A two-day specialist forum for senior institutional investors, fund managers, and credit professionals active in private debt, held each December in London as part of the Women in Private Markets Summit organised by PEI Group.
The Women in Private Debt Forum is an annual two-day specialist forum organised by PEI Group (via its events platform peievents.com) and held each December in London. It forms one of four co-located forums within the Women in Private Markets Summit, alongside Women in Private Equity, Women in Infrastructure, and Women in Real Estate. The forum focuses on private debt investment strategy, credit market conditions, and the professional advancement of women active in the asset class, drawing senior institutional LPs, fund managers, and advisors from across the EMEA private credit market.
The 2026 edition runs on 2–3 December at Convene 133 Houndsditch in the City of London. Five speakers have been confirmed for the 2026 edition: Jennifer Hartviksen (IMCO), Natalia Tsitoura (Apollo), Melissa Bockelmann (Aviva Investors), Jane Bowes (Threadmark), and Shelley Morrison (Aberdeen Investments). The full programme and complete speaker list were not publicly available as of verification. Registration is managed through the PEI Group interest form at info.pei.group.
The Women in Private Debt Forum is one of four distinct forums that run concurrently within the Women in Private Markets Summit. The summit as a whole draws over 800 delegates including 200-plus LP representatives. Each forum addresses a separate private markets strategy while sharing the summit venue and networking infrastructure. Delegates attending the Women in Private Debt Forum have access to the broader summit programme and networking sessions, giving the event a network reach beyond the private debt community alone. The summit has been running for at least twelve editions, with PEI Group as the consistent organiser.
December in London is a distinct slot in the institutional private capital circuit. It follows the main autumn conference season and precedes the year-end break, functioning as a closing professional gathering before Christmas. The co-location with Women in Private Equity, Women in Infrastructure, and Women in Real Estate within the same summit broadens the LP-GP networking pool beyond any single strategy, which differentiates this event from a pure private debt conference.
The event draws attendees from across EMEA, consistent with the pan-European positioning of the Women in Private Markets Summit. The LP and GP breakdown by headcount for the Women in Private Debt Forum specifically is not publicly disclosed.
The programme examines how capital is deployed in private credit, from direct lending to opportunistic credit strategies. Confirmed thematic areas for the 2026 edition include:
Private credit, also called private debt, refers to loan and debt financing provided by non-bank institutional lenders directly to companies or assets, outside of public bond or syndicated loan markets. The asset class includes direct lending to mid-market businesses, specialty finance, infrastructure debt, and real asset lending. It has expanded significantly since post-2008 bank regulatory tightening and accelerated as rates rose from 2022, drawing increased LP allocations as floating-rate instruments delivered higher yields alongside private equity portfolios under pressure.
The Women in Private Debt Forum is a strategy-specific track within the Women in Private Markets Summit, organised by PEI Group. It runs simultaneously with Women in Private Equity, Women in Infrastructure, and Women in Real Estate forums under the same summit roof and registration framework. Delegates attending the Women in Private Debt Forum are part of the broader summit and benefit from its combined networking infrastructure.
These are two distinct events with similar names. The Women in Private Debt Forum (this event) is organised by PEI Group, runs in December, and takes place within the Women in Private Markets Summit at Convene 133 Houndsditch. LPGP Connect Women in Private Debt London is a separate annual event organised by LPGP Connect (EI-06567), runs in September, and is a standalone gathering. The two events are independent, operate under different brands, and target overlapping but distinct audience communities.
PEI Group is a London-based commercial publisher and event organiser covering private markets globally. Its publications include Private Equity International, Infrastructure Investor, Private Debt Investor, and PERE. Its events are produced under the peievents.com platform. The Women in Private Debt Forum is part of the PEI Group events portfolio, sitting within the Women in Private Markets Summit alongside forums across private equity, infrastructure, and real estate.
The 2026 edition accepts interest registrations through the PEI Group interest form at info.pei.group. Specific access terms, delegate pricing, and any LP complimentary tier are not publicly disclosed as of verification. The organiser's event page is the appropriate contact point for registration enquiries.
Convene 133 Houndsditch is a conference and events venue in the City of London, close to Liverpool Street station. It is a recurring venue in the PEI Group events calendar and is equipped for multi-room, multi-track conference formats, which suits the co-located structure of the Women in Private Markets Summit. The December timing means the event takes place in one of London's lower-footfall conference weeks, which can ease delegate logistics.
PEI Group is a commercial publisher and event organiser headquartered in London, active across private equity, private debt, infrastructure, and real estate. It operates peievents.com as its events platform and produces a range of flagship annual gatherings including the Women in Private Markets Summit, Infrastructure Investor Global Summit, and PERE Europe Forum. The Women in Private Debt Forum is produced within the PEI Group events infrastructure and falls under the editorial remit of Private Debt Investor, PEI Group's private credit publication.
The Women in Private Debt Forum is the December anchor for institutional women professionals in private credit, with the co-location advantage of the Women in Private Markets Summit giving it a cross-strategy LP network that a standalone event of the same size would not replicate.
Interest registration for the 2026 edition is via the PEI Group form at info.pei.group. Delegate pricing and LP access terms are not publicly disclosed. Contact the organiser directly for pricing and eligibility details.
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Submit an interest registration through the PEI Group form at info.pei.group, or contact the organiser via the official event page at peievents.com. The 2026 programme and full registration details were not published as of verification.
The Women in Private Debt Forum is part of the Women in Private Markets Summit and registrants are part of the broader summit. Whether a single-forum registration provides access to all four co-located forums is not specified in publicly available materials; the organiser's event page is the appropriate place to confirm the access scope.
The 2026 edition runs on 2–3 December 2026 at Convene 133 Houndsditch, London. The venue is near Liverpool Street station in the City of London.
No. See the FAQ above for a detailed distinction. The two events have similar names but are produced by different organisations, run at different times of year, and have distinct formats.