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Tell Us About You/Your Company or What Type of Work You Do if Seeking Employment: 2007-Present: Vaxa Inc, Boston (MA), New York (NY) and Madison (WI), USA
Sr. Strategy Consultant
• Performed equity research, competitive analysis, partnership / investor sourcing, pre-acquisition screening, valuation and pitch book drafting for SFG Advisors, Ayers AM, Emory Capital, and Monin Vineyard.
• Screened US Equity mutual fund universe and private equity limited partnerships for institutional investors.
• Developed front-end research, market opportunities identification and conceptualization, partnering ecosystems and business model / plan design for intelligence agency Diligence LLC, hedge fund Finaltis, schools Baruch College and Hult, and Corporate Strategy teams of Fortune 500 IT clients (e.g. HP, IBM, Kodak, EMC).

2004-2006 A2 Gestion Family Office, Amiens, France
General Manager & Portfolio Manager
• Co-managed a team of 9 people and 5 active funds of funds for assets under management totaling $54 million.
• Led fund screenings, proposals reviews and fund managers’ interviews
• Track record 2004-2005: European Equity +31.24%, Global Equity +29.81%, Global Balanced +20.57%, Global Moderate +14.42%, Global Prudent +10.61%. Funds gained 3 to 4 Morningstar-S&P Stars and 3 Lipper Leaders.
• Recommendations formalized the top down investment process, initiated 10 new sub-managers agreements to enhance funds’ performances, initiated marketing tools and successful national communication campaigns, and contributed to winning $9 million institutional mandates and partnerships generating $0.64 million in fees.

2001-2004 Clinvest Credit Lyonnais / Calyon Corporate Investment Banking / Credit Agricole Group, Paris, France
M&A Analyst
• Built detailed financial models to analyze the impact of mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, debt, equity and equity linked financing alternatives for the logistics & transportation, energy and media industry groups.
• Prepared fairness materials, board presentations and valuation books including accretion / dilution, public and transaction comparables, DCF, WACC and pro forma analysis. Participated in all aspects of deal execution.
• Representative transactions: Isis merger with Technip ($1.1 billion, energy equipment & service), pre-privatization by IPO of EDF ($15.7 billion, utilities), FM Logistic attempted bid to Exel Logistics ($270 million, transportation & logistics), part-privatization by sale of 80% of The Morocco National Tobacco Company to Altadis ($1.9 billion, tobacco), privatization by IPO of ASF (Autoroutes Sud de la France, $3.9 billion, Infrastructures), sourcing and attempted bid of Excelsior to EMAP ($128 million, media), Vivendi Universal sale of Houghton Mifflin to Thomas H. Lee Partners / Bain Capital / Blackstone ($1.7 billion, media).

2000-2001 Merrill Lynch Capital Markets, Paris, France
Institutional European Equity Sales Trading Analyst
• Transmitted clients’ orders to the trading desk, screened daily equity research and performed pre-calls research.
• Translated UK analysts’ morning meeting calls, collected traders and sales traders’ daily market commentaries, and analyzed trading volumes in London, New York and Tokyo to design daily letters (Expresso and Telegram).

1991-2000 State Street, Rothschild, Indosuez, Credit Agricole, BNP, Union Carbide, Geneva, Switzerland and Paris, France
Contracts or Internships
• RFPs/RFIs Writer or Marketing Intern (State Street, 1 year, 1999, BNP, 3 months, 1996, Credit Agricole, 3 months, 1996), Oil & Gas Equity Research Intern (Rothschild, 3 months, 1997), Private Banking Intern (Indosuez, 3 months, 1995) and Treasury Apprentice (Union Carbide, 2 years in part time, 1991-1993).

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EXPERIENCE
2007-Present Vaxa Inc Boston (MA), New York (NY) and Madison (WI), USA
Sr. Strategy Consultant
• Performed equity research, competitive analysis, partnership / investor sourcing, pre-acquisition screening, valuation and pitch book drafting for SFG Advisors, Ayers AM, Emory Capital, and Monin Vineyard.
• Screened US Equity mutual fund universe and private equity limited partnerships for institutional investors.
• Developed front-end research, market opportunities identification and conceptualization, partnering ecosystems and business model / plan design for intelligence agency Diligence LLC, hedge fund Finaltis, schools Baruch College and Hult, and Corporate Strategy teams of Fortune 500 IT clients (e.g. HP, IBM, Kodak, EMC).

2004-2006 A2 Gestion Family Office Amiens, France
General Manager & Portfolio Manager
• Co-managed a team of 9 people and 5 active funds of funds for assets under management totaling $54 million.
• Led fund screenings, proposals reviews and fund managers’ interviews
• Track record 2004-2005: European Equity +31.24%, Global Equity +29.81%, Global Balanced +20.57%, Global Moderate +14.42%, Global Prudent +10.61%. Funds gained 3 to 4 Morningstar-S&P Stars and 3 Lipper Leaders.
• Recommendations formalized the top down investment process, initiated 10 new sub-managers agreements to enhance funds’ performances, initiated marketing tools and successful national communication campaigns, and contributed to winning $9 million institutional mandates and partnerships generating $0.64 million in fees.

2001-2004 Clinvest Credit Lyonnais / Calyon Corporate Investment Banking / Credit Agricole Group Paris, France
M&A Analyst
• Built detailed financial models to analyze the impact of mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, debt, equity and equity linked financing alternatives for the logistics & transportation, energy and media industry groups.
• Prepared fairness materials, board presentations and valuation books including accretion / dilution, public and transaction comparables, DCF, WACC and pro forma analysis. Participated in all aspects of deal execution.
• Representative transactions: Isis merger with Technip ($1.1 billion, energy equipment & service), pre-privatization by IPO of EDF ($15.7 billion, utilities), FM Logistic attempted bid to Exel Logistics ($270 million, transportation & logistics), part-privatization by sale of 80% of The Morocco National Tobacco Company to Altadis ($1.9 billion, tobacco), privatization by IPO of ASF (Autoroutes Sud de la France, $3.9 billion, Infrastructures), sourcing and attempted bid of Excelsior to EMAP ($128 million, media), Vivendi Universal sale of Houghton Mifflin to Thomas H. Lee Partners / Bain Capital / Blackstone ($1.7 billion, media).

2000-2001 Merrill Lynch Capital Markets Paris, France
Institutional European Equity Sales Trading Analyst
• Transmitted clients’ orders to the trading desk, screened daily equity research and performed pre-calls research.
• Translated UK analysts’ morning meeting calls, collected traders and sales traders’ daily market commentaries, and analyzed trading volumes in London, New York and Tokyo to design daily letters (Expresso and Telegram).

1991-2000 State Street, Rothschild, Indosuez, Credit Agricole, BNP, Union Carbide Geneva, Switzerland and Paris, France
Contracts or Internships
• RFPs/RFIs Writer or Marketing Intern (State Street, 1 year, 1999, BNP, 3 months, 1996, Credit Agricole, 3 months, 1996), Oil & Gas Equity Research Intern (Rothschild, 3 months, 1997), Private Banking Intern (Indosuez, 3 months, 1995) and Treasury Apprentice (Union Carbide, 2 years in part time, 1991-1993).

EDUCATION Hult International Business School (Partners: Boston College), Cambridge, MA, USA
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), December 2006
• Concentration: Finance. Investment banking and venture capital electives at Boston College. Scholarship 2006

University of Aix Marseille 3 (Partners: U. of Texas Austin, U. of Florida) School of Economics, Aix, France
Master of Philosophy (M.Phil. / M.A. / D.E.A.) in Banking & Finance, October 1998
• Thesis on the Economic Value Added as a financial modeling, analysis and management tool. Admitted in PhD

Ceram / Skema Business School (Partners: U. of New Jersey Rutgers, Georgia Inst. of Tech., HEC), Nice, France
Master of Sciences in Management (M.S.M. / Diplôme de Grande Ecole), admitted in 2nd year over 3, October 1997
• Major: Financial Markets. Partial credits MS International Finance U. of Westminster. Scholarships 1995-1997

University of Grenoble 2 (Partners: UC Berkeley, Arizona State U.), School of Economics, Grenoble, France
Bachelor of Sciences (B.S.) in Economics & Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in English, June 1995
• Major B.S.: Economic Analysis & Modeling - Major B.A.: Business. Scholarships 1991-1995

ADDITIONAL Languages: Fluent in French, English and Spanish (certificate Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Basic in Italian.
IT: MS Office Suite, Reuters, Bloomberg, Datastream, FactSet, Capital IQ, First Call, Compustat, M&A Data, Barra One, S&P, Morningstar, EuroPerformance and Lipper fund analytics, MPI Stylus, SPSS, MS Project & Visio.
Other: 2 years in Ph.D. at U. of Paris 9, French CPA level 2, FINRA Series 7 & 66; manage a global multi-assets family portfolio since 1997, co-writer of a book on startups (Dunod) and an article on Euronext (IEM Finance). Associations: Gift of Adoption, Kiwanis. Working Permits: USA, EU, EEA, EFTA, Switzerland, Philippines.