Our Team

Fabrice LOMBARDO

• Passionate entrepreneur with 30 years of experience maximizing cross-border growth projects across Europe, Asia & the Middle East
• Expertise : BUILD-UP strategies + Financing (Equity + debt) + Creative deal structuring to maximize the transaction & valuation
• Combining industry knowledge + strategic + M&A advisor : Luxury & Lifestyle, Aerospace & Defense, Edtech, Medtech, Telecoms, Transports & Logistics and Sutainable Technologies
• Experience with smid & large firms as well as Financial institutions, Family Offices & PE firms
• BBA at Oxford Brookes Univ, Grenoble Bus. School, Exec. MBA + teacher at ESSEC
• Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of Thailand in Auvergne Rhône-Alpes

Antoine ALEMANY

• 10 years’ experience in cross border M&A between Europe and Asia
• Advised small, mid & large firms
• Specific expertise in Buy-side mandates
• Legal documents drafting & Analysis (Letter of Intents, Term Sheets, Shareholder Agreements…)
• MSc in Management, ESCEM Business School
• Practising Management Consultant (PMC) certified – recognised by Singapore government agencies such as SPRING, IE…

Laurent GOBINET

• 35 years experience in Industry
• 20 years experience in International business
• 15 years experience in Aerospace & Defense industries
• Former CEO of Gestal
• Former VP Procurement of Chantiers de l'Atlantique
• Former VP Procurement & Logistics of Sogerma Services (Airbus Group)
• Former OEMs Contract Manager of Thales Avionics
• DESS in Electronics - University of Bordeaux, MSc in Procurement - Kedge Business School Bordeaux

Clarisse SUN

• Former coverage analyst at BNP Paribas for a portfolio of upper-mid French corporates
• Former financial analyst in furniture sector 
• Sales experiences with a luxury leather goods brand and a sunglasses retailer
• Double degree Magistère Finance Sorbonne & Master’s degree in Financial Engineering – at the University Paris 1 Panthéon – Sorbonne

Patrice DUSSOL

• Founder of Ampelia Advisors specialised in the sale and the marketing of financial products on behalf of third parties as a ‘placement agent’ or TPM (Third Party Marketer)
• +25 years of experience in asset management having worked with top-tiers groups including ( Edmond de Rothschild AM, GROUPAMA alternative AM, Franklin Templeton, ...)
• BA in Commerce at PSB (formerly Ecole Supérieure de Gestion)

Hugo NAOUR

• Former employee at EPSA Consulting focusing on the company's international implementation 
• Prospection and fundraising experience with a Thai Foundation
• Sales experience with a major sports equipment brand 
• Bachelor Degree in Business Administration at ESSEC Business School

Diane PIOUX

    ◦    Former financial analyst at MKG consulting, working for major hotel groups (Accor, Hilton, Marriott)
    ◦    Former consultant with an impact tech startup at Station F.
    ◦    Fundraising experience for an association fighting against childhood leukemia.
    ◦    Bachelor of Business Administration at ESSEC Business School - exchange in Singapore and Los Angeles.

Maurice LAM

• >50 years’ experience in the financial services industry
• Founder of strategy and family governance consulting firm to Enterprising Families
• Passionate entrepreneur, mentoring, and investing in young entrepreneurs
• Based in Singapore since 1994; previously worked in London, Tokyo, and New York
• M.B.A. from Columbia University, New York, USA

François LAURENT

• > 35 years in the beauty cosmetics & beauty device industry;
• > 25 years developing Asia Pacific for selective markets retail brands;
• Former Asia Pacific International Director at Parfums Christian Dior;
• Experience nurturing a new beauty brand from its first establishment to a high level of recognition in Asia Pacific;
• Experienced the grueling learning curve of raising money for a fast growing company;
• Passionate entrepreneur involved in the establishment of SMEs in Hong Kong, in the USA, in Japan and in China.
• Graduated in International Business at French EDC and INSEAD YMP.

Arnaud BEASSE

• Managing director of Private Equity and Venture Capital Federation in Austria.
• M&A / fundraising expertise in Switzerland, Asia & the Netherlands : BioTech, EdiTech, InsurTech, Mobility, Fintech…
• Supporting French large multinationals in their external growth towards Eastern Europe at Bank Austria CreditAnstalt, HypoVereinsbank, Unicredit 
• Developing asset financing solutions for the CEE, CIS, Central Asia regions at Société Générale 
• Ex financial controller at Pechiney World Trade in Austria and Central Europe 
• Co-founding and Development of a startup in 2011 and creation of an incubator for innovative technological projects in Switzerland
• Master at ESCE / MBA at ESSEC, Mannheim University / Investment portfolio management and sustainable finance at NUS (Singapore), Erasmus (Rotterdam), IMD (Lausanne) 

Olivier JOB

• 30 years experience in luxury industry, including wine, gastronomy, tourism, jewelry
• Specific expertise in creating luxury partnerships: Bugatti / Parmiggiani, Bentley / Netjets, Parmiggiani / Barclays Wealth…
• Experience in licensing, franchising and transferring companies’ know-how despite cross-cultural borders.
• International business pioneer for renowned brands (Le Cordon Bleu, Virgin Galactic, Virtuoso …)
• Former consultant for SOPEXA (Communication & Marketing)
• Former consultant for CFCE (Centre Français du Commerce Extérieur)
• Serial entrepreneur: La Nuit de l’Horlogerie, the Bubble Lounge (world’s leading Champagne bar) ...

Bertrand LAM

• >15 years’ experience in the financial services industry
• Focus on investments in North America and Southeast Asia for institutional investors (state sovereign fund and corporates)
• Based in Singapore since 2011; previously worked in New York
• B.A. from Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA, and M.B.A. from Columbia University, New York, USA

Nicolai PREUSSNER

• Profound M&A expertise in the DACH Region for the Mittelstand
• Former Manager in M&A / Transaction Services at EIGHT ADVISORY
• Former Assistant Manager in M&A at KPMG
• MSc in Finance & Accounting at WU - Wirtschaftuniversität

Alessa BRAUN

• Former Analyst at Boston Consulting Group
• Former Analyst in Managaement Consulting at KPMG
• Former Analyst in Auditing at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
• BA in International Business at WU - Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien

Jonathan CHUA

• >17 years in real estate investment for commercial building and hotel sales in Asia
• Former Head of Investment Sales for a MNC real estate consultancy
• Passionate entrepreneur involved in the establishment of SMEs in Singapore and Indonesia
• Appeared on radio station and interviews in local Entrepreneur Magazine
• Graduated from SIM University with a major in Business Administration and Psychology

Pisit JEUNGPRADITPHAN

• 18 years’ experience in finance with specific expertise in sell-side (transaction advisory)
• Past President of CFA Society Thailand
• Lead Investment banker at IV Global Securities PLC
• BBA (Honours), Dual Major Finance & Banking and General Management
• CFA Charterholder, CAIA holder and Licensed Financial Advisor in Thailand