Team

The partners behind Crane Street.

A team that pairs deep private equity experience with hands-on operating expertise — aligned, patient, and invested for the long term.

Managing Partner

Aleem Choudhry

Aleem Choudhry co-founded Crane Street Capital in 2009 and serves as the Managing Partner.

Prior to Crane Street, Mr. Choudhry was Principal and Co-Founder of the North American office of Englefield Capital, a London-based middle-market private equity firm. Prior to Englefield, he was a Vice President at FFL, a San Francisco-based middle-market private equity firm. Before private equity, Mr. Choudhry worked as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs and Wasserstein Perella, where he began his career.

Mr. Choudhry graduated from Stanford University with a B.S. in Physics with Distinction and a minor in Economics. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa as an undergraduate. He received an MBA with Distinction from the Harvard Business School.

Partner

Nadine Fahoum-Nacar

Nadine Fahoum-Nacar joined Crane Street Capital in 2017. Prior to Crane Street, Ms. Fahoum-Nacar was an Operations and Marketing Associate at 55 Capital Partners, a San Francisco-based asset management firm.

Before that, Ms. Fahoum-Nacar worked as a Trade Execution and Operations Associate at Ada Investments, a New York City-based hedge fund.

Ms. Fahoum-Nacar graduated from Duke University with a B.S. in Political Science and Markets & Management, where she also played number 1 singles on the women’s varsity tennis team. She received her Master’s in International Education with a focus on International Political Economy from New York University.

Operating Partner

Petr Pechovic

Petr Pechovic joined Crane Street Capital in 2026 as Operating Partner. He brings over 16 years of financial services experience, including nearly 12 years at Barclays.

Prior to Crane Street, Mr. Pechovic was Vice President at Barclays in Prague, a position he held since 2018. He joined the bank in the Collateral Management business and subsequently took on broader responsibility across the engineering and infrastructure platforms. Prior to Barclays, Mr. Pechovic was a Software Engineer at KBC Bank, where he led engineering teams across multiple business domains within the bank. Earlier in his career, Mr. Pechovic worked as a software engineer in Copenhagen, Denmark, and in Prague, where he began his career.

Mr. Pechovic graduated from VSB – Technical University of Ostrava with a Master of Engineering in Computer Science.