65 Equity Partners

Michel Paris

Michel Paris is 65 Equity Partners’ Senior Adviser for France.

Prior to that he worked in private equity with PAI since 1984, where he was Chief Executive Officer since 2015. He was also Chief Investment Officer of the Firm between 2009 and 2016.

He benefits from almost 30 years of experience with the firm, where he has been involved in a large number of transactions including Sogeres, Bouygues Telecom, Atos, Equant, Elior, Frans Bonhomme, Kiloutou, Nuance, Swissport, Elis, Vivarte, Saur, Coin, Kwik Fit, Cortefiel, Monier, Xella and EMG. He started his career at Valeo where he spent two years.

Michel graduated in engineering from Ecole Centrale Lyon in 1980 and in Business from the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Reims in 1982. He is fluent in French and English.

Victor Massiah

Victor Massiah is 65 Equity Partners’ Senior Adviser for Italy.

He is concurrently Board Member of the Accademia Teatro alla Scala and lecturer of Banking Management at Università Cattolica in Milan.

Victor has a longstanding experience in the Italian banking sector having served as CEO & General Manager of UBI Banca between 2007 and 2020. Prior to that he worked for Banca Lombarda as General Manager and Banca Intesa as CEO of Intesa E-Lab and Deputy General Manager. Victor started his career as a consultant at Arthur Andersen and McKinsey & Co.

Victor Massiah holds a degree in International Economics from La Sapienza University of Rome.

Katherine Lin

Katherine is an Analyst at 65 Equity Partners, based in Singapore.

She joined 65 Equity Partners from HSBC Hong Kong, where she was an Investment Banking Analyst in the Leveraged and Acquisition Finance team. There, she advised and worked with sponsor clients on Leveraged Buyout transactions across Asia Pacific.

Katherine holds a Master in Financial Analysis from London Business School and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Corporate Finance) (Highest Distinction) from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Karan Saraf

Karan is an Investment Principal at 65 Equity Partners, based in Singapore.

Karan joined 65 Equity Partners from Canadian Pension Plan Investments Board, based in Hong Kong with sector focus in technology, services, consumer, financials, and healthcare. He started his career with Credit Suisse, Global Industrial and Services Group based in New York and had worked for KKR previously.

Karan holds a Bachelor of Science from Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University.