the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design and the Board of Directors at the White Plains Hospital.
Mr. Kleinman received a BA from the University of Pennsylvania and a BSc. from the Wharton School of Business.
Pippa Malmgren
Former U.S. Presidential Advisor and Technology Entrepreneur
Dr. Malmgren studies the global economy and geopolitics. Her specialty is understanding the nexus between geopolitics, tech innovation, strategic security and markets. She is a Strategic Advisor to C10 Labs, the MIT Media Lab based AI Venture Studio.
She was an advisor to President George W. Bush and was part of The National Economic Council. She served on the President’s Working Group on Corporate Governance and The President’s Working Group on Financial Markets. Before joining the White House, she ran the Bankers Trust Asset Management business in Asia and then served as the Global Chief Currency Strategist. She was then named the Deputy Head of Global Strategy at UBS. From 2017 to 2019, she advised the British Cabinet on trade issues as a Board Member for The Department for International Trade.
She has a B.A. from Mount Vernon College and an M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the London School of Economics (LSE). She completed the Harvard Program on National Security. Her most recent bestseller, The Infinite Leader, won the International Press Award for the Best Book on Leadership for 2021. Her book, The Leadership Lab, was named Business Book of the Year and Best Book on Leadership in 2019 and won the International Press Award 2020.
Kyle Paster
Managing Director at Silver Lake.
He has been with Silver Lake since 2011 and currently serves on the Board of Directors of Entrata and Qualtrics.
Previously, he worked in the Technology Investment Banking Group at Credit Suisse and served on the boards of SecureWorks and ServiceMax.
He graduated from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a B.S. in Economics with dual concentrations in Finance and Entrepreneurship.
Michael Rees
Co-President, Blue Owl Capital.
He is a member of the company’s board of directors and head of the GP Strategic Capital platform. Additionally, he serves on the board of directors of The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research of Northwell Health and The Opportunity Network.
He founded Dyal Capital, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl’s GP Strategic Capital. He was a founding member and shareholder of Neuberger Berman Group. He held several positions at Lehman Brothers, and was also an associate at Marakon Associates.
Rees has two master’s degrees, one in Mechanical Engineering and the other in Technology Policy, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also has a BS in Mechanical Engineering and a BA in Political Science from the University of Pittsburgh.
Gregory W. Cashman
Co-Head of Direct Lending in Golub Capital.
He is responsible for overseeing origination, deal execution, and capital markets activities. He serves as a member of the Firm’s Investment and Watchlist Committees and holds the position of Director or Advisory Director on the boards of several of the Firm’s portfolio companies.
Before joining Golub Capital, he held a variety of finance roles at Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., where he reported directly to the CFO and served as Manager of Business Development for the venture capital arm of the company’s Consumer Medicines division. Earlier in his career, he spent four years as a Senior Accountant at Arthur Andersen & Co., advising emerging growth companies.
He holds a BS in Commerce from the University of Virginia and an MBA from the Darden School of Business.
Jakob Tanzmeister
Managing Director in J.P. Morgan Asset Management.
He is a senior investment specialist in the Multi-Asset Solutions team of J.P. Morgan Asset Management, based in Frankfurt. He joined the firm as a graduate trainee in 2007 and has previously held roles in both the London and Frankfurt offices. He works with institutional clients across Europe and internationally to develop and deliver innovative investment solutions.
He has previously worked in the Client Portfolio Management team in Germany on equity and multi-asset strategies.
He holds a degree in Corporate Finance and International Business from the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration and is a CFA charterholder.
Luis Gonzalí
Vice President & Co-Director of Investments at Franklin Templeton.
He is responsible for designing the strategy for public and private funds managed at the company’s local offices. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Franklin Templeton.
He was an Associate and Investment Manager at Heyman and Associates, where he was responsible for the analysis and strategy for local and global debt. For six years in a row (2019-2024), the short-term debt strategy he managed won the Best Short-Term Debt Fund on the Mexican Market award presented by Morningstar.
He has a Bachelor’s degree in Applied Mathematics from Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), in addition to studying Behavioral Finance at the University of Chicago. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and is a certified Investment Advisor by the Mexican Association of Securities Intermediaries (AMIB).