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Christopher Afors
Principal +44 (0)20 7297 4667Christopher Afors
UK TeamPrincipal +44 (0)20 7297 4667Chris joined PAI in 2008 as a member of the UK team, and has been involved in a number of transactions including United Biscuits, Froneri and VPS.
He started his career at J.P. Morgan in London working in the M&A and Equity Capital Markets teams, where he successfully executed many transactions for clients across a range of sectors.
Chris studied Economics and Politics at Bristol University. His English, French and Portuguese are fluent.
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Ana Aliyari
Officer +33 01 43 16 63 99Ana Aliyari
Investment GroupOfficer +33 01 43 16 63 99Ana joined PAI in 2015 as a member of the Investment Group. She worked on a number of transactions including Froneri and Roompot.
She started her career at Roland Berger in Paris as a strategy consultant, where she spent two years.
Ana graduated from ESSEC in 2013. Her French and English are fluent, and she is conversational in Spanish.
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Abigaïl Aron
Investment Officer Abigaïl Aron
Investment GroupInvestment Officer Abigaïl joined PAI in 2018 as a member of the Investment Group.
She started her carrier spending 3 years as the CFO of Big Mamma, a fast-growing group of Italian restaurants.
Abigaïl graduated from HEC in 2014. Her French and English are fluent, and she is conversational in Spanish and in Italian.
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Philip Bengtsson
Officer Philip Bengtsson
Investment GroupOfficer Philip joined PAI in 2018 as a member of the Investment Group and the Nordic team.
He started his career in the Investment Banking Division of J.P. Morgan in London, where he spent two years, first in the Oil & Gas team and then in the Nordic M&A team. He then spent two years working in private equity for Rhône Group in London.
Philip studied Finance at Stockholm School of Economics. His Swedish and English are fluent.
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Albane de Braquilanges
Brand & Communications Manager Albane de Braquilanges
Investor TeamBrand & Communications Manager Albane joined PAI in 2013 and is a member of the Investor Team. She is responsible for overseeing all external communications for the firm.
She started her career in the field of marketing with BMW Group in Munich and communications with Bombardier Transportation in Berlin.
Albane graduated from ESCP Europe and holds an MSc in Management from City University and the German Diplom-Kauffrau. Her French, English and German are fluent.
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Nicolas Brugère
Partner +33 01 43 16 63 17Nicolas Brugère
Food & Consumer Investment GroupPartner +33 01 43 16 63 17Nicolas joined PAI in 2006, and is a member of the Food & Consumer sector team. He is also Deputy Head of the Investment Group. He has been involved in several transactions including Cerba, Atos, Kwik Fit, Yoplait, IPH and EMG.
He started his career at the Boston Consulting Group as a strategy consultant, where he spent two years.
Nicolas graduated from Sciences Po Paris in 2001 and HEC in 2004. His French and English are fluent, and he is conversational in Spanish.
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Thomas Carlier
ESG Analyst Thomas Carlier
ESG TeamESG Analyst Thomas joined PAI in 2018 as a member of the ESG Team. Prior to joining PAI, he completed several internships in Private Equity and Audit firms.
Thomas graduated from EDHEC Business School in 2018. His French and English are fluent and he is conversational in Spanish.
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Christina Charlier
IR Officer Christina Charlier
Investor TeamIR Officer Christina joined PAI in 2012 as a member of the Investor Team.
She started her career at CCR Chevrillon Philippe as an executive assistant in the private banking sector.
Christina studied International Relations at George Mason University. Her English and French are fluent, and she is conversational in German.
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Clémence Colletaz-Helary
Officer Clémence Colletaz-Helary
Finance TeamOfficer Clémence joined PAI in 2013 as a member of the Finance Team.
She started her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers as a senior financial auditor in the Investment Management sector, where she spent three years.
Clémence studied at Audencia Nantes School of Management. Her French and English are fluent, and she is conversational in German.
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Federico Conchillo
Partner +34 (0) 9 15 90 22 50Federico Conchillo
Spain Team Investment GroupPartner +34 (0) 9 15 90 22 50Federico joined PAI in 2007. He is a member of the Spain Team and is also the Head of the Investment Group. He has been involved in a number of transactions including Swissport, Cortefiel, DomusVi and Konecta.
He started his career at the Boston Consulting Group, where he worked for two years. He then spent seven years as a member of the investment banking team at Merrill Lynch in Madrid and London.
Federico studied Applied Economics at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium and holds an MBA from the University of Chicago GSB. His Spanish, English, Dutch and French are fluent.
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Joseph Davin
Associate Joseph Davin
Luxembourg Team Finance TeamAssociate Joseph joined PAI in 2016 as a member of the Luxembourg Team.
Prior to joining PAI, Joseph completed several internships in law firms and 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). His French and English are fluent and he is conversational in Spanish.
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Alexandre Dejoie
Principal +33 01 43 16 63 22Alexandre Dejoie
Business Services Investment GroupPrincipal +33 01 43 16 63 22Alexandre joined PAI in 2008 as a member of the Investment Group and the Business Service Sector Team. He has been involved in a number of transactions including Kiloutou, Swissport, InnoVista Sensors and EMG.
He started his career by spending two years at the Royal Bank of Scotland structuring large scale infrastructure transactions.
Alexandre graduated from the Ecole Polytechnique in 2002 and holds a Master’s Degree in Engineering from Stanford University, where he was also teaching assistant in Economics. His French and English are fluent, and he is conversational in Spanish.
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Stefano Drago
Partner +33 01 43 16 63 24Stefano Drago
HealthcarePartner +33 01 43 16 63 24Stefano joined PAI in 2005 and is a Partner in charge of investments in the Healthcare Sector. He has been involved in several transactions including Elitech, Ethypharm, Atos Medical, DomusVi, Cerba Healthcare, Kiloutou, Provimi. He is currently involved in Elitech, Ethypharm and Kiloutou.
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 Rome office, serving clients in Italy, France, the UK and Australia.
Stefano studied Engineering at both Politecnico di Torino (Italy) and Telecom Paritech (France) and holds an MBA from INSEAD.
He speaks Italian, French, English and Spanish fluently.
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Gaëlle d’Engremont
Partner +33 01 43 16 63 23Gaëlle d’Engremont
Food & ConsumerPartner +33 01 43 16 63 23Gaëlle joined PAI in 2004 and is a member of the Food and Consumer Sector Team. She has been involved in a number of transactions including Chr. Hansen, United Biscuits, Perstorp, Froneri, Labeyrie, B&B Hotels and Roompot.
She started her career at Unibail where she spent two years before spending four years at Group Casino.
Gaëlle graduated from ESSEC in 1997. Her French and English are fluent, and she is conversational in Spanish.
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Jaime Fernandez-Rubies
Officer Jaime Fernandez-Rubies
Spain Team Investment GroupOfficer Jaime joined PAI in 2016 as a member of the Investment Group.
He started his career at Deutsche Bank in investment banking in London within the Financial Institutions Group advisory team, focused on M&A and ECM transactions, where he spent two years. He then spent three years at the Spanish Private Equity firm Portobello Capital.
Jaime studied Business Administration and Law at the Universidad Complutense of Madrid. His Spanish and English are fluent.
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Jacopo Forloni
Officer +39 345 753 69 66Jacopo Forloni
Italy Team Investment GroupOfficer +39 345 753 69 66Jacopo joined PAI in 2016 as a member of the Investment Group.
He started his career at Bahlsen GmbH in Hannover (Germany) covering a number of roles in Sales & Marketing as well as Business Development departments.
Jacopo studied Business Administration at the University of Miami and holds an MBA from INSEAD. His Italian, English, German and Spanish are fluent.
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Fabrice Fouletier
Partner +33 01 43 16 63 27Fabrice Fouletier
Retail & Distribution | Business ServicesPartner +33 01 43 16 63 27Fabrice joined PAI in 2001 as a member of the Retail & Distribution Sector Team. He has been involved in a number of transactions including Yoplait, Panzani, Saeco, Chr. Hansen, Perstorp, Hunkemöller, EMG and AS Adventure.
He started his career at Bankers Trust / Deutsche Bank working in the French Corporate Finance department, and then in the European Acquisition Finance Group in Paris and London.
Fabrice graduated from HEC in 1998. His French and English are fluent, and he is conversational in Spanish.
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Brice Gilbert
Principal Brice Gilbert
Finance TeamPrincipal Brice joined PAI in 2006 as a member of the Investment Group, where he was involved in a number of transactions including Monier, Atos and Xella. He then joined the Finance Team to focus on deal structuring development, he is now responsible for tax and legal structuring both at fund and transaction level.
He started his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers in the Transaction Services Department in Paris.
Brice graduated from ESCP Europe in 2004 and holds an MBA from INSEAD in 2009. His French and English are fluent, and he is conversational in Spanish.
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Cornelia Gomez
ESG Manager +33 1 43 16 63 30Cornelia Gomez
ESG TeamESG Manager +33 1 43 16 63 30She has 6 years of experience in CSR, Ethical Compliance and Supply Chain Risk Management in corporate and certification environments in Europe and Asia.
In particular, she was Social Compliance Manager of Casino Group, leading the implementation of the Social Compliance strategy worldwide and building an integrated approach with Quality and Purchase departments. Cornelia graduated from ESCP Europe in 2010.
Her French, English and Spanish are fluent, and she is conversational in Italian.
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Augustin Grandcolas
Principal +33 01 43 16 63 29Augustin Grandcolas
Healthcare Investment GroupPrincipal +33 01 43 16 63 29Augustin joined PAI in 2011 as a member of the Investment Group, and has been involved in several transactions including FTE, IPH, DomusVi, GCS, Ethypharm and Elitech.
He started his career at Credit Suisse, spending five years working in the Investment Banking department in Paris.
Augustin graduated from HEC in 2006. His French and English are fluent, and he is conversational in Spanish.
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Maximilian Harrington
Director Maximilian Harrington
UK TeamDirector Maximilian joined PAI in 2016 as a member of the UK Team.
He started his career at Goldman Sachs in the Consumer & Retail M&A advisory team where he spent five years.
Maximilian graduated from the University of Sydney with first class Honours in Econometrics and a specialisation in Finance. His French and English are fluent.
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Ragnar Hellenius
Partner +46 08 440 57 91Ragnar Hellenius
Nordics TeamPartner +46 08 440 57 91Ragnar joined PAI in 2008 and is responsible for the Nordic Team. He participated in a number of transactions including Perstorp and Atos Medical.
He has more than 10 years of experience in management consulting having worked for Accenture, McKinsey & Company and Booz Allen Hamilton. At McKinsey & Company he was a member of the Corporate Finance and Private Equity practices, advising European Private Equity firms on investments, portfolio company value creation and exits. He also worked as CFO and deputy CEO for Unibet Plc, a European online gaming company.
Ragnar holds a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering and Management from the Institute of Technology in Linkoping. His Swedish and English are fluent, and he is conversational in French and Danish.
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Nicolas Holzman
Partner +33 01 43 16 63 31Nicolas Holzman
Business Services | Retail & DistributionPartner +33 01 43 16 63 31Nicolas joined PAI in 1998 and heads the Business Services and Retail Sector Teams. He has been involved in a number of transactions including Frans Bonhomme, Provimi, Compagnie Européenne de Prévoyance, Spie, Monier, Atos, Swissport, Servisair, Kiloutou, IPH, EMG, VPS and AS Adventure.
He started his career at Bossard-Gemini Consulting where he spent six years.
Nicolas graduated from ESSEC in 1991 and La Sorbonne with a Master of Philosophy. His French, English and German are fluent.
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Richard Howell
Partner Richard Howell
Investor Team Capital Markets TeamPartner Richard joined PAI in 2009 and heads the Investor Team and the Capital Markets Team, responsible for managing all interactions with the firm’s investors as well as its debt financing activities.
He started his career at UBS in London and Hong Kong. He then worked at Lehman Brothers (and following its acquisition, Nomura) where he became Managing Director and Head of the European Corporate & Leveraged Finance group, and was also a member of Lehman’s Global High Yield Commitment Committee.
Richard graduated from the University of Birmingham. He is a native English speaker and he is conversational in French.
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Sam Javaherian
Associate +33 (0)1 43 16 64 45Sam Javaherian
Investment GroupAssociate +33 (0)1 43 16 64 45Sam joined PAI in 2017 as a member of the Investment Group.
He started his career at Rothschild & Cie in Paris, where he spent two years as an Investment Banking Analyst.
Sam graduated from Ecole Polytechnique in 2015 (Quantitative Economics & Finance track with HEC Paris), and holds a Master’s Degree from Columbia University in Management Science & Engineering. His French and English are fluent, and he is conversational in Spanish.
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Olivier Job
Legal Analyst +33 1 43 16 64 38Olivier Job
Finance TeamLegal Analyst +33 1 43 16 64 38Olivier joined PAI in 2017 as a member of the Finance Team. Prior to joining PAI, Olivier completed several internships in law firms specialised in the fund formation and financial services.
Olivier holds a master’s degree in Business Law from Université de Strasbourg, and a post-graduate degree in Banking and Financial Law from Université de Montpellier. Furthermore, Olivier holds the professional lawyer’s certification (CAPA) since 2017.
His French and English are fluent and he is conversational in German.
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Andreas Kumeth
Principal +49 89 51 51 46 50Andreas Kumeth
Healthcare Germany TeamPrincipal +49 89 51 51 46 50Andreas joined PAI in 2014 as a member of the Germany Team, and has been involved in several transactions including DomusVi, B&B Hotels and Xella.
He started his career in private equity working for Apax Partners in Munich and London as well as for Waterland Private Equity in Düsseldorf.
Andreas graduated with a double degree from Technical University of Munich (Mathematics) and Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich (Economics). His German and English are fluent, and he is conversational in French and Italian.
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Pierre-Guilhem de La Tour du Pin
Officer Pierre-Guilhem de La Tour du Pin
Investment GroupOfficer Pierre-Guilhem joined PAI in 2014 as a member of the Investment Group, and has been involved in a number of transactions including InnoVista Sensors, DomusVi, Cerba Healthcare and B&B Hotels.
He started his career with various internships including in M&A at UBS and Rothschild & Cie in Paris.
Pierre-Guilhem studied Finance at Paris-Dauphine University. His French and English are fluent, and he is conversational in German.
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Guillaume Leblanc
Principal +33 (0)1 43 16 63 34Guillaume Leblanc
Business Services Investment GroupPrincipal +33 (0)1 43 16 63 34Guillaume joined PAI in 2011 and is a member of the Investment Group. He has been involved in several transactions including Froneri, InnoVista Sensors, EMG, AS Adventure and Roompot.
Guillaume started his career at Time Equity Partners, a private equity firm involved in growth capital transactions in the Technology Media and Communication industry.
He graduated from HEC in 2008. His French and English are fluent, and he is conversational in German.
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Agata Lorecka
Compliance Director Agata Lorecka
Compliance TeamCompliance Director Agata joined PAI in 2008 as a member of the Finance Team. Today she is responsible for compliance and internal control matters.
She started her career at Royal Tank working as an administrative agent (financial services) in the petroleum industry sector.
Agata graduated from Polytechnique de Czestochowa in 2006 and holds a Master’s Degree in International Marketing and Management. Her Polish, English and French are fluent, and she is conversational in Spanish.
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Albin Louit
Principal +33 01 43 16 64 18Albin Louit
General Industrials Investment GroupPrincipal +33 01 43 16 64 18Albin joined PAI in 2006 as a member of the Investment Group. He is also part of the General Industrials Sector Team, and has been involved in a number of transactions including ADB Safegate, Kiloutou, Xella and Labeyrie.
He started his career as a visiting associate at the Boston Consulting Group in Paris.
Albin graduated from Ecole Polytechnique in 2002 and holds a Master’s Degree from UC Berkeley in Engineering and Project Management, as well as the Management of Technology Certificate from the Haas School of Business. His French and English are fluent, and he is conversational in German.
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Juan José Martinez Taboada
Associate +33 (0)1 43 16 64 46Juan José Martinez Taboada
Investment GroupAssociate +33 (0)1 43 16 64 46Juan José joined PAI in 2017 as a member of the Investment Group.
He started his career at VINCI Concessions structuring infrastructure transactions before joining Rothschild, where he spent two years focusing on M&A, equity and debt financing transactions.
Juan José graduated from École des Ponts ParisTech and Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) with a Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering. He speaks Spanish, French and English fluently.
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Jérémie Masset
Director Jérémie Masset
Investment GroupDirector Jérémie joined PAI in 2014 as a member of the Investment Group, and has been involved in several transactions including VPS, ADB Safegate and Atos Medical.
He started his career in strategy consulting at Advancy before joining the Boston Consulting Group, spending one year in the firm’s private equity practice.
Jérémie graduated from Ecole Polytechnique in 2005 and holds a Master’s Degree in Economics from the Paris School of Economics. His French and English are fluent, and he is conversational in German.
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Ivan Massonnat
Partner +33 1 43 16 63 39Ivan Massonnat
Investor Team ESG TeamPartner +33 1 43 16 63 39Ivan first joined PAI in 2000 as a member of the Investment Group, where he was involved in a number of transactions including Elis. In 2004 Ivan started to focus on PAI’s investor relations and fundraising activities.
In 2008, he joined Fondations Capital as Partner, Chief Operating Officer. Late 2010, he rejoined PAI as member of the Investor Team.
He started his career at Paribas, holding an e-business consulting role to various business lines within the investment bank in Paris, New York and London.
Ivan graduated from the Institut National des Télécommunications (INT) and holds a Master’s Degree in Management from the Université d’Evry. His French and English are fluent, and he has notions of German.
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Benjamin Mathu
Analyst +352 26 26 97 71 85Benjamin Mathu
Finance TeamAnalyst +352 26 26 97 71 85Benjamin joined PAI in 2017 as a member of the Finance Team.
Prior to joining PAI, Benjamin spent two years as an officer in the Private Equity industry in a corporate and trust services company in Luxembourg.
Benjamin graduated from HEC-Ulg (2015) and holds a Master’s in Business Administration and Finance from Liège. His French and English are fluent and he is conversational in German.
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Philipp Meyer
Principal +49 89 51 51 46 50Philipp Meyer
Germany TeamPrincipal +49 89 51 51 46 50Philipp joined PAI in 2016 and is a member of the Germany Team.
He started his career at Bain & Company in Zurich where he worked from 2001 to 2007. He then became Vice President at Stone Tower Capital, a middle market buyout fund based in New York, before working at AEA Investors, where he was involved in several transactions in the industrial and service sectors and responsible for the German office for seven years.
Philipp graduated in Mechanical Engineering from ETH Zurich in 2001 and holds an MBA from Columbia Business School. His German and English are fluent, and he is conversational in French.
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Mirko Meyer-Schönherr
Partner +49 89 51 51 46 50Mirko Meyer-Schönherr
Germany TeamPartner +49 89 51 51 46 50Mirko joined PAI in 2007 and manages PAI’s Germany Team. He has been involved in a number of transactions including Xella, Hunkemöller and FTE.
He started his career at McKinsey & Co. in Munich where he spent nine years as a Partner in the Retail & Consumer sector. In 1997 he joined KarstadtQuelle AG, one of the largest non-food retailers in Europe, where he spent four years as an Executive Vice President and a member of the Management Board in charge of marketing/sales/e-commerce and purchasing. He joined Apax Partners in 2001 where he was a Partner and European Head of the Retail & Consumer sector.
Mirko holds a Bachelor’s Degree (Diplom Kaufmann) from the European Business School (EBS Oestrich-Winkel), an MBA from Colgate Darden/University of Virginia, and a PhD (Dr. rer. pol.) from the University of Frankfurt. His German, English and French are fluent.
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Maxime Miossec
Director +352 26 26 97 71 81Maxime Miossec
Finance TeamDirector +352 26 26 97 71 81Maxime joined PAI in 2017 and is a member of the Finance team in the Luxembourg office.
Maxime has a combined experience in audit of nearly 10 years in Paris and Luxembourg having worked at Deloitte in Paris for 4 years following with 5 years at KPMG in Luxembourg as an audit manager within the Investment Management sector, including private equity structures.
He holds a Master’s degree in Finance from the University of Lyon, specialised in Private Equity and transactions. His French and English are fluent.
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Bertrand Monier
Principal Bertrand Monier
Food & Consumer Investment GroupPrincipal Bertrand joined PAI in 2011 as a member of the Investment Group, and has been involved in a number of transactions including Atos, Marcolin, Perstorp, Froneri, Labeyrie, Hunkemöller and Roompot.
He started his career at the Boston Consulting Group in Paris as a strategy consultant, where he spent two years.
Bertrand graduated from HEC in 2009. His French and English are fluent, and he is conversational in German.
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Patrick Mouterde
Partner
CFO Patrick Mouterde
Finance TeamPartner
CFO Patrick joined PAI in 1998 as a member of the Finance Team, and became Chief Financial Officer in 2006.
He started his career at Arthur Andersen as a manager in the Audit Department where he spent eight years.
Patrick graduated from HEC in 1989 and holds a Diplôme d’Etudes Supérieures Comptables et Financières (DESCF). His French and English are fluent, and he is conversational in German.
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Laura Muries
Principal Laura Muries
Spain TeamPrincipal Laura joined PAI in 2007 as a member of the Spain Team. She has been involved in several transactions including The Nuance Group, Swissport, Grupo Cortefiel, DomusVi and Konecta.
She started her career at Merrill Lynch in the Investment Banking department in Madrid, working principally with financial sponsor clients on the execution of buy-side, sell-side and IPO transactions.
Laura graduated in Business Administration and Law from the Universidad Carlos III in Madrid. Her Spanish and English are fluent, and she is conversational in French.
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François Nadin
Officer François Nadin
Luxembourg Team Finance TeamOfficer François Nadin joined PAI in 2016 and is a member of the Finance team.
Prior to this, François spent five years as senior officer in the Private Equity industry in a corporate and trust services company in Luxembourg.
François graduated from HEC-Ulg (2011) and has a Master in Business Administration and Finance from Liège. He speaks French (native), English (fluent) and Spanish (basic).
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Niklas Nikolai
Associate Niklas Nikolai
Germany Team Investment GroupAssociate Niklas joined PAI in 2017 as a member of the Investment Group.
He started his career in the Investment Banking Division of Goldman Sachs in Frankfurt, focusing on M&A transactions in the German-speaking region, where he spent one year. He then spent two years working in private equity for EQT Partners in Munich.
Niklas studied Business Administration at the European Business School (EBS Oestrich-Winkel) and Columbia University. His German and English are fluent, and he is conversational in French.
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Shane O’Driscoll
Principal +44 (0)207 297 4665Shane O’Driscoll
Capital Markets TeamPrincipal +44 (0)207 297 4665Shane joined PAI in 2016, focusing on managing the fund’s debt financing activities.
Shane joined PAI from Credit Suisse where he was most recently a Director in EMEA Leveraged Finance Capital Markets. Shane’s role involved underwriting and syndicating primary high-yield bonds and leveraged loans on behalf of private equity backed companies. Prior to that, Shane held a number of roles within Credit Suisse’s EMEA Leveraged Finance franchise, having joined the firm in 2007.
Shane is a graduate of the University of Dublin, Trinity College. He speaks English and French (native).
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Colm O'Sullivan
Partner +44 (0)207 297 4661Colm O'Sullivan
UK TeamPartner +44 (0)207 297 4661Colm joined PAI in 2006 and heads PAI’s UK Team. He has been involved in a number of transactions including United Biscuits, Kwik Fit, Froneri and VPS.
He started his career at Hambros Bank in London and New-York working on various debt capital market and advisory transactions. He then moved to Deutsche Bank where he spent eight years in the Financial Sponsors Group working on a number of advisory and financing transactions for European Private Equity Firms.
Colm graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree (Hons) in Economics from the University of Ulster and has an MBA from the Erasmus University in Rotterdam and Wharton Business School in Philadelphia. His English and French are fluent.
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François-Xavier Oliveau
Principal François-Xavier Oliveau
Portfolio Performance GroupPrincipal François-Xavier joined PAI in 2015 as a member of the Portfolio Performance Group.
He has 20 years of experience in management and consulting in Europe and Asia. In particular, he headed up the Healthcare division of Arjowiggins, leading the turnaround, and piloted the growth of Lucibel, a cleantech start up. He built his experience in strategy and business development at the Boston Consulting Group and in Schneider Electric’s strategy department.
François-Xavier graduated from Ecole Centrale Paris in 1993, Sciences Po Paris in 1994 and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. His French and English are fluent, and he is conversational in Spanish.
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Mathieu Paillat
Partner +33 01 43 16 63 41Mathieu Paillat
General IndustrialsPartner +33 01 43 16 63 41Mathieu joined PAI in 2002 and is a member of the General Industrials Sector Team. He has been involved in a number of transactions including CEP, Elis, Saeco, FTE, Spie, Monier, Atos, Nuance, IPH, GCS and Xella.
He started his career in the European Acquisition Finance Group at Deutsche Bank and then in the bank’s Corporate Finance Department in London.
Mathieu graduated from Dauphine University in 1999 as well as Lancaster University and holds a Master’s Degree in Finance from Sciences Po Paris. His French and English are fluent, and he is conversational in Spanish.
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Thomas Paillet
Financial Controller Thomas Paillet
Finance TeamFinancial Controller Thomas joined PAI in 2016 as a Financial Controller.
He started his career as a Financial Controller at Fedex Express and BMW Bank.
Thomas graduated in Business from Toulouse Business School in 2010. His French and English are fluent, and he is conversational in Italian.
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Michel Paris
Partner
Chairman & CEO Michel Paris
Partner
Chairman & CEO Michel joined PAI in 1984 and has been Chief Executive Officer since 2015. He was also Chief Investment Officer of the Firm between 2009 and 2016. He benefits from almost 30 years of experience with the firm, where he has been involved in a large number of transactions including Sogeres, Bouygues Telecom, Atos, Equant, Elior, Frans Bonhomme, Kiloutou, Nuance, Swissport, Elis, Vivarte, Saur, Coin, Kwik Fit, Cortefiel, Monier, Xella and EMG.
He started is career by spending two years with Valeo.
Michel graduated in engineering from Ecole Centrale Lyon in 1980 and in Business from the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Reims in 1982. His French and English are fluent.
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Antoine Parmentier
Principal Antoine Parmentier
Investor TeamPrincipal Antoine joined PAI in 2011 as a member of the Investor Team.
He started his career at Willis where he spent two years conducting risk and insurance due diligence on European private equity and corporate transactions. He then worked for the Private Funds Group of PineBridge Investments (formerly AIG Investments) in London and New-York where he was in charge of recommending new commitments and monitoring a portfolio of European buyout funds investments.
Antoine graduated in Business from Skema Business School (Ceram Sophia Antipolis campus) and holds a Master’s Degree in European Business Law from University Paris V. His French and English are fluent, and he is conversational in Spanish and Portuguese.
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Nianja Rahanitrafeno
Finance Officer 01 43 16 64 44Nianja Rahanitrafeno
Finance TeamFinance Officer 01 43 16 64 44Nianja joined PAI in 2017 as a member of the Finance Team.
She has 8 years of experience in Fund Management in private equity structures such as Omnes Capital and XAnge (Siparex Group).
Nianja graduated in Financial and Capital Markets management from ESG Finance Paris. She is bilingual in English and speaks fluent Malagasy.
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Valérie Rasson
Head of Human Resources +33 1 43 16 64 29Valérie Rasson
Head of Human Resources +33 1 43 16 64 29Valérie joined PAI in 2017 as Head of Human Resources.
Prior to this, she gathered 20 years of experience in HR in various companies, both in industrial companies and in business services firms. Among others, she worked as Head of HR at Allen & Overy Paris for 7 years and at A.T. Kearney Paris for 2 years.
Valérie holds a Master of Psychology and graduated from Dauphine in 1997. Her French and English are fluent, and she is conversational in German.
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Laurent Rivoire
Partner +33 01 43 16 63 45Laurent Rivoire
General IndustrialsPartner +33 01 43 16 63 45Laurent joined PAI in 2001 and heads the General Industrials Sector Team. He has been involved in a number of transactions including ADB Safegate, InnoVista, FTE, Global Closure Systems and Michel Thierry.
He started his career with Bossard Consultants in Paris and then worked for the Investment Banking Division of Goldman Sachs in London.
Laurent graduated from ESSEC in 1990 and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. His French and English are fluent, and he is conversational in Spanish.
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Trevor Ryan
Officer +1 212 887 1693Trevor Ryan
US TeamOfficer +1 212 887 1693Trevor joined PAI in 2017 and is a member of the US Team.
Previously, Trevor was an associate at Water Street Healthcare Partners, a Chicago-based middle market private equity firm. Prior to joining Water Street, he was an investment banking analyst in the healthcare group at Citi in New York.
Trevor holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Notre Dame in economics. He is a native English speaker and also speaks Spanish (conversational) and French (basic).
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Ricardo de Serdio
Partner Ricardo de Serdio
Spain TeamPartner Ricardo joined PAI in 1999 and manages PAI’s Spain Team. He has been involved in a number of transactions including Mivisa, Cortefiel, Swissport and Konecta.
He started his career at Arthur Andersen in Madrid and subsequently worked at Deutsche Bank in London in the Equity Capital Markets department. He joined Paribas in January 1996 in the Corporate Finance Group, responsible for Spain and Portugal where he advised on numerous Spanish M&A transactions and structured equity offerings for medium-sized companies.
Ricardo graduated from Saint Louis University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration, majoring in Finance, and from the London Business School with a Master’s Degree in Finance. His Spanish, French and English are fluent, and he is conversational in Portuguese.
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Carl Settergren
Principal Carl Settergren
Nordics TeamPrincipal Carl joined PAI in 2008 as a member of the Nordic Team and has been involved in several transactions including Perstorp, Chr. Hansen, Hunkemöller and Atos Medical.
He started his career at Deutsche Bank in London, where he spent four years in investment banking working principally on M&A and capital markets transactions in the Capital Goods sector.
Carl holds a Master of Science from Stockholm School of Economics and certificate in Business Excellence from Columbia Business School. He is fluent in Swedish and English and he is conversational in French.
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Frédéric Stévenin
Partner
CIO +33 01 43 16 63 49Frédéric Stévenin
Food & Consumer | HealthcarePartner
CIO +33 01 43 16 63 49Frédéric is the partner in charge of the Food & Consumer and Healthcare Sector Teams.
He first joined PAI in 1993 and spent five years in the Food & Beverage Sector Team. In 1998, he joined Deutsche Bank / Bankers Trust in the European Acquisition Finance Group as a Director and subsequently as Managing Director. In June 2001, he returned to PAI, where he has been involved in a number of transactions including Panzani, Amora Maille, William Saurin, Antargaz, Yoplait, Elis, Panzani-Lustucru, Saeco, Chr. Hansen, UB, Kaufman & Broad, Cerba, Marcolin, Froneri, DomusVi and Labeyrie.
Frédéric studied at ESCP, and started his career with Banque Paribas in the Advisory team of the Private Banking division. His French and English are fluent, and he is conversational in Spanish.
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Henri Tarbouriech
Investment Analyst Henri Tarbouriech
Investment GroupInvestment Analyst Henri joined PAI in 2018 as a member of the Investment Group.
He started his career at the Boston Consulting Group in Paris as a strategy consultant, where he spent two years.
Henri graduated from HEC in 2015. His French and English are fluent, and he is conversational in Spanish.
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Franck Temam
Principal +33 01 43 16 63 97Franck Temam
Portfolio Performance GroupPrincipal +33 01 43 16 63 97Franck joined PAI in 2011 and has been involved in many deals including Cerba, Marcolin and Labeyrie among others.
He started his career at Procter & Gamble with management roles at manufacturing facilities in France, Italy and the US. After seven years at P&G, he joined the Operations practice at McKinsey & Co., focusing on manufacturing, supply chain and capital expenditure, serving clients in the industrial and consumer goods sectors.
Franck studied Innovation and Production Systems at the Ecole Centrale Paris. His French and English are fluent, and he is conversational in both Spanish and Italian.
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Arnaud van Tichelen
Director +33 1 43 16 64 28Arnaud van Tichelen
Investment GroupDirector +33 1 43 16 64 28Arnaud van Tichelen joined PAI in 2017 as a member of the Investment Group.
He started his career at UBS in London, where he spent three years working in the Consumer & Retail M&A team. He then spent three years at the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) in the Direct Private Equity team in London.
Arnaud holds a double degree in Business Administration from the ICADE Madrid and the Reims Management School with a major in Finance. He speaks French, Spanish and English fluently.
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Raffaele Vitale
Partner +39 02 85 45 151Raffaele Vitale
Italy Team US TeamPartner +39 02 85 45 151Raffaele joined PAI in 2002 and heads PAI’s Italy and US Teams. He has been involved in a number of transactions including Saeco, Coin, The Nuance Group and Marcolin.
Raffaele started his career in the Corporate Finance Department of Chase Manhattan Bank in New York, London and Milan. In 1993, he became one of the founding partners of Vitale Borghesi & Co, which became part of the Lazard Group in 1998.
Raffaele graduated from Rollins College (USA) in Business Administration. His Italian, English and French are fluent.
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Evan Weinstein
Principal Evan Weinstein
US TeamPrincipal Evan joined PAI in 2016 and is a member of the US Team.
Prior to joining PAI, Evan spent ten years at CI Capital Partners, a New York-based middle market private equity firm. At CI, Evan executed a number of transactions in the consumer, general industrials and business services sectors. Before CI, he worked at Lehman Brothers, spending time in both its Leveraged Finance and Equity Capital Markets groups.
Evan holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from Longwood University. He is a native English speaker and he is conversational in French.
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Emmanuel Yvon
Head of Fund Administration +33 1 43 16 63 53Emmanuel Yvon
Finance TeamHead of Fund Administration +33 1 43 16 63 53Emmanuel joined PAI in 2005 as a member of the Finance Team.
He started his career with KPMG’s Audit Department before spending five years at BDO Marque & Gendrot as a manager in their private equity and banking divisions.
Emmanuel graduated from ISEG Paris and holds a Diploma in accounting and financing (DESCF). His French and English are fluent.