Debbie Philippides (Past Speaker)

Debbie Philippides is a Partner at Seligman Private Equity Select LLP, which she joined in 2006.  She leads the firm’s manager selection efforts and is a member of the investment committee.  Previously, she spent seven years at a family investment firm, where she co-founded their private equity fund-of-funds programme, and began her career as a management consultant with LEK Consulting.  She holds a BSc and ARCS in Physics from Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, and a DPhil in Theoretical Astrophysics from the University of Oxford.

Established in 2003, Seligman Private Equity Select LLP is an independent manager that invests in small European private equity funds on both a primary and secondary basis. It is the only manager exclusively dedicated to this top-performing segment of European private equity and it has developed a market-leading niche in secondary directs and liquidity solutions.