Helping companies and their staff to develop
SGPA in an independent family-owned company founded by Jean-Paul Guisset in 1999
Today, it heads a Group of over 500 people.
Backed by a wealth of entrepreneurial experience, our team provides leadership, operational management, support and assistance to companies in their development or start-up projects.
Our team provides services and expertise to Group companies: strategic and organizational audits, recruitment of key executives and management packages, cash pooling, 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.
Purpose
Animer notre Groupe et en conduire la stratégie, accompagner les entreprises qui le composent, faire grandir leurs équipes, créer des emplois.
Striving for growth and innovation with the utmost respect for the human factor.
Evergreen approach
Projects sometimes take time to blossom. Our patient approach enables us to implement growth initiatives which, over the long term, will give the Group's businesses remarkable scope.
Our investment criteria
We operate mainly on a majority basis, in SMEs and ETIs, with investments ranging from €5m to €30m, in our 3 preferred business verticals: digital business services, education/training and digital commerce.
The family can also develop an interest in start-ups, with investments ranging from €200k to €2.5m. We then follow the company through its successive financing needs and are an active member of its governance.
SGPA plays an active role in the Group's strategy and development.
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
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.
Martin Latournerie
Chief Financial Officer
Groupe Lisa Design
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 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
Investment & Portfolio Manager
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.
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.
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.