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.

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.

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.

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.

After her experiences in financial analysis at the Banque de France and then in management and financial control at Intermarché, Lucie joined SGPA in September 2022.

Lucie is currently enrolled in a Master 2 Financial Control program at the University of Paris-Dauphine.

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

Thomas is a graduate of ESCP.

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.

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.

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.

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 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 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.