Private Markets Group Ltd | About Us

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Private Markets Group was founded by Mr Okechukwu Kalu — entrepreneur, publisher and conference director, and a third-generation member of a Nigerian entrepreneurial family whose business roots span manufacturing, energy production and industrial enterprise.

Passionate about bringing the right people together to discuss the ideas and opportunities that shape long-duration private capital, Mr Kalu has built PMG into the UK's leading platform for peer-level dialogue between family office principals, institutional allocators and private capital professionals.

PMG's philosophy — that private capital is most effective when deployed with long-term discipline and a clear understanding of how industries create durable economic value — is drawn directly from his experience growing up within a family business environment.

Private Markets Group convenes investors and operators through forums, summits, and curated introductions designed to facilitate informed private capital allocation.

PMG activities include:

• private summits bringing together family office principals and institutional allocators
• closed-door investor roundtables and peer discussions
• strategic introductions between capital providers and investment opportunities
• thought leadership and research on private markets, governance, and capital allocation

All PMG discussions are designed to bring together decision-makers actively deploying private capital.

PMG empowers family offices and private capital professionals to grow, protect, and deploy wealth strategically.

The organisation facilitates informed discussions on investment opportunities across developed markets and emerging economies, supporting capital allocation that combines financial discipline with long-term economic and social impact.

PMG’s work reflects the belief that responsible private capital can play a constructive role in building industries, strengthening institutions, and supporting sustainable growth.

Discussions within the PMG network focus on long-duration private capital across sectors including:

• real estate and urban development
• infrastructure and energy systems
• venture capital and innovation economies
• sustainable investment strategies
• emerging market industrial development

These sectors represent areas where patient private capital can generate both strong financial returns and long-term economic value.

PMG convenes investors and industry leaders across regions where private capital plays an important role in economic development.

United Kingdom

PMG’s UK forums and events take place across regions with strong innovation ecosystems and growing investment opportunities, including:

• Oxfordshire
• Cambridgeshire
• Norfolk
• Suffolk
• East Midlands
• London

These regions combine world-class universities, research institutions, and growing private capital investment ecosystems.

Emerging Markets and Developing Economies

PMG also maintains a strategic interest in emerging markets and developing economies where private capital can support long-term economic development.

In particular, the organisation maintains long-term interest in opportunities across Nigeria's entrepreneurial and industrial south east region.

Nigeria represents one of Africa’s largest entrepreneurial economies, with opportunities across manufacturing, infrastructure, energy systems, and urban development.

PMG encourages investors to approach emerging markets with disciplined analysis of both opportunity and risk, including governance frameworks, regulatory environments, and macroeconomic dynamics.

The UK Family Office Summit Oxford is the United Kingdom's most distinguished closed-door forum for family office principals, institutional asset owners and private capital professionals. 

Convened across three days in Oxford, the summit brings together verified buy-side principals under the overarching theme of Private Capital, Urban Innovation and Sustainable Real Assets. 

PMG hosts exclusive digital forums and in-person events that foster peer-level conversations, deal flow exchange, and co-investment discussions in private and confidential settings.

These forums enable investors and operators to share insights, evaluate opportunities, and develop trusted professional relationships.

PMG’s network includes:

• family office principals
• wealth owners and entrepreneurs
• next-generation family office leaders
• institutional investors and allocators
• private markets advisers and operators

Most participants are decision-makers responsible for allocating private capital across sectors and geographies.

Okechukwu Kalu

Founder & Group CEO

ceo@privatemarkets-group.com

James Taylor

Head of Partnerships

For all general enquiries — including event invitations, network membership, editorial submissions, investor relations and partnership opportunities — please contact: office@privatemarkets-group.com 

Aleisha Marie

Head of Accounts & Administration

For all account, subscription and administration enquiries — including membership accounts, magazine subscriptions, event registrations and billing — please contact: accounts@privatemarkets-group.com 

PMG produces research and thought leadership across private markets and family office governance, including:

• research publications
• webinars and expert discussions
• insight reports on governance, succession, impact investing, and capital allocation strategies

These resources support informed decision-making among investors and family offices.

Family offices, investors, and institutional allocators interested in participating in PMG forums or the UK Family Office Summit are invited to connect with the organising team.

Private Markets Group Ltd (PMG) brings together institutional asset owners — including family office principals and non-family asset allocators managing a minimum of USD 100 million in assets — alongside impact investors, general partners, innovative founders, alternative investment specialists, and wealth advisors. 

We do not convene investors around market cycles. We connect them across generations. PMG was founded on the belief that private capital is most effective when deployed with long-term discipline, operational understanding and a clear appreciation of how industries create durable economic value. 

PMG operates at the intersection of family capital, institutional allocation and innovation. We build a smaller, more verified network of principals and allocators rather than a large open-access audience — every forum, introduction and published insight is designed for people actively deploying capital, not observing it. 

PMG empowers family offices and private capital professionals to grow, protect and deploy wealth strategically — facilitating informed investment discussions across the UK's most dynamic innovation ecosystems and emerging economies, where responsible private capital can build industries and support sustainable growth across generations. 

More than 25,000 professionals across five continents. Events at Oxford, London and the wider UK innovation corridor. A speaker faculty drawn from Allianz Global Investors, Moody's, JLL, IQ-EQ, Barclays, Gresham House, Oxford Capital, DigitalBridge and Saïd Business School. Practitioners, not presenters.