Our team

 

Emilio Voli  London 

Emilio Voli is a Partner and Co Head of the Investor Relations team. He joined Apax Partners in 2001 as a Partner in the Milan office and was involved in the investments in Azimut and PVH/Calvin Klein. In 2006, Emilio moved to London to lead Investor Relations.

Prior to joining Apax Partners, Emilio was a consultant at McKinsey and Value Partners, where he managed the Latin American operations from Sao Paulo. Previously, he worked at Goldman Sachs in London and New York.

Emilio holds a first class honours degree in History from Peterhouse, Cambridge and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

   

Emilio Voli

David Kim  New York 

David Kim is a Partner and Co Head of the Investor Relations team and is based in New York. David joined Apax in 2000 and was a Partner in the Retail & Consumer team. He has both led and participated in a number of deals including Contech Construction Products, Norcraft Cabinets and Tommy Bahama.

Prior to joining Apax Partners, David was a Principal at Butler Capital Corporation and an artillery officer in the U.S. Army where he graduated from the U.S. Army Airborne and Ranger schools.

David received a BS with Distinction from the United States Military Academy, West Point and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

David is also the Founder and President of the Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation which provides college scholarships to military children who have lost a parent to combat or training.

   

David Kim

Adil Haque  New York 

Adil Haque is a Principal in the Investor Relations team at Apax. He was previously a Principal in the Tech & Telecom team and is based in New York. Adil was the lead Principal on a number of key deals including SMART and TriZetto. He has served as advisor or board member to a number of Apax portfolio companies including SMART, TriZetto and Pictage.

Prior to joining Apax Partners, Adil was a management consultant with McKinsey & Company where he focused on advising clients in the technology, retail and financial services sectors.

Adil holds a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Engineering in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan, where he graduated as an Angell Scholar.

   

Adil Haque

Nadia Preston  London 

Nadia joined Apax Partners in 2009 where she is Investor Relations Director and Head of Client Services.  Prior to joining Apax, Nadia worked at Goldman Sachs in the investment banking division where she had been for nine years, most recently as an Executive Director in the Financial Sponsors Coverage Group in London. Before joining the Financial Sponsors team, Nadia was an Executive Director in the pan-European Real Estate team, advising on and executing corporate and asset-level M&A transactions across Europe.  Nadia has also worked in management consulting with A.T.Kearney.

Nadia received an MBA, with distinction, from INSEAD in 2000, and graduated with a BA, M.Eng in Engineering from Cambridge University in 1996.

   

Nadia Preston

Ellen de Kreij  London 

Ellen de Kreij is a director in the Investor Relations Team based in London, with a particular focus on European investors. Ellen originally joined Apax Partners in 2002 to run the deal generation practice, focusing in part on managing relationships with the investment banking community; she moved into the Investor Relations Team in early 2010.

Prior to joining Apax Partners, Ellen worked in the mergers & acquisitions teams at Merrill Lynch and Broadview International, where she specialised in advising clients in the technology sector. She also worked for Shell in the Netherlands as a regional manager for three years prior to completing an MBA.

Ellen holds an MA in Dutch Civil Law from the University of Leiden and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

   

Ellen de Kreij

Rachel Lambert  London 

Rachel Lambert is an Investor Relations Manager and oversees and manages a global contact programme of meetings with investors.  Based in London, Rachel joined Apax Partners in 2005 and was involved in the preparation phase and fundraising process for Apax Europe VII.

Prior to joining Apax Partners, Rachel was an Investor Relations Manager at Baring Private Equity Partners (BPEP), a firm specialising in growth funds in emerging markets.  She worked at BPEP for 12 years both in contact management and in the management of a global PR programme.  Rachel began her career in the Training and Development department of the London Stock Exchange.

Rachel holds a BA in Latin from Bristol University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Vocal Training from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

   

Rachel Lambert

Ellie Beare  London 

Ellie Beare is an Associate in the Investor Relations team.  She joined Apax Partners in 2012 and is currently based in London.

Prior to joining Apax Partners, Ellie worked at Montagu Private Equity where she had been for eight years, most recently as a Manager in the Portfolio team.

Ellie holds a first class honours degree in Economics from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

   

Ellie Beare

Kaitlin Fronczek  London 

Kaitlin Fronczek is an Associate in the Investor Relations team.  She joined the New York office in 2010 and is currently based in London.

Prior to joining Apax Partners, Kaitlin worked in Investor Relations at Tailwind Capital and at Lionhart Advisors in New York.

Kaitlin holds a BA in Psychology with honours from Vanderbilt University.

   

Kaitlin Fronczek