Jim VARAS

En résumé

Entreprises

• Fiat Chrysler Automobiles - Head of NAFTA FP&A

  Trappes 2015 - maintenant Responsible for directing and overseeing budget and business planning operations for FCA's operations in the NAFTA region.

• Boston Millennia Partners - Advisory Board Member

  2012 - 2014 Boston Millennia Partners provides private equity financing to high growth companies in the healthcare and life sciences industry. Has a capital base of over $700 million

• EXOR - Investments Principal

  2009 - 2015 * Responsible for investing as well as monitoring the portfolio of the holding, directly supporting top management in the search and analysis of new investment ideas, capital allocation and execution of company acquisitions and disposals
  * Managed and mentored a team of associates, sourced number of investment ideas and successfully executed a myriad of financial
  transactions, including several multibillion dollar transactions (SGS, BTG Pactual, etc.)
  * Worked in all aspects of deal process and execution, acquiring great experience in managing and coordinating cross-functional teams
  comprised of financial advisors, lawyers, accountants, consultants and co-investors
  * Participated or negotiated directly financial terms of acquisitions and disposals and actively reviewed legal documentation ;
  * Conducted in-depth due diligence of potential acquisition targets and routinely meet with senior management of listed companies in
  Europe and in the US. Regularly prepared materials and presented ideas for investment committee approval
  * Worked closely with portfolio company management teams, participated in CEO assessment and selection processes and had significant
  board exposure: Advisory board member of Boston Millennia Partners (a US venture capital fund) and shadow board member of SGS,
  Cushman & Wakefield, Sequana, Banca Leonardo and The Economist
  * In 2011, helped to put up a concentrated EUR 250m portfolio of listed equity investments which delivered a 16% return that year (vs. -4.5%
  of the MSCI World index over the same period)
  * Participated in the thinking process and execution of the different corporate actions undertaken by EXOR since 2009 (buy-backs, share

• BNP Paribas - Analyst - Technology

  Paris 2007 - 2007 M&A Analyst - Technology, Media & Telecoms Group

• UBS - Associate Analyst - Global Business Services and Technology

  Paris 2007 - 2009 Associate Analyst - Global Business Services and Technology Group / Chemicals Group

• SNCF - External consultant

  2006 - 2006 helping with the assessment of existing railroad infrastructure and financial implications of new investments

• Richemont - Project Manager

  Paris 2005 - 2005

• University of Minnesota - Research Associate

  2004 - 2004 Foreign languages and other qualifications
  
  * Fluent in English, French, Italian and Spanish ;
  * CFA candidate level II and approved person by the FSA ;
  * Advanced skills with MS Office and the most relevant financial software (Capital IQ, Bloomberg, etc.)

Formations

• College Des Ingenieurs

  Paris 2006 - 2006 Master of Business Administration

• Ecole Polytechnique (Palaiseau)

  Palaiseau 2001 - 2005 Master's and Engineer's degrees

• Universidad De Chile (Santiago)

  Santiago 1999 - 2001 Undergraduate degree
  
  * Ranked 2nd/565 engineers

Réseau

• Dina CADOR

• Frédéric HAN

• Georges ASSAF

• Hugo CORDOVA

• Joly PIERRE

• Nicolas WICKER

• Richard DESCHAMPS

• Sylvie PUONG

• Victor MAMOU

• Xavier FOURNIER