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Accordion Panel: Sponsors & CFOs: Better Alignment for Greater Transformation

Actum Group’s Private Equity Value Creation Forum brings industry professionals together to tackle private equity challenges in a volatile landscape shaped by geopolitical tensions, regulatory shifts, and economic fragmentation. Accordion’s panel at the forum – hosted by Atul Aggarwal, President, Growth Markets at Accordion – will discuss how Private Equity Sponsors can drive greater business transformation and value creation by fostering better alignment with their portfolio company CFOs.

The panel will cover:

  • Driving engagement, support, and initiatives between Sponsors and CFOs throughout the deal cycle
  • Assessing and tracking your finance function’s performance
  • Ensuring Sponsor-CFO alignment on the value creation plan
  • What makes a great portfolio company CFO, and how can PE Sponsors support their success
  • What a successful Sponsor-CFO partnership looks like

Meet the Moderator:

Atul Aggarwal
President, Growth Markets, Accordion
Atul became the President of Accordion in 2019. He joined Accordion from Bain & Company, where he was a Partner in the New York office. During his 20-year career at Bain, Atul worked for both corporate and Private Equity clients. He spent his early years working across a variety of assignment types, including: M&A and carve-outs, strategy, cost, customer experience, and organizational work.
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Meet the Panelists:

Anne Huemme
Portfolio CFO, Head of Portfolio Finance, Hg
Anne Huemme is Chief Financial Officer of the Mercury Fund. She has over 25 years of experience serving in financial leadership roles with numerous publicly and privately held software and technology companies, including CFO positions with technology companies backed by Vista Equity Partners, H.I.G. Capital, Insight Partners and Advent International.
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Markus Nagel
Managing Director & Operational Finance Practice Head, Astorg
Markus Nagel joined Astorg in 2024 and is a member of the Portfolio Performance Team. In this capacity, he works closely with the portfolio companies to provide comprehensive support on all CFO office-related matters. Markus brings over 20 years of experience in finance, including 10 years with Sun European Partners and Apax Partners.
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Enrique Patrickson
Operating Partner – CFO, Triton
Enrique Patrickson joined West Park in 2024 from Viaplay, where he served as Group CFO & Head of Strategy & M&A. Prior to that, he worked at Electrolux as Global Head of M&A, CFO and Head of Commercial Organisations in Asia Pacific & Africa following senior positions at ASSA ABLOY and PwC.
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Abhinav Trehan
Head of Finance – Portfolio Operations Group, Five Arrows
Abhinav Trehan is the Head of Finance in the Portfolio Operations Group, based in London. Prior to joining Five Arrows in 2021, Abhinav was Senior Managing Director and founding member of FTI’s Transaction Services Group, working with private equity funds on large buyouts across industrials, TMT, Business Services and Healthcare.
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