Fahim Ahmed
Chief Operating Officer, Member of the Management Committee
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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
Brief
- Location:
- North America
- Languages:
- English
- Joined:
- 2006
- Focus:
- TMT
Portfolio involvement
Thomas del Marmol
Managing Director, Private Equity
Thomas del Marmol
Managing Director, Private Equity
Thomas joined BC Partners in 2015. He is a Managing Director in the Private Equity team based in London.
Previously, Thomas worked at Lazard, where he focused on M&A advisory in the retail, consumer, and real estate sectors.
Education, Other
MA and BA in Business Engineering with a major in Finance, Solvay Business School of Brussels
Contact
Brief
- Location:
- Europe
- Languages:
- French, English, Dutch and Spanish
- Joined:
- 2015
- Focus:
- Services & Industrials, TMT
Portfolio involvement
- Keesing
- Keter
- Pronovias
- Springer Nature (IX)
- Springer Nature (Xl)
F. Mark Fariborz
Partner, Private Equity, Co-head of Technology
F. Mark Fariborz
Partner, Private Equity, Co-head of Technology
Mark joined BC Partners in 2011. He is a Partner and rotating member of the Private Equity Investment Committee.
Mark leads the Technology vertical in North America and led BC Partners’ investments in NAVEX, EAB, and Accudyne.
Previously, he spent five years at Hellman & Friedman, and prior to this worked in the US buyout fund at The Carlyle Group in Washington DC and New York.
Education, Other
MBA with distinction, Harvard Business School
BA in Economics – magna cum laude, Harvard College
Contact
Brief
- Location:
- North America
- Languages:
- English, French and Persian
- Joined:
- 2011
- Focus:
- TMT
Portfolio involvement
- Accudyne
- OneAdvanced
- EAB
- Navex
Maximilian Fikke
Managing Director, Private Equity
Maximilian Fikke
Managing Director, Private Equity
Max joined BC Partners in 2016. He is a Managing Director in the Private Equity team based in New York.
Previously, Max worked in Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs in New York.
Education, Other
BA in Economics and Psychology – with distinction, Amherst College
Contact
Brief
- Location:
- North America
- Joined:
- 2016
- Focus:
- Services & Industrials, TMT
Portfolio involvement
Alexander Katsis
Managing Director, Private Equity
Alexander Katsis
Managing Director, Private Equity
Alex re-joined BC Partners in 2024. He is a Managing Director in the Private Equity team based in London.
Previously, Alex spent three years as a Director at PSG Equity, where he focused on growth equity buyouts in the software sector. Prior to this he spent six years at BC Partners and two years at Morgan Stanley.
Education, Other
MA in Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge
Brief
- Location:
- Europe
- Languages:
- English
- Joined:
- 2024
- Focus:
- Services & Industrials, TMT
Portfolio involvement
Piero Leporelli
Director, Private Equity
Piero Leporelli
Director, Private Equity
Piero joined BC Partners in 2019. He is a Director in the Private Equity team based in London.
Previously, Piero worked at McKinsey & Company in Italy. Prior to this, he helped to launch logistics start-up Entrego in the Philippines, where he was Head of Sales and Business Development.
Education, Other
MBA, Columbia Business School
MSc in Management – with distinction, London School of Economics
BS in Aerospace Engineering – cum laude, Sapienza University of Rome
Contact
Brief
- Location:
- Europe
- Languages:
- English, Italian
- Joined:
- 2019
- Focus:
- Food, TMT
Portfolio involvement
Alex Nesbitt
Director, Private Equity
Alex Nesbitt
Director, Private Equity
Alex joined BC Partners in 2019. He is a Director in the Private Equity team based in New York.
Previously, Alex was a Private Equity Associate at Oak Hill Capital Partners. Prior to this, he worked as an Investment Banking Analyst at Goldman Sachs.
Education, Other
BA in Economics, Harvard College
Contact
Brief
- Location:
- North America
- Joined:
- 2019
- Focus:
- TMT
Mark Richards
Partner, Private Equity
Mark Richards
Partner, Private Equity
Mark joined BC Partners in 2017. He is a Partner in the Private Equity team based in London and covers the European Technology and Services & Industrials sectors.
Previously, Mark worked at Apax Partners, latterly as Vice President focused on the tech, telecoms, and IT services sectors. Prior to this, he was a Manager in the Private Equity Group at Macquarie.
Education, Other
BEng in Mechanical Engineering, University of Bristol
Contact
Brief
- Location:
- Europe
- Languages:
- English
- Joined:
- 2017
- Focus:
- Services & Industrials, TMT
Portfolio involvement
Philipp Schwalber
Partner, Private Equity, Co-head of Technology
Philipp Schwalber
Partner, Private Equity, Co-head of Technology
Philipp joined BC Partners in 2017. He is a Partner in the Private Equity team based in London and a rotating member of the Private Equity Investment Committee.
Philipp leads the Firm’s coverage of the European Technology sector. He led the Firm’s acquisition of Advanced and has been actively involved in several investments, including Navex, EAB and Tentamus.
Previously, Philipp spent 17 years at HgCapital, where he led a number of successful investments and held several board positions.
Education, Other
MA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics, Oxford University
MSc in Economics, London School of Economics
Contact
Brief
- Location:
- Europe
- Languages:
- English and German
- Joined:
- 2017
- Focus:
- TMT
Portfolio involvement
Nikos Stathopoulos
Chairman, Europe, Member of the Management Committee
Nikos Stathopoulos
Chairman, Europe, Member of the Management Committee
Nikos joined BC Partners in 2005. He is Chairman, Europe, a permanent member of the Management Committee, a permanent member of the Private Equity Investment Committee, Chairs the Private Equity Exit Committee and plays an active role in developing the Firm’s strategy, recruiting talent, sourcing investment opportunities, and portfolio company operating reviews.
Nikos brings nearly three decades of experience in private equity across a number of sector and geographies. He leads the Telecom and Media investment vertical in Europe and has led several investments for the Firm including Acuris, Pharmathen, ComHem, United Group, and Springer Nature.
Previously, Nikos was a Partner at Apax Partners in London, and prior to this worked at the Boston Consulting Group in London.
Education, Other
MBA, Harvard Business School
BSc in Business Administration, Athens University of Economics & Business
Chairman, BC Partners Foundation
Member of the Global Advisory Board, Harvard Business School
Member of the Board of Trustees, American School in London
Member of the Board, The Hellenic Initiative and Impetus
Contact
Brief
- Location:
- Europe
- Languages:
- Greek, English, French, Spanish and Italian
- Joined:
- 2005
- Focus:
- TMT
Portfolio involvement
Raymond Svider
Chairman of BC Partners, Chairman of the Management Committee
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
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)