Hui Chan

Managing Director

Hui joined PAI in 2025 and is a member of the Business Services and UK […]

Hui Chan

Managing Director

Hui joined PAI in 2025 and is a member of the Business Services and UK Teams. She has been involved in the HKA and VPS investments.

She joined PAI from Bain Capital, where she spent 11 years in the European Private Equity team, most recently as Managing Director. Hui started her career at Bank of America Merrill Lynch focusing on UK Mergers & Acquisitions.

Hui graduated from the University of Cambridge in Economics and has an MBA from Harvard Business School.

John Gallagher

Investment Director

John joined PAI in 2022 as a member of the Investment Group and the UK […]

John Gallagher

Investment Director

John joined PAI in 2022 as a member of the Investment Group and the UK Team. He has been involved in the Azets investment.

He joined us from L Catterton where he was an Investment Associate. Prior to this, John worked at Goldman Sachs in the Consumer, Retail and Healthcare M&A team.

John holds a Master of Laws from Harvard Law School, a Master of Corporate Law from the University of Cambridge, and a BCL in law and history from University College Dublin.

David Mandeville

Investment Director

David joined PAI in 2022 as a member of the Investment Group and the UK […]

David Mandeville

Investment Director

David joined PAI in 2022 as a member of the Investment Group and the UK Team. He has been involved in the Froneri and Theramex investments.

Prior to joining the Investment Group, David interned at PAI for one year. He previously spent five years working within the Food and Consumer sector, both as a consultant with Newton Europe, and as an Operations Manager with Oscar Mayer.

David holds a Master’s degree in Finance and a BSc in Mathematics with Economics from the London School of Economics.

Neil Mcllroy

Partner

Neil joined PAI in 2019. He is Co-Head of the Business Services Team and a […]

Neil Mcllroy

Partner

Neil joined PAI in 2019. He is Co-Head of the Business Services Team and a member of the UK Team. He has been involved in the Audiotonix, Azets and HKA and M Group Services investments.

He joined PAI from H.I.G. Capital where he spent nine years covering growth equity and leveraged buy-out investments in Europe completing many successful investments, with a particular focus on Industrials, Business Services and FinTech. Previously Neil spent four years at Cinven where he focused on investments in Industrials and Healthcare. He started his career in the Investment Banking Division of Morgan Stanley concentrating on European and UK mergers and acquisitions.

Neil graduated from Queens University Belfast with an MSc in Finance and the University of Ulster with a B.A. in Business Studies.

Colm O’Sullivan

Partner

Colm joined PAI in 2006 and heads PAI’s UK Team. He has been involved in […]

Colm O’Sullivan

Partner

Colm joined PAI in 2006 and heads PAI’s UK Team. He has been involved in a number of investments including Audiotonix, Azets, Froneri, HKA, Kwik-Fit, M Group Services, The Compleat Food Group, Theramex, United Biscuits and VPS.

He started his career at Hambros Bank in London and New York working on various debt capital market and advisory transactions. He then moved to Deutsche Bank where he spent eight years in the Financial Sponsors Group working on a number of advisory and financing transactions for European private equity firms.

Colm graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree (Hons) in Economics from the University of Ulster and has an MBA from the Erasmus University in Rotterdam and Wharton Business School in Philadelphia.

Matthew Poole

Principal

Matthew joined PAI in 2019 and is a member of the UK Team. He has […]

Matthew Poole

Principal

Matthew joined PAI in 2019 and is a member of the UK Team. He has been involved in the Azets, Froneri and The Compleat Food Group investments.

He started his career in the Investment Banking Division of Barclays in London, where he spent four years in the UK M&A advisory team. During his time at Barclays, Matthew also undertook a secondment to UK Government Investments, the government’s centre of expertise in corporate finance and governance, where he worked on a number of cross-Whitehall projects and transactions.

Matthew graduated from the University of Bristol with a first class Master’s Degree in Engineering.