Global private investment firm Permira has appointed Mark Solomons as a Senior Adviser, bringing extensive global M&A and digital marketplace expertise to support strategic M&A and value creation activity across the firm’s portfolio.
Solomons, who brings over 30 years of experience spanning finance, e-commerce and digital marketplaces, with a strong track record in board leadership roles and driving strategic transactions, will have a particular focus on the consumer sector.
Solomons currently serves as Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the Board at Permira-backed Catawiki, and has held senior board positions at Adevinta, OLX Brazil, Apollo Korea (Gmarket), and Distilled Media Group.
Previously, Solomons served as Vice President of Corporate and Business Development and Vice President of Strategic Investments at eBay, where he led global M&A and investment activity. Before joining eBay, he spent two decades in investment banking at Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan, where he led a number of significant technology M&A transactions.
In the past year, Permira has deepened its commitment to embedding senior strategic and operating expertise across its investment platform, spanning M&A, go-to-market transformation, data & AI, and sustainability. The firm has appointed a number of Senior Advisers and Executives-in-Residence to strengthen these capabilities, including Jason Wreath, a data and healthcare analytics leader from AWS; Jason Bordoff, a global energy and sustainability expert; George McMillan, a healthcare operations specialist; and John Turner, an Executive-in-Residence focused on go-to-market excellence.
