Permira is a British global investment firm specialized in buyout, growth equity, and credit funds. It operates with a thematic approach across two core asset classes and focuses on growth in key sectors of expertise such as Technology, Consumer, Healthcare, and Services.

Permira Holdings Limited

Permira is a global investment firm that backs successful businesses with growth ambitions. Founded in 1985, the firm advises funds with total committed capital of €77bn and makes long-term majority and minority investments across two core asset classes, private equity and credit. 

The Permira private equity funds have made approximately 300 private equity investments in four key sectors: Technology, Consumer, Healthcare and Services. 

Permira Credit is one of Europe’s leading specialist credit investors, supporting businesses with flexible financing solutions across Direct Lending, CLO Management, Structured Credit and Strategic Opportunities. Established in 2007, the firm advises investment funds and products which have provided more than €14bn of debt capital to over 300 European businesses.

Permira employs over 470 people in 15 offices across Europe, the United States and Asia.

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Last week, Adinah Shackleton, Head of ESG at Permira, participated in a panel discussion at Sustainability in Value Creation 2024, hosted by Actum Group. Moderated by Manuela Fumarola, Director of ESG Integration and Impact Investing at ERM, the conversation spanned the current compliance landscape in the #sustainability field, strategies for integrating #ESG into core business practices, and more.

Thanks to all of you who came along to listen!

David Hirschmann, Co-Head of Permira Credit, joined Bloomberg’s Dani Burger yesterday for a good discussion about the evolving market conditions and the positive outlook for private debt in 2024.

Among other topics, David commented on the potential return of the syndicated loan market in 2024 and shared his view that private credit funds could be on course to provide a record $10bn loan this year or next.

Watch the full interview below!

Congratulations to everyone recently promoted at Permira in recognition of their achievements and contributions to our platform. It’s always a good day when we are able to recognise those that carry our values of Partnership, Integrity and Creativity each day to help us multiply potential. Here’s to all of you!

As investors, one of our most powerful tools when scaling a business is to partner with exceptional leaders. These relationships achieve the most when built on openness, trust and candour.
 
In a new podcast series by Permira’s Consumer investing team – Candid Conversations – we sit with business leaders from the Permira community to explore the authentic stories and experiences that shaped their lives and careers.
 
We aim to get behind the usual corporate noise to have honest conversations about the highs and lows of scaling a business and the lessons learned along the way.
 
Episode one is coming soon, and in the meantime, check out the trailer! 🎤

Congratulations to Permira Foundation charity partner, City Harvest! It's an honor to be a part of such a significant milestone. #foodwaste #community

We are pleased to announce that David Hirschmann and Ariadna Stefanescu have been appointed as Co-Heads of Permira Credit, positioning our #privatecredit platform for further accelerated growth. In their new roles, David and Ariadna are responsible for overall leadership of the business as Permira Credit embarks on ambitious growth plans for 2024 and beyond.

As part of the leadership transition, Claire Harwood and Jens Bauer have been appointed Co-Heads of the Direct Lending Investment Team.

Since 2007, Permira Credit has provided approximately €20bn of debt capital to 300+ European businesses across Direct Lending, Strategic Opportunities, CLO Management and Structured Credit. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gRAmeeVg

Permira has agreed the sale of La Piadineria, a market leader in the growing Italian fast casual restaurant space, to CVC Capital Partners.

The Permira funds acquired La Piadineria at the beginning of 2018 and have supported the management team in Company’s transformation and growth, with both revenues and EBITDA growing three-fold under the funds’ ownership, while DOS and employee numbers have increased from 160 to 400 and c.1,000 to more than 2,500 respectively.

"We would like to thank Donato Romano, Andrea Valota and the entire La Piadineria team for their exceptional work in growing the Company over the past six years," said Francesco Pascalizi, Partner and Head of Italy at Permira. "We are pleased to have partnered with the company on this journey and proud that La Piadineria is today one of the most successful chains in the Italian restaurant market”. 

"La Piadineria has many of the traits that Permira targets in its investments, as a high-growth and highly profitable consumer platform. We are thrilled that our partnership has enabled the sustainable growth of the business," said Giorgio Dinaro, Principal at Permira. 

https://lnkd.in/ez5qZ-xf

It was a pleasure to host a networking dinner earlier this week during the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco. The event was an opportunity to connect senior advisers, firm and portfolio company leaders, and executives from across the healthcare industry.

Silvia Oteri, Partner and Global Head of Healthcare, and Ryan Lanpher, Partner and Co-Head of Technology, addressed attendees, touching on the convergence between the two sectors and emphasizing Permira's core belief in building deep partnerships, both with entrepreneurs and managers and within our own firm. 

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We're pleased to announce that Jon Serbousek has joined our healthcare team as a Senior Adviser. As a seasoned healthcare executive with over 35 years of experience, Jon has held numerous leadership roles at top health-tech companies, including Orthofix Medical, Biomet, Medtronic and DePuy.

"His broad experience, strategic acumen, and deep knowledge of the MedTech space will be invaluable as we continue to build and expand our investments in the healthcare sector," said Silvia Oteri, Head of Healthcare at Permira.

Welcome to the family, Jon! Read more about Jon's background and new role: https://lnkd.in/g2aqFzaM

Riccardo Basile, Operating Partner, explores how we support management teams to drive #valuecreation via go-to-market transformations. Permira-backed Axiom leveraged our portfolio group's operations expertise, performance management strategies, and data analytics to expedite the go-to-market process. Watch the full video: https://lnkd.in/eZb9ag6T

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