Make Equity Work
London Summit
Equity is tough to get right. On October 9th 2025, we’ll again welcome the most innovative operators and equity experts in London for a summit on making equity work.
Featured Speakers

Martino Cadoni
Partner, MC4 Ventures, ex-Klarna
Martino Cadoni is a seasoned operator, strategic advisor, and non-executive director in Tech, Fintech, and Sports, with 15 years of experience in senior finance and M&A roles at global firms including GE, HSBC, and, most recently, Klarna.
At GE Capital, he was part of the sell-side M&A team that executed over $200B in exits. At Klarna, he served as Head of Strategic Finance and Investor Relations, where he led the company’s $800M+ fundraising round in 2022, spearheaded the first phase of IPO readiness, and most recently drove the $500M+ sale of Klarna Checkout, unlocking a $200M+ gain and paving the way for Klarna’s return to profitability in 2024.
Today, Martino is the Founder and Managing Partner of MC4 Ventures, a strategic advisory platform that supports high-growth companies and investors across Tech, Fintech, and Sports. He advises on scaling operations and preparing for transformative fundraising, M&A, and exit events.

Anna Humphrey
Partner, Goodwin
Anna Humphrey is a Partner in the Executive Compensation practice at Goodwin. She joined Goodwin in 2025.
Anna specialises in employee incentives and regularly advises clients particularly in the technology and life sciences sectors.
Anna advises on the full range of employee incentive matters, including structuring and implementing the equity incentive arrangements of private and public companies and multinational groups. She has extensive experience supporting venture-backed companies and their investors and regularly advises on strategic M&A transactions and IPO mandates.

Isaiah Baril-Dore
Talent/Reward Strategist at Index Ventures
Isaiah advises and supports Index portfolio companies on talent management. He works closely with leadership teams to define and establish their compensation approach and broader talent strategies.
An experienced talent and rewards leader, Isaiah has held key roles at scaling organizations across the US and Europe, most recently at Checkout.com and WeWork. At Checkout.com, he helped to develop a high-performance focussed culture by building out the company’s global compensation strategy, ESOP, diversity and inclusion initiatives, people analytics and global mobility programs. At WeWork, he hired the first rewards team while scaling the business from 2,500 to 15,000 employees, before managing complex equity challenges through restructuring and a SPAC transaction.
Isaiah believes in the power of compensation to drive results and works with founders on harnessing this to aid company growth.

Fleur Benns
Partner, Wilson Sonsini
Fleur Benns is a partner in Wilson Sonsini’s London office and part of the firm’s employee benefits and compensation practice. With over 20 years of experience, she specialises in employee incentives, particularly in the tech and life sciences sectors, advising on cross-border transactions, acquisitions, and investments in the UK.
Before joining Wilson Sonsini, Fleur held senior roles at firms including Pinsent Masons, Baker McKenzie, and Bird & Bird. She is a frequent speaker on share plans, with a focus on VC-backed companies and UK/US cross-border issues.
Agenda
12:15
Arrival: Lunch and networking
12:45
Start: Welcome by Ledgy
12:50
Opening keynote
13:20
Panel 1: Navigating major transactions - from IPOs to secondaries & beyond
A deep dive into the evolving landscape of equity transactions, including M&A, IPOs, secondaries, privatisation, and PISCES, and what they mean for relevant stakeholders.
14:10
Panel 2: Rethinking plan design - From “equity for all” to “performance-based” and executive incentive schemes
As plan equity design faces new questions around performance, fairness, retention and engagement, this panel will unpack common pitfalls, practical trade-offs and how progressive teams are balancing “equity for all” ambitions with performance-linked outcomes and the shift from MIPs to broad-based plans - especially in today’s fast-evolving economic and hiring landscape.
15:00
Break
15:30
Ledgy product updates
16:05
Panel 3: The future of equity - trends shaping global share plans
From global expansion and US market entry, this session explores the biggest shifts in global share plan design and how companies are adapting to an evolving landscape (from ‘VUCA’ to ‘BANI’.../geopol realignment, tariff impacts/trade war). Employing ‘both/and’ rather than ‘either/or’ thinking in adapting share plans to uncertainty.
16:55
Ledgy closing remarks
17:00-18:30
Evening reception












Edge 2025
On October 9th 2025, Ledgy will again bring together founders, operators, investors and advisors from Europe’s most innovative companies. Join us to for an insightful afternoon and learn how companies can make equity work, whether a private scaleup or publicly listed entity.
Our speaker lineup includes leaders and equity experts from Klarna, Goodwin, Clifford Chance and Index Ventures.
Edge is a free event designed for senior staff at Europe’s most ambitious companies – especially executives working in People / HR, Reward, Finance and Legal functions. Don’t miss out!