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Our team has a reputation for its knowledge and networks

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Our team

The partnerships we build are powered by our people, who have a solid reputation for:

  • Collaboration: we forge effective, productive and lasting relationships.
  • Knowledge: our industry expertise and access to local and international networks offer unique insights.
  • Transformation: we help businesses become bigger, better and more sustainable.
  • Results: our track record of high performance delivers results for our investors.

Meet the team

Thomas Vinet

Finance Analyst

Thomas Vinet

Finance Analyst

Thomas joined PAI in 2026 as a member of the Corporate Operations Team.

He first joined PAI in July 2025 as a Structuring Intern in Luxembourg, before moving to Paris in January 2026 as a Financial Performance & Analysis Intern.

Prior to this, Thomas completed a six-month internship in Asset Management Audit at PwC.  

Thomas graduated from IESEG Business School.

Thomas de Wailly

Fund Counsel

Thomas de Wailly

Fund Counsel

Thomas joined PAI in 2025 as Fund Counsel and is a member of the Corporate Operations Team.

He joined from Ardian, where he worked as a Senior Lawyer for more than two years. Prior to that, he spent seven years as an Associate in the Tax and Fund Structuring Department at Linklaters, including a six month secondment at Capza.

Thomas holds a Master’s degree from Paris Dauphine University and has been admitted to the bar in both New York and Paris.

Thomas Verbeek

Investment Director

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.

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