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Matthew Johnson
Managing Director
Matthew joined PAI in 2020 as a member of the Capital Markets Team in the Client & Capital Group.
He joined PAI from Credit Suisse where he was most recently a Vice President in EMEA Leveraged Finance Capital Markets. Matt’s role involved underwriting and syndicating primary high-yield bonds and leveraged loans on behalf of private equity backed companies and sub investment grade corporate issuers. Prior to that, Matt held positions in the Financial Institutions Group and Leveraged Finance and Sponsors Group in New-York and in London, having joined the firm in 2014.
Matthew holds a Bachelor of Science from the Haas School of Business at the University of Berkeley in California.
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.
