Experience

ArtNova
• France
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Investment Director

  • May 2021 - Present


Ernst & Young

• China
• Accounting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Manager Project Finance

  • Jun 2007 - Apr 2021

  Project Finance advisor with broad experience in infrastructure Examples of transactions: 1. Transportation - Owendo Mineral Port (320 m€) – Advised a major infrastructure fund for shares acquisition: accounting, tax and financial due diligence, construction of the acquisition financial model - A45 highway (1,2 Bn€) – Advised the French Ministry of Transportation: opportunity study of bond financing, EIB financing, analysis and tenders comparison 2. Infrastructure - Port Gentil Special Economic Zone (700 m$) – OLAM – Optimized the financial structuring to deal with a complex construction schedule and maximize equity IRR - Tahiti Mahana Beach (1,6 Bn$) – Advised the Government with a focus on revenue risk, solvency constraints and operational risks allocation - High schools of Seine St Denis (400 m€) – Financial advisor to Vinci, CDC and 3i - Bordeaux stadium (200 m€) - Advised the City of Bordeaux from feasibility study to contract follow-up 3. Telecommunications & energy - Région Auvergne’s broadband network (650 m€) – Settled the multiple public financers mechanisms, negotiated the Contracts, Term Sheets and swaps - Toul Rosières PV farm (200 m€) – Acquisition financial advisor to Mitsubishi corporation 4. Tourism & Leisure - CDC infrastructure fund to re-boost tourism in France (400m€) – Benchmark of best financial and economic models, opportunity investments analysis, recommendation for appropriate legal and financial structures, understanding of shareholders interests - Strategic plan for the Tour Eiffel next concession (300m€) – Risk assessment and sensitivities, financial model simulating different operational scenarios, understanding of constraints and political agendas - EuropaCity (3,1 Md€): construction of a disruptive business model for a retail-tainment center and the associated financial model Show less



Rio Tinto

• United Kingdom
• Mining
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manager

  • Jan 2013 - Jul 2013

  6-month mission at Rio Tinto as EY consultant in London / Paris for Simandou Project (20 Mds$) - Consists of a 650 km multi-user rail line and port facility in Guinea to serve a greenfield mining-related infrastructure - Fundraising along with other equity investors: Chinalco and the IFC - Commercial support mostly on the procurement strategy and off-take contracts analysis - ECA and DFI terms analysis and debt / equity quantum assessment - Gap and risk analysis of the proposed Guinea Infrastructure Master Plan Show less



Worldwide international survey on PPPs (PPP International)

• Independent Consultant

  • Sep 2005 - May 2007

  12 countries visited - Co-created with a lawyer PPP International to perform a comparison of public-private partnership contracts in five continents, from a commercial, financial and legal perspective - Survey’s clients: Vinci and Bouygues, law firms of Ashurst and CMS, one lobby and five other international companies - Partnership with Ernst & Young. Worked locally with project finance team of every country visited - Based on meetings with key local players (public authorities, businesses, advisors, lawyers, banks). Interviewed over 150 top players of PPP in 12 countries - Established a French and international network of nearly 200 contacts Show less



Peugeot

• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Financial Director

  • Jan 2004 - Jul 2004

  Designed financial models, elaborated and ran reporting to measure every division’s performance, participated in the corporate control management, ran simulations stressing leased cars cash flows Designed financial models, elaborated and ran reporting to measure every division’s performance, participated in the corporate control management, ran simulations stressing leased cars cash flows