Current Position:
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Senior Consultant with M&A International (F)
M&A fields of experience:
Consumer
and Bto B products and distribution:
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Cosmétics and over the counter pharmaceutics
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DIY and building merchant products like: glues,
adhesives, fillers, coatings, sanitaire, plaster boards,
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Libraries
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Electrical materials -low voltage base - Portable
batteries and accues, accumulators.
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Disposable health care products.
Textiles
Services
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Event Organization
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Operational marketing, communications
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Consulting activities like engineering or data
management
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Industrial maintenance
Previous Experience
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22 years of management responsibilities in major
international groups:
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Williams Holdings plc (6 years): Polyfilla SA: Managing
Director for France and Southern Europe (Italy, Spain and Portugal) - Fillers
and adhesives for building renovation.
·
Varta Group AG (8 years): Sales, Marketing and Strategy
Manager for France. - Portable batteries and accues.
·
L'Oreal SA (8 years): Marketing Manager in several of
its sister companies.
Education
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Graduate degree in Business Administration and
Management - MBA - ESCP (Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris)
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Speaks fluently French, English and understands Italian
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Member of several professional and non-profit
organizations.
Current Position
- Senior
Consultant with M&A international (F)
- Associate
Professor in Business Law and Financial Analysis at the University of
Paris 13 (on part-time basis)
M&A fields of experience (over 10 years):
- Electrical
installations and air conditioning:
- Acquired
many firms on behalf of big clients in this sector.
- Acquisitions
for build-ups
- Métallurgy:
- Sold
a company in the electrical cable sector.
- Sold
a manufacturer of metallic structure for the building industry
- Textiles:
- Services:
- Sold
services companies especially to the shipping industry
- Engineering:
- Acquisitions
in the nuclear sector.
- Acquisitions
in industrial risk management.
Previous Experience
- Many
years of experience in M&A Consulting, specialized in industrial
electricity, air conditioning, engineering industry, and private research
firms
- Owner
and Managing Director of small- and medium-sized firms for 10 years, in
cosmetic and textile industry.
- 10
years of experience in Corporate Tax and Human Resources within
multinational groups, as well as General Secretary of a major Norwegian
shipping line on the Scandinavia/West Africa range.
Education
- Postgraduate
degrees in Business Law & Management, IAE, ICG
Languages
- Speaks
fluently French, English and understands German
Louis
Laurent-Mazerolle
Senior Consultant
+33 1 47 64 10 11
Email: Louis.laurentmazerolle@m-and-a-international.eu
Current Position:
- Senior
Consultant with M&A international (F)
Previous work
experience:
- 1973
- 1980: Miscellaneous management
positions within several divisions of the THOMSON group(electronics) now
called THALES . Positions in the
export departments.
- 1980 -
1986: General Manager of the
French subsidiary of' Alfred Dunhill Ltd (UK) a company of the Vendôme group, distributing luxury articles under the brand names
of Dunhill (smoker's accessories, jewelry, perfumes, fashion articles) and
Montblanc (writing instruments and small leather articles).
- 1986 -
1990: President and General
Manager of Repetto S. A. : founded
1947 by Rose Repetto, mother of the famous choreographer Roland
Petit, manufactures and sells classic dance shoes ,dance wears and fashion
articles
- 1990 -
1996: Managing Director of the French subsidiary of Bang & Olufsen A.
S. (DK), designer and distributor of high end audio-visual products.
- 1997:
PHŒBUS SA -Communication &
Distribution: co-founder and co-owner, President and Managing Director
of this holding company specialized in " proximity communications":
bought and managed two firms:
- President
and General Manager of Otédip SAS : direct marketing and more
specifically distribution of "unaddressed leaflets"
- President
and General Manager of Publiform display SAS : Point of Sales
materials Designer and manufacturer of
point of sales displays for various clients.
- 2007
- 2008: Elaborated the process and
sold the two firms bought by Phoebus
- 2009
- 2010: Consultant for major French Groups in the marketing and
strategic development sectors.
Education:
- Graduated
from the French Business School
ESSEC (1973).
- Languages:
French, English, Spanish
M&A and Corporate
Finance:
Luxury and high end
products distribution:
- Communication:
- Financed,
bought and sold a company in the direct communication field
- Financed,
bought and sold a company in the Point of Sales field
- Textiles:
- Sold
/ advised companies in this field.
- Services:
- Advised
world-wide many groups in their commercial and marketing developments
