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Founder and Managing Partner |
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| Mr. Petit is responsible for generating new business, identifying qualified potential limited partners, and is the "lead partner" on engagements. |
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| He has 28 years of experience in the investment business, and 14 years in private equity. |
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| Before founding GPE, Mr. Petit served as Managing Director of Private Equity at Crédit Agricole Indosuez, responsible for the bank's worldwide private placement activities. |
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| Prior to this, Mr. Petit was an Executive Director at Indosuez based first in the Middle East and then in Asia, responsible for managing the primary equity markets division in those regions, as well as developing strong relationships with prominent investors. |
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| Mr. Petit holds an MSc in Mathematics and graduated from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris. |
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Co-Founder and Partner |
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| Mrs. Trocmé-Le Page is responsible for generating new business, identifying qualified potential limited partners, and is the "lead partner" on engagements. |
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| She has 19 years of experience in the investment business, and 12 years in private equity. |
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| Prior to co-founding GPE, Mrs. Trocmé-Le Page was an Associate Director at Crédit Agricole Indosuez where she worked with Patrick Petit in managing the bank's worldwide private placement business. |
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| Prior to this, Mrs. Trocmé-Le Page was a Senior Vice President with Crédit Agricole in charge of large U.S. Institutional clients. Mrs. Trocmé-Le Page began her career in New York as a financial analyst on Wall Street. |
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| Mrs. Trocmé-Le Page has an MA in Finance from Paris-Dauphine, and an MBA from University of New York, Baruch College. |
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Partner |
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| Ms. Somersalmi is responsible for generating new business and identifying qualified potential limited partners. |
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| She has 9 years of experience in private equity. |
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| Prior to joining Global Private Equity, Ms. Somersalmi was Associate Director at Nordic Mezzanine, in charge of fundraising for Baltic Mezzanine Fund. Prior to this, she was Investment Director at Standard Life Investments. She also worked as Investment Manager at Capman Management. |
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| Ms. Somersalmi has an MBA from Tulane University, AB Freeman School of Business, New Orleans, and MSc from Helsinki School of Economics & Business Administration. She is also a CFA charterholder. |
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Advising Partner |
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| Formerly Managing Director of Bank Audi Saradar, France. |
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| Previously Managing Director of Qatar National Bank, France. Started his career with Al Bank Al Saudi Al Fransi (Saudi Arabia). |
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| Lecturer and former Board Member of IRIS (Institut de Relations Internationales et Strategiques). |
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| Graduated from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris and Master Public Law from the University of Paris Panthéon - Sorbonne. |
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Associate |
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| Mr. Barrett joined GPE in 2010 and is responsible for conducting due diligence of potential fund clients, development of marketing documents for client funds and elaboration of fundraising reports for clients. |
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| He holds a Master's degree in Corporate Finance from INSEEC, Paris and was a long-term intern in an M&A boutique based in Paris. |
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Analyst |
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| Ashim Sahni joined GPE in 2012 and is responsible of the elaboration of investor memos and fundraising reports for clients. |
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| He holds a Master's degree in Management with an emphasis in Finance from ESCP, Paris and Bachelor in Technology from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi. |
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Office Manager |
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| Ms. Sallandre oversees all office and accounting tasks. She is also responsible for assisting the team in organizing meetings and travel arrangements. |
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| With 15 years experience as office manager and executive assistant, Ms. Sallandre has worked for various multicultural companies within an international environment before joining Global Private Equity. |
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| Ms. Sallandre has a Degree in International Affairs. |
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