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Chairman Founder
Frank
Noël-Vandenberghe
Chairman Founder
April 2017: Frank creates Essling Capital together with Michele Mezzarobba. Frank is a renowned investor in the unlisted market, where he has worked for more than 25 years and taken part in over 60 unlisted operations. He founded the Massena Group in 1989.
Frank graduated in finance and international taxation at Université Lille 2 and holds a post-graduate degree from San Diego State University.

Frank
Noël-Vandenberghe
Chairman Founder
Lead investment
Bertrand
Fesneau
Managing Director
Lead Investment
Bertrand joined the team in March 2018 after serving as Managing Director at Turenne Capital. In 2004, he co-founded CIC LBO Partners and served the company as Chairman until 2014. And he began his career in 1990 at 3i, where he was Deputy Managing Director from 1997 to 2003 in charge of LBO and development capital activities.
Bertrand is graduated from ESSEC and INSEAD Business School.

Rémi
Matuchansky
Co-head
Lead Investment
Rémi joined the team in March 2018. Between 2004 and 2017, Rémi co-founded CM-CIC LBO Partners, where he served as Managing Director and then Chairman. In 1999, he took on management and operational positions at La Toulousaine manufacturing group. He began his career in 1994 at 3i Group in London.
Rémi is graduated from ESCP-EAP Business School.

Charles
Bourgain
Associate
Lead Investment
Charles joined Essling Capital in May 2018. Previously, he served as Analyst then as Associate at Turenne Capital. Prior to that, Charles worked at PwC as a financial auditor before joining Bpifrance as an Analyst in their Financing department.
Charles holds an engineering degree in Telecommunication & Networks from ENSEEIHT (Toulouse) and a Specialized Master in Financial Techniques from ESSEC.

Tristan
Eliard
Analyst
Lead Investment
Tristan joined Essling Capital in July 2019 after having completed his end-of-studies internship within the Lead Investments team.
Before joining the team, he has completed internships in Corporate Finance at RSM International and in M&A at KPMG.
Tristan holds a MSc in Management from emlyon business school.

Co-investment
Alexander
Cuniasse
Co-head
Co-Investment
Alexander joined the team in 2016. He worked for 10 years at Euris (holding company of the Casino Group) in the equity investment team (Private Equity and Real Estate) in Paris and New York.
Alexander holds a MBA from Columbia Business School and is a graduate from Ecole Centrale Paris.

Louis
Hamon
Co-head
Co-Investment
Louis joined the team in 2016 after serving as investment manager (Private Equity) at a family office based in Switzerland. Before that, he was a member of the M&A teams of SGS and Rothschild & Co.
Louis graduated from HEC Paris and the London School of Economics & Political Science.



Administration & Finance
Pierre
Hervé
General Secretary
Pierre joined Essling Capital in 2017. He served as chief administrative officer of Natixis Private Equity for 14 years, where he supported and organized business development in France and internationally and oversaw all support and cross-company functions. Before that, he was senior manager at Deloitte.
Pierre is a chartered certified accountant and a graduate from IEP Grenoble.



Sarah
Sedrati
Assistant
Sarah joined Essling Capital in July 2017. She started working as a caregiver, then lived abroad for several years, in Australia, Southeast Asia and South America. She then enrolled in the army to join the 1st Régiment de Hussards Parachutistes.
Sarah holds a state diploma as a nursing assistant and a Bac Pro Secretariat.
