Tuesday, July 7, 2026 star The Conduit, London

Meet Our Speakers

The voices shaping the future of alternative investment data. We are thrilled to welcome a distinguished lineup of industry leaders, innovators, and experts to the stage.

These speakers bring a wealth of experience from across the global financial landscape to share their insights on automation, institutional strategy, and the road ahead.

Canoe Compass Speaker 1

Charlotte Cruickshank

Global Head of Fund Onboarding & Solutions

As Global Head of Fund Solutions, Charlotte is responsible for designing, building and deploying end-to-end solutions that maximise the use of technology for new and existing clients of Ocorian across our Global Funds offices.

Charlotte also manages our product development roadmap, ensuring that we have the right technology in place to drive efficiencies for our teams and clients alike.

She joined Ocorian in 2018 and has over 26 years of experience in financial services.

Prior to joining Charlotte served as an Executive Director at a fund administration business servicing a wide range of private equity and real estate funds where she was instrumental in the firm's growth during this time.

Canoe Compass Speaker 2

Jan-Philipp Wiencke

Head of Investment Office Operations - HPC

Jan-Philipp Wiencke is the Head of Investment Office Operations at Hasso Plattner Foundation, where he has spent over five years building and refining the operational infrastructure of the investment office.

In this role, he oversees the processes, systems, and governance frameworks that underpin the Foundation's investment activities.

Prior to joining HPC, Jan-Philipp spent more than six years at KPMG, where he developed deep expertise in financial advisory and professional services.

He holds the CFA charter and is a graduate of ESCP Europe, where he completed a double degree — an MSc and a Master Grande École.

Canoe Compass Speaker 3

David McDonough

Finance Managing Director | Fund Finance Secondaries & Primaries

David is a Managing Director in Ardian's Fund Finance team, with 12 years of experience at the firm.

He has spent the majority of his tenure focused on all aspects of the secondary business and, in recent years, has also become primarily involved in the semi-liquid strategies.

Canoe Compass Speaker 4

Giles Travers

Head of Platform Management

Giles Travers is Head of Platform Management at LGT Capital Partners, focused on the firm's use of technology, data, analytics and automation across its investment, investor and operational platforms.

Prior to joining LGT Capital Partners, Giles held senior industry roles advising alternative investment managers and limited partners on technology, operations and strategy.

Canoe Compass Speaker 5

Karen Sands

Chief Operating Officer, Private Equity, Federated Hermes

Karen is the COO of Federated Hermes Global Private Equity business.

She has overall responsibility for ensuring a best-in-class organisational infrastructure for clients, investment teams and business development activities.

Her role also involves growth strategy design and implementation including the planning and prioritisation of strategic initiatives.

Karen sits on the Federated Hermes Private Markets Management Committee and is a member of the private equity Senior Management Team.

Karen previously worked in finance at Matrix Property Management and began her career at Equity Asset Management.

Karen is Chair of Invest Europe's Professional Standards Committee, and she is Vice Chair of the UK Private Capital Accounting, Reporting & Governance Committee.

She is a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment.

Karen holds a BSc (Hons) in Psychology with Criminology and a Master of Arts in Psychoanalysis.

At the Real Deals 2021 'The Drawdown Awards', Karen received the accolade of 'COO of the Year' and was named on 'The Drawdowns' inaugural list of Operational Leaders in 2025.

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