Private Equity 101: An Invigorating Sector

Jan. 25, 2012 - PRLog -- The Private equity space is not just an excellent investment class, it also offers invigorating and financially rewarding career options for senior executives. Private equity firms especially appreciate the value add of “battle tested” and “time proven” professionals as they staff their portfolio company teams.

This fast-paced program will teach you:

-How the private equity financial equation works, and what’s in it for the limited partners, the private equity firm, and the portfolio company executives

-To understand the economics of the deal, key compensation parameters and top performance measures

-How to “speak their speak” and avoid blowing a toe off in the first minute of the interview

-To target private equity firms

Join IERG and Mike Lorelli, a former PepsiCo division president and four-time private equity CEO, and learn how to best position yourself for a management role in this fascinating sector.

TOPIC: Private Equity 101: An Invigorating Sector
DATE: February 9, 2012
TIME: 10 AM ET / 3 P.M. GMT
FEE: No Charge


TO REGISTER: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/169303526


SPEAKER BIO:

Mike Lorelli’s career spans a wide-range of consumer products and services, and B2B categories, with responsibilities for both domestic and international units. His years as a line-operating manager have been with Fortune 100 companies: PepsiCo and Bristol Myers Squibb. His two PepsiCo division President assignments included President of Pizza Hut’s international division, where he led a “Global Or Bust” charge, surpassing McDonalds in country count.  Previously, he held the CMO role for PepsiCo’s beverage sector.

More recently, as CEO, he has led revitalizations and turnarounds for private equity firms. For example, Dr. John Rutledge, Chairman of Rutledge Capital, has said: “I would invade China with Mike alone in a rubber boat.”  He is presently CEO and Chief Passionate Officer of WaterJel Technologies, the global leader in burn care products. WaterJel is one of Riverside Company’s 88 portfolio businesses. Mike has been an IERG member since 1997.

For more information contact: rbardos@iergonline.org

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IERG executives are C-level or report to C-level executives and have considerable expertise in one or more function, discipline and region. Members come from a diversity of nationalities, geographies, and functional backgrounds, and represent organizations ranging from Fortune 500 conglomerates to specialized entrepreneurial ventures. Know-how of global markets is the unifying force that ties members together.