'Really?'
Yeah.
'Who's hired them?'
Lucky.
'Ha, ha, ha!'
Ha!
Anyway ...
Dear all,
We hope this email finds you well.
Do you?!
'Who is that?!'
Don't worry about it, Voice.
Astorg, a leading Pan European private equity firm, is pleased to share today a media release announcing the arrival of four senior executives to support the firm's growth and development:
Ah ... no, not today. 'How old is this PR email, boss?' Ancient.
Sebastiaan van den Berg, Partner, Co-Head GP Equity Solutions
Reinard Volschenk, Managing Director, Investor Relations
Samia Hadj, Head of Corporate Communications
Marc-Olivier Kiren, Head of Financial Information & Valuation
Who are these people?!
'They're the senior hires, obviously.'
Well ... that explains everything, doesn't it?
Anyway ...
Thierry Timsit, CEO of Astorg, comments: "We are delighted to strengthen our team with high level profiles. Sebastiaan, Reinard, Samia and Marc-Olivier are highly experienced, and bring distinctive skills and deep expertise to Astorg. Their respective contribution will be important in continuing to fulfil our value proposition, evolve the quality of services we provide to investors and more efficiently communicate with all our stakeholders. We wish them all the best in their new roles."
Thanks, Thierry!
The full announcement is attached.
Oh dear. I knew our luck would run out. Yes, our luck.
Astorg, why did you give him this job?! Seriously!
'He's cheap.'
Oh dear ...
Astorg pursues! its Development and Strengthens Its Team with Four Senior Hires Luxembourg London Paris 18th September 2023 Astorg a leading pan! European private equity firm is pleased to announce today the arrival of four senior executives to support the firms growth and development Sebastiaan van den Berg Partner Co Head GP Equity Solutions Reinard Volschenk Managing Director Investor Relations Samia Hadj Head of Corporate communications Marc Olivier Kiren Head of Financial Information & Valuation Thierry Timsit! CEO of Astorg commented we are delighted to strengthen our team with high level profiles Sebastiaan Reinard Samia and Marc Olivier are highly experienced and bring distinctive skills and deep expertise to Astorg their respective contribution will be important in continuing to fulfil our value proposition evolve the quality! of services we provide to investors and more efficiently communicate with all our stakeholders we wish them all the best in their new roles as previously announced GP Equity solutions is a new Astorg product designed to address the significant opportunity to invest in the fast growing single asset continuation vehicle market leveraging on the firms strength and expertise as a buyout manager its differentiated strategy aims to build a high conviction portfolio of investments in Global B2B niche leaders! consistent with Astorgs long standing investment strategy GP Equity Solutions will be co led by Michal Lange and Sebastiaan van den Berg Partners at Astorg Sebastiaan van den Berg Partner Co Head GP Equity Solutions is based in London and reports to Thierry Timsit and François de Mitry Managing Partners he joined Astorg earlier this year and has over 25 years of industry experience and built a strong network of relationships with premier GPs LPs and intermediaries globally Sebastiaan joins Astorg from Arch Capital Group where he was CIO Alternatives and primarily responsible for building a global private markets investment portfolio he previously worked in Hong Kong where he held various senior roles most notably managing! Director at Harbourvest Partners he holds a master of Science Degree in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science concurrently consistent with the firms growth and development Astorg is continuing to enhance its corporate functions seeking to provide best in class execution and services to its investors Reinard Volschenk Managing Director Investor Relations is based in London and reports to Jean Raby Partner & Head of Business Development Reinard joined on September 11th and his primary responsibilities include project management product development and co investments Reinard was formerly Head of Client Services at Arcmont Asset Management prior to that he worked at Cerberus Capital Management and Apax Partners across a range of fundraising and corporate development roles in London and new York Reinard holds a master of Arts in Economics & Management from the University of Oxford Press Release 22 Samia Hadj Head of Corporate Communications is based in Paris and reports to Jean Raby she joined on September 4th to lead Astorgs global corporate communications efforts her main responsibilities include all activities related to brand reputation PR digital comms events external and internal communications Samia has 12 years of experience in strategic communications she joins from Natixis IM where she was Head of PR & Corporate Comms for EMEA APAC and LATAM and she spent half her career in London she studied Business and Finance at the Trinity College of Dublin and holds a master in Negotiation & Sales Management from Strasbourg Business School Marc Olivier Kiren CFA Head of Financial Information & Valuation will be based in Luxembourg and will report to Guillaume de Malliard Partner & COO - !!! he will join on September 15th from Cube Infrastructure Managers where he was Head of Risk Management Valuation and Financial Communication prior to that he worked in Corporate Finance at KPMG Advisory in Luxembourg and he was Equity Derivative Structurer at HSBC in New York he graduated from Ecole Centrale de Lyon and holds a master of Science in Operations Research from Columbia University Jean Raby Partner & Head of Business Development at Astorg said we are very pleased to welcome on board new talents and reinforce our capabilities as we grow together well keep focusing on delivering consistent and sustainable performance for all our partners Ends Astorg is a European private equity firm with over €21 billion of assets under management Astorg works with entrepreneurs and management teams to acquire market leading global companies mainly headquartered in Europe providing them with the strategic guidance governance and
Yeah, okay. Thanks, Lucky.
'Has he finished?'
Well ... as far as I can tell. I mean, the words have stopped.
'Why is he staring at us like that?'
No idea.
'Thanks, Lucky!'
See ya guys
ENDS
ENDS
ENDS
...
Well, he's gone.
'Lucky will be back ... won't he? Soon, probably.'
Yeah, with another PDF. That's our luck.
Never mind.
ENDS
ENDS
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