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Lydwine Alexandre
CFOLydwine Alexandre
Corporate Operations TeamCFOLydwine joined PAI in 2023 as Chief Financial Officer and is a member of the Corporate Operations Team.
She joined from Alma Capital, where she was Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel for nine years. Prior to this, Lydwine worked in KPMG’s audit and advisory practice in Paris, New York and Luxembourg for 15 years.
Lydwine graduated from ESSEC Business School and holds DCG and DSCG Chartered Accountant diplomas.
She is fluent in French and English.
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Ana Aliyari
PrincipalAna Aliyari
Investment Group Food & ConsumerPrincipalAna joined PAI in 2015 as a member of the Investment Group. She is also a member of the Food & Consumer Team and has worked on the Ecotone, Froneri, Roompot and StellaGroup investments.
She started her career at Roland Berger in Paris as a strategy consultant, where she spent two years.
Ana graduated from ESSEC in 2013. She is fluent in French and English, and conversational in Spanish.
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Abigaïl Aron
Investment OfficerAbigaïl Aron
Investment GroupInvestment OfficerAbigaïl joined PAI in 2018 as a member of the Investment Group. She has been involved in the Euro Ethnic Foods and Pasubio investments.
She started her career at Big Mamma, a fast-growing group of Italian restaurants, where she was the CFO for three years.
Abigaïl graduated from HEC in 2014. She is fluent in French and English, and conversational in Spanish and Italian.
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Christian Atherton
Managing DirectorChristian Atherton
PAI Performance GroupManaging DirectorChristian joined PAI in 2020 as a member of the PAI Performance Group with a particular focus on topline related topics.
He has strong management consulting experience and was previously at Simon Kucher, where he was a Director. Prior to Simon Kucher, Christian held various positions at PwC Strategy Group and Bain & Co and he has also worked with a number of leading multinational businesses on an interim / contractor basis. Over the course of his career, Christian has led and participated in a number of projects covering a range of business issues and industries including pricing, sales excellence, operational improvement, analysis of business growth options, corporate strategy and M&A.
Christian has a BSc in International Business from Warwick Business School & ESSEC. He speaks Spanish and English fluently, and conversational in French.
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Eliot Baudoin
Investment DirectorEliot Baudoin
Investment GroupInvestment DirectorEliot joined PAI in 2018 as a member of the Investment Group. He has been involved in several investments including Amplitude Surgical, Ethypharm, MyFlower, SGD Pharma and Veonet.
Previously, Eliot worked in the Investment Banking Division of Morgan Stanley for four years in Paris and New York.
Eliot graduated from HEC in 2014. He is fluent in French and English.
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Marlène Bazouin
PrincipalMarlène Bazouin
Investment Group Business ServicesPrincipalMarlène joined PAI in 2019 and is a member of the Business Services Team. She is also a Co-Head of the Investment Group. She was involved in the Apave and Armacell transactions.
She joined from 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 two years in investment banking at Goldman Sachs in London. Marlene started her career as an auditor at Mazars LLP in New York.
She holds a double Master’s Degree in Financial Engineering from Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées & Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics and Political Science. She is fluent in French and English, and conversational in German.
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Maud Beldent
Investment OfficerMaud Beldent
Investment GroupInvestment OfficerMaud joined PAI in 2021 as a member of the Investment Group.
She worked previously at Deutsche Bank in London, where she spent two years as an M&A Analyst in the Global Industrials Group, mostly focusing on Business Services.
Maud holds a double Master’s Degree from ESSEC and Bocconi. She is fluent in French and English, and conversational in Italian.
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Philip Bengtsson
Investment DirectorPhilip Bengtsson
Stockholm Investment GroupInvestment DirectorPhilip joined PAI in 2018 as a member of the Investment Group and the Nordics Team. He has been involved in the Asmodee, Perstorp and World Freight Company transactions.
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 the Stockholm School of Economics. He is fluent in Swedish and English.
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Dumitru Berzoi
Compliance AssociateDumitru Berzoi
Compliance Team LuxembourgCompliance AssociateDumitru joined PAI in 2022 as a member of the Compliance Team.
He joined from Alter Domus where he worked as Compliance & Regulatory Senior Officer for almost two years. Prior to his tenure at Alter Domus, he performed an internship at Amazon as Program Manager.
Dumitru holds a Bachelor’s degree in Materials and Mechanical Engineering from University of Metz and a Master in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering from Institut Supérieur de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace.
He is fluent in French, English, Russian and Romanian.
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Marc Boullier
Managing DirectorMarc Boullier
Corporate Operations Team PAI Performance GroupManaging DirectorMarc joined PAI in 2020 as a member of the Portfolio Performance Group.
He brings over 25 years of experience as an IT and digital expert in large and small organisations, including LBOs. He previously served as Chief Operating Officer at Mobility Work (GMAO) and, prior to that, as Chief Information Officer at Carambar & Co. Marc has also held senior positions at Vistali, Wavestone, Accenture and AlixPartners.
Marc holds a Master’s Degree in Computer Science & Physics from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Nancy. He is fluent in French and English.
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Benoit Bousquié
PrincipalBenoit Bousquié
HealthcarePrincipalBenoit joined PAI in 2020 as a member of the Investment Group. He is now a member of the Healthcare Team. He has been involved in the 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.
He 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.
Benoit is fluent in French and English.
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Manuel Briand
IT Operation LeadManuel Briand
Corporate Operations TeamIT Operation LeadManuel joined PAI in 2021 as a member of the Corporate Operations Team.
He joined from Société Générale, where he spent more than ten years and was responsible for desktop IT support.
Manuel holds a double university degree in Computer, Networks, Telecommunications and Electronics. He is fluent in French and English, and conversational in Spanish.
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Maud Brown
PartnerMaud Brown
New YorkPartnerMaud joined PAI in 2019 and heads PAI’s US Team. She has been involved in the Refresco and Tropicana Brands Group transactions.
She was previously with Investcorp where she spent more than 18 years, 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. She is fluent in French and English, and conversational in Italian, German and Spanish.
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Fabienne Bucci
Office ManagerFabienne Bucci
Corporate Operations TeamOffice ManagerFabienne joined PAI in 2023 as a member of the Corporate Operations Team.
She previously worked at EQT, where she was Office Manager and assisted in the creation of the Paris office. Prior to this, Fabienne held a number of HR and office management positions in consulting companies, including BCG and Bain & Company, having previously worked as an executive assistant.
Fabienne holds a Diploma of Advanced Technician (French BTS) in Administration and Foreign Languages and studied Journalism at the University of Lowell, Massachusetts.
She is fluent in French and English.
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Laurie Cameron
ESG OfficerLaurie Cameron
ESG Team PAI Performance GroupESG OfficerLaurie joined PAI in 2022 as a member of the ESG Team.
He joined from PwC’s Sustainability and Climate Change practice, where he focused on Responsible Investment, ESG and Impact measurement for three years. Prior to this, Laurie worked for four years within the PwC Deals practice, where he qualified as an ACA Chartered Accountant and led financial due diligence projects.
Laurie holds a degree in Economics from the University of Kent and is an IEMA (Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment) qualified practitioner.
He is fluent in English.
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Raúl Cánovas
PrincipalRaúl Cánovas
MadridPrincipalRaúl joined PAI in 2019 as a member of the Spain Team.
He was previously a Director at Portobello Capital, a leading Spanish private equity firm where he spent more than 12 years and earned extensive expertise in deal making and execution. He was involved in nine deals in the Food & Consumer, Business Services and Healthcare sectors. He started his career within a family office in Madrid.
Raúl graduated in Business Administration & Finance from CUNEF (Colegio Universitario de Estudios Financieros) in Madrid. He is fluent in Spanish and English.
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Jessica Cascelli
Investment Associate, Mid-Market FundJessica Cascelli
Mid-Market Fund TeamInvestment Associate, Mid-Market FundJessica joined PAI in 2021 as a member of the Mid-Market Fund Team. She has been involved in the Scrigno investment.
Prior to joining the MMF Team, she interned at PAI for one year, participating in the acquisition process of Pasubio, and previously completed an internship at Ardian.
Jessica holds a Bachelor’s Degree and a MSc in Business Administration and Management from Bocconi University in Milan.
She is fluent in Italian and English, and conversational in Spanish.
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Simone Cavalieri
PartnerSimone Cavalieri
MilanPartnerSimone joined PAI in 2019 and heads PAI’s Italy Team. He has been involved in the Pasubio investment.
Simone was previously a Partner and Investment Committee Member at Charme Capital Partners. Before starting at Charme Capital in 2009, Simone spent almost 10 years at Merrill Lynch in Investment Banking in London and Milan.
Simone graduated from the Bocconi University in Milan with a degree in Business Administration. He is fluent in Italian and English, and conversational in French.
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Christina Charlier
OfficerChristina Charlier
Client & Capital GroupOfficerChristina 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. She is a native French and English speaker, and she is conversational in German.
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Mélibée Charra
Finance AnalystMélibée Charra
Corporate Operations Team LuxembourgFinance AnalystMélibée joined PAI as a member of the Corporate Operations Team.
Prior to PAI Partners she was at KPMG where she worked as an analyts in the context of final audit assignments in the banking and real estate sector.
She holds a Master in Financial Analysis and Investment Management from Audencia Business School.
Mélibée is fluent in French and English, and conversational in Spanish.
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Mathieu Chouquet
DirectorMathieu Chouquet
Client & Capital GroupDirectorMathieu joined PAI in 2022 as a member of the Investor Team.
He brings over 11 years of institutional investor background coming from Assurances du Crédit Mutuel where he was leading the Private Equity & Infrastructure fund and co-investment programme for the last 7 years. He started his career on the public markets as Equity & Convertible Bond portfolio manager.
Mathieu holds a Master in Corporate Finance from ESCP.
He is fluent in French and English.
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Michele Cibetti
Investment Officer, Mid-Market FundMichele Cibetti
Mid-Market Fund TeamInvestment Officer, Mid-Market FundMichele joined PAI in 2020 as a member of the Mid-Market Fund Team. He has been involved in the Scrigno investment.
He was previously at Digital Colony Partners where he worked as an Associate in the London Private Equity Team. Michele also brings three years of experience as an analyst for Credit Suisse.
Michele graduated from Bocconi University in Milan with a MSc in Finance and a BSc in Finance and Economics. He also completed an exchange programme in France with HEC Paris.
He is fluent in English and Italian, and conversational in French.
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Victor Courdier
Compliance OfficerVictor Courdier
Compliance TeamCompliance OfficerVictor joined PAI in 2021 as a member of the Compliance Team. He is in charge of assessing regulatory requirements and internal policies.
Victor brings 10 years of compliance & audit experience within the audit services and funds industry. He joined from Tikehau Investment Management in Paris where he spent 6 years carrying out second-level permanent controls on the various branches of the management company. Prior to Tikehau, Victor worked four years at Deloitte & Associés.
Victor holds a Master from ICN Business School in Nancy. He is fluent French and English, and conversational in Italian.
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Adrien Cousteau
Finance AssociateAdrien Cousteau
Corporate Operations TeamFinance AssociateAdrien joined PAI in 2022 as a member of the Corporate Operations Team.
He started his career as an Investor Relations Analyst at Access Capital Partners and completed several apprenticeships and internships including one at PAI and two others at Rothschild & Co and Edmond De Rothschild.
Adrien holds a Master’s Degree in Corporate Finance from Kedge Business School.
He is fluent in French and English, and conversational in German.
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Alex Cox
OfficerAlex Cox
Client & Capital GroupOfficerAlex joined PAI in 2019 as a member of the Investor Team.
He started his career at Partners Group in Zug, Switzerland, and most recently London where he spent nearly two years within the Client Solutions team.
Alex graduated from the University of Derby in Business Management. He is fluent in English.
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Claudia Cuellar
Investment Officer, Mid-Market FundClaudia Cuellar
Mid-Market Fund TeamInvestment Officer, Mid-Market FundClaudia joined PAI in 2021 as a member of the Mid-Market Fund Team. She has been involved in the Uvesco investment.
She joined from Credit Suisse in London, where she worked for three years in M&A across multiple sectors.
Claudia holds a BSc in International Management and French from the University of Bath.
She is fluent in Spanish, English and French.
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Javier Dancausa
Investment AssociateJavier Dancausa
Investment GroupInvestment AssociateJavier joined PAI in 2021 as a member of the Investment Group. He has been involved in the Atos Medical and HKA investments.
Prior to joining the Investment Group, he interned at PAI for two years and completed several other internships in the M&A team of Rothschild & Co and at Altamar Capital Partners.
Javier graduated in Business Administration & Finance from CUNEF in Madrid. He is fluent in English and Spanish, and conversational in French.
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Rohan D'Angelo
Finance OfficerRohan D'Angelo
Corporate Operations Team LuxembourgFinance OfficerRohan joined PAI in 2022 as a member of the Corporate Operations Team.
He joined from PwC Luxembourg where he spent almost six years as Assistant Manager in the Asset and Wealth Management industry.
Rohan holds a Master’s degree in Audit and Chartered Accountancy and a OEC Certificate (Ordre des Experts Comptables). Rohan is fluent in French and English.
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Geneviève Dattola
Communications CoordinatorGeneviève Dattola
Communications TeamCommunications CoordinatorGeneviève joined PAI in 2012. She started out at PAI as a Project Assistant and is now a Communications Coordinator.
Geneviève works transversally with the different deal teams as well as the Investor Team. She is in charge of print, videos, website, templates and visual guidelines. Prior to this, Geneviève worked as a graphic designer and webmaster at Sociovision, a market research company.
She has a BA degree in English and Russian, a diploma in graphic design and is a specialist in computer graphics. She is fluent in French and English.
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Joseph Davin
Finance DirectorJoseph Davin
Corporate Operations TeamFinance DirectorJoseph 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). He is fluent in French and English, and conversational in Spanish.
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Alexandre Dejoie
PrincipalAlexandre Dejoie
Business ServicesPrincipalAlexandre joined PAI in 2008 and is a member of the Business Services Team. He has been involved in a number of transactions including Apave, Areas, Ethypharm, Euro Media Group, Innovista Sensors, Kaufman & Broad, Kiloutou, Spie and Swissport.
He started his career at the Royal Bank of Scotland, where he spent two years 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 a teaching assistant in Economics. He is fluent in French and English, and conversational in Spanish.
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Eric Denel
Conducting Officer
Eric Denel
Compliance Team LuxembourgConducting Officer
Eric joined PAI in 2019 as a member of the Compliance Team and is a Conducting Officer for PAI Luxembourg, in charge of Risk Management and Compliance.
Previously, he worked as a Senior Manager within BDO Audit and Deloitte, and as Head of Compliance at Mazars in Luxembourg.
He holds a Master’s Degree in Management and Controlling from the University of Strasbourg and is a Réviseur d’Entreprises (Chartered Accountant) in Luxembourg. He is fluent in French and English.
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Isabelle Dichant
HR OfficerIsabelle Dichant
HR TeamHR OfficerIsabelle joined PAI in 2018 as HR Officer.
She works transversally with the different country teams. She is responsible for the administration of staff & payroll in Paris, PAI’s global training programs, the administration of interns and on-boarding. Isabelle has a long experience of the various HR functions and previously worked more than 20 years at A.T. Kearney.
She is fluent in French and English, and conversational in German.
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Aïchatou Diop
Head of ComplianceAïchatou Diop
Compliance TeamHead of ComplianceAïchatou joined PAI in 2020 as Head of Compliance.
Aïchatou brings 20 years of compliance & finance experience within the financial services and funds industry, most recently as the COO of Andera Partners (formerly Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners) where she managed compliance and corporate legal matters.
Prior to Andera, Aïchatou held various compliance and finance positions at Groupama Private Equity and Ernst & Young where she was an auditor. Aïchatou has wide expertise in all regulatory aspects, including the set-up and spin-off of investment companies, as well as strong knowledge of risk mitigation.
Aïchatou holds a Master’s Degree in Banking and Finance from Université de Paris II Assas and an Executive MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. She is also a member of the “Société Française des Analystes Financiers” (SFAF). She is fluent in French and English.
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Adeline Djeb
Finance AnalystAdeline Djeb
Corporate Operations Team LuxembourgFinance AnalystAdeline joined PAI in 2022 as a member of the Corporate Operations Team.
She joined from PWC France where she was Associate in Audit and Assurance Services. Prior to PWC France, Adeline worked at Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank in Paris for one year.
Adeline holds a Master’s degree in Corporate Financial Management from Skema Business School.
Adeline is fluent in French and English, and conversational in Spanish.
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Stefano Drago
Founding Partner, Mid-Market FundStefano Drago
Mid-Market Fund TeamFounding Partner, Mid-Market FundStefano 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 Amplitude Surgical, La Compagnie des Desserts and MyFlower 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. He is fluent in Italian, French, English and Spanish.
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Gaëlle d’Engremont
PartnerGaëlle d’Engremont
Food & ConsumerPartnerGaëlle 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, Labeyrie Fine Foods, 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. She is fluent in French and English, and is conversational in Spanish.
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Isabelle Ehrmantraut
Talent OfficerIsabelle Ehrmantraut
PAI Performance GroupTalent OfficerIsabelle joined PAI in 2021 as a Talent Officer.
She works on talent development activities both for PAI Partners and for our portfolio companies – notably talent recruitment and assessment.
She was previously with Spencer Stuart and brings more than five years of experience in Leadership Advisory Services. Her focus was on executive assessment and development, team effectiveness, organisational design, and succession planning.
Isabelle holds a BA degree in Business Psychology and a Master’s Degree in HR Management. She is fluent in French, German and English, and conversational in Spanish.
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Valentin Eischen
Investment OfficerValentin Eischen
Investment GroupInvestment OfficerValentin joined PAI in 2022 as a member of the Investment Group.
He started his career at Naxicap Partners where he spent two years working on several acquisition processes in various sectors.
Prior to this, Valentin interned at Rothschild & Co in M&A and at PAI where he was involved in the Ecotone transaction.
Valentin holds a Master’s Degree in Management from EM Lyon Business School. He is fluent in French and English and conversational in German.
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Karl Estay
Investment Officer, Mid-Market FundKarl Estay
Mid-Market Fund TeamInvestment Officer, Mid-Market FundKarl joined PAI in 2022 as a member of the Mid-Market Fund Team.
He started his career at Roland Berger in Paris as a Strategy Consultant, where he spent two years.
Karl holds an MBA from INSEAD, a Master in Management from ESCP, and an engineering degree from the École Spéciale des Travaux Publics (ESTP).
He is fluent in French and English.
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Ayman Feki
DirectorAyman Feki
Client & Capital GroupDirectorAyman joined PAI in 2018 as a member of the Capital Markets Team.
He started his career at Deutsche Bank where he spent four years in the French M&A and European Leveraged Finance teams.
Ayman graduated from ESCP Europe and holds an Executive Degree in Strategy & Finance from Columbia University. He is fluent in French, English and Arabic.
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Henry Flannery
Investment AssociateHenry Flannery
New York Investment GroupInvestment AssociateHenry joined PAI in 2022 as a member of the Investment Group and the US Team.
He previously worked at Perella Weinberg Partners within the Restructuring Group in New York.
Henry holds an A.B. in Business Economics from Brown University. He is fluent in English.
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Marie-Gabrielle Figeac
Investment OfficerMarie-Gabrielle Figeac
Investment GroupInvestment OfficerMarie-Gabrielle joined PAI in 2018 as a member of the Investment Group. She has been involved in the Areas and SGD Pharma investments.
She started her career at L.E.K. Consulting in Paris, London & Munich, where she spent three years as a Senior Associate Consultant, for European private equity funds and the French sovereign fund.
Marie-Gabrielle holds a Master’s Degree in Management from ESCP Europe. She is fluent in French, English and Italian.
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Jacopo Forloni
Vice President, Mid-Market FundJacopo Forloni
Mid-Market Fund TeamVice President, Mid-Market FundJacopo joined PAI in 2016 as a member of the Investment Group and the Italy Team. He has been involved in the Marcolin, Scrigno and Tendam investments and became a member of the Mid-Market Fund Team in 2021.
He started his career at Bahlsen GmbH in Hannover (Germany) covering a number of roles in Sales & Marketing as well as Business Development.
Jacopo holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Miami and an MBA from INSEAD. He is fluent in Italian, English and Spanish as well as conversational in German.
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Fabrice Fouletier
PartnerFabrice Fouletier
Corporate Operations TeamPartnerFabrice joined PAI in 2001 and is the Head of PAI’s Corporate Operations Team. He has been involved in a number of transactions including Areas, AS Adventure, Chr. Hansen, Euro Media Group, Hunkemöller, IPH, Grupo Cortefiel, M Group Services, Panzani-Lustucru, Perstorp, Saeco, Tendam, World Freight Company and Yoplait.
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. He is fluent in French and English, and conversational in Spanish.
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Chamika Gajanayaka
Investment OfficerChamika Gajanayaka
London Investment GroupInvestment OfficerChamika joined PAI in 2021 as a member of the Investment Group and the UK Team. He has been involved in the HKA and Theramex investments.
He was previously at Rothschild & Co in London where he spent more than three years in the Consumer, Retail and Leisure M&A Team. During his time at Rothschild, Chamika also undertook a secondment to Ocado Retail, the world’s leading online grocer, where he was Chief of Staff to the CEO and assisted the management team with various strategic projects. He started his career at Cameron Partners, the Global Alliance Partner of Rothschild & Co in New Zealand, where he focussed on M&A for two years.
Chamika graduated from the Victoria University of Wellington with a Bachelor of Laws with first class honours and a Bachelor of Commerce. He has also completed all three levels of the CFA examinations. Chamika is fluent in English.
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John Gallagher
Investment OfficerJohn Gallagher
Investment GroupInvestment OfficerJohn joined PAI in 2022 as a member of the Investment Group.
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. John is fluent in English and conversational in French.
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Anna Ganeeva
Finance OfficerAnna Ganeeva
Corporate Operations TeamFinance OfficerAnna joined PAI in 2020 as a member of the Corporate Operations Team.
Anna started her career at KPMG (Moscow) where she spent three years as an Auditor for the industrial markets. She then worked for Deloitte in Paris for nearly four years as a Financial Audit Manager, where she focused on asset management and was a team leader.
She holds a Master’s Degree in Money, Bank and Finance from Panthéon Sorbonne Paris 1 as well as a Master’s Degree in Financial Markets from the National Research University – Higher School of Economics (Moscow).
Anna is a native Russian speaker, and she is fluent in both French and in English.
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José María García-Pont
Vice President, Mid-Market FundJosé María García-Pont
Mid-Market Fund TeamVice President, Mid-Market FundJosé joined PAI in 2020 as a member of the Mid-Market Fund Team. He has been involved in the Angulas Aguinaga 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).
He is fluent in Spanish, English and Catalan, and conversational in French.
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Julie Gautier
PrincipalJulie Gautier
Food & ConsumerPrincipalJulie joined PAI in 2021 as a member of the Food & Consumer Team.
She was previously an M&A Director at Casino Group where she spent more than five years and worked on various international transactions. Prior to Casino, she spent six years as a VP at Investment Bank Messier Maris & Associés, focusing on investments in the Consumer and Industrials sectors.
Julie holds a Master’s Degree in Finance from Sciences Po Paris. She is fluent in French and English, and conversational in Spanish.
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Brice Gilbert
PrincipalBrice Gilbert
Corporate Operations TeamPrincipalBrice joined PAI in 2006 as a member of the Investment Group, where he was involved in a number of transactions including Atos, Monier and Xella. He then joined the Corporate Operations 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. He is fluent in French and English, and conversational in Spanish.
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Augustin Grandcolas
Senior AdviserAugustin Grandcolas
HealthcareSenior AdviserAugustin is a Senior Adviser at PAI. He joined in 2011 as a member of the Healthcare Team and was involved in several investments including B&B Hotels, DomusVi, ELITechGroup, Ethypharm, FTE, IPH, Global Closure Systems and SGD Pharma.
He started his career at Credit Suisse, spending five years working in the Investment Banking department in Paris.
Augustin graduated from HEC in 2006. He is fluent in French and English, and conversational in Spanish.
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Maximilian Harrington
PrincipalMaximilian Harrington
LondonPrincipalMaximilian joined PAI in 2016 and is a member of the UK Team. He has worked on several investments including Froneri, M Group Services, The Compleat Food Group, Theramex and VPS.
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. He is fluent in English and French.
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Ralph Heuwing
PartnerRalph Heuwing
MunichPartnerRalph joined PAI in 2020 and heads PAI’s DACH Team. He has been involved in the Apleona investment.
He previously worked at Knorr-Bremse, a world leading supplier to the commercial and rail vehicle industry, where he was CFO and member of the Executive Board. He led and executed the company’s initial public offering in 2018. During the previous ten years, he was CFO and member of the Executive Board of MDAX listed Dürr, a leading global mechanical and plant engineering firm.
Prior to that Ralph was Managing Director, Partner and a member of the Management Committee at the Boston Consulting Group where he spent 17 years in various roles in Germany and helped build the firm’s operations in India.
Ralph holds a ME degree in Mechanical Engineering from RWTH Aachen and an MBA from INSEAD.
He is fluent in German and English.
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Richard Howell
Managing PartnerRichard Howell
Client & Capital GroupManaging PartnerRichard joined PAI in 2009 and is a member of the firm’s Management Committee. He also 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
Investment DirectorSam Javaherian
Investment GroupInvestment DirectorSam joined PAI in 2017 as a member of the Investment Group. He has participated in the Amplitude Surgical, Areas, Asmodee and Tropicana transactions.
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. He is fluent in French and English, and conversational in Spanish.
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Olivier Job
Legal OfficerOlivier Job
Corporate Operations TeamLegal OfficerOlivier joined PAI in 2017 as a member of the Corporate Operations Team.
Prior to joining PAI, Olivier completed several internships in law firms specialised in 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 has held the Professional Lawyer’s Certification (CAPA) since 2017. He is fluent in French and English, and conversational in German.
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Matthew Johnson
DirectorMatthew Johnson
Client & Capital GroupDirectorMatthew joined PAI in 2020 as a member of the Capital Markets Team.
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. He is a native English speaker.
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Yannis Josse
Conducting Officer - Finance DirectorYannis Josse
Corporate Operations Team LuxembourgConducting Officer - Finance DirectorYannis first joined PAI in 2009 as a member of the Fund Administration Team in Paris. In 2017, he joined Astorg as Head of Valuation and Financial Information based in Luxembourg.
Early 2019, he rejoined PAI as a member of the Corporate Operations Team and is a Conducting Officer for PAI Luxembourg, in charge in particular of valuation.
Before joining PAI, he started his career at PWC Paris as an auditor in the Alternative Investment Funds industry department.
He holds a Master’s in Finance from INSEEC Bordeaux. He is fluent in French and English, and conversational in German.
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Hemant Kapoor
PrincipalHemant Kapoor
London HealthcarePrincipalHemant joined PAI in 2022 as a member of the London and Healthcare teams.
He was previously at JP Morgan Chase, where he spent almost four years in the Healthcare team. Prior to this, Hemant worked for three years in Healthcare with Deutsche Bank and was a consultant with Accenture covering TMT and Healthcare clients for four years.
Hemant holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Duke University in North Carolina and a BSc in Information Systems and Management and Finance from Singapore Management University.
He is fluent in English and Hindi.
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Yasmine Karger
Investment Officer, Mid-Market FundYasmine Karger
Mid-Market Fund TeamInvestment Officer, Mid-Market FundYasmine joined PAI in 2022 as a member of the Mid-Market Fund Team. She has been involved in the La Compagnie des Desserts investment.
She joined from Argos Wityu, where she spent over two years working in multiple sectors. Prior to this, Yasmine worked two years in Investment Banking and Transaction Services at PwC and Rothschild.
Yasmine graduated from ESCP. She holds a Master’s Degree in Management from the Programme Grande Ecole. She is fluent in French, English and Arabic.
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Otto Kern
ESG OfficerOtto Kern
ESG Team PAI Performance GroupESG OfficerOtto joined PAI in 2020 as a member of the ESG Team.
He was previously with Deloitte and brings six years of experience in sustainability consulting. His focus at Deloitte was on energy, change management, sustainable finance / ESG and the circular economy.
He started his career at the MOITI (Massachusetts Office of International Trade and Investment).
Otto holds a Master’s Degree in International Affairs, Economics & Political Science from Northeastern University (Boston).
He is fluent in English and French, and conversational in Spanish.
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Lucas Kreifels
Investment AssociateLucas Kreifels
Munich Investment GroupInvestment AssociateLucas joined PAI in 2021 as a member of the Investment Group. He is also part of the DACH Team. He has been involved in the Theramex investment.
Lucas previously worked at BCG in Berlin, first as a generalist consultant with a focus on enterprise strategy and financial analysis across different industries, and then as a member of the BCG Private Equity team.
He holds a MSc in Mathematics from Imperial College London and two BSc in Mathematics and in Physics from the University of Bayreuth.
Lucas is fluent in German and English
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Frederike Kress
ESG AssociateFrederike Kress
ESG Team PAI Performance GroupESG AssociateFrederike joined PAI in 2021 as a member of the ESG Team.
She was previously an intern at PAI within the ESG Team in Paris and Munich and has contributed to a number of projects for the firm.
Frederike holds a MSc in Climate Change, Management and Finance from Imperial College London and a BSc in International Management from Lancaster University and ESB Business School Reutlingen.
She is fluent in German and English, and conversational in French.
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Daniel Krysewski
PrincipalDaniel Krysewski
Munich General IndustrialsPrincipalDaniel joined PAI in 2021 and is a member of the General Industrials Team.
He joined from H.I.G. Capital where he spent seven years working across a variety of subsectors, primarily in the industrials and business services space. Prior to H.I.G., he worked at McKinsey & Company, where he specialised in similar areas, and Credit Suisse’s Global M&A team in New York.
Daniel holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from European Business School Oestrich-Winkel and an MBA with distinction from New York University. He is fluent in German and English, and conversational in French.
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Andreas Kumeth
PartnerAndreas Kumeth
Munich HealthcarePartnerAndreas joined PAI in 2014. He is a member of the DACH and Healthcare teams, and has been involved in several investments including Atos Medical, B&B Hotels, DomusVi, Theramex, Veonet, Xella and Zahneins.
He started his career in private equity at Apax Partners in Munich and London, and also worked at Waterland Private Equity in Düsseldorf.
Andreas graduated with a double degree from the Technical University of Munich (Mathematics) and the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich (Economics). He is fluent in German and English, and conversational in French and Italian.
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Lyna Lalami
Investment Associate, Mid-Market FundLyna Lalami
Mid-Market Fund TeamInvestment Associate, Mid-Market FundLyna joined PAI in 2021 as a member of the Mid-Market Fund Team. She has been involved in the La Compagnie des Desserts investment.
Prior to joining the MMF Team, she completed several internships including in M&A at Lazard Paris and BNP Paribas.
Lyna holds a Master’s Degree in Finance and Strategy from Sciences Po Paris, a bachelor in Economics and Social Sciences from Sciences Po Paris as well as a bachelor in Mathematics from La Sorbonne. She completed an exchange year at George Washington University in Washington DC.
She is fluent in French, English and Arabic.
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Paul Landais
Finance AssociatePaul Landais
Corporate Operations Team LuxembourgFinance AssociatePaul joined PAI in 2020 as a member of the Corporate Operations Team. Prior to joining PAI, Paul completed several internships with private equity and advisory firms specialised in M&A and financial services.
Paul holds a double degree PGE and MSc Corporate Financial Management from SKEMA Business School.
He is fluent in French and English.
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Pierre-Guilhem de La Tour du Pin
Investment DirectorPierre-Guilhem de La Tour du Pin
Investment GroupInvestment DirectorPierre-Guilhem joined PAI in 2014 as a member of the Investment Group. He has been involved in a number of investments including Albéa, Apave, Areas, B&B Hotels, Cerba Healthcare, DomusVi, European Camping Group, Euro Ethnic Foods and Innovista Sensors.
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. He is fluent in French and English, and conversational in German.
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Guillaume Leblanc
PartnerGuillaume Leblanc
Business ServicesPartnerGuillaume joined PAI in 2011 and is a member of the Business Services Team. He has been involved in several investments including Apleona, AS Adventure, Euro Media Group, Froneri, Innovista Sensors, Refresco, Roompot and World Freight Company.
Guillaume started his career at Time Equity Partners, a private equity firm involved in growth capital transactions in the technology, media and communications industry.
He graduated from HEC in 2008. He is fluent in French and English, and conversational in German.
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France Le Péron
HR Operations DirectorFrance Le Péron
HR TeamHR Operations DirectorFrance joined PAI as HR Operations Director.
She brings over 27 years of experience in Human Resources. France joined from AXA Group, where she was successively Human Resources Manager, Director of Social Policy, Training and International Mobility, Group Benefits and Head of Individual Cases. Prior to this, she was Director of Human Resources for three years at Chateau Online, preceded by five years as Human Resources Director at AOL and Compuserve France.
France holds a Master of Business Administration from Burgundy School of Business.
She is fluent in French and English, and conversational in German.
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Christian List Jakobsen
Investment DirectorChristian List Jakobsen
Investment GroupInvestment DirectorChristian joined PAI in 2018 as a member of the Investment Group and has been involved in the Atos Medical, The Compleat Food Group and Refresco investments.
He started his career in the Investment Banking Division of J.P. Morgan in London, where he spent two years, first in the Diversified Industries team and then in the Nordic Corporate Finance and M&A team.
Christian studied International Business at Copenhagen Business School. He is fluent in Danish and English, and conversational in Swedish and Norwegian.
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Albin Louit
PartnerAlbin Louit
General IndustrialsPartnerAlbin joined PAI in 2006 . He is a member of the General Industrials Team and has been involved in a number of investments including ADB Safegate, Albéa, Labeyrie Fine Foods, Kiloutou, Pasubio, StellaGroup and Xella.
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. He is fluent in French and English, and conversational in German.
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Aoife MacGillycuddy
Talent AssociateAoife MacGillycuddy
PAI Performance GroupTalent AssociateAoife joined PAI in 2022 as a member of the PAI Performance Group.
She was previously with Skill Capital, where she worked almost two years within the TMT & Consumer practice.
Aoife holds a BA in History from Trinity College Dublin.
She is fluent in English and conversational in French.
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David Mandeville
Investment OfficerDavid Mandeville
Investment GroupInvestment OfficerDavid joined PAI in 2022 as a member of the Investment Group. He has been involved in the Theramex investment.
Prior to joining the Investment Group, David interned at PAI for one year. He previously spent five years working within the Food and Consumer sector, both as a consultant with Newton Europe, and as an Operations Manager with Oscar Mayer.
David holds a Master’s degree in Finance and a BSc in Mathematics with Economics from the London School of Economics.
He is a native English speaker.
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Santy Marques-Ladeira
Head of DataSanty Marques-Ladeira
PAI Performance GroupHead of DataSanty joined PAI in 2023 and is Head of Data and a member of the PAI Performance Group.
He brings over 10 years of experience in data and artificial intelligence, with a strong focus on deep learning. He joined PAI from Givaudan, where he was AI & Data Lead in the strategy and innovation department. Prior to that he worked in strategy and digital consulting and at Institut Curie as a research engineer.
Santy holds a Master’s Degree in Mathematical Modeling & Bioinformatics from Université Pierre et Marie Curie. He is fluent in French, English and Spanish.
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Victor Marroquin
Investment Associate, Mid-Market FundVictor Marroquin
Mid-Market Fund TeamInvestment Associate, Mid-Market FundVictor joined PAI in 2022 as a member of the Mid-Market Fund Team. He has been involved in the Uvesco investment.
Prior to joining the MMF Team, he completed several internships including one at PAI, another as a Strategy Consultant at Metyis and two others as a Financial Analyst at Accuracy and EY in Spain.
Victor graduated from Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) with a BEng and MSc in Industrial Engineering and holds a MSc in Management and International Finance from HEC Paris. He also completed an exchange programme at Grenoble INP (UGA) in France.
He is fluent in Spanish, English and Catalan, and conversational in French.
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Juan José Martinez Taboada
Investment DirectorJuan José Martinez Taboada
Madrid Investment GroupInvestment DirectorJuan José joined PAI in 2017 as a member of the Investment Group and is also part of the Spanish Team. He has been involved in the World Freight Company and Zahneins transactions.
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 is fluent in Spanish, French and English.
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Laurent Marvy
Head of Human ResourcesLaurent Marvy
HR TeamHead of Human ResourcesLaurent joined PAI in 2022 as Head of Human Resources.
Laurent has significant experience of human resources and talent management at a global level, having worked across three continents. He joined from AXA where he had a long career and spent the last four years leading HR, communication and compliance for more than 25 AXA entities. Previous roles included lead positions at AXA US, AXA Asia and AXA Group.
Prior to AXA he worked at Ford Motor Company both in business and HR roles.
Laurent holds a Master’s Degree in Business & HR from KEDGE Business School and HEC Montreal. He is fluent in French and English, and conversational in German.
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Jérémie Masset
PrincipalJérémie Masset
General IndustrialsPrincipalJérémie joined PAI in 2014. He is a member of the General Industrials Team and has been involved in several investments including ADB Safegate, Albéa, Atos Medical, SGD Pharma and VPS.
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. He is fluent in French and English, and conversational in German.
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Ivan Massonnat
Senior AdviserIvan Massonnat
Client & Capital GroupSenior AdviserIvan is a Senior Adviser at PAI. He first joined the firm 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, Ivan joined Fondations Capital as a Partner and Chief Operating Officer. In 2010, he rejoined PAI as a member of the Investor Team. From 2017 to 2022, he oversaw PAI’s ESG Team and served as Chairman of PAI Community, the firm’s charitable foundation.
Ivan began his career at Paribas, holding an e-business consulting role to various business lines in 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. He is fluent in French and English, and conversational in German.
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Benjamin Mathu
Finance DirectorBenjamin Mathu
Corporate Operations Team LuxembourgFinance DirectorBenjamin joined PAI in 2017 as a member of the Corporate Operations 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. He is fluent in French and English, and conversational in German.
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Neil Mcllroy
PartnerNeil Mcllroy
LondonPartnerNeil joined PAI in 2019 and is a member of the UK Team. He has been involved in the HKA investment.
He joined PAI from H.I.G. Capital where he spent nine years covering growth equity and leveraged buy-out investments in Europe completing many successful investments, with a particular focus on Industrials, Business Services and FinTech. Previously Neil spent four years at Cinven where he focused on investments in Industrials and Healthcare. He started his career in the Investment Banking Division of Morgan Stanley concentrating on European and UK mergers and acquisitions.
Neil is a graduate of Queens University Belfast where he was awarded M.Sc. with Distinction in Finance and the University of Ulster where he was awarded B.A. Hons First Class in Business Studies. He is a native English speaker.
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Matias Melo-Felgueres
Investment AssociateMatias Melo-Felgueres
Investment GroupInvestment AssociateMatías joined PAI in 2023 as a member of the Investment Group.
He joined from Goldman Sachs where he was an Investment Banking Analyst.
Prior to this, Matías completed internships at PAI and in the M&A team at Natixis Partners.
Matías holds a Master’s degree in Management from HEC with a specialisation in Finance.
He is fluent in French, Spanish and English, and conversational in German.
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Philipp Meyer
Partner, Mid-Market FundPhilipp Meyer
Mid-Market Fund TeamPartner, Mid-Market FundPhilipp joined PAI in 2016 as a member of the DACH and General Industrials teams, and was involved in the Apleona and Armacell investments. In 2020, he became Head of DACH in the Mid-Market Fund Team.
Philipp started his career at Bain & Company, where he worked for six years. He then joined Stone Tower Capital, a middle market buyout fund based in New York, before moving to AEA Investors in 2009. At AEA, Philipp was involved in several mid-market transactions in the industrial and service sectors in Germany and across Europe.
He graduated in Mechanical Engineering from ETH Zurich in 2001 and holds an MBA from Columbia Business School. He is fluent in German and English, and conversational in French.
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Maxime Miossec
Conducting Officer - Finance DirectorMaxime Miossec
Mid-Market Fund TeamConducting Officer - Finance DirectorMaxime joined PAI in 2017 and is a member of the Mid-Market Fund Team.
Maxime has a combined experience in audit of nearly 10 years in Paris and Luxembourg. He worked at Deloitte in Paris for four years and then five 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, with a specialism in private equity and transactions. He is fluent in French and English.
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Bertrand Monier
PartnerBertrand Monier
Food & ConsumerPartnerBertrand joined PAI in 2011. He is a member of the Food & Consumer Team and has been involved in a number of investments including Asmodee, Atos, Ecotone, European Camping Group, Euro Ethnic Foods, Froneri, Hunkemöller, Labeyrie Fine Foods, Marcolin, Perstorp 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. He is fluent in French and English, and conversational in German.
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Kristina Mookim
Investment OfficerKristina Mookim
New York Investment GroupInvestment OfficerKristina joined PAI in 2022 as a member of the Investment Group and the US Team.
Kristina joined from Apax Partners where she worked within the Services group in New York. Prior to joining Apax Partners, she was a private equity associate at Brookfield and an investment banking analyst at UBS in the Financial Sponsors and Leveraged Finance group.
Kristina holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance and Accounting from New York University’s Stern School of Business.
She is a native English speaker.
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Laura Muries
PartnerLaura Muries
MadridPartnerLaura joined PAI in 2007 and heads PAI’s Spain Team. She has been involved in several transactions including Areas, DomusVi, Grupo Cortefiel, Grupo Konecta, Swissport, The Nuance Group and Tendam.
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. She is fluent in Spanish and English, and conversational in French.
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François Nadin
Finance DirectorFrançois Nadin
Corporate Operations Team LuxembourgFinance DirectorFrançois Nadin joined PAI in 2016 and is a member of the Corporate Operations 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’s in Business Administration and Finance from Liège. He is fluent in French and English, and conversational in Spanish.
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Anatoliy Nagornyy
Managing DirectorAnatoliy Nagornyy
PAI Performance GroupManaging DirectorAnatoliy joined PAI in 2021 as a member of the PAI Performance Group with a particular focus on supply chain & logistics topics.
He brings over 13 years of experience in supply chain & operations gained across management consulting and industry roles. As a Principal at the Boston Consulting Group, he served leading consumer products & retail clients across Europe and Asia. Prior to BCG, Anatoliy held various supply chain roles at Amazon, Tesco and Maersk in the UK.
Anatoliy holds a Master of Science Degree in Logistics & Supply Chain Management from Cranfield University, as well as a Master’s Degree in Transportation Management from Odessa National Maritime University in Ukraine. He is fluent in English, Russian and Ukrainian.
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Esohe Denise Odaro
Head of ESG & SustainabilityEsohe Denise Odaro
ESG Team PAI Performance GroupHead of ESG & SustainabilityDenise joined PAI in 2022 as Head of ESG & Sustainability.
She joined from The World Bank Group where she spent 11 years, mostly in the US and in France as well as the UK. She was the Head of Investor Relations & Sustainable Finance Coordination at the IFC where she led both the ESG Capital Markets Integration and Sustainable Finance Committees. Denise also served as the Chair of the global Green, Social and Sustainability-Linked Bond Principles Steering Committee under ICMA. She was named “Personality of the Year” by Environmental Finance Magazine in 2020. She started her career in the UK, working for global Financial Institutions (Goldman Sachs, GE Capital,…) in various capital market roles.
Denise graduated from University of Bedfordshire (UK), was called to the Bar (England and Wales) at the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn. She holds an MBA Finance from Cornell University (USA) and a MSt Sustainability Leadership from Cambridge University (UK).
She speaks English and is conversational in French.
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Shane O’Driscoll
PartnerShane O’Driscoll
Client & Capital Group Investment GroupPartnerShane joined PAI in 2016 and focuses on managing the fund’s debt financing activities. He is also a Co-Head of the Investment Group.
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 is fluent in English and French.
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Oana Oprean
Senior Fund CounselOana Oprean
Corporate Operations TeamSenior Fund CounselOana joined PAI in 2021 as a member of the Corporate Operations Team.
Before joining PAI, she was a lawyer in Goodwin Procter’s Private Investment Funds practice in Paris, specialising in investment funds and regulatory matters. Prior to this experience, she was an investment funds lawyer at Clifford Chance and Arendt & Medernach.
Oana graduated from HEC and Sorbonne University (Paris) and earned an LL.M. from Harvard Law School. She was admitted to practice as a lawyer in Paris and New York. She is fluent in French and English.
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Drew Olian
PrincipalDrew Olian
New York Business ServicesPrincipalDrew joined PAI in 2023 and is a member of the Business Services Team.
He was previously a Director at 3i Group in New York, focusing on the Business Services, Industrial Technology, and Software sectors.
Prior to this, Drew spent five years with The Carlyle Group, having previously worked at Aurora Capital Group. He started his career on the investment banking team at Goldman Sachs.
Drew holds a BA in Mathematical Economics and International Relations from Pomona College in California and a Master of Business Administration from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
He is a native English speaker and is conversational in Spanish.
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Isabel O’Regan
PrincipalIsabel O’Regan
Client & Capital GroupPrincipalIsabel joined PAI in 2021 as a member of the Investor Team.
Isabel was previously a Director in Lazard’s Private Capital Advisory group, based in Singapore. During her over four years at Lazard, and prior to that at MVision Private Equity Advisors where she spent over 6 years in Hong Kong and London, Isabel advised and raised capital for GPs across Europe and Asia. She started her career in London as a consultant at FactSet Europe Limited, a multinational financial data & analytics firm.
Isabel holds a MA in Economics from the University of Edinburgh and a MA in Globalisation & Development from the University of Warwick. She is fluent in English and German, and conversational in French and Spanish.
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Colm O'Sullivan
PartnerColm O'Sullivan
LondonPartnerColm joined PAI in 2006 and heads PAI’s UK Team. He has been involved in a number of investments including Froneri, HKA, Kwik-Fit, M Group Services, The Compleat Food Group, Theramex, United Biscuits 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. He is fluent in English and French.
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Mathieu Paillat
PartnerMathieu Paillat
Business ServicesPartnerMathieu joined PAI in 2002 and is the Head of the Business Services Team. He has been involved in a number of investments including Albéa, Apleona, Armacell, Atos, CEP, Elis, FTE, Global Closure Systems, HKA, IPH, Monier, Saeco, Spie, StellaGroup, The Nuance Group 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. He is fluent in French and English, and conversational in Spanish.
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Mateo Pániker
Founding Partner, Mid-Market FundMateo Pániker
Mid-Market Fund TeamFounding Partner, Mid-Market FundMateo joined PAI in 2020 as one of the Founding Partners of the Mid-Market Fund Team. He has been involved in the Angulas Aguinaga and Uvesco investments.
He has strong experience in the Spanish and international private equity markets, having previously been with Ventura Equity Partners, where he was a Founding Partner, and spent close to 12 years at Investindustrial, where he was a Senior Principal in the Spanish office and a member of the Investment Committee. He has also worked as an Investment Executive at Corsabe Capital and started his career in investment banking at Citi.
Mateo holds an MBA from INSEAD and a BSc in Economics from the London School of Economics. He is fluent in English, Spanish and Italian, and conversational in French.
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Thomas Paillet
Finance DirectorThomas Paillet
Corporate Operations TeamFinance DirectorThomas 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. He is fluent in French and English, and conversational in Italian.
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Alessandro Pedersoli
Vice President, Mid-Market FundAlessandro Pedersoli
Mid-Market Fund TeamVice President, Mid-Market FundAlessandro joined PAI in 2020 as a member of the Mid-Market Fund Team. He has been involved in the La Compagnie des Desserts and Scrigno investments.
He has extensive experience of the mid-market segment having worked in the space since 2014, most notably at Alpha Private Equity, where he focused on a variety of transactions in the consumer, business services and industrials sectors. Prior to that, he worked at Chiaruttini e Associati, a leading advisory boutique specialised in turnarounds and restructurings.
Alessandro holds an MBA from SDA Bocconi, a specialisation in finance from the University of California San Diego and a degree in Business Administration from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. He is fluent in Italian and English, and has basic knowledge of Portuguese.
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Charlotte Pennec
Legal DirectorCharlotte Pennec
Corporate Operations TeamLegal DirectorCharlotte joined PAI in 2019 as a member of the Corporate Operations Team. She works in close cooperation with the Investment Group and deal teams on all legal aspects of transactions.
She has over eight years of experience in corporate law, specializing in M&A and private equity. Prior to joining PAI, she worked as an Associate for law firms such as Paul Hastings for six years, and prior to that Latham and Watkins.
Charlotte graduated from ESSEC Business School in 2010, and holds a Master’s Degree in Business and Tax Law from the University of Paris II – Panthéon Assas. Furthermore, she has held the Professional Lawyer’s Certification (CAPA) since 2010 and has been admitted to the Paris Bar. She is fluent in English and French.
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Celeste Maria di Pietro
Investment AssociateCeleste Maria di Pietro
Investment GroupInvestment AssociateCeleste 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. She is fluent in Italian and English, and conversational in French.
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Caleigh Plaut
Investment OfficerCaleigh Plaut
New York Investment GroupInvestment OfficerCaleigh joined PAI in 2021 as a member of the Investment Group and the US Team. She has been involved in the Refresco investment.
Caleigh joined from Credit Suisse where she worked within the Global Industrials Group in New York. Prior to that, she completed internships at Credit Suisse and at M2O Private Fund Advisors.
Caleigh holds a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and Economics from Amherst College in Massachusetts.
She is fluent in English.
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Matthew Poole
Investment DirectorMatthew Poole
London Investment GroupInvestment DirectorMatthew joined PAI in 2019 as a member of the Investment Group and the UK Team. He has participated in the Froneri and The Compleat Food Group investments.
He started his career in the Investment Banking Division of Barclays in London, where he spent four years in the UK M&A advisory team. During his time at Barclays, Matthew also undertook a secondment to UK Government Investments, the government’s centre of expertise in corporate finance and governance, where he worked on a number of cross-Whitehall projects and transactions.
Matthew graduated from the University of Bristol with a first class Master’s Degree in Engineering. He is a native English speaker.
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Céline Quirin
Investment OfficerCéline Quirin
Investment GroupInvestment OfficerCéline joined PAI in 2021 as a member of the Investment Group. She has been involved in the Veonet investment.
She joined from Lazard in Paris, where she spent more than three years in the Investment Banking division working on M&A and financing / restructuring transactions.
Céline holds a Master’s Degree in Financial Economics from Columbia Business School and a Master’s Degree in Finance from Sciences Po Paris. She is fluent in French and English.
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Mahir Riaz
Investment AssociateMahir Riaz
New York Investment GroupInvestment AssociateMahir joined PAI in 2022 as a member of the Investment Group and the US Team.
Previously, he worked in the Consumer & Retail group at Evercore. Prior to joining Evercore, he worked in the M&A group at RBC Capital Markets in New York.
Mahir holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from Columbia University. He is fluent in English, Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi and is conversational in French.
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David Richy
Head of LuxembourgDavid Richy
Corporate Operations Team LuxembourgHead of LuxembourgDavid first joined PAI in 2010 as a member of the Corporate Operations Team and then rejoined the firm in 2021 as Head of the Luxembourg office.
In 2017, David left PAI to start his own consultancy firm. He also previously worked for Arthur Andersen and spent a few years in the private equity industry in a corporate and trust services company in Luxembourg.
He holds a Master in Business Administration and Finance from HEC-Ulg (2001). He is fluent in French and English .
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Laurent Rivoire
Managing PartnerLaurent Rivoire
General IndustrialsManaging PartnerLaurent joined PAI in 2001 and is a member of the firm’s Management Committee. He also heads the General Industrials Team. He has been involved in a number of investments including ADB Safegate, Albéa, Apave, FTE, Global Closure Systems, Innovista Sensors, Michel Thierry, Pasubio, SGD Pharma and StellaGroup.
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. He is fluent in French and English, and conversational in Spanish.
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Julia Rolland
Finance OfficerJulia Rolland
Corporate Operations Team LuxembourgFinance OfficerJulia joined PAI in 2020 as a member of the Finance Team.
She joined from Deloitte Luxembourg where she spent three years as Financial Auditor, focusing on the private equity industry and assurance assignments. Prior to Deloitte, she did an Internship as Financial Auditor in private equity at Mazars Luxembourg.
She holds a Master’s Degree in Accounting and Audit from EM Strasbourg Business School.
Julia is fluent in French and English, and is conversational in Italian.
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Luisa von Rotenhan
AssociateLuisa von Rotenhan
Client & Capital GroupAssociateLuisa joined PAI in 2022 as a member of the Investor Team.
She joined from Pantheon Ventures, where she spent almost two years as an Investor Relations Analyst. Luisa started her career in strategy consulting with a focus on the healthcare sector at Mansfield Advisors.
Luisa holds a Master’s Degree in Management from the London School of Economics and a BA in Business Management from the University of Exeter. She is fluent in English and German.
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Maximilian Runte
Investment Officer, Mid-Market FundMaximilian Runte
Mid-Market Fund TeamInvestment Officer, Mid-Market FundMaximilian joined PAI in 2021 as a member of the Mid-Market Fund Team.
He joined from Gilde Buy Out Partners where he worked for two years with a focus on mid-market transactions in the DACH region, having started his career at Gilde Healthcare Partners. He has worked on several transactions in the Healthcare and TMT sectors.
Maximilian graduated from King’s College London and holds a Master in Accounting and Finance from the University of St Gallen in Switzerland.
He is fluent in English and German, and conversational in French.
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Trevor Ryan
PrincipalTrevor Ryan
New York Investment GroupPrincipalTrevor joined PAI in 2017. He is a member of the Investment Group and the US Team, and has worked on the Froneri and Refresco transactions.
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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Chloé Sabot
Finance OfficerChloé Sabot
Corporate Operations Team LuxembourgFinance OfficerChloé joined PAI in 2019 as a member of the Finance Team. She holds the role of Corporate Governance Associate.
Prior to this, Chloé started her career as a legal advisor in an official receiver’s office in Paris. She was in charge of the supervision of administration and liquidation procedures.
In 2016, Chloé received a Master’s Degree in Insolvency Law from the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis. She is fluent in French and English, and conversational in Spanish.
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Dania Saidam
Head of CommunicationsDania Saidam
Communications TeamHead of CommunicationsDania joined PAI in 2022 as Head of Communications and is responsible for overseeing the firm’s communications strategy with internal and external audiences.
Previously, she led external communications and thought leadership for a global business unit at Mastercard, advancing trust across the company’s brand, products, services and digital ecosystem.
Dania began her career at Brunswick, where she worked for over a decade, advising some of the world’s largest companies on financial and corporate communications and critical issues, including crises, high-profile and contested transactions, shareholder activism, strategic reviews and change management.
Dania was educated at Oxford University. She is a native English speaker and is fluent in French and Spanish.
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Alexander Schober
Vice President, Mid-Market FundAlexander Schober
Mid-Market Fund TeamVice President, Mid-Market FundAlexander joined PAI in 2021 as a member of the Mid-Market Fund Team.
He joined from Goldman Sachs in London, where he spent six years in the bank’s Private Equity division and was involved in numerous equity investment opportunities across a broad spectrum of industries.
Alexander graduated from the University of St. Gallen HSG in Switzerland and holds a Master of Science in International Finance from HEC. He is fluent in German and English.
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Dekel Sherman
Investment DirectorDekel Sherman
New York Investment GroupInvestment DirectorDekel joined PAI in 2020 as a member of the Investment Group and the US Team.
Previously, Dekel was an associate at KKR in their Americas Consumer & Retail private equity group. Prior to joining KKR, he was an analyst at Moelis & Company in Los Angeles.
Dekel holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Southern California. He is a native English speaker and also speaks Spanish (conversational).
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Stefano Shuster
Investment DirectorStefano Shuster
Milan Investment GroupInvestment DirectorStefano joined PAI in 2019 as a member of the Investment Group and the Italy Team. He has been involved in the Pasubio investment.
He joined from OpCapita LLP, a European consumer-focused private equity firm based in London, where he spent two years. Previously, Stefano spent two years at the Boston Consulting Group, as a consultant, and one year at Morgan Stanley in its Investment Banking Division, in London.
He holds an MBA from the London Business School and a Master of Science in International Management from Bocconi University. He is fluent in Italian and English.
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Berre Simonse
Investment DirectorBerre Simonse
Investment GroupInvestment DirectorBerre joined PAI in 2018 as a member of the Investment Group. She has been involved in the Ecotone and Theramex investments.
She started her career in the Investment Banking Division of Rothschild in London where she spent five years.
Berre graduated from the Erasmus University Rotterdam with a Master of Science in Financial Economics. She is fluent in Dutch and English.
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Sirine Smaoui
Investment OfficerSirine Smaoui
Investment GroupInvestment OfficerSirine joined PAI in 2021 as a member of the Investment Group. She has been involved in the European Camping Group investment.
She joined from Deutsche Bank in Paris where she spent more than three years working on several merger & acquisitions and financing mandates.
Sirine holds a Double Degree in International Business (CEMS) from HEC.
She is fluent in French, English and Arabic, and conversational in Spanish.
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Winston Song
PartnerWinston Song
New York Food & ConsumerPartnerWinston joined PAI in 2022 and leads PAI’s consumer activities in North America.
He was previously at Vestar Capital Partners, where he spent 14 years, most recently as a Managing Director and Co-Head of Consumer, in addition to serving as a Director on a number of consumer, food and beverage companies.
Prior to Vestar, Winston was a member of the Leveraged Finance team at Lehman Brothers and the secondaries team at CSFB Private Equity.
Winston holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics-Political Science from Columbia University, and a Master’s in Business Administration from The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.
He is a native English speaker.
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Frédéric Stévenin
Managing PartnerFrédéric Stévenin
HealthcareManaging PartnerFrédéric is a member of PAI’s Management Committee. He also chairs the firm’s Investment Committee and Heads the Healthcare Team.
He first joined the firm in 1993 and spent five years in the then Food & Beverage 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 large number of transactions including Atos Medical, B&B Hotels, Cerba Healthcare, Chr. Hansen, DomusVi, Elis, ELITechGroup, Ethypharm, Froneri, Kaufman & Broad, Labeyrie Fine Foods, Marcolin, Panzani-Lustucru, Refresco, Roompot, Provimi, Saeco, United Biscuits and Yoplait.
Frédéric studied at ESCP and started his career with Banque Paribas in the Advisory team of the Private Banking division. He is fluent in French and English, and conversational in Spanish.
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Max Stoiber
Investment DirectorMax Stoiber
Investment GroupInvestment DirectorMax joined PAI in 2023 as a member of the Investment Group. He has been involved in the Apleona investment.
He joined from L-GAM Advisors in London, where he worked for five years on transactions across Europe in various sectors. Prior to L-GAM, Max worked for three years at McKinsey in Munich.
Max holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Georgetown University and an MBA with distinction from the Wharton School.
He is fluent in English and German.
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Henri Tarbouriech
Investment DirectorHenri Tarbouriech
Investment GroupInvestment DirectorHenri joined PAI in 2018 as a member of the Investment Group. He has been involved in the Albéa, Asmodee, HKA, SGD Pharma and StellaGroup investments.
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. He is fluent in French and English, and conversational in Spanish.
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Franck Temam
Managing DirectorFranck Temam
PAI Performance GroupManaging DirectorFranck joined PAI in 2011 as a member of the Portfolio Performance Group.
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. He is fluent in French and English, and conversational in both Spanish and Italian.
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Arnaud van Tichelen
PrincipalArnaud van Tichelen
HealthcarePrincipalArnaud van Tichelen joined PAI in 2017. He is a member of the Healthcare Team, and has been involved in the ELITechGroup, Veonet and Zahneins transactions.
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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Zofta Tufail
AccountantZofta Tufail
Corporate Operations TeamAccountantZofta joined PAI in 2014. She started out at PAI as a Personal Assistant in the Food & Consumer Team and is now an Accountant in the Corporate Operations Team.
As part of her role, she is in charge of PAI’s invoice payment process as well as accounting work with the firm’s chartered accountants.
Zofta holds a degree in Accounting & Finance from Newcastle University. She is fluent in French, English and Urdu.
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Sébastien Veil
PartnerSébastien Veil
HealthcarePartnerSebastien initially joined PAI in 2008 and then rejoined the firm as a member of the Healthcare Team in 2021 after a five year break at Advent International, where he was in charge of healthcare and business services investments in the French market. Sébastien has been involved in a number of investments including CEP, Cerba Healthcare, ELITechGroup, Ethypharm, Grupo Konecta, Kiloutou, Theramex, Veonet and VPS.
Sébastien has also worked as an Adviser to the French President on social issues and he started his career as a judge at the French Supreme Court of Administrative Justice (Conseil d’Etat), with a specialty in healthcare law.
Sébastien graduated with a Master of Public Administration from ENA, a Master Degree in Political Science from Sciences Po and a Master of Science in Economics from ENS.
He is fluent in French and English, and conversational in German.
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Thomas Verbeek
Investment OfficerThomas Verbeek
Investment GroupInvestment OfficerThomas joined PAI in 2021 as a member of the Investment Group.
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. He is fluent in Dutch and English, and conversational in Spanish and German.
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Lynda Virin
Legal AssociateLynda Virin
Corporate Operations TeamLegal AssociateLynda join PAI in 2021 as a member of the Corporate Operations Team.
Prior to joining PAI, Lynda spent six years as a Paralegal covering Southern Europe at Prologis. She was also previously a Paralegal within the M&A department of Canal+ and Cofigeo. Prior to her legal experiences, Lynda worked as a sales and key account manager for various companies.
Lynda holds a Master’s in Legal and Tax from CFP Panthéon Assas Paris and a Bachelor in Business Law from (La) Sorbonne. She is fluent in French, English, Creole and conversational in Spanish.
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Raffaele Vitale
Founding Partner, Mid-Market FundRaffaele Vitale
Mid-Market Fund TeamFounding Partner, Mid-Market FundRaffaele joined PAI in 2002 as a member of the Italy Team and has been involved in a number of investments including Gruppo Coin, La Compagnie des Desserts, Marcolin, Saeco, Scrigno, The Nuance Group and Uvesco. In 2020, he became one of the Founding Partners of the Mid-Market Fund Team.
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. He is fluent in Italian, English and French.
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Kristina Wiren
Investment Officer, Mid-Market FundKristina Wiren
Mid-Market Fund TeamInvestment Officer, Mid-Market FundKristina joined PAI in 2022 as a member of the Mid-Market Fund Team.
She was previously with 3i in Frankfurt where she spent three years as a Private Equity Senior Associate and was part of the Consumer sector team. Prior to this, Kristina was an Investment Banking Analyst at Alantra in Frankfurt working across multiple sectors.
Kristina holds a Bachelor of Science in International Business from Copenhagen Business School.
She is fluent in Spanish, Swedish, English and German. She is conversational in Italian, Danish and French.
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