Helping companies and their staff to develop

Arnauld Mesqui began his career at Roland Berger as a consultant, before moving to Empruntis as right-hand man to the CEO, in charge of Development. He joined SGPA in 2007 as Development & Investment Director, playing a key role in the Group’s development. Arnauld has been Chief Executive Officer and Partner of Groupe Proxiteam since 2016.

Arnauld is a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique and the HEC Entrepreneurs program.

After working for law firms, Claire joined Cartesia Education to co-found Objectif Barreau and run Le Cours d'Assas. Claire has been CEO of Groupe Strada Education since 2021.

Claire holds a Master in Management from ESSEC and a Master in Business Law from Université Paris 1.

After four years as a sales engineer at Bull, Philippe joined “JPG” in 1994. For almost six years, as Operations Director he helped the business to grow into Europe’s leading mail order office supplies and furniture company. In 2000, he was involved in the creation and development of Companeo. In 2002, Philippe became CEO of CUC, now Exertis Connect, and in the space of 10 years achieved a four-fold increase in the company’s revenues and EBITDA. In 2013, Philippe became CEO of One Direct and turned it into the leading online B2B retailer of telecoms solutions.

Philippe joined SGPA as Managing Partner in 2020 and then became CEO of Groupe Lisa Design in 2022.

After experiences within Natixis in LBO then Calcium Capital in Private Equity, Martin joined the LBO team at Crédit Agricole in 2017. He then joined SGPA in 2018 as an Investment Manager. Martin has been CFO of Goupe Lisa Design since 2022.

Martin is a graduate of the Paris-Dauphine University.

Alexandre has nine years’ experience in strategy consulting and senior management at A.T. Kearney, where he worked on private equity, growth strategy and operating performance optimization projects in France and across Europe. He joined SGPA in 2017 as Managing Partner.

Alexandre is a graduate of HEC Paris.

Dimitri has 9 years of experience in financial consulting at the firm Eight Advisory, where he assisted investment funds and companies in their acquisition and divestiture processes.

He then contributed to the development of the family holding company Perseus, taking charge of the investment team.

Dimitri joined SGPA in November 2024 as the head of the investment team.

Dimitri holds a degree from the University of Sorbonne and a Master's in Financial Engineering from EM Lyon.

Thomas had his first experiences in M&A and in Valuation & Transaction Services. 
After an internship at SGPA, he officially joined the investment team in 2022.

Thomas is a graduate of ESCP.

Après des expériences chez EY, L’Oréal et Suez, Amine a intégré KPMG en 2016 pour une expérience de 5 ans en Audit Financier. Il rejoint ensuite SGPA en 2021 en tant que Responsable de Participations.

Amine is a graduate of the Paris-Dauphine University and ESSEC Business School.

After expériences in Private Equity, Valuation and Mergers & Acquisitions at CIC-Conseil and Edmond de Rothschild, Guillaume joined SGPA in 2023 as a Finance Manager.

Guillaume graduated from Paris-Dauphine University.

After gaining experience as an Accounts Assistant in various roles, Maud joined SGPA in April 2018.

Maud is a valuable addition to the Management / Accounting department.

Maud holds a DCSG advanced diploma in accounting and management.

Sandrine Lacassin is Office Manager at SGPA.

Sandrine previously worked at M6 and then at the GDF Suez Group. She joined SGPA as Office Manager in 2013.

Sandrine holds a BTS Management Assistant certificate.

Louis-Marie started his career at LCL, in private banking and internal audit. Then, he specialized in the field of private management within an asset management company and then a multi-family office.

He joined SGPA in march 2023 to supervise the Family Office.

Louis-Marie holds a Master's degree in Wealth Management from ESCP.

After a first experience in the Private Bank of the Caisse d'Epargne Ile-de-France, Sophie joined SGPA in September 2022 as a Family Office & General Management Project Manager.

Sophie holds a Master's degree in Wealth Management from Paris-Dauphine University and Skema Business School.

After his first experience at a wealth management consulting firm, Tanguy joined SGPA in September 2024 as an apprentice within the Family Office.

Tanguy is also pursuing a Master's degree in Wealth Management at the University of Paris-Dauphine.

After starting her career in luxury hospitality, Ambroisine chose to transition into an executive assistant role.
She joined SGPA in September 2024.

Ambroisine holds a Professional Title in Executive Assistance.

Jean-Paul Guisset founded “JPG” in 1977. He developed the business over 20 years, turning it into Europe’s leading mail order office furniture and supplies company. He sold JPG to a US group that wanted to create the world market leader in mail order office products.

In 2000, he created “SGPA”. Assisted by a team, he provides experience and support with creating innovative businesses and developing SMEs and medium-sized businesses.