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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.
Damien Schuind
Fund Operations Director
Damien joined PAI in 2026 as a member of the Corporate Operations Team.
Damien brings more than 20 years of experience in fund services. He joined from Arendt Investor Services, where he was a Senior Manager overseeing accounting and fund operations for private equity, real estate, debt and securitisation structures. Earlier in his career, he spent over twelve years at Alter Domus, specialising in private equity, real estate and liquidation services.
Damien holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Finance from Haute École Robert Schuman in Belgium and has been a Chartered Accountant in Luxembourg since 2008.
Nicolas Kachaner
Senior Adviser
Nicolas is a Senior Adviser to the PAI Performance Group.
He is one of the key figures behind the successful development of BCG in France and Europe in recent decades and has deep expertise in private equity and value creation across various fields and sectors.
In his time at BCG, Nicolas served as Managing Director and Senior Partner of BCG in Paris, London, Brussels and Casablanca. In addition, he led the Strategy practice for 10 years, launched the BCG turnaround unit, and built out the firm’s expert career track to a team of 140 experts in Europe.
Manda Chan
Managing Director
Manda is a Managing Director in the Client & Capital Group based in London. She is responsible for leading PAI’s CCG efforts in the Asia Pacific region.
Prior to PAI, Manda co-founded the Asia Pacific business for Evercore Private Funds Group in Hong Kong and eventually led the business as Managing Director. Manda has more than a decade of experience in fundraising in the region for third-party buyout, growth, infrastructure and private credit funds investing in Europe, the US and Asia. While at Evercore, she worked closely with PAI for the last eight years.
Manda holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from Pennsylvania State University.
