Murtaza Ali

Operating Partner DavidsonKempner Hawthorne Partners

Murtaza Ali is an Operating Partner at DK Hawthorne. He joined the firm in 2020 and is based in the New York office. Prior to joining DK Hawthorne, he was a Senior Operating Partner at BlueMountain Capital Management. Prior to BlueMountain, Mr. Ali was a Managing Director at Anchorage Capital, working on Anchorage's value creation efforts across a range of industries including real estate, consumer, healthcare and business services. Previously, he held various leadership roles at the Boston Consulting Group, Target and McKinsey. Mr. Ali received his Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering and Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Tuesday, Jan 26: Value Creation for Private Equity Day 1

9:30 AM WHERE CAN AI REALLY PAY OFF: FUND LEVEL AMBITIONS VS. PORTCO VALUE REALISATION

"We won't be investing in anything unless it's AI." We hear a lot of Boards decare this going into 2027. Yet across many portfolios, AI adoption at the company level remains uneven, under-scaled, or disconnected from tangible value creation. As hold periods lengthen and traditional levers deliver diminishing returns, the gap between GP ambition and portfolio company execution in AI deployment is becoming harder to ignore. Join this session to hear where and how AI deployments are truly making a difference:

• Where is Ai truly paying off?

• Why so much value remains trapped?

• How long does it take for you to expect realistic ROI from AI deployments?

• What does it take to translate experimentation into measurable EBITDA impact?

Wednesday, Jan 27: Value Creation for Private Equity Day 2

3:00 PM IS YOUR VALUE CREATION MODEL SCALABLE? THE NEXT FRONTIER IN PRIVATE EQUITY PERFORMANCE

How should a private equity firm design its operating and organisational model to consistently create value across its portfolio? How should they design the incentive plan? What are the capabilities required? And should they consider the generalists or specialists approach?

As value creation teams expand, firms must design scalable operating and organizational models that consistently drive portfolio performance. Join this session to hear different approaches and how you can deliver value from each of them.

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