​​Capital Momentum: Success Stories and New Opportunities in Emerging Eurasia

Impact Boards EM are once again collaborating with leading global law firm Freshfields for our 4th annual conference on Wednesday 25 February 2025 at 15:30 UK time. This joint event will be held at Freshfields' London offices and will be followed by a networking reception.

This year, we will focus on Capital Momentum: Success Stories and New Opportunities in Emerging Eurasia and bring together leading investors, corporate executives and board members from Central Asia and beyond to discuss the region’s evolving investment landscape. Privatisation and corporate governance will be key topics debated and discussed by our panellists.

​The audience will include approximately 50 participants, including board members and C-suite executives from pre-IPO companies, asset managers, private equity and impact investors, and board directors from emerging market companies. 

The event is by invitation only for our members and partners driving best practices in corporate governance in emerging markets. Space is limited , so we encourage our members to register as soon as possible. Non-members may join by invite only - please email us on info@iboardsem.comto register your interest.

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​Agenda 

​15:30 – 16:00 | Registration & Welcome Tea/Coffee 

16:00 – 16:10 | Welcome Remarks from Freshfields 

16:10 – 16:25 | Impact Boards EM Presentation 

16:30 – 17:15 | Panel 1: “What Makes a Company Investable? Investors’ Perspectives on Central Asia and Emerging Eurasia" 

17:20 – 18:05 | Panel 2: “From Strategy to Success: Case Studies in Attracting Capital” 

18:05 – 20:00 | Networking Reception​ 

Panel 1

Moderator:

Greg Saichin

CEO & Co-Founder – Impact Boards EM

Speakers:

Marius Dan

Chief Executive Officer for Central Asia – Franklin Templeton

Marius oversees the management of the National Investment Fund of the Republic of Uzbekistan (“UzNIF”). Prior to this, he was Deputy CEO, Corporate Strategy for Franklin Templeton Romania, the Fund Manager of Fondul Proprietatea, a $3 billion fund listed in London and Bucharest.

Mr Dan joined Franklin Templeton in 2011 to oversee investment and corporate strategy as well as investor relations. He has over 17 years of experience in the asset management industry. Prior to joining Franklin Templeton Investments, he was anchor of several capital-market-focused programmes on The Money Channel, Romania’s business television. He also worked for BT Asset Management, one of the largest Romanian investment managers.

Marius earned a MSc. in finance at the University of Wyoming and graduated summa cum laude with a BSc. in finance from Wingate University.

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Ayuna Nechaeva

Head of Europe, Primary Markets –  London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG)

Ayuna was appointed as Head of Europe, Primary Markets in 2018 having previously held a number of senior positions in Primary Markets covering the CIS and Emerging Markets since 2009. She has worked on numerous international IPOs and listings on the London Stock Exchange from a broad range of sectors, including Energy, Technology, Consumer, Fintech and Metals & Mining.

Outside LSEG, she served as Chair of TheCityUK’s EMEA Market Advisory Group and Member of TheCityUK’s International Trade and Investment Group between 2021-2024. She holds a Master’s degree in International Business (MIB) from the Grenoble Graduate School of Business.

Ayuna was featured in Management Today’s 35 under 35 Women in Management in 2017. In 2018, she was shortlisted for the Asian Women of Achievement Award in the Business category. 

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Richard Ho

Counsel –  Freshfields

Richard is a Counsel in the global transactions group at Freshfields specialising in capital markets.

He has extensive experience advising shareholders, issuers and underwriters on the full spectrum of equity and debt capital markets transactions and listed companies on governance matters and their ongoing and transaction specific obligations.

He has advised on numerous IPOs of companies in developed and emerging markets involving primary and/or secondary stock exchange listings in London, New York, Europe and Asia.

Richard has been named a stand-out lawyer in the independent global survey of senior in-house counsel by Acritas/Thomson Reuters and has spent time on secondment at a leading investment bank and in Asia.

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