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)

Michael Chang

Partner, Private Equity, Co-head of Healthcare

Michael joined BC Partners in 2009. He is a Partner in the Private Equity team based in New York and a rotating member of the Private Equity Investment Committee.

Michael leads the North American Healthcare sector, and led several investments for BC Partners including CeramTec, Zest Dental and Women’s care. He has also been actively involved in several investments, including PetSmart and Chewy.

Previously, Michael worked at JLL, where he was responsible for leveraged buy-out investments across industries including aerospace, financial services, and industrials. Prior to this, he worked in the Private Equity and M&A teams at the Blackstone Group.

Education, Other
MBA, Harvard Business School
BA in Economics, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

Contact

• +1 212 891 2880

Brief

Location:

North America

Languages:

English and Mandarin

Joined:

2009

Focus:

Healthcare

Portfolio involvement

• ATI Enterprises Inc
• Antelliq
• CeramTec (XI)
• PetSmart – Chewy (IX)
• Women’s Care Enterprises
• Zest
• PetSmart (XI)

Fahim Ahmed

Chief Operating Officer, Member of the Management Committee

Fahim joined BC Partners in 2006. He is Chief Operating Officer, a permanent member of the Management Committee, chairs the Portfolio Review Committee and has leadership responsibilities for Finance, Legal, Compliance, IT, and HR across the Firm.

Fahim leads the Firm’s investment in Presidio and has been actively involved with a number of investments, including PetSmart, Chewy and Suddenlink/Cablevision. He continues to source investments in the North American TMT sector.

Previously, Fahim spent four years at the Boston Consulting Group in London, New York, and Washington.

Education, Other
MPhil in Economics, University of Oxford (Rhodes Scholar)
BA, Harvard College

Contact

• +1 212 891 2880

Brief

Location:

North America

Languages:

English

Joined:

2006

Focus:

TMT

Portfolio involvement

• Dometic
• Intelsat
• PetSmart – Chewy (IX)
• Presidio
• Altice USA (Cablevision – Suddenlink)
• PetSmart (XI)

Marco Castelli

Partner, Private Equity

Marco joined BC Partners in 2006. He is a Partner in the Private Equity team based in London, and a rotating member of the Private Equity Investment Committee.

Marco covers the European Healthcare and Food sectors, with regional responsibility for the Italian market.

Previously, Marco worked as a Management Consultant at Bain & Company, where he focused on strategy and M&A projects.

Education, Other
MBA, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Degree in Business Administration, Bocconi University

Contact

• +44 20 7009 4800

Brief

Location:

Europe

Languages:

Italian and English

Joined:

2006

Focus:

Food, Healthcare

Portfolio involvement

• Com Hem
• DentalPro
• Forno d’Asolo
• Gruppo Coin
• I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.A.
• Migros
• PetSmart – Chewy (IX)
• Shawbrook

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)

Mathieu Bigand

Managing Director, Private Equity

Mathieu joined BC Partner in 2019. He is a Managing Director in the Private Equity team based in New York.

Previously, Mathieu worked as an Investment Banking Associate and Analyst at Goldman Sachs in both Paris and New York. Prior to this he worked for Cinven in Paris.

Education, Other
Degree de Grande Ecole with a Master’s in Finance, HEC School of Management
BA in Mathematics, La Sorbonne

Contact

• +1 212 891 2880

Brief

Location:

North America

Languages:

English, French and Spanish

Joined:

2019

Focus:

Healthcare

Portfolio involvement

• PetSmart – Chewy (IX)
• Presidio
• Women’s Care Enterprises
• PetSmart (XI)

Alec Kaplan

Associate, Private Equity

Alec joined BC Partners in 2023. He is an Associate in the Private Equity team based in New York.

Previously, Alec worked as an Investment Banking Analyst in the Industrials Group at Citi.

Education, Other
BA in Quantitative Social Science – cum laude, Dartmouth College

Contact

• +1 212 891 2880

Brief

Location:

North America

Languages:

English

Joined:

2023