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Boards: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities is a four-part series that addresses what it takes to position yourself as a valuable Board Advisor.
Working with investors is a challenging aspect of the role boards of directors play in their oversight of entrepreneurial businesses and in ensuring compliance with regulatory norms. Different types of investors, including private equity and venture capital firms, have their specific reasons for backing promising start-ups. Yet agendas may vary and it is important for boards, which can include investor representatives, to have clear behavioral guidelines and plans in place to drive the business forward in different growth stages.
Moderated by Mark Hamill, Chair of the Virtual Advisory Board and Owner of The Naked Headhunter, our lead speaker is Ivan Comerma, Co-founder of Systema Capital. During this session, Ivan will discuss the phases of investor alignment and highlight key points boards need to monitor and flag to keep investors happy and the company healthy.
Topics will include:
Long-term investment planning
Understanding investor/investment life-cycles
Board fiduciary roles and liabilities to investors
Strategy and planning alignment (communications frameworks)
VC & PE investment life-cycles
Debt and equity
Monitoring and mitigating potential problems
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About Ivan Comerma
An MBA and Certified European Financial Analyst (CEFA), Ivan is the co-founder of Systema Capital with his partner and friend Xavi Alsina. Passionate for solving business problems and value creation/capture led Ivan to grow the Systema Capital ecosystem and expand his board advisory work to a broader set of companies.
For the past 25 years, Ivan has been a trader, portfolio manager, entrepreneur, startup CEO, board adviser, and seed investor. He has developed expertise in investment banking, supporting legal firms with litigation funding execution, and providing corporate finance strategy, fund raising, and mid-market sell-side M&A primarily in Europe and Silicon Valley.
As an active early-stage investor, advisor, and mentor in Pre-Seed and Seed companies across the world, Ivan seeks to build a portfolio of 50 companies, particularly focusing on impact-led companies with strong emphasis on solving any of UN 17 SDGs within this decade.
In addition to his MBA from IESE Business School (GEMBA 17) and Certified European Financial Analyst (CEFA) certification in 1998, he also completed the Investment Management Workshop at Harvard Business School in 2009.
About Mark Hamill
Mark is a thought leader in talent acquisition focused on C-suite roles, CEO succession, and Board development. He represents Ackermann International as NED, serves as YPO UK chapter chair, and is CEO of his own company, The Naked Headhunter. He also co-founded the Virtual Advisory Board (VAB). Mark is passionate about people and loves connecting CEOs to Board talent who can help solve problems. He believes that building your professional network is the best way to find your next role. Mark builds boards both in the real world and for the Metaverse. He is firmly committed to CEO Fitness and the collaborative work of Transition Tribes.
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