Gianpaolo
Pera

Co-Founder and CEO

Role: Founder & Chief Executive Office

Previous:  Prior to founding Fidelia GP spent several years in European M&A with PwC and subsequently in Private Equity at Marwyn Investment Management. Over his career GP has concluded over 50 transactions as both an advisor and an investor across a broad range of geographies and industry sectors, in particular focussing on family owned businesses.

Education: B.A. (Hons) International Finance, MsC Finance from the London School of Economics, Chartered Accountant, Chartered Financial Analyst.

Personal: GP was born in Johannesburg to Italian parents. He moved to Italy to pursue his university studies and subsequently to London and has since spent most of his career working across the EMEA region. GP lives with his wife and son in central London and enjoys road cycling, skiing and cooking.

Gareth
Thomas

Co-Founder and COO

Role: Founder & Chief Operating Officer

Previous:  Gareth qualified as a Chartered Accountant at PwC before working  in the EMEA funds team at Hermes Fund Managers and BlackRock during which time he launched funds with £3.5 billion AUM. Gareth then moved into Private Equity at Marwyn Investment Managers where he met Gianpaolo before founding Fidelia together.

Education: BA. (Hons.) International Studies, Leeds University, ACA Chartered Accountant.

Personal: Gareth was born and raised in Lancashire and following stints living abroad in Bermuda and France, he has been based in London since 2006. Gareth is married with two children, and enjoys seeing the world with his family, running and is an aspiring junior team football coach.

Ben
Pollak

Co-Founder

Role: Co-Founder

Previous:  Ben started his career on the trading floor at Goldman Sachs in London. He subsequently joined a $20B+ Single Family Office and two Multi-Family Offices with a core focus on Alternative Investments. Ben then re-joined Goldman Sachs’ Private Wealth Management Division, where he advised Family Offices and Entrepreneurs across Europe.

Education: BSc. (Hons.) Operations Research from The London School of Economics and Political Science.

Personal: Ben was born and raised in Antwerp, Belgium. He moved to the UK in 2004 to pursue his undergraduate studies and has since spent most of his professional life between London and New York. Ben lives in London with his wife and identical twin daughters. He enjoys tennis, discovering new countries and cultures, and he is also a big foodie!

Lloyd
West

Managing Director

Role: Managing Director

Previous: Lloyd began his career at Mvision Private Equity Advisors before becoming a Director for capital raising at two global private equity firms. Lloyd then became a Partner at a generalist mid-market private equity fund and recently supported a London based family office in a project management role.

Education: B.A in Economics and Psychology from the University of California, Davis.

Personal: Born and raised in Cape Town, Lloyd later moved to California to further his studies before relocating to London where he has spent the majority of his career and where he met his wife. He has 3 children and a big dog and enjoys trail running, tennis, adventuring and making mosaics.

Tristan
Doumen

Director

Role: Director

Previous: Analyst at a frontier markets private equity firm, leading the analysis and due diligence of several ~$10m investments in a variety of sectors such as tech, financial services, e-commerce, agribusiness, etc before joining Fidelia in 2015.

Education: BSc (Hons.) Mathematics from Queen Mary University of London, and CFA Charterholder.

Personal: Born and bred in France with South African heritage; educated in Scotland, England, and Australia; settled in Sussex. Tristan began his career in London, spent two years in South Africa before returning to the UK in 2018. He is married with two daughters, an avid traveller, a frustrated athlete, and an unquenchable reader of history and conservation.