2015 - maintenant- Advise CEOs, executives, small/mid business owners and entrepreneurs on:
. strategy
. business development
. corporate development & acquisitions
. funding & financing of growth initiatives & acquisiton
. organization
- Help them lead, manage and successfully achieve key strategic growth-driving projects
'Chrysalide Santé' Think-Tank
- Founder
2012 - maintenantChrysalide Santé aims the be the very first French Think-Tank, leveraging the power of Social Media (Social Web), to gather all concerned French citizens to brainstorm and generate smart ideas on how to transform the French Healthcare System to save its world-renowned and praised quality and acces to all the French citizens, while lowering the care provision costs.
2012 - 2014- Worked on launching an entrepreneurial venture aiming at creating the first consolidated group of dental clinics in France, using innovative but legal “for-profit” corporate structures, compliant with the French restrictive legal regulation of the dentistry sector.
- Identified this business opportunity through thourough analysis of a necessary business-model switch from the still dominant in France but sub-optimal “independent practitioner” model to a clinic-based model more adapted to:
. i) new dental practice trends (dental specialties multiplication, treatment sophistication, feminization, etc.) and,
. ii) growing capex requirements and amortization of investments on more technologically advanced dentistry equipments
- Business profitability and sustainability to be derived from the potential to reduce costs by leveraging process rationalization and economies of scale (e.g. dental chairs’ utilization rate) while improving client service convenience (e.g. longer open hours, one-stop shop)
Apax Partners
- Principal
Paris2005 - 2012- Member of APAX Partners TMT investment team, focused on the Tech sector in France, Belgium and Switzerland
- In charge of i) deal origination & analysis of investment opportunities, ii) deal execution (due diligence & deal structuring) and iii) monitoring of portfolio companies as Board member or observer
- Invested over €150 million in equity in late-stage VC, Growth Capital, LBO and PIPE deals on mid-market companies.
See a few deal examples on Apax website below:
- Vocalcom (France):
www.apax.fr/index.php?option=com_actusnews&Itemid=77&lang=en&actpage=ok&LANG=EN&langue=EN&ID=ACTUS-0-23834&CLIENT=ACTUS-0-150
- Odyssey Financial Technologies (Switzerland & Belgium):
www.apax.fr/index.php?option=com_actusnews&Itemid=77&lang=en&actpage=ok&LANG=EN&langue=EN&ID=ACTUS-0-10407&CLIENT=ACTUS-0-150
- GFI Informatique (France):
www.apax.fr/index.php?option=com_actusnews&Itemid=77&lang=en&actpage=ok&LANG=EN&langue=EN&ID=ACTUS-0-10386&CLIENT=ACTUS-0-150
2004 - 2005Slumber Zone® (e-Healthcare startup project) aimed at creating the first online personalized sleep monitoring and coaching program to help the 50 million Americans* suffering from insomnia improve their sleep quality for a better life, through the automated and personalized guided use of CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) techniques.
To design their online insomnia treatment program, the Slumber Zone founding team worked with a scientific board composed of world-renowned sleep medecine experts
McKinsey
- Startegy Consultant
1999 - 2002- Advised CEOs & Executive Committee members and assisted middle management of largest French companies on:
. Growth strategy (organic growth incl. internet strategy, and external growth)
. New product/service definition & launch (notably internet-related)
. Organization
- Sectors: Technology, Pharmaceuticals, Retail Financial Services (Consumer Credit, Insurance & Asset Management)
Danone - USA
- IT Project Manager
1997 - 1999
Silvercom (web-agency) & CampusOnLine (student community website)
- Entrepreneur
1995 - 1996
Formations
Columbia University Columbia Business School (New York)
New York2003 - 2005MBA in Finance & General Management
