Partner & Head of Sustainability. Doughty Hanson & Co 45 Pall Mall London SW1Y 5JG United Kingdom

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1 Adam Black Partner & Head of Sustainability Doughty Hanson & Co 45 Pall Mall London SW1Y 5JG United Kingdom Adam joined Doughty Hanson as Head of Sustainability in His primary focus is to address Environmental, Social and Governance risks and opportunities across Doughty Hanson's portfolio companies. Working alongside portfolio company management, Adam seeks to create and protect value, manage risk and enhance reputation through the identification, implementation and management of a range of sustainability initiatives. These include programmes relating to good governance and all aspects of environmental management and resource efficiency, fair labour, and health and safety. He has over 22 years of experience as a specialist practitioner in the ESG arena. Prior to joining Doughty Hanson Adam worked in the oil and gas industry (Halliburton Inc), in technical environmental and safety consultancy, and in the Sustainability Practice at KPMG Europe. Adam is a Chartered Environmental (CEnv) and a Chartered Health and Safety (CMIOSH) specialist holding a BSc in Environmental Science, and higher degrees in Environmental Law and in Occupational Health and Safety.

2 Jaideep Das Partner ERM 2nd floor, Exchequer Court 33 St. Mary Axe London EC3A 8AA United Kingdom Jaideep is a Partner in ERM's Transaction Services practice and globally leads ERM's sustainability due diligence and value enhancement support to Financial sector clients. Jaideep's work has included supporting Private Equity (PE) firms apply market-leading ESG approaches including undertaking portfolio-wide consideration of business impacts of sustainability issues, helping meet ESG expectations of their Limited Partners, applying innovative pre-acquisition approaches to due diligence and running effective post-acquisition value enhancement programmes. Jaideep has worked extensively for PE firms including Doughty Hanson, Carlyle, KKR, Bridgepoint, CVC, Permira, Terra Firma, Warburg Pincus, Blackstone, and Graphite Capital amongst others supporting their investments across a range of sectors. Jaideep has obtained extensive European and wider international experience in directing fast-turnaround international due diligence projects (both buy and sell-side) on behalf of both debt and equity investors on the risks and opportunities associated with their proposed investments. Jaideep has successfully completed more than 200 assignments including work for Fortune-500 organisations, which are regarded as sustainability leaders in their sectors. Jaideep is an environmental engineer by background and has a Masters from the Strathclyde Business School, UK.

3 Marta Jankovic Senior Sustainability and Governance Specialist APG Asset Management Gustav Mahlerplein MS Amsterdam Netherlands Marta Jankovic joined APG as a Senior Sustainability and Governance specialist in December She is responsible for the sign-off on the ESG aspects of all new investment proposals in the commodities, private equity, hedge funds and other illiquid asset classes and will further develop processes to monitor existing investments on their ESG performance. Marta practiced law for over 10 years with a focus on investment funds and corporate law. Prior to joining APG, she was an in-house counsel at SVG Advisers in London where she worked on the structuring and development of fund products. Marta led SVG's CSR Committee and oversaw the implementation of ESG considerations into investment practices. As a member of the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association's (EVCA) Professional Standards Committee and as Vice-Chair of the EVCA Responsible Investment Roundtable she has contributed to the development of the EVCA Professional Standards Handbook and will continue to promote responsible investment practices throughout the EVCA membership.

4 Dan Kjerulf Partner & Chief Legal Counsel Danske Private Equity Ny Kongensgade Copenhagen K Denmark Dan has 26 years of experience in legal matters relating to private equity and other financial transactions, and has been responsible for negotiating and structuring terms and conditions governing all portfolio funds in Danske PEP I-IV. Dan serves on the advisory committees of two portfolio funds and is a member of the Legal Affairs Committee of the Danish Venture Capital Association and of the Limited Partners Platform of the European Venture Capital Association. Dan s focus on negotiating and drafting commercially minded contractual relationships ensures an ongoing alignment of interest between Danske Private Equity, its investors and portfolio funds. Before joining Danske Private Equity, Dan was Head of the Legal Section in Danske Securities Corporate Finance, where his duties included due diligence on and monitoring of equity fund investments made by the Danske Bank Group, and advising third party clients on a range of transactions involving private equity funds. Prior to heading the legal section of Danske Securities, Dan held various legal positions within Danske Bank (HandelsBanken). Dan holds a law degree from the University of Copenhagen.

5 Therése Lennehag Investor Relations & Responsible Investment Director EQT Partners AB Hovslagargatan 3 PO Box Stockholm Sweden Therése Lennehag joined EQT Partners as Investor Relations Controlling Manager in May 2009 and was promoted to Investor Relations & Responsible Investment Director in January Since joining EQT Partners, Ms. Lennehag has worked closely with the organization on the implementation of responsible investment policies and procedures. Ms. Lennehag is also a member of the EVCA Professional Standards Committee (since May 2011) and Chair of the EVCA Responsible Investment Roundtable (since January 2013), previously member of the EVCA Responsible Investment Working Group (since October 2009). Prior to joining EQT Partners, Ms. Lennehag most recently worked as an Associate at Morgan Stanley 's London and Stockholm offices in the investment banking division covering and executing transactions for clients in the Nordic region as well as working closely with EMEA IBD management. Before that she was an Analyst at Credit Suisse in the investment banking department covering and executing transactions for clients in the consumer goods, capital goods and transportation & logistics sectors. Ms. Lennehag holds a M.Sc. in Economics and Business Administration from the Stockholm School of Economics.

6 Maaike van der Schoot Corporate Social Responsibility Officer AlpInvest Partners B.V. Jachthavenweg 118 PO Box KJ Amsterdam Netherlands Maaike is AlpInvest Partner's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Officer and responsible for the development and implementation of the CSR policy. She is involved in a number of ESG-related initiatives in the private equity industry, including the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) Private Equity Steering Committee and the EVCA Responsible Investment Roundtable. Maaike joined AlpInvest Partners in Prior to her current role, Maaike was an investment manager in the Co-Investment team and before she was an investment banking analyst at Morgan Stanley in London. Maaike received an MSc in Financial Economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam. Established in 1999, AlpInvest Partners is a global private equity asset manager with assets under management of more than 37bn. AlpInvest invests worldwide across the primary fund, secondaries and direct investment channels, covering the entire private equity spectrum including mezzanine. AlpInvest operates from offices in Amsterdam, Hong Kong and New York with around 150 staff, including more than 70 investment professionals.