Marlène Bazouin

Partner

Marlène joined PAI in 2019 and is a member of the Industrial Goods & Services Team, […]

Marlène Bazouin

Partner

Marlène joined PAI in 2019 and is a member of the Industrial Goods & Services Team, focusing on Industrial Services. She has been involved in the Apave, Armacell and ECF transactions.

Marlène previously worked at private equity firm Alpha in Paris, where she spent seven years working on a variety of transactions in the consumer and industrials space. Prior to Alpha, she worked in investment banking at Goldman Sachs in London for two years. Marlène started her career as an auditor at Mazars LLP in New York.

Marlène holds a double Master’s degree in Financial Engineering from Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées and in Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Marco Bellino

Partner

Marco joined PAI in 2025 as Head of the Flagship Fund in Italy. Marco joined […]

Marco Bellino

Partner

Marco joined PAI in 2025 as Head of the Flagship Fund in Italy.

Marco joined from Ardian, where he played a pivotal role in expanding the firm’s coverage and building the Italian buyout team over the course of 12 years. During his time at Ardian, he advanced to the positions of Managing Director and Deputy Head of Buyout Italy.

Prior to this, Marco worked as an investor at Hutton Collins and began his career in investment banking at UBS.

Marco graduated from HEC Paris.

Benoît Bousquié

Partner

Benoît joined PAI in 2020. He is Co-Head of the Investment Group and a member […]

Benoît Bousquié

Partner

Benoît joined PAI in 2020. He is Co-Head of the Investment Group and a member of the Healthcare Team. He has been involved in the Theramex, Tropicana Brands Group and Zahneins investments.

He joined from Morgan Stanley where he spent four years in the EMEA Healthcare Team, most recently as a Vice-President. Prior to Morgan Stanley, he spent four years at Alpha Private Equity in Paris where he focused on a variety of transactions, notably in the consumer, business services and industrials sectors.

Benoît holds an MBA from INSEAD and a Master’s Degree in Finance and Strategy as well as a Bachelor’s Degree from Sciences Po Paris.

Maud Brown

Partner

Maud joined PAI in 2019 and heads PAI’s US Team. She has been involved in […]

Maud Brown

Partner

Maud joined PAI in 2019 and heads PAI’s US Team. She has been involved in the Refresco, Alphia and Tropicana Brands Group transactions.

She was previously with Investcorp where she spent more than 18 years in London and New York, most recently as a Managing Director in New York and a member of the firm’s Investment Committee. She started her career in M&A at Salomon Brothers and Merrill Lynch in London.

Maud graduated from ESCP and holds a Master’s in Corporate Law from the University Paris XI.

Stefano Drago

Founding Partner, Mid-Market Fund

Stefano joined PAI in 2005. In early 2020, he became one of the Founding Partners […]

Stefano Drago

Founding Partner, Mid-Market Fund

Stefano joined PAI in 2005. In early 2020, he became one of the Founding Partners of the Mid-Market Fund Team. For PAI MMF, he has led the Arlettie, Amplitude Surgical, La Compagnie des Desserts, MyFlower, Nutripure and VITREA investments.

Previously, he was the Partner responsible for investments in the Healthcare sector for the flagship fund and as such has been involved in several investments, most recently Zahneins, ELITechGroup, Ethypharm, Atos Medical, DomusVi and Cerba Healthcare. Outside of healthcare, he has been involved in the Kiloutou and Provimi investments.

He started his career within the R&D department of France Telecom (now Orange) for three years, and then spent four years with McKinsey & Company in their Italian and Singaporean offices, before joining PAI in 2005.

Stefano holds an MSc in Engineering from both Politecnico di Torino (Italy) and Telecom Paritech (France), as well as an MBA from INSEAD.

Gaëlle d’Engremont

Partner

Gaëlle joined PAI in 2004 and is the Head of the Food & Consumer Team. […]

Gaëlle d’Engremont

Partner

Gaëlle joined PAI in 2004 and is the Head of the Food & Consumer Team. She has been involved in a number of investments including Asmodee, B&B Hotels, Chr. Hansen, Ecotone, European Camping Group, Euro Ethnic Foods, Froneri, Innovad, Labeyrie Fine Foods, NovaTaste, Perstorp, Roompot, The Compleat Food Group and United Biscuits.

She started her career at Unibail, where she spent two years, before spending four years at Group Casino.

Gaëlle graduated from ESSEC in 1997.