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José María García-Pont
Executive Director, Mid-Market Fund
José joined PAI in 2020 as a member of the Mid-Market Fund Team. He has been involved in the Angulas Aguinaga, Nuzoa and Uvesco investments.
He has extensive experience of the mid-market segment, having worked in the space since 2014, most notably at Abac Capital in Spain, where he was focused on the origination, execution, financing, monitoring and divestment of several deals.
Prior to that, he worked at the Boston Consulting Group as an Associate Consultant for two years.
José holds an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management (Boston) as well as a Bachelor’s Degree and a MSc in Business Administration from ESADE Business School (Barcelona).
Nacho García-Altozano
Partner
Nacho joined PAI in 2024 and is Head of the Flagship Fund Team in Spain.
He joined from Cinven, where he spent seven years, with the last four as a Senior Principal based in Madrid. During his time at Cinven, Nacho participated in many transactions across different sectors, including Consumer and Business Services.
Nacho previously worked as an Investment Director at Bridgepoint for five years. Prior to this, he worked in investment banking and leveraged finance at UBS, Merrill Lynch and ING.
Nacho graduated in Business Administration from CUNEF in Madrid.
Celeste Maria di Pietro
Investment Officer
Celeste joined PAI in 2022 as a member of the Investment Group.
She joined from Citigroup Global Markets, where she has spent almost two years as an M&A Analyst in the EMEA Mobility & Capital Goods team.
Celeste holds a Master’s Degree in International Management from Bocconi University.
Joseph Davin
Principal
Joseph joined PAI in 2016 as a member of the Corporate Operations Team.
Prior to joining PAI, Joseph worked for a third-party service provider servicing clients in the alternative investment funds industry.
Joseph holds a post-graduate degree in Business and Tax Law from Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV, a Diplome de Juriste Conseil d’Entreprise (DJCE 2012) as well as a LL.M in European Banking and Financial Law from University of Luxembourg (2014).
