Anne-Laurence Roucher
Deputy CEO, Head of Private Equity and Natural Capital, MIROVA
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Anne-Laurence Roucher is a graduate of the French business school ESCP (École supérieure de commerce de Paris). She began her career in 1999 as a Project Manager for a company aiming to help get people out of work for a long period back into employment in the catering industry, thereby reconciling social and economic performance. In 2000, Anne-Laurence joined the management consulting firm AT Kearney as a Business Analyst and then as a Senior Associate with financial institutions. In this role she worked on a wide array of strategic, development and restructuring projects for asset managers, insurers, private equity firms and merchant and investment banks. Anne-Laurence joined Natixis in 2005 before becoming Head of Strategic Planning at Natixis Asset Management in 2007. While in this position Anne-Laurence played a pivotal role in highlighting the importance of responsible financing. This strategic priority led to the creation of a business unit within Natixis Asset Management dedicated to responsible investment, which later developed into Mirova. As Mirova’s Deputy CEO and Head of Private Equity and Natural Capital, she is in charge of developing the real assets unit in Europe and emerging countries.
Fabrice Dumonteil
Vice President, FRANCE INVEST
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Fabrice Dumonteil is the chairman and founder of Eiffel Investment Group, an asset manager with more than €5 billion under management on behalf of major institutional investors and private investors. Investing for a sustainable world, the company deploys investment strategies designed to generate not only strong financial performance but also positive impacts on the environment and society. Eiffel Investment Group has ca. 100 employees, mainly in France (Paris), but also in BeNeLux (Amsterdam), the United States (New York) and the Middle East (Abu Dhabi).
Fabrice Dumonteil is also Vice-Chairman of France Invest, the French association of private equity.
Previously, he was the managing director of a division of the telecommunications’ operator Neuf Cegetel, and then Chief Financial Officer. He began his career as a consultant with the Boston Consulting Group.
He holds an engineering degree from École Polytechnique and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Saam Golshani
Partner, WHITE & CASE
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Saam Golshani is a partner in the EMEA Private Equity team of White & Case Global Mergers & Acquisitions practice. He has more than 25 years' experience representing clients in all manner of M&A, private equity and restructuring transactions, in all industries, notably in the Tech sector.
Ranked as a leading lawyer in his field by top legal directories, Saam's reputation is based on a record of accomplishment, advising creditors, debtors, investors and potential buyers on complex matters, corporate reorganizations and insolvency proceedings.
Saam has advised on some of the most significant bankruptcies, M&A and industrial restructurings on the French market, including recently on the restructurings of Orpea, Casino Group, Air Austral, Technicolor, Europcar Mobility Group, Vallourec, Solocal, Comexposium, Conforama, Arc Holdings, Asco Industries, CGG, Ludendo, Vivarte, Mory Ducros, Latécoère and SNCM.
Fluent in French, English and Farsi, Saam is at ease navigating both domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, as well as private equity and venture capital matters, on behalf of multinational clients, including investment funds, investment banks, entrepreneurs, industrials, listed and non-listed companies, and distressed companies.