Justine Nahum

Senior Associate
UK / Private Equity
Consumer

Justine is a Senior Associate in the Private Equity team based in London.

Justine is involved with 3i's investment in Audley Travel, the leading provider of tailor-made travel.

Prior to joining 3i in 2021, Justine worked in the M&A team at Credit Suisse, advising clients on M&A transactions across the Consumer and Industrials sectors.

Justine holds a Masters in Finance from Imperial College.

Marc Ohayon

Director
France / Private Equity
Services, Industrial Technology, Software

Marc is the co-head of the French Private Equity team and specializes in Services and Software investments.

Since joining 3i in 2016, Marc's investment track record includes 3i's current investments in Evernex (a global provider of maintenance services for critical IT infrastructure) and Weener Plastics (a manufacturer of innovative plastics packaging systems for FMCGs), as well as past investments in Havea (a European leader in the natural consumer healthcare industry) and Etanco (a manufacturer and distributor of fasteners). He is a board member of Evernex.

Marc represents 3i as part of the Ashoka Support Network in France, a global community of 350+ leaders who share and contribute their time to support Ashoka's social entrepreneurs in systemic social change missions.

Marc began his career in Financial Advisory at Lazard, in the Paris team where he was involved in French and cross-border transactions in the consumer, industrial and health sectors. He then assisted large corporates and European SMEs in their M&A strategy in Latin America during his time at Euro Latina Finance, an advisory boutique specialising in the region.

Marc holds an MSc in Management from EM LYON Business School.

Claudio Ossanna

Associate
UK / Infrastructure

Claudio joined 3i in September 2019, and is an Associate in the Infrastructure team based in London. He is responsible for the origination and execution of new investments in Europe, as well as supporting the activities of portfolio companies including Oystercatcher, Belfast City Airport and SRL Traffic Systems.

He has previous experience from Barclays Investment Bank and CVC Credit Partners.

Claudio holds a MSc in International Finance from HEC Paris and a BSc in Economics from Universitá Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.

Justin Pabst

Associate Director
Benelux / Private Equity
Consumer

Justin joined 3i in February 2018 and is an Associate Director in the Amsterdam office. He is focused on the Consumer sector and is a deal team member for Mepal, BoConcept and nexeye (formerly Hans Anders). He currently serves on the board of BoConcept.

Before joining 3i, Justin was a Commercial Project Manager at Coolblue in Rotterdam, and prior to this worked as a Consultant at McKinsey & Company in Amsterdam.

He holds a BSc in Economics and Business Economics from Utrecht University, and a MSc in Corporate Finance and Banking from Duisenberg School of Finance, Amsterdam.

Marco Pampanin

Analyst
France / Infrastructure

Marco joined 3i in March 2022 and is an Analyst in the Infrastructure team based in Paris. He is primarily responsible for the origination and execution of deals across the Economic Infrastructure and Projects space. He is currently involved in Ionisos and Herambiente.

Marco graduated from Bocconi University in Milan (Msc in Finance) and interned in the project finance team of UniCredit in Milan, covering origination and execution in the CEE region .

Telman Papikyan

Senior Associate
Germany / Private Equity
Industrial Technology

Telman joined 3i in 2022 and is a Senior Associate in the Private Equity team based in Frankfurt.

He focuses on the origination and execution of investments in Germany as well as in the Industrial Technology sector. He is involved in 3i’s investment in Weener Plastics.

Prior to joining 3i, Telman worked as an Investment Banking Analyst at BNP Paribas in Germany, and as an Investment Associate at Palladio Partners.

Telman holds an MSc in Finance from Frankfurt School of Finance & Management.

Lars Parnet

Analyst
Germany / Private Equity
Services, Software

Lars joined 3i in 2023 and is an Analyst in the Private Equity team based in Frankfurt.

He focuses on the origination and execution of investments in Germany as well as in the Business & Technology Services sector. He is involved in 3i’s investment in MAIT.

Prior to joining 3i, he worked as an Investment Banking Analyst at Credit Suisse and gained further work experience at Montagu Private Equity and Rivean Capital.

Lars holds a BSc in Business Administration with a focus on Banking & Finance from Frankfurt School of Finance & Management.

Nikhil Patel

Partner
North America / Private Equity
Healthcare

Nikhil joined 3i in 2016 in the New York office and is a member of 3i’s Healthcare sector coverage team. He participates in all elements of the investment process, including industry segment analysis, identification and screening of new opportunities, due diligence, transaction structuring, financing and execution. He currently sits on the Board of SaniSure, ten23, Q Holding and Cirtec Medical.

Prior to joining 3i, Nikhil was a Vice President at Chicago Pacific Founders, where he was an integral member of a debut middle market private equity fund and participated in the acquisition of three portfolio companies. Prior to joining CPF, Nikhil was a Senior Associate at Water Street Healthcare Partners, a mid-market private equity firm with approximately $2 billion of capital under management. While at Water Street, he helped execute a number of platform investments and successful portfolio company exits. Nikhil was previously an Analyst in the Global Healthcare Investment Banking division of UBS Investment Bank.

Nikhil graduated from New York University’s Leonard Stern School of Business with Honors.

Bastiaan Peer

Partner
Benelux / Private Equity
Industrial Technology

Bastiaan is a Partner in the Amsterdam Private Equity team. He is a deal team member for Basic-Fit, European Bakery Group, Royal Sanders and Yanga.

He currently serves on the Board of Directors of European Bakery Group, Royal Sanders and Yanga. Previously, Bastiaan served on the Board of Directors of Kinolt and was an Observer on the Boards of Azelis and BoConcept.

Prior to joining 3i, Bastiaan worked in the Benelux Investment Banking team at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in Amsterdam. He holds a Masters degree in Financial Economics and a Masters degree in Financial Law from the Erasmus University, Rotterdam.

Marta Pinto

Associate
UK / Infrastructure

Marta joined 3i in October 2021 and is an Associate in the Infrastructure team based in London. She is primarily responsible for the origination and execution of deals and the management of assets across the economic infrastructure space.

Prior to joining 3i, Marta worked in Sumitomo Corporation Europe, with a focus on deal origination and execution, and asset management, and in the investment banking division of Société Générale as part of the Energy and Infrastructure team.

Marta holds a degree in Biomedical Science from Queen Mary University of London.

Edward Pike

Senior Legal Counsel
UK / Infrastructure

Ed is a qualified solicitor who joined 3i’s Infrastructure Team as legal counsel in September 2017.

He has responsibility for legal and regulatory aspects of new investments and divestments, portfolio management and legal risk management.  Prior to joining 3i, Ed worked at the law firm Travers Smith LLP from 2012 to 2017, specialising in M&A and private equity.

Malavika Rajagopal

Associate
North America / Infrastructure

Malavika joined 3i’s Infrastructure team in New York in April 2023.

Prior to 3i, Malavika was an Investment Banking Analyst at Goldman Sachs in the Natural Resources Group. Before joining Goldman Sachs, she was an IBD Analyst at Morgan Stanley.

Malavika holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Chicago.

Saty Rao

Senior Associate
North America / Private Equity

Saty joined 3i in 2022 as a member of its North America Private Equity team based in New York.

Prior to 3i, Saty was a Consultant at A.T. Kearney, where he advised corporate and private equity clients in North America and Europe on growth strategy, M&A diligence and integration, operational improvement, and digital transformation. 

During his graduate studies, he interned with Cerberus Capital Management, Access Holdings, and Johnson & Johnson’s San Francisco-based Digital Health team. 

Saty received his MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, his MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and BA with High Honors in Political Science and Philosophy from Swarthmore College. 

Charlie Rees

Associate
UK / Infrastructure

Charlie joined 3i in June 2023 and is an Associate in the Infrastructure team based in London. He is primarily responsible for the origination and execution of deals and the management of assets across the economic infrastructure space.

Prior to joining 3i, Charlie was an Associate in the Transport & Infrastructure team at Rothschild & Co in the Sydney and London offices.

Charlie holds a Master of Finance at The University of New South Wales and a Bachelor of Commerce at The University of Sydney.

Richard Relyea

Partner, Managing Director
North America / Private Equity
Industrial Technology, Healthcare

Richard joined 3i in 2007 and is Head of 3i’s North American Private Equity team and the Global Head of Healthcare.

He has been involved in 3i’s investments in Mold-Masters, Quintiles, Q Holding, Dynatect Manufacturing, Cirtec Medical, SaniSure and ten23 Health. He currently sits on the Boards of Q Holding, Dynatect Manufacturing, Cirtec Medical, SaniSure and ten23 Health, and previously sat on the Boards of Quintiles and Mold-Masters.

Prior to joining 3i, Richard was a Principal at Halyard Capital, where he invested in companies in the media, business services and communications sectors. Prior to joining Halyard, Richard was an Associate at Entrade, where he invested in technology and internet infrastructure businesses.

Richard began his career at Security Capital's Preferred Growth Private Equity fund.

Valerie van Rhijn

Analyst
Benelux / Private Equity
Consumer

Valerie joined 3i in 2022 as an Analyst in the Benelux Private Equity team. She is deal team member of Konges Sløjd and Action.

Prior to joining 3i, Valerie gained internship experience in the Investment Banking team at Lazard Benelux and mid-market Private Equity firm Bencis Capital Partners.

She holds a BSc degree in Economics and Finance from the University of Amsterdam, and a MSc in Finance and Investments from the RSM Erasmus.