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Valentin Ricque

Senior Strategy & Private Equity Consultant

€667/day
Paris, FR
3-7 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Valentin

Freelance strategy consultant with over 5 years of experience between Paris, the Middle East, and Africa. Specialized in strategic due diligence (buy-side and sell-side), financial modeling, market entry strategy, and sector analysis. I support investment funds, scale-ups, and institutions on their growth, investment, and transformation challenges. Interventions in the tech, financial services, telecoms, and health sectors. Quadrilingual (FR/EN/PT/ES) with a strong international culture and mastery of complex contexts.
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • Portuguese

    Native or bilingual

  • Spanish

    Fluent

  • Arabic

    Conversational

  • Greek

    Conversational

  • German

    Conversational

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km)

Experience

  • CMI Strategies
    Senior Private Equity Consultant
    June 2023 - Today (3 years)
    Paris, France
    • Conducted 11+ strategic due diligence (buy-side on behalf of Private Equity funds and sell-side) on companies in Africa & the Middle-East, leading to 100% successful acquisitions with C-level stakeholders.
    • Acted in Tech, Financial Services, Telecoms & Health sectors.
    • Led cross-functional teams to conduct in-depth market & competitive analysis, identifying growth opportunities and strategic risks.
  • FarmTech Startup
    Co-Founder
    June 2020 - December 2024 (4 years and 6 months)
    Stockholm, Sweden
    • Developed an AI & hardware solution to predict pest invasions in farms, reduce usage of pesticides, lower costs and increase yields.
    • Closed 2 seed funding rounds of €360k from AddDemand Stockholm; Berytech Startup Accelerator's best Agri-Tech product 2021.
    • Implemented technology within 100+ small farms in Lebanon through a partnership with the Lebanese Ministry of Agriculture.
    • Managed a team of 8 and operations through a Scrum framework.
  • Corporate Value Associates
    Strategy Consultant
    June 2022 - June 2023 (1 year)
    Dubai - United Arab Emirates
    • Developed Middle East market entry strategy for a Korean automotive manufacturer with +$200M projected annual revenues.
    • Managed $100m product launch & India expansion strategy for a global S&P 500 mining company through M&A.
    • Created financial modeling to review pricing structure for a financial organization and ensure lasting +12% revenue growth.

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Education

  • CEMS Master in International Management and Finance
    National University of Singapore
    2022
    Management International, Gestion, Finance d’Entreprise
  • Master in Economics and International Relations
    Sciences Po - Institut d’Etudes Politiques IEP Saint Germain en Laye
    2019
    Sciences Politiques, Économie, Relations Internationales

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