Paolo Notarnicola

Partner, Private Equity, Co-head of Services, Member of the Management Committee

Paolo joined BC Partners in New York in 2014. He is a Partner in the Private Equity team based in London and a member of the Management and Private Equity Investment Committees.

Paolo co-leads the Services sector in Europe and has regional responsibility for Canada. He led BC Partners’ investments in GFL Environmental (NYSE, TSX: GFL), in GardaWorld, and in GFL Environmental Services (GES), and was actively involved in the Accudyne investment.

Previously, Paolo was an investment executive at KKR, where he was responsible for developing its investment activities in Canada, and prior to that he was a member of KKR Capstone, its portfolio operations team. Prior to this, he was an Investment Banker at Lazard and worked as a Management Consultant at McKinsey & Company in Canada, USA, and Italy.

Education, Other
MBA – with high distinction, Harvard Business School (Baker Scholar)
MA – summa cum laude, Bocconi University
Certified Turnaround Professional (CTP)

Contact

• +1 212 891 2880

Brief

Location:

Europe

Languages:

English, French and Italian

Joined:

2014

Focus:

Services & Industrials

Portfolio involvement

• Accudyne
• GES
• GFL
• GardaWorld

Raymond Svider

Chairman of BC Partners, Chairman of the Management Committee

Raymond joined BC Partners in 1992. He is Chairman of the Firm, Chairman of the Management Committee and the Private Equity Investment Committee. Alongside shaping the Firm’s strategy, Raymond continues to source new investment opportunities and remains actively involved in portfolio company operating reviews.

He has over three decades of investing experience across a range of sectors and geographies and has led several of the Firm’s transactions including UnityMedia, Suddenlink/Cablevision, PetSmart, Chewy, Madison Logic and Valtech. Raymond leads private equity coverage of the Telecom and Media sector in North America.

Previously, Raymond worked in investment banking at Wasserstein Perella in New York and Paris, and prior to this worked at the Boston Consulting Group in Chicago.

Education, Other
MBA, Chicago Booth Graduate School of Business
MSc in Electrical Engineering, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications
MSc in Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique
Member of the Board, Mount Sinai Children’s Center Foundation
Member of the PE Council, Polsky Center at the University of Chicago

Contact

• +1 212 891 2880

Brief

Location:

North America

Languages:

French and English

Joined:

1992

Focus:

Food, TMT

Portfolio involvement

• ATI Enterprises Inc
• Accudyne
• Activ
• Aenova
• Bell S.A
• GFL
• GardaWorld
• Intelsat
• Madison Logic
• MultiPlan
• Navex
• Neopost
• Neopost II
• Neuf Cegetel
• Nutreco
• PetSmart – Chewy (IX)
• Polyconcept
• Presidio
• Altice USA (Cablevision – Suddenlink)
• Teneo
• Tubesca
• UTL
• Unitymedia
• Valtech
• PetSmart (XI)

Lisa Sibenac

Managing Director, Portfolio Operations

Lisa joined BC Partners in 2017. She is a Managing Director in the Portfolio Operations team based in New York.

Previously, Lisa worked at Amazon, most recently as Head of Operations for the launch of its EU private fashion label business. Prior to this, she held engineering and operations leadership roles for tech projects at Lockheed Martin.

Education, Other
MBA, Harvard Business School
BS in Mechanical Engineering, University Notre-Dame
President, BC Charitable Foundation, US

Contact

• +1 212 891 2880

Brief

Location:

North America

Joined:

2017

Portfolio involvement

• GES
• GFL
• PetSmart – Chewy (IX)
• PetSmart (XI)

Will Johnson

Director, Private Equity

Will joined BC Partners in 2019. He is a Director in the Private Equity team based in New York.

Previously, Will worked as an Investment Associate at Thomas H. Lee Partners. Prior to this, he worked as an Analyst at Citi.

Education, Other
BA in English – cum laude, Dartmouth College

Contact

• +1 212 891 2880

Brief

Location:

North America

Languages:

English

Joined:

2019

Focus:

Services & Industrials

Portfolio involvement

• GES
• GardaWorld
• PetSmart – Chewy (IX)
• Valtech

Austin O’Toole

Associate, Private Equity

Austin joined BC Partners in 2024. He is an Associate in the Private Equity team based in New York.

Previously, Austin worked as an Investment Banking Analyst in the Media & Communications Group at Morgan Stanley.

Education, Other
BA in Economics, Yale University

Brief

Location:

North America

Joined:

2024