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Christophe Jacobs van Merlen
ROLE PARTNERAT BAIN CAPITALMENTIONS 1LAST SEEN JUNE 11, 2026
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Christophe Jacobs van Merlen is a Partner at Bain Capital, based in London, where he co-heads the Business Services vertical and leads the firm's activities in the Benelux region as part of the Europe Private Equity team. He joined Bain Capital in 2004 after serving as a consultant at Bain & Company in Brussels, Amsterdam, and Boston. He holds a master's degree in civil engineering from the University of Brussels and also graduated from Ecole Centrale in France.
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mention·PitchBook News·JUNE 11, 2026
“GPs are taking the opportunity to add AI capabilities to their portfolio companies, which can take time. And time weighs on PE's favorite and most cited metric: net IRR.”
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