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Head of Strategy and Corporate Finance

Corporate development
- Shape AXA IM inorganic development strategy with the management and involve AXA Group stakeholders
- Screen and source potential acquisitions, team lift-outs, and partnerships opportunities
- Structure and execute transactions - Examples: sale of UK private client business, acquisition of a real-estate manager in Australia, acquisition of a stake in a Private Debt manager, acquisition of a minority stake in a fintech, acquisition of a minority stake in an ESG data provider

Management of participations and shareholder representation
- Manage strategic participations, influence strategic choices, support and challenge their development
- Represent AXA at Board of Directors: Dreams (Swedish Fintech), Iceberg Data Lab (ESG data provider), AXA IM Chorus (hedge fund), AXA IM China and AXA IM Italia
- Oversee AXA IM Asian joint ventures in China, India, and Korea (financial trajectory, capital position, development strategy)

Capital management and legal restructurings
- Evaluate and review legal set-ups, identify and execute restructurings (i.e. mergers, business transfers or liquidations) to generate savings, capital free-up, and / or simplification of internal legal structures.
- Manage AXA IM Group financial structure (i.e. capital allocation and dividend policy, financing needs, liquidity)

Strategy and business development projects
- Develop strategic insights, assess and evaluate market trends, monitor peers, and draw implications for AXA IM
- Orchestrate strategic planning exercise, coordinate business and finance functions, manage stakeholders and associated governances (e.g. Management Boards, Board of Directors, preparation of Investor Days)
- Lead strategic projects (e.g. greenfield developments and specific support to new business initiatives)

Essec Programme Grande Ecole Master
Activités et associations : Melt (association)
Teaching assistant in Corporate Finance Activités et associations : Melt (association) Teaching assistant in Corporate Finance
Overall program incl. notably strategy, strategic marketing, entrepreneurship

Feel free to contact me if you want to know more about my job
Gérard