Mathieu Schimizzi

Investment Associate

Mathieu joined PAI in 2025 as a member of the Investment Group. He has been […]

Mathieu Schimizzi

Investment Associate

Mathieu joined PAI in 2025 as a member of the Investment Group. He has been involved in the Cyrus investment.

He joined from Roland Berger, where he worked as a Strategy Consultant specialising in private equity.

Mathieu holds a Master in Management from HEC Paris and a Master of Engineering from ENSAE Paris.

Drew Skibniewski

Investment Associate

Drew joined PAI in 2025 as a member of the Investment Group. He joined from […]

Drew Skibniewski

Investment Associate

Drew joined PAI in 2025 as a member of the Investment Group.

He joined from Solomon Partners, where he worked as an Investment Banking Analyst for two years. Prior to that, he completed an internship at Energy Capital Partners. 

Drew holds a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics, Economics and Data Analysis from Wesleyan University.

Sirine Smaoui

Investment Director

Sirine joined PAI in 2021 as a member of the Investment Group. She has been […]

Sirine Smaoui

Investment Director

Sirine joined PAI in 2021 as a member of the Investment Group. She has been involved in the European Camping Group, Infra Group and Innovad investments.

She joined from Deutsche Bank in Paris where she spent more than three years working on several merger & acquisitions and financing mandates.

Sirine holds a double degree in International Business (CEMS) from HEC.

Thomas Verbeek

Investment Director

Thomas joined PAI in 2021 as a member of the Investment Group and the UK […]

Thomas Verbeek

Investment Director

Thomas joined PAI in 2021 as a member of the Investment Group and the UK Team. He has been involved in the Audiotonix and M Group Services investments.

He worked previously at Bain & Company where he spent three years as a Consultant in the Private Equity Group focusing on a variety of transactions in different sectors.

Thomas holds a Master’s degree in Cognitive and Decision Sciences from University College London, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences from University College Maastricht.

Brett Zanelli

Investment Associate

Brett joined PAI in 2024 as a member of the Investment Group. He joined from […]

Brett Zanelli

Investment Associate

Brett joined PAI in 2024 as a member of the Investment Group.

He joined from Barclays where he worked within the Financial Institutions Group in New York.

Brett holds a Bachelor of Arts in Applied Statistics & Economics from the University of Virginia.