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Abigaïl Aron
Investment Director
Abigaïl Aron
Investment GroupInvestment Director
Abigaïl joined PAI in 2018 as a member of the Investment Group. She has been involved in the Alphia, 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.
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Annabelle von Barczy
Investment Associate
Annabelle von Barczy
Investment GroupInvestment Associate
Annabelle joined PAI in 2022 as a member of the Investment Group. She has been involved in the Audiotonix and The Looping Group investments.
She joined from J.P. Morgan where she worked as an Investment Banking Analyst in the EMEA Consumer & Retail team. Prior to that, she also completed internships at J.P. Morgan, Astorg and Rothschild & Co.
Annabelle holds a Master’s degree in Management from ESCP Business School.
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Marlène Bazouin
Principal
Marlène Bazouin
Investment Group Business ServicesPrincipal
Marlène 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, Armacell and ECF 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.
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Maud Beldent
Investment Officer
Maud Beldent
Investment GroupInvestment Officer
Maud joined PAI in 2021 as a member of the Investment Group. She has been involved in the Alphia and The Looping Group investments.
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.
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Philip Bengtsson
Principal
Philip Bengtsson
Nordics Team Investment GroupPrincipal
Philip joined PAI in 2018 as a member of the Investment Group and the Nordics Team. He has been involved in the Asmodee, NovaTaste, 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.
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Javier Dancausa
Investment Officer
Javier Dancausa
Investment GroupInvestment Officer
Javier 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 and completed several other internships in the M&A team of Rothschild & Co and Altamar Capital Partners.
Javier graduated in Business Administration & Finance from CUNEF in Madrid.
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Alessandro Di Donna
Investment Associate
Alessandro Di Donna
Investment GroupInvestment Associate
Alessandro joined PAI in 2024 as a member of the Investment Group.
He joined from Bain & Company, Milan where he worked as a Senior Associate Consultant within the Private Equity Group serving large-cap private equity funds across a number of transactions in different industries.
Alessandro holds a Master’s in Management from London Business School and a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering From the University of West London.
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Valentin Eischen
Investment Officer
Valentin Eischen
Investment GroupInvestment Officer
Valentin joined PAI in 2022 as a member of the Investment Group. He has been involved in the NovaTaste investment.
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.
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Matthew Fishman
Investment Associate
Matthew Fishman
US Team Investment GroupInvestment Associate
Matthew joined PAI in 2023 as a member of the Investment Group. He has been involved in the Alphia investment.
He joined from Citi where he worked within the Global Industrials Group in New York.
Matthew holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Florida.
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Chamika Gajanayaka
Investment Director
Chamika Gajanayaka
UK Team Investment GroupInvestment Director
Chamika joined PAI in 2021 as a member of the Investment Group and the UK Team. He has been involved in the Audiotonix, ECF, 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.
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John Gallagher
Investment Officer
John Gallagher
UK Team Investment GroupInvestment Officer
John joined PAI in 2022 as a member of the Investment Group and the UK Team. He has been involved in the Azets investment.
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.
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Claire Guillemin
Investment Associate
Claire Guillemin
Investment GroupInvestment Associate
Claire joined PAI in 2024 as a member of the Investment Group.
She joined from Goldman Sachs, where she was an Associate and worked on financing and M&A mandates in Paris and New York. Prior to this, Claire interned at Ardian, Perella Weinberg Partners and Citi.
Claire holds a Masters in Finance and Strategy from Sciences Po Paris.
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Maximilian Harrington
Principal
Maximilian Harrington
UK Team Investment GroupPrincipal
Maximilian 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 is also a Co-Head of the Investment Group.
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.
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Sam Javaherian
Investment Director
Sam Javaherian
Investment GroupInvestment Director
Sam 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.
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Matthew Jones
Investment Associate
Matthew Jones
Investment GroupInvestment Associate
Matthew joined PAI in 2024 as a member of the Investment Group.
He joined from Evercore where he spent two years as an Investment Banking Analyst in the Industrials Group.
Matthew holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance and Business Analytics from Villanova University.
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Joe Kang
Investment Director
Joe Kang
US Team Investment GroupInvestment Director
Joe joined PAI in 2024 as a member of the Investment Group and US Team.
He was previously at H.I.G. Capital, where he spent 9 years as an investor for the Middle Market private equity strategy in New York, focusing on investments across various industries. His experience at H.I.G. includes a 12-month secondment at a portfolio company in St. Louis, Missouri. Prior to H.I.G., Joe began his career as an analyst at Rothschild in New York.
Joe holds a Bachelor’s in Business Administration from Georgetown University.
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Lucas Kreifels
Investment Officer
Lucas Kreifels
DACH Team Investment GroupInvestment Officer
Lucas 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.
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Pierre-Guilhem de La Tour du Pin
Principal Pierre-Guilhem de La Tour du Pin
Investment Group Food & ConsumerPrincipal Pierre-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.
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Victoire Lerebours-Pigeonnière
Investment Associate
Victoire Lerebours-Pigeonnière
Investment GroupInvestment Associate
Victoire joined PAI in 2023 as a member of the Investment Group.
She joined from Tikehau Capital, where she spent two years as an Analyst on their graduate program.
Prior to this, Victoire completed internships at Deutsche Bank in London and Lazard in Paris.
Victoire holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Economics and Finance from Bocconi University, a Master’s degree in Management from ESCP Business School, and a Master’s Degree in Economics, Corporate Finance and Data Analytics from Ecole Polytechnique.
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Christian List Jakobsen
Investment Director Christian List Jakobsen
Investment GroupInvestment Director Christian joined PAI in 2018 as a member of the Investment Group and has been involved in the Atos Medical, Audiotonix, Azets, 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.
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David Mandeville
Investment Officer
David Mandeville
UK Team Investment GroupInvestment Officer
David joined PAI in 2022 as a member of the Investment Group and the UK Team. 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.
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Juan José Martinez Taboada
Investment Director
Juan José Martinez Taboada
Spain Team Investment GroupInvestment Director
Juan 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.
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Matias Melo-Felgueres
Investment Associate
Matias Melo-Felgueres
Investment GroupInvestment Associate
Matías 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.
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Celeste Maria di Pietro
Investment Officer
Celeste Maria di Pietro
Investment GroupInvestment Officer
Celeste joined PAI in 2022 as a member of the Investment Group.
She joined from Citigroup Global Markets, where she has spent almost two years as an M&A Analyst in the EMEA Mobility & Capital Goods team.
Celeste holds a Master’s Degree in International Management from Bocconi University.
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Caleigh Plaut
Investment Officer
Caleigh Plaut
US Team Investment GroupInvestment Officer
Caleigh joined PAI in 2021 as a member of the Investment Group and the US Team. She has been involved in the Alphia and Refresco investments.
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.
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Matthew Poole
Investment Director
Matthew Poole
UK Team Investment GroupInvestment Director
Matthew joined PAI in 2019 as a member of the Investment Group and the UK Team. He has been involved in the Azets, 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.
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Céline Quirin
Investment Officer
Céline Quirin
Investment GroupInvestment Officer
Céline joined PAI in 2021 as a member of the Investment Group. She has been involved in the Alphia and Veonet investments.
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.
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Mahir Riaz
Investment Associate
Mahir Riaz
US Team Investment GroupInvestment Associate
Mahir 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.
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Chiara Rossmeissl
Investment Associate
Chiara Rossmeissl
Investment GroupInvestment Associate
Chiara joined PAI in 2024 as a member of the Investment Group.
She joined from Goldman Sachs in London where she worked for two years as an Analyst in the EMEA Healthcare Team. Prior to this, she interned at JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs and Berenberg.
Chiara holds a Master’s degree in Finance from HEC Paris and a Bachelor in Economics from the University of St. Gallen.
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Francesca Scaravelli
Investment Officer
Francesca Scaravelli
Investment GroupInvestment Officer
Francesca joined PAI in 2024 as a member of the Investment Group.
She previously worked at L-GAM Advisers in London. Prior to L-GAM, she worked in the Special Situations team at KKR for three years and spent two years at Houlihan Lokey in the Restructuring Group.
Francesca holds a Bachelor’s degree from Bocconi and a Master’s degree from ESCP.
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Dekel Sherman
Investment Director
Dekel Sherman
US Team Investment GroupInvestment Director
Dekel 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.
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Stefano Shuster
Principal
Stefano Shuster
Italy Team Investment GroupPrincipal
Stefano 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.
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Berre Simonse
Investment Director
Berre Simonse
Investment GroupInvestment Director
Berre 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.
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Sirine Smaoui
Investment Officer
Sirine Smaoui
Investment GroupInvestment Officer
Sirine joined PAI in 2021 as a member of the Investment Group. She has been involved in the European Camping Group and Infra Group investments.
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.
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Max Stoiber
Investment Director
Max Stoiber
DACH Team Investment GroupInvestment Director
Max joined PAI in 2023 as a member of the Investment Group. He has been involved in the Apleona investment.
He joined from L-GAM 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.
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Henri Tarbouriech
Investment Director
Henri Tarbouriech
Investment GroupInvestment Director
Henri 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.
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Thomas Verbeek
Investment Officer
Thomas Verbeek
UK Team Investment GroupInvestment Officer
Thomas joined PAI in 2021 as a member of the Investment Group and the UK Team. He has been involved in the Audiotonix and M Group Services investments.
He worked previously at Bain & Company where he spent three years as a Consultant in the Private Equity Group focusing on a variety of transactions in different sectors.
Thomas holds a Master’s degree in Cognitive and Decision Sciences from University College London, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences from University College Maastricht. He is fluent in Dutch and English, and conversational in Spanish and German.
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Brett Zanelli
Investment Associate
Brett Zanelli
Investment GroupInvestment Associate
Brett joined PAI in 2024 as a member of the Investment Group.
He joined from Barclays where he worked within the Financial Institutions Group in New York.
Brett holds a Bachelor of Arts in Applied Statistics & Economics from the University of Virginia.
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Emil Zawadzki
Investment Director
Emil Zawadzki
DACH Team Investment GroupInvestment Director
Emil joined PAI in 2022 as a member of the Investment Group. He has been involved in the NovaTaste investment.
He joined from Deutsche Beteiligungs AG, a mid-market private equity fund focusing on the DACH region and Italy, where he has spent over 5 years working on several investments, exits and refinancing processes.
He holds a MSc in Mathematical Finance and a BSc in Mathematics from the Technical University of Munich (TUM).