David Salabi

• A graduate of the Université Paris-Dauphine and a CPA, he began his career as an auditor with Calan Ramolino & Associés (Deloitte Touche), where he managed various audit assignments for 3 years.
• In 1997, he joined Banque Arjil (Lagardère group), an investment bank with a strong industrial focus, where he rose to the level of Deputy Managing Director. During this period of intense activity, he contributed to several major transactions: the Matra Haute Technologie / Aerospatiale merger; the SNECMA takeover of Labinal and Sylea; Advisory services for EDF in the capital restructuring of Framatome.
• In 2000, he founded the mergers and acquisitions department of MGT, a firm specializing in information technologies and media. In four years, he completed more than fifteen transactions in a particularly challenging economic environment.
• He founded Financière Cambon in 2003, a perfectly logical extension of his prior career experience. Rapidly, Financière Cambon built up its credibility and, by June of 2004, ranked among the top advisory firms for transactions in the 1 to 50 million euro range.

   

Michael Azencot

• Holder of a Master’s degree in business law, a graduate degree (DESS) in entrepreneurship and a Master’s in corporate finance from UC Berkeley, he began his career as manager of external growth and legal transactions at Siticom, a consulting firm specializing in networks and telecoms that is listed on the Nouveau Marché.
• After completing five acquisitions and conducting the sale of Siticom to listed new technologies consulting firm Devoteam, he joined the new entity as deputy director of development and financial communications. He completed a dozen deals and was responsible for financial analyst relations.
• In 2004, he joined Dassault Systèmes, the world’s leading provider of PLM software solutions and listed on both Euronext and NASDAQ, in the corporate finance & investor relations department. In this capacity, he took part in several major cross-border deals.
• In late 2005, he joined Financière Cambon to conduct consulting assignments and take part in the firm’s development, notably with top players in the IT field.

   

Morgann Lesné

• A graduate of Université Paris-Dauphine, he began his career in the capital markets as a corporate bond salesman for Exane. In 1999, he joined MGT, a firm specializing in information technologies and media, where he completed a total of 12 rounds of fund-raising that garnered around 40 million euros.
• In 2003, he became an entrepreneur, launching Tech4field (2004, software publisher for high-mobility occupations), Tech4trials (2005, publisher of solutions for the optimization of clinical trials), and Nexims (2006, publisher of Certificall, a security solution for access to web services). In 2007, he became a managing partner at Cübb (Digital Mobile Display). He remains on the management boards of these companies today, working alongside the private equity funds that are now supporting them.
• In parallel, from 2004 to 2009 Morgann continued to develop his expertise in corporate finance, completing around 10 fund-raising and M&A deals with ML Capital.
• Since November 1, 2009, he has been working with David Salabi’s team at Financière Cambon, offering his experience in fund-raising and growth businesses in the IT field. He is also responsible for international development for FC and relations with the international network of business partners.

   

Michaël Krakovich

35 ans, avocat au barreau de Paris, 9 ans d’expérience en Droit des affaires et fusions-acquisitions

• Titulaire d’une Maitrise de droit des affaires à l’Université Paris 1 et du CAPA à la Cour d’Appel de Paris, Michaël exerce son métier d’avocat en cabinet d’affaires pendant 5 ans.

• Il rejoint ensuite Edatis, éditeur de logiciel dans le domaine du web marketing, 120 salariés, où il sera successivement, pendant 4 ans, Directeur Juridique puis Directeur Administratif, Financier et Juridique.

• Il vient renforcer l’équipe de Financière Cambon en 2008 en mettant à profit son parcours pluridisciplinaire.

Ilan Elbase

31, University Of Richmond, Calyon New York, 6 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions

• With a B.S. degree from the University of Richmond (Virginia, USA), where he completed all of his university education and his Level 1 CFA, Ilan began his mergers and acquisitions career with Goldman Sachs and then Calyon New York, where he learned the academic foundations of the business.
• After three years of experience, he joined Financière Cambon in early 2007 out of a desire to be associated with human-scale as opposed to mega transactions. He offers FC his international experience in M&A and his knowledge of the process.

Mostapha Bouras

31, graduate degree (DESS) in Finance and Taxation, 4 years of experience in financial analysis and mergers and acquisitions

• A graduate of Université Paris I, Mostapha began his career as a financial analyst for Dexia Securities (Buy Side) and then moved to Euroland Finance (IPOs).
• He joined Financière Cambon in 2006, bringing his expertise in financial valuation and his knowledge of publicly-traded midcaps. His expertise was rapidly brought to bear on the sale of Diwan (listed on Alternext) to France Telecom, the first IPO in this market.

Guillaume Teboul

28,Euromed Marseille, Washington University, Merrill Lynch, 3 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions.

• After earning a degree from Euromed Marseille with a major in finance, followed by a graduate degree from Washington University, Guillaume began his career in 2006 with Aelios Finance, where he contributed to several significant venture and development capital fund-raising projects.

• In 2008, he joined Financière Cambon, during a phase of strong growth in the area of equity financing. His knowledge of technology related fields and his taste for sales are a valued addition to the team.

Jonathan Journo

27, ESME Sudria Engineer, Master’s Technion IT, Master’s Financial Engineering and Taxation ESCP-EAP, three years of experience in mergers and acquisitions

• Engineer by training, Jonathan supplemented his technical education with a master’s in financial engineering and taxation from ESCP-EAP. He thus combines an understanding of the relevant businesses and finance.

• He joined Financière Cambon in 2008, after having spent a year in the corporate financial department of Axess Technology, France’s top independent distributor of electronic components (REV of €'45m).

Orianne Benveniste-Profichet

Sup de Co Reims (Business School), IIM Bangalore (India), Edmond de Rothschild Corporate Finance - 3 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions

• After earning a degree from Sup de Co Reims (Business School) with a major in finance, Oriane started her career at Solidworks Boston – Dassault Systèmes in the financial department. She improved her technical skills thanks to an experience at PwC Paris, prior to work as an M&A analyst at Crédit Agricole CIB.

• Oriane decided to specialize in Technology after acquiring a solid M&A expertise in this sector at Edmond de Rothschild Corporate Finance and joined Financière Cambon in 2009. She brings to the team her financial modeling capabilities and her technical skills.

Stanislas Chambon

Montpellier Business School, University of Manchester, 1 year experience in Investment Banking

• Having obtained a Master of Finance at the Montpellier Business School and a Graduate Program at the University of Manchester, Stanislas has carried out a year working in Investment Bank at Rothschild’s M&A department in which he took part to sell-side / buy-side deals and fund raising in IT sector.

• He starts at Financière Cambon in 2010 in a challenging environment in order to strengthen the operational team in sell and buy side mandates.