65 Equity Partners

Charles is a Managing Director at 65 Equity Partners, where he focuses on investment opportunities in France.

He joined 65 Equity Partners from Wendel, where he was a Managing Director and Co-Head of Investment Strategy in Europe. With over 17 years of experience in private equity, Charles has worked in both Paris and London. His investment experience covers Europe, the US and Asia, with a focus on Pan-European regions (France, Spain and Benelux) and Business Services and Industrial sectors.

Charles began his private equity journey with Ardian, working in the Private Debt and Funds of Funds teams.

Charles holds an MBA from ESSEC Business School (France) and a Degree in Law from University of Cergy (France). He speaks French, English and Spanish.

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.