Helping companies and their staff to develop
SGPA est une société familiale indépendante fondée par Jean-Paul Guisset en 1999.
Elle anime aujourd’hui un Groupe de plus de 500 personnes.
Forte d’une réelle expérience entrepreneuriale, notre équipe anime, dirige opérationnellement, accompagne et épaule les entreprises dans leur projet de développement ou de création.
Notre équipe apporte services et expertises aux entreprises de son Groupe :
audit stratégique ou d’organisation, recrutement de cadres clés et management package, cash pooling, démarche d’acquisitions, etc.
About us
Beliefs
Attention to clients, taking care in serving them, valuing staff, respecting individuals and innovation are decisive factors in companies’ growth.
Raison d'être
Animer notre Groupe et en conduire la stratégie, accompagner les entreprises qui le compose, faire grandir leurs équipes, créer des emplois.
Rechercher la croissance et l’innovation dans le respect essentiel du facteur humain.
L'approche Long terme
Les projets mettent parfois du temps à s’épanouir. Notre approche patiente permet de mettre en œuvre des démarches de croissance qui, sur le long terme, donneront une ampleur remarquable aux entreprises du Groupe.
Our investment criteria
Nous agissons principalement en majoritaire, dans des PME ou ETI avec des investissements de 5 à 30 m€, sur nos 3 verticales business privilégiées : les services numériques aux entreprises, l’éducation/formation et le commerce digital.
La famille peut également développer un intérêt dans les entreprises en création et start-ups, les investissements sont compris entre 200 k€ et 2,5 m€. Nous suivons alors l’entreprise dans ses besoins de financement successifs et sommes un membre actif de la gouvernance.
SGPA participe activement à la conduite de la stratégie et au développement de son Groupe.
Our team
We share a taste for creating and developing businesses
Arnauld Mesqui
Chief Executive Officer
Groupe Proxiteam
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.
Claire Onillon
Chief Executive Officer
Groupe Strada Éducation
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.
Philippe Guisset
Chief Executive Officer
Groupe Lisa Design
Philippe joined SGPA as Managing Partner in 2020 and then became CEO of Groupe Lisa Design in 2022.
Martin Latournerie
Chief Financial Officer
Groupe Lisa Design
Martin is a graduate of the Paris-Dauphine University.
Alexandre Rayne
Managing Partner
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.
Sandrine Lacassin
Office Manager
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.
Amine Skitioui
Finance Officer
After experiences within EY, L’Oréal and Suez, Amine joined KPMG financial audit teams in 2016. He then joined SGPA in 2021 as a Finance Officer.
Amine is a graduate of the Paris-Dauphine University and ESSEC Business School.
Thomas Assou
Investment and portfolio Analyst
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.
Marc Assaf
Entrepreneur in residence
After an entrepreneurial experience in the e-commerce field and a stint in asset management at Carlton Sélection and Amundi Asset Management, Marc joined SGPA in 2022 to help launch an entrepreneurial project.
Marc is a graduate of EDHEC.
Maud Elbase
Accounts Management
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.
Sophie Gauchy
Family Office & GM
Project Manager
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.
Guillaume Pas-Graziani
Finance Officer
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.
Louis-Marie Vallée
Family Officer
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.
François Guisset
Deputy CEO
François has 15 years of operational experience in development management or general management positions in small and medium-sized companies with sales of €2 to €75 million and 20 to 400 employees.
For 6 years he also created and developed the Normandy Region's investment fund deploying €200 million and totaling 70 participations. François joined the SGPA team in 2022.
François is a graduate of Sciences Po Paris and ESCP and holds a Master of Law degree from Paris II Assas.
Jean-Paul Guisset
Founder & CEO
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.