EVENTS
Aon Operating Partners Forum 2025
Embracing Uncertainty: Strategies for Operating Partners to Promote Growth
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In a time of global uncertainty and market disruption, the role of the operating partner has never been more critical. Hosted by experienced advisors to financial sponsor firms and their portfolio companies, the Operating Partners Forum is a focussed, practitioner driven event built around the real challenges and opportunities facing operating professionals today.
As trade dynamics shift, technology evolves, climate pressures grow and workforce expectations change, portfolio companies are navigating increasingly complex terrain. This forum brings together operating partners, investors and subject matter experts to exchange perspectives and share practical strategies or creating value in uncertain times.
Through candid panel discussions, expert keynote and peer networking, the event provides a space for meaningful dialogue and actionable insight – grounded in the realities of financial sponsor operations.
We look forward to seeing you there – Michael Carr, Head of M&A and Transactions Solutions EMEA
Agenda
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Panel discussions
Panel 1: Global Trade, Risk and Opportunity – navigating uncertainty, seizing strategic advantage
Geopolitical tensions are reshaping trade channels, resulting in shortages of key products and commodities and price increases. Building visibility into the supply chain is the cornerstone of mitigating risk.
“The value of world merchandise trade rose by 12% in 2022 to $25.3 trillion, driven in part by high global commodity prices.”
Source: World Trade Organization
Panel 2: Technology
Advancements in artificial intelligence, cyber and data technology open the door to both new business opportunities and risks that clients will have to face in an increasingly digital world.
“Spending on digital transformation technologies and services worldwide is set to reach $3.4 trillion by 2026.”
Source: Statstica
Panel 3: Climate
Climate and weather-related issues create new risk dynamics that will dramatically change future exposures and impact the health and safety of people, requiring a new approach to risk management.
“Only 31 percent of the $380 billion in global economic losses from natural disasters were covered by insurance in 2023 — on par with the long-term average protection gap.”
Source: Aon’s 2024 Climate and Catastrophe Insights report
Panel 4: Workforce
Striking the balance in managing rising people and healthcare costs, while also attracting and retaining the skills needed to keep pace with advancing technology, is critical to business success.
“The share of highly skilled jobs has increased by 25% over the last two decades.”
Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
Keynote Speaker
Claire Williams - Wikipedia
Claire Williams is a British former motorsport executive who was the deputy team principal of the Williams Formula One racing team from 2013 to 2020. She is one of only two women to have ever managed teams in Formula One In 2023, she became a brand ambassador for WAE Technologies, an R&D off-shoot of the racing team.
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