Ilona Pecqueur
Associate
Bio
Ilona is an Associate on the Digital team. She joined Apax in 2025 and is currently based in New York.
Prior to joining Apax, Ilona was an associate at AVALT, a mid-market private equity firm, where she focused on investments across industrials and services.
Ilona holds an MSc in Applied Mathematics from CentraleSupelec and a Master of Finance from MIT.
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Ilona's Story
Ilona grew up in a family of entrepreneurs, where conversations about business were part of everyday life. From the age of 12, she spent weekends in her father’s warehouses, observing how operations ran and imaging ways they could be improved. That early exposure sparked a passion for problem-solving, leading her to study mathematics. She was later drawn to Apax for its analytical culture and the opportunity to work alongside talented founders tackling complex challenges.
