Axelle Strain
Advisory Partner - London
Prior to working with Trispan, Axelle spent twelve years at Quilvest Private Equity, where she was Managing Partner, Head of Europe. Axelle oversaw and led numerous private equity direct investments and fund investments in Europe and was a member of Quilvest’s Private Equity global investment committees for direct and fund investments.
Before joining Quilvest, Axelle was Head of Business Development at Netscalibur, a large build-up in the telecom sector backed by Morgan Stanley Capital Partners. At Netscalibur, which she joined at inception, Axelle participated in the acquisition and integration of numerous companies across Europe.
Axelle started her career in the Mergers and Acquisitions department of Morgan Stanley in London.
Axelle received her Master of Science degree from the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées. She also received an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Other Team Members
Brandon Stephens
Advisory Partner - London
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Robin Rowland
Operating Partner - London
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Nadine Koniski-Ziadé
Senior Advisor - London
Nadine has 23 years of experience in finance in both private equity and investment banking. Starting 2016, Nadine founded Stakeholder Advisors and joined TriSpan Group…
Jamal Al Husseini
Partner
Jamal is a Partner and a Relationship Manager covering the Middle East with the TriSpan Group. Jamal started his career as a corporate banker, spending…
Gregor Lanz
Partner - London
Gregor is a Partner, Member of the Executive Committee and Global Head of Investor Relations & Client Relationship Management with the TriSpan Group. Prior to…
Anna Hogarth
Director - London
Anna is a Director of Finance and Operations with the TriSpan Group. Prior to joining TriSpan, Anna spent 10 years at Goldman Sachs. Anna was…
David Allan
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer - London
Dave Allan is TriSpan’s group COO and CFO and is a member of the Executive Committee. Prior to joining TriSpan, Dave spent more than 10…
Massimo Galli
Analyst - London
Massimo is an Analyst with the TriSpan Group. Prior to joining Trispan, Massimo worked as a management consulting intern at Accenture in Milan. During his…
Stefano Introzzi
Vice President - London
Prior to joining TriSpan, Stefano worked for 4 years as an Investment Banking Analyst and Associate at Credit Suisse in London. During his period at…
Thomas Plaquet
Associate - London
Prior to joining TriSpan, Thomas worked for 2 years as a private equity analyst at SIP Agriculture in London and Luxembourg. At SIP, he worked…
Joseph Patrick Dib
Partner - London
Prior to joining TriSpan, JP worked at Quilvest & Partners, where he was engaged in private equity and advisory activities primarily in the Middle East…
Baudoin Lorans
Partner - New York
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Photos Photiades
Associate - New York
Prior to joining TriSpan, Photos worked for 2 years as an Investment Banking Analyst in the Global Industrials Group at UBS in New York City.…
Samir Philippe Heneine
Operating Partner - London
Samir is an Operating Partner with the TriSpan Group. Prior to working with TriSpan, Samir was a senior Executive Director at IBM France and Europe,…
Turki Alrashed
Analyst - New York
Prior to joining TriSpan, Turki was an investment analyst in the consumer and retail team at Birch Grove Capital in New York where he worked…
Adrien de Schompré
Advisory Partner - London
Adrien is an Advisory Partner for the Rising Stars Fund with the TriSpan Group. Adrien also currently acts as General Manager for Sushi Shop at the AmRest Group.…
Ben Butler
Operating Partner - New York
Ben’s career as an executive, advisor, and investor in the F&B sector spans 30 years in North America, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America. …
Anthony Freijy
Partner - New York
Anthony is a Partner with the TriSpan Group and Co-Head of the Rising Stars fund in the US. Prior to joining TriSpan in 2019, Anthony…
Dimitri Pateras
Intern - London
Prior to joining Trispan, Dimitri worked as a finance analyst at Aegeus Shipping S.A. in Greece for 4 years. During his time there he was…
Andrea Issa El Khoury
Intern - London
Born and raised in Lebanon, Andrea went to King’s College London in the UK to pursue an undergraduate degree in Economics and Management. During her…
Benjamin Shaw
Associate - London
Prior to joining TriSpan, Ben worked in investment banking with the consumer and retail team of Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofAML) in London. At…
Salman Bin Sultan
Intern - London
Prior to joining Trispan, Salman did an internship at Quilvest Private Equity. During his time with Quilvest he worked on Co-investments and on Fund-of-Funds investments.…
Catherine Helsby
Office Manager - London
Cat is the Office Manager and Company EA with the TriSpan Group. Prior to joining TriSpan, Cat spent 2 years as an EA and Researcher…
Samih Barbir
Director
Samih is a Director and a Relationship Manager covering the Middle East with the TriSpan Group. Samih started his career as a financial consultant at…
Tim Ismail
Associate - New York
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Wassef Atallah
Analyst - New York
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Pericles Mazarakis
Managing Partner - New York
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Elan Schultz
Founding Partner - New York
Elan has over 25 years of private equity experience having participated in over US$1.5Bn of transactions in over 100 investments. During his career he has…
Fady Michel Abouchalache
Founding Partner - London
Prior to founding TriSpan, Fady Michel was the CEO of the Quilvest Group, CEO of Quilvest Private Equity, Vice Chairman of its Board of Directors,…
Nicholas Hirschi
Advisory Partner - New York
Nicholas brings to TriSpan over 15 years of professional experience in private equity investing and business advisory roles, gained both in the US and across…
