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Back to original languageAbout Eric
Having launched my independent consulting business in 2025, I have10 years of professional experience**, including five years in London in **investment banking at Mizuho Financial Group**, then three years in **energy access scale-upsin sub-Saharan Africa, and finally two years instrategy consultingin Paris at a firm specializing in the energy transition.
What I offer:
✅Financial modeling and valuation– Robust and dynamic financial models to support your decisions in M&A, investments, and strategy.
✅Profitability and strategy– Financial analyses to optimize your margins, streamline your operations, and accelerate your growth.
✅Fundraising and due diligence– Comprehensive CFO support for your equity and debt transactions, from pitch to closing.
✅Sector expertise– In-depth experience with SMEs, energy transition, private equity, and project finance, with a track record of measurable results.
To be impactful in my projects, I always demonstrate pragmatism, rigor, and agility.
I amFrench-American**, with a bachelor's degree in economics from **Cornell Universityand an **MBA from INSEAD**.
French
Native or bilingual
English
Native or bilingual
Spanish
Conversational
Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km)
Experience
- IndépendantIndependent consultantCONSULTING AND AUDITSJuly 2025 - Today (11 months)Paris, France
- **Financial consulting mission - Confidential client / renewable energy (Oct-2025)**: Financial consulting to support a family office in the acquisition of a wind farm project, including responsibility for maintaining the transaction's financial model.
- **Due diligence mission - Confidential client / electric mobility (Jul-2025)**: Audit of the financial model of a charging station operator as part of an €80M fundraising round.
- Blunomy (Cabinet de conseil en stratégie axé sur la transition énergétique)ManagerCONSULTING AND AUDITSJune 2022 - December 2024 (2 years and 6 months)Paris, France
- **Due diligence mission - Confidential client / electric mobility (4 months)**: Managed the commercial and strategic due diligence of a French charging station operator as part of its fundraising. Analyzed the business model, market sizing, competitor mapping, critical review of the European EVRI market and its value chain, and developed the business plan.
- **Strategic plan mission - Confidential client / energy access (4 months)**: Led the strategic support for a pay-as-you-go solar energy company with 250,000 customers in six African countries. Defined a three-year profitability plan, identified commercial and operational improvements leading to $8M in annual savings and positive capital returns, resulting in a change of direction and closure of insolvent entities.
- **Management transition mission - Nuru / renewable energy (12 months)**: Served as interim Chief Financial Officer, leading internal and external teams for a renewable energy company in the DRC during its $50M Series B fundraising (debt and equity). Created cash flow forecasting tools, renegotiated terms with convertible debt holders, and managed the recruitment of the new CFO.
- Bboxx (fournisseur d’électricité décentralisée en Afrique)Head of Finance, Strategy and OperationsENERGY AND UTILITIESJanuary 2020 - June 2022 (2 years and 5 months)Paris, France
- Created and implemented 10-year business plans and annual budgets for Bboxx's African operational entities. Defined objectives, monitored key performance indicators, and managed relationships between operational entities, Bboxx co-founders, shareholders, and investors.
- Developed a customer profitability model and proposed a performance improvement plan for a Bboxx entity to guide product and pricing strategy and increase value creation, achieving break-even and securing a $5M capital injection.
- Managed the financial aspects of a $25M public tender in Togo for the development, co-financing, construction, distribution, and marketing of 125 solar PV mini-grids.
- Developed a financial model for Bboxx Asia to raise $8M in senior debt from impact investor ResponsAbility.
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Education
- Master of Business Administration (MBA)INSEAD2019Master of Business Administration (MBA)
- Bachelor of EconomicsCornell University2013Bachelor of Economics