About us

Benoît
PETIT

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Training

• Ecole Supérieure de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace (SUPAERO), Toulouse
• Master en Aéronautique - Imperial College, Londres
• Langues : Français, Anglais, Allemand

Professional background

Areas of interest

Alpine skiing, œnology, fishing

Martin H.
KALTENBACH

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Training

Diploma in International Corporate Marketing, University College Dublin – Ireland

Diploma in Business Administration and International Management, University of Ingolstadt - Germany

Languages: German, English

Professional background

Areas of interest

Sailing, skiing, golf

Andrew
PEK

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Training

Master of Science in Organization Behavior, Case Western University, USA

Bachelor of Science in Political Science, Baldwin Wallace University, USA

Languages: English, Hungarian

Professional background

Sector expertise

• Healthcare
• Consumer Goods
• Banking and Finance

Areas of interest

Design, Travel, Fitness

Loris
MAZZA

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Training

Mechanical engineering - Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Languages: French, English, German, Italian

Professional background

Sector expertise

Areas of interest

Motorcycle, mechanics and do-it-yourself, science fiction literature

Olivier
SAINT-ESPRIT

• olivier.saint-esprit@iacpartners.com
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Training

Engineer - Ecole Centrale de Nantes

Master's degree in Major Project Management - HEC / ISAE

Languages: French, English

Professional background

Sector expertise

• Aeronautics
• Defense
• Energy & Electrical engineering

Areas of interest

Aeronautic, geopolitic

Nicolas
GRANGIER

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Training

KEDGE Business School, Marseille

Languages: French, English

Professional background

Sector expertise

For the past 10 years, Nicolas has been actively involved in prospecting, identifying and transforming new business opportunities for IAC Partners.

Areas of interest

Triathlon, hiking and cultural trips

Jean-Baptiste
GUILLAUME

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• +33 (0)6 21 62 55 99
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Training

Ingenieur - Electrical Engineering - INSA Lyon

Specialized Master Strategic Management - HEC, Paris

Languages: English, French, German

Professional background

Sector expertise

• Healthcare
• Capital goods
• Process industry

Areas of interest

Poesie, cycling and strategy games

Michael
KAYSERSBERG

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Training

Diploma in Business Administration, University of Bayreuth, Germany

Languages: German, English, French

Professional background

Sector expertise

• Logistics
• Food

Areas of interest

Travel, gastronomy, literature

Maurice
RESAN

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Training

Management Information Systems, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

Languages: German, English

Professional background

Sector expertise

• Retail & Consumer

Areas of interest

Design and Architecture, Gastronomy, Oenology, Travelling

Nicolas
HUYGEVELDE

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Training

Engineer - ISEN Toulon & Université Laval-Québec, Canada

Master in Management - London Metropolitan University, United Kingdom

Languages: French, English, Portuguese

Professional background

Sector expertise

• Energy and Electrical Engineering
• Consumer goods 
• Industrial equipment
• Capital goods

Areas of interest

Rock music (guitar playing), travel and golf

Mert
GÖNENSAY

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Training

Master of Science in International Business, Maastricht University, The Netherlands

Bachelor of Science in Economics, Maastricht University, The Netherlands

MBA, University of Minnesota, USA

Languages : German, English, Turkish, Dutch

Professional background

Sector expertise

• Industrial & Construction Equipment
• Automotive & Mobility
• Retail & Consumer

Mission within IAC

Sailing, cooking and all things digital

Ian
LIMBAGA

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Training

Bachelor of Science in Marine Fisheries, University of the Philippines, Philippines

Languages: English, Filipino

Professional background

Sector expertise

• Consumer Goods
• Insurance

Areas of interest

Design, animation, comics, music, gastronomy, travel and photography

Elena
CERNEA

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• +33 (0)6 10 80 86 49
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Training

MBA - INSEAD, France

Master's Degree Industrial Strategy - La Sorbonne, France

Languages: English, French, Spanish, Romanian

Professional background

Sector expertise

• Healthcare
• Automotive
• Biotechnologies

Areas of interest

Skiing, travelling & organisational behavior along with mentoring start-ups with society and health impact around the world

Colin
SILVESTRE

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• +33 (0)6 09 91 66 69
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Training

Engineer - Ecole Centrale de Lyon

Engineer - University of Melbourne - Master of Engineering Management

Languages: French, English

Professional background

Sector expertise

• Energy and Electrical Engineering
• Consumer goods
• Construction Equipments

Areas of interest

Skiing, cultural trips

Marine
SAPPEY

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• +33 (0)6 24 22 98 05
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Training

Ingenieur – INSA Rouen

Diploma in Business Management -IAE Bordeaux

Languages : French, English

Professional background

Sector expertise

• Automotive
• Railway
• Construction Equipments

Areas of interest

Culture, personal development, social innovation, equitation.

Heike
BARTSCH

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Training

Master´s Degree in Economics,Leibniz University, Hanover

Languages: German, English

Professional background

Sector expertise

• Finance

Areas of interest

Cooking, jogging, literature and arts

Armin
MORABBI

• armin.morabbi@iacpartners.com
• +33 (0)6 03 76 44 67
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Training

Ecole Polytechnique, Paris

Languages: French, English

Professional background

Sector expertise

• Railway
• Industrial equipment
• Contruction machinery
   

Areas of interest

Mathematics, chess (competition) and football.

Yuzhuo
TANG

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Training

Master, California State University East Bay, United States

Diplom (FH), Reutlingen University, Germany

Languages: Mandarin, English, German

Professional background

Sector expertise

• Automotive
• Consumer goods
• Retail

Areas of interest

Salsa dancing, kick-boxing, surf

Philippe
FEZANS

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Training

MBA, Columbia Business School, USA

MBA, London Business School, UK

Master of Engineering, IMT Lille-Douai, France

Languages: French, English, German

Professional background

Sector expertise

• Automotive
• Telecommunications
• High-Tech

Areas of interest

Travel, Skiing, Photography

Mathilde
WINDSOR

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• +33 (0)6 11 73 68 30
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Training

Master in Human Resources Management - Institute of Business Administration

Bachelor of Human Resources Development - ESCEM, France

Languages : French, English

Professional background

Areas of interest

Running, art

"Throughout my career in the industry, I have been committed to breaking down the barriers between the silos that large organizations know so well how to build within them.

And yet, the gains that can be made by working together in engineering and production, to take just this example, are considerable...

To do this, it is not enough to put everyone in the same room. It takes a lot of method, skills in many technical fields, and above all infinite respect for those who know and do, but who are not always aware of the constraints of the other, or who are prisoners of rules or habits that they dare not break because they have not been given the opportunity.

I found at IAC a love for industry and "beautiful work", attention to detail and stubbornness in continuous improvement that I could know in Germany or Japan. With a touch of creativity and curiosity in addition.

It is a great pleasure for me to have joined them, and to be able to contribute to the improvement of our customers' performances."

Guy MAUGIS, 63, has been President of the Franco-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry since June 2011.

Advisor to the Bosch Group Management Board, he directed its activities in France, as Chairman of Robert Bosch France SAS, from 2004 to 2016.

He is also treasurer of the Federation of Automotive Equipment Manufacturers (FIEV) and the Foundation for Road Safety, as well as a director of Constellium.

Polytechnician, Engineer of the Corps des Ponts et Chaussées and graduate in law, Guy MAUGIS worked several years at the Ministry of Equipment. He then continued his career at Pechiney, where he managed the Rhenalu Neuf-Brisach rolling plant, and then joined the American PPG group, where he chaired the European glass division. After the acquisition of PPG verre Europe by ASAHI Glass, Guy MAUGIS was in charge of the business development and worldwide spare parts activities of the Japanese group's automotive branch while chairing the European automotive activities.

"I love the industrial world in all its technical, technological and human aspects. I have always been passionate about team commitment to progress, introduce innovations and breakthroughs, but also make incremental improvements, step by step, with the ultimate goal of improving product and service performance, for the greater benefit of business competitiveness and customer satisfaction.

I have known IAC for a long time, we have had several common experiences and my teams have always been very satisfied with the way they conducted the intervention and the results achieved.

Their positioning on the reduction of direct, recurring and non-recurring design, development and production costs is major for improving the competitiveness of companies.

They have very good engineers who are on the ground and know the aeronautics and defence professions well, with the interest of having worked with many companies in the field, but also those in the transport, automotive and mass distribution sectors, this is a guarantee of openness and synergies.

They implement a pragmatic methodology, proven for more than 30 years in all industrial sectors, based on expertise in business cost drivers, and their proprietary benchmarking and costing tools place economics at the heart of projects and guide teams towards the best cost-performance trade-offs."

Henri BROCHET has dedicated most of his career to the industrial world.

He has held several management positions in groups such as Alcatel and Thales. He has been very involved in Europe’s largest space projects. It has been leading industrial entities with up to 3500 employees and including European subsidiaries.

Henri BROCHET has been responsible for the integration of companies into Joint Ventures such as Thales Alenia Space in the space industry and has been involved in several M&A transactions. He has solid experience in everything related to the industrial field, production, transformation and improvement plans, Research and Development activities, management of large projects or human resources. It has also played an essential role in initiatives aimed at improving the competitiveness of the Midi-Pyrés region by participating in the structuring of the global landscape, in particular through the Pôtitivité, Public/Private Laboratories.

He is always involved in the aeronautics and space industry as a director or member of management committees. Henri BROCHET was raised to the rank of Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur in 2014.

« I have spent most of my career with Franco-German industrial groups, which have three things in common: the search to improve their competitiveness, an international ambition and the seek for synergies to overcome their cultural differences.

A major movement has grown since the 2000s, major French and German groups are increasingly cooperating and are dragging other European countries along with them. This fundamental shift reflects a strong trend in the industrial world: to succeed, it is necessary to build competitive companies capable of competing at an international level.

I found at IAC Partners this ambition: to build an agile structure, with a DNA focused on improving competitiveness, but above all, with an international focus.

My objective will be to put my experience at the service of IAC Partners and to challenge their strategy, in short, to increase their skills thanks to my 30 years of experience in the European industrial world. »

Patrice has held strategic positions in major groups and MidCap for more than 30 years.

He began his career as a project manager with Michel Rocard and quickly evolved in an industrial context of Franco-German cooperation. His career reflects a strong attachment to this cooperation, which he highlights both during his interventions in prestigious schools (HEC, ESSEC, Science Po), as well as during his career in industry.

His management positions have led him to study the key success factors for manufacturers: competitiveness, research and development, industry 4.0, etc.

By working in a bilingual environment, Patrice has developed a strong attachment to this dual culture. Co-founder of the Franco-German think-thank "Mittelstandslab", he shares his ideas and publishes articles on Franco-German economic relations, in the magazine "Confrontations Europe".

« I love challenges that I always see as opportunities. My experience as an industry leader has convinced me that continuous improvement and a mind without preconceived ideas lead to real change for all.

I have known IAC for many years and they have accompanied me in the development of different types of products in different industries. The gains implanted have always been above or even far above my highest expectations.

This is one of IAC's many strengths. Their knowledge of the industry in all sectors and their professionalism make them a formidable vehicle for changing internal practices and I am proud to sit on the board as Senior Advisors.»

Emmanuel has been driving his career as an industry leader for over 25 years, mainly in the energy field. Emmanuel began his career at Schneider Electric (10 years) where he held various positions including General Manager of Units before joining Alstom Grid (5 years) to assume responsibility for the Transformers and Medium Voltage Equipment Division as Vice President. Emmanuel then successfully manages NKM Noell Special Cranes (3 years) as CEO and General Cable Europe (6 years) as CEO / President. He joined the private equity fund GIMV (2 years) as Partner for Energy and Industry before being appointed Senior Vice President of Global Business Transformation for Philips Lighting. Since November 2017, he has been CEO of  Leti.

Throughout his career, Emmanuel has demonstrated in many multicultural contexts his ability to improve the operational and financial performance of the company;He was responsible for the Ebitda cash flow of the divisions he led, relying on the levers of innovation, the development of new systems and services and the vectors of transformation. Emmanuel has managed directly industrial entities from 600 to 4500 employees and has recognized experience in Mergers & Acquisitions and LBOs.

Emmanuel holds a doctorate in physics from the Ecole Centrale de Lyon and an engineering degree in computer science from the University of Technology of Compiègne (UTC). He also holds an MBA from the Grenoble Business School.

"My passions for technology and innovation were passed on to me by my grandfather who worked in the textile industry in Saint-Etienne. He was an engineer and especially an inventor. I was fascinated. I have always sought in my professional adventure to surround myself with passionate and humble people I can trust.

In addition to IAC teams’s know-how and ability to deliver results, the quality that has allowed us to collaborate together for many years is their knowledge, appreciation of IAC’s teams and their ability to deliver results."

These are people in the field who have practical and effective ideas. Their experience and personality give them the agility to challenge received beliefs and ideas while valuing men.’

Jean-François has held a General Management position in the automotive industry for 30 years.

After a first successful experience at the car manufacturer Renault (5 years) as Manager of an Engineering Department, Jean-Franèois continues his career with the automotive industry;In 2002, he joined Plastic Omnium’s Inergy Automotive Division. His experience and vision of the sector enable him to successfully implement his skills on the full scope of Marketing, R&D and Industrialization, up to the Corporate Strategy.

His recognized skills in talent detection and development, organizational transformation, multicultural team management, as well as the positive energy he knows how to transmit, allow Jean Fran’ois to guide teams towards success. His ability to anticipate is a real competitive advantage for the organizations he leads. Jean-Franéois currently manages a team of 600 engineers, 5 technical centers and 1 research center (USA, Asia and Europe) and manages the program and industry teams until the series launch with a current portfolio of 180 programs worldwide.

Jean-François BERARD is a graduate engineer in arts & crafts (ENSAM) and also holds an Executive MBA from Harvard Business School.

"I have always been fascinated by new technologies and the sharing of knowledge. Throughout my academic career, I have been committed to building hubs of excellence and helping to train the scientists of tomorrow. As a supporter of a hands-on approach of teaching, I believe that to survive in global competition, our universities must systematically collaborate with companies. Beyond the simple financial aspect, this cooperation will lead the academic field to a more pragmatic approach in their disciplines.

I joined IAC Partners to promote this vision of research and strengthen collaboration between these two worlds that intersect without knowing each other and are more dependent than they think. For industrials, competitiveness now depends on innovation. Price is no longer the top priority; consumers want to be offered new products and services all the time. The challenge is therefore to create synergies between the private sector and research, the latter with its long-term vision making it possible to guide strategic decisions."

Philippe GILLET has dedicated most of his career to the academic world.

Professor at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne since 2010, his research covers sciences such as geology, biology and astronomy. Author of more than 150 scientific publications, he continues his research and teaching activities at EPFL.

Since 2016, he has held the position of Chief Science Officer at SICPA, a company recognized worldwide for its expertise in securing payment methods. This experience led him to develop an expertise on blockchain and crithomancies.

This diversified career also leads him to promote cooperation projects between academia and business.