Maxime Laisné Bio

Mr. Maxime Laisné joined the Helarb Group in 2013. As Executive Director of Finance and Administration for the Group, he is responsible for all Group financial matters and works closely with the Executive Director of Investments on portfolio management and all potential acquisitions. In addition, he is in charge of the Finance and Administration team. Aged 48, a native French speaker, he is also fluent in English. He began his career with Deloitte (Paris) in 2001 in the audit field, where he served a wide variety of international commercial and industrial clients for 5 years. In addition, he has 6 years’ experience in transaction advisory and restructuring services (for private equity firms and strategic buyers) with Deloitte (Paris) and Grant Thornton (Paris). He has actively contributed to the global organization of Grant Thornton’s London headquarters. He joined Grant Thornton Switzerland in 2012 as Senior Manager of the Geneva office to develop the transactional services practice in French-speaking Switzerland. In the course of his M&A experience, he has worked in several sectors (technology, IT, TMT, construction, energy, civil engineering, etc.). He has carried out and managed several due diligences on both the buyer and seller sides, and has led cross-border assignments, mainly in Europe. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant in France and holds a Master’s degree in Audit and Consulting from ESCP Europe.