Make Equity Work
London Summit
Equity is tough to get right. On October 10th, we'll welcome the most innovative operators and equity experts to London for a summit on making equity work through the journey from private to public.
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This year's speakers
Elena Petrou
Head of Share Schemes,
Aviva
Elena Petrou is Head of Share Schemes at Aviva plc, with responsibility for all Aviva share plans globally. She joined Aviva in 2013 from UBS.Elena runs the UK’s Share Plans User Group (SPUG), a community for share plan professionals and issuers. She also serves as a member of the ProShare Advisory Panel.
Peter Karlsson
Head of Group Total Reward,
Telia
Peter Karlsson is a reward and compensation leader with twenty years’ experience in finance, technology and telecoms. For the last two years he has led total reward at telecoms giant Telia, joining from digital healthcare scaleup Kry, where he was Global Head of Compensation and Benefits. Prior to Kry he worked in senior roles at Intrum and Nordea.
Lorraine Metcalf
CPO, Quantexa
Lorraine is Chief People Officer at tech scaleup Quantexa. Before joining Quantexa in 2019, she was Chief Talent Officer at Zoopla, during which time the business listed on the London Stock Exchange. She has also worked at Notonthehighstreet and Electronic Arts.
Isaiah Baril-Dore
Strategist, Index Ventures
An experienced talent and rewards leader, Isaiah advises and supports Index Ventures portfolio companies on talent management. Prior to joining Index, Isaiah served in senior leadership roles at Checkout.com and WeWork.
Ian Shaw
Partner, Korn Ferry
Ian is Partner at Korn Ferry, where he advises public and private companies on share-based incentive plans. He has nearly twenty years’ experience advising companies through IPOs, funding rounds, and M&A activity. He joined Korn Ferry from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, where he was a Partner.
Ross Seychell
Startup advisor and investor
Ross is a senior leader with experience scaling people functions at late-stage private and public companies. Between 2020 and 2023 he served as Chief People Officer at Personio, having previously held leadership roles at Wise and King. He is now a startup investor and advisor.
Suzannah Crookes
Legal Director, Tapestry Compliance
Suzannah is a Legal Director at Tapestry Compliance, an award-winning UK law firm specialising in global equity incentives. She has extensive experience advising companies in the UK and overseas on the introduction and operation of their share plans and other equity incentives, at the executive level and for the wider workforce.
Marc Perkins
Former General Counsel, Abcam
Marc Perkins served as General Counsel at leading biotech Abcam between 2020 and 2024, taking the company from a London listing onto the Nasdaq in 2022.
Agenda
12:30
Arrival and food
13:00
Conference starts - Welcome by Ledgy
13:15-13.30
Opening keynote
13:35-14:15
State of the Nation: the late-stage and pre-IPO environment
14:45-15.30
The IPO process: climbing the mountain
15:45-16.15
Ledgy product updates
16:20-16.55
Post-IPO: plc life and share plan strategy
16:55
Ledgy closing remarks
17:00-19:00
Evening reception
Edge 2024
On October 10th, we'll bring together founders, operators, investors and advisors from Europe’s most innovative companies. We'll discuss how companies can make equity work right through the lifecycle, from private scaleup to publicly listed entity.
Last year, our speaker lineup included leaders and equity experts from Calm, CMS, Delivery Hero, Deloitte, Getir, Index Ventures and Tide. We look forward to welcoming many more fantastic speakers to London later this year.
Edge is a free event designed for senior staff at Europe’s most ambitious scaling companies – especially executives working in People / HR, Finance and Legal functions.
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