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team

Elan Schultz

Founding Partner - New York

Elan is a Founding Partner of TriSpan.

Elan has over 25 years of private equity experience having participated in over 400 private equity and real estate investments. During his career he has invested in a wide range of sectors from basic manufacturing to technology companies. These investments have spanned from start-ups to multi-billion dollar enterprises.

During his 10 years at Quilvest Private Equity, Elan co-led the private equity arm and was a member of its Board of Directors. He was a committee member on all of Quilvest’s private equity and real estate investment programs and a board member on the majority of the USA control private equity investments.

Prior to Quilvest, Elan was a founding member of SG Capital Partners, a US$500million private equity fund. The fund invested in North America across a wide range of sectors from venture capital to buy-outs and achieved top decile investment performance for its vintage. He was an investment committee member and was responsible for investing approximately 40% of the fund’s capital.

Elan started his career at Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette. He was a founding member of DLJ Merchant Banking, one of the most successful private equity firms of its era. He was responsible for numerous investments in both DLJ’s first fund of US$1billion and its second fund of US$3billion.

Elan received his BA from the University of Texas at Austin where he graduated in the top 1% of his class. He also received his MBA from Stanford University.

Other Team Members

Axelle Strain

Advisory Partner - London

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Brandon Stephens

Operating Partner - London

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Robin Rowland

Operating Partner - London

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Nadine Koniski-Ziadé

Senior Advisor - London

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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

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David Allan

Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer - London

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Massimo Galli

Associate - London

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Joseph Patrick Dib

Partner - London

JP is a Partner with TriSpan and part of TriSpan’s European private equity team. JP has over 15 years of private equity and consulting experience…

Baudoin Lorans

Partner - New York

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Samir Philippe Heneine

Operating Partner - London

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Ben Butler

Operating Partner - New York

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Anthony Freijy

Partner - New York

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Benjamin Shaw

Vice President - London

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Samih Barbir

Director

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Tim Ismail

Vice President - New York

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Wassef Atallah

Associate - New York

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Nicholas Hirschi

Partner - New York

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James Ashton

Operating Partner - New York

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Pericles Stamatiadis

Operating Partner - London

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Joanna Weiss

Director - New York

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Fady Rahme

Operating Partner - ESG - London

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Benjamin J. Douek

Operating Partner - New York

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Chad Wise

Operating Partner - New York

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Ehud Laska

Operating Partner - New York

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Pericles Mazarakis

Managing Partner - New York

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Fady Michel Abouchalache

Founding Partner - London

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Guillaume Chassing

Vice President - New York

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Rob Gaskell

Director - London

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Halah Reslan

Associate - New York

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Della Mecattaf

Analyst - London

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Rashmi Patel

Executive Assistant and Office Manager - London

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Mariana Napoleao

Analyst - London

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Marcello Cabral

Associate - London

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Andrea Martini

Associate - London

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Ferdinand Heger

Analyst - New York

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Eliott Grabli

Analyst - London

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Maximilian Von Baumbach

Analyst

Maximilian is an Analyst with the TriSpan Group. Prior to joining TriSpan, he worked as a Buy-Side Equity Analyst. Maximilian holds a MA Hons in…

Andre Scott C. Bastos

Partner - London

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Dimitri Pateras

Associate - London

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Karam Atallah

Director

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