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Since 2015, Clarisse has been the Director of Development at NewAlpha. Previously, upon her arrival, she was the Head of Institutional Clientele from 2010 to 2015.Clarisse began her career at Banque du Louvre as a Traditional Multigestion Analyst then Commercial Institutional Clients in 1997. She then joined Dexia Asset Management in 1999 as Commercial Manager for French institutional clients before becoming Head of Relations with Third Party Distributors. In 2004, she was appointed there as Head of Alternative Funds Sales.A graduate of ESCP Europe, Clarisse holds a Master in Finance and a Master in Banking and Finance.

Arrived at NewAlpha in 2017, Adrien is now the Operations Manager after having been the Due Diligence Manager. Adrien started his career in 1993 as Manager Corporate Finance at Ernst & Young (one of the most important firms offinancial auditand advice to the world. Member ofBig Four) in the Banking, Insurance, Real Estate and Banking Audit division. Adrien then worked for Olympia Capital Management as Director of Operations in 2004 before joining, in 2007, JP Morgan Mansart Investments, as Director of Investment Due Diligence then Director General and Director of Operations from 2007 to 2014. From 2015 to 2016, Adrien was the Senior Consultant at Reinhold & Partners in Risk Management, Investment Due Diligence and Operations. A graduate of Science-Po Paris (Economy and Finance), Adrien holds a master's degree in business law and taxation from the University of Law Paris II - Assas.

Vincent joined NewAlpha AM in 2020 as Head of Operational Due Diligence.Vincent started his career at Crédit Lyonnais in 1992 where he was Managing Director - Equity Derivatives. He joined Société Générale in 1999 then Lloyds TSB in 2000 in similar roles. In 2003, he became a Freelance Equity & Fixed Income derivatives consultant for Optéa Conseil. He joined Natixis in 2007 and was appointed CIO Alternative Investments before founding in 2016 the company Iodda Advisors which performs due diligence on hedge funds on behalf of investors.Vincent has a double postgraduate in economics and mathematics delivered by the University of Paris I and the ENSAE.

Camille is currently responsible for Private Equity operations at NewAlpha. She joined the company in 2019.Before joining NewAlpha Asset Management, Camille began her career as an auditor at Deloitte Luxembourg in 2017.Camille holds a master's degree from the ICN Business School in Nancy and a master's degree from the Nagoya University of Commerce and Business, Program in Nagoya, Japan.

Paul joined NewAlpha in 2018 as Head of Quantitative Research. In particular, it is developing quantitative tools for allocating and selecting funds.Paul began his career in 1999 as a credit portfolio manager at ADI where he developed and implemented a quantitative approach to the selection of issuers of credit instruments. In 2005, he founded Fimaxis, a company specializing in quantitative research, and worked there for 6 years until 2011. After that, in 2011, Paul joined Rcube, a research company in asset allocation and global macro strategies. In 2016, he created the company XR Research, where he developed management strategies based on Artificial Intelligence.Paul holds a master's degree in finance from HEC Paris and is a graduate engineer from Télécom SudParis.

Jonathan has been Managing Director at NewAlpha AM since 2015, Venture Capital investment director in Fintech start-ups. He represents NewAlpha on the board of numerous Fintech companies including Lydia Solutions, TrackInsight, Saagie, Wikifolio (Austria), Wiztopic (USA) and Mobeewave (Canada).Between 2005 and 2015, Jonathan was Director of Investments at Seventure Partners, a subsidiary of Venture Capital of Natixis Private Equity. As director, he carried out the investments of Seventure Partners in more than 10 companies, 3 of which became members of Next40 (Talentsoft, Jobteaser and Recommerce). He had started his career in the Corporate Coverage department of Crédit Agricole CIB.Jonathan holds an engineering degree from the École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications de Paris (Télécom ParisTech) and an MBA from ESSEC.

Philippe has been the Senior Advisor of NewAlpha AM since 2009 and currently sits on the boards of numerous companies.Philippe began his career at Société Générale, where in 1987 he worked as an Advisor to the Director of Capital Markets. In 1997, Philippe then created and managed the group's asset management activity to reach more than € 400 billion in assets under management. From 1997 to 2004, Philippe led the acquisition of 3 management companies and established 3 joint ventures in Asia, the first of which has never been carried out in China. In 2000, he launched Société Générale's Private Equity activity (€ 1.8 billion in assets at the end of 2004), then was appointed Deputy CEO of the Group In 2007, he transformed Boursorama into one of the largest digital banks in France. In 2008, he trained NewEdge by completing the merger of Calyon Financial and FIMAT to create the world leader in derivatives brokerage. A graduate of Science-Po Paris, Philippe holds an MBA.

Laure Dachary is a Managing Director of the NewAlpha Verto fund, which she joined in June 2020. She has 12 years of experience in finance, especially in Small & Midcap M&A Advisory. After starting her career in operational finance at Exane BNP Paribas, Laure started in mergers & acquisitions at Natixis and Rothschild in Paris and London, before joining DC Advisory in Paris, where she worked for almost 9 years as a M&A Director. From 2017, she advised startups and SMEs based in Hong Kong and Paris, while working on an entrepreneurial project. Throughout her career, Laure has worked both in Sell-Side and Buy-Side positions, assisting large groups, but also PE funds, such as Carlyle, Eurazeo or CM-CIC, as well as founding entrepreneurs, on transactions such as Tell Me More, Compagnie de Vichy or RG Safety. She has a strong international experience and has worked across different industries, and particularly healthcare, industrial niches and digital. Laure graduated from EM Lyon Business School with a Major in Corporate Finance.

Antoine is Investment Director of the NewAlpha Verto fund. He has 11 years of experience in Private Equity and investment banking in Paris, covering many sectors such as Health, Digital and Consumer GoodsBefore joining LBO Partners in 2011, Antoine worked at Audacia, an investment structure dedicated to minority investments in French SMEs. Antoine has made more than a dozen investments such as Kusmi Tea, Fermob, Maison Bleue, People & Baby, Convivial and Groupe Steva From 2011, within LBO Partners, Antoine carried out three transactions (Menix Group, Sogelink and Talentia Software), and numerous external growths. He sat on the board of 5 portfolio companies, such as AMS and Armatis-Lc Before co-founding NewAlpha Verto in 2017, Antoine was a partner and member of the Executive Board of LBO Partners (€ 320 million under management, eg CIC LBO Partners), one of the main French players in Small & MidCap investmentAntoine is a graduate of Paris Dauphine University (Master 203) and St John's University (New York).

Alexander is, since 2019 and the merger between Darius CP and NewAlpha, Senior Analyst at NewAlpha. Alexandre began his career in 1996 at Deloitte & Touche as a consultant. He spent three years with the firm in Paris. He then worked for 4 years at Binary Trader Inc. as an options market maker in Philadelphia. Between 2002 and 2009, he became a partner and Head Trader at Radcliffe Capital Management, a hedge fund based in Pennsylvania, in the United States. Raddcliffe mainly managed a convertible arbitrage fund, with satellite strategies relative credit value, Private Investments in Public Companies and Event Driven. He was a member of the group's investment committee. Alexander joined Darius in 2009 in New York as a senior hedge fund analyst and became a portfolio manager in 2013. Alexander graduated from Bentley University, MA, USA with an MBA in International Finance and a BA in economics Magna Cum Laude.

Lior Derhy, Managing Partner, is director of the Venture Capital activity at NewAlpha AM. He has built his experience on more than 40 Venture Capital investment operations, more than 25 exits and ten M&A operations. Lior joined NewAlpha AM in 2013 and launched the Private Equity activity there in 2014 with the creation of the 1st French Venture Capital fund dedicated to Fintech. He represents NewAlpha on the board of many Fintechs.Between 2009 and 2013, he was Director of Investments at La Française AM. Lior notably actively participated in the launch in 2012 of Next Invest, the first French institutional seeding fund implementing a Private Equity approach to support asset management entrepreneurs.Previously, he joined La Française in 2004 as Corporate Affairs Manager in charge in particular of the management of activities and strategic cross-cutting projects. Lior had started his career in 2000 at Deloitte in the Audit Mid & Large Caps department.A chartered accountant by training, he also holds a master's degree in International Accounting and Financial Management.

Fabien is currently Director of Research and Analysis at NewAlpha AM which he joined in 2011 as a Senior Analyst on absolute performance funds.Fabien built his experience within Dexia Asset Management, which he joined in 1998 as a manager of convertible bond funds. The following year, he was entrusted with arbitration and management missions in the management of funds. He then became Head of management of convertible bond funds in 2003. In 2007, he was appointed head of volatility fund management.A graduate of the Rouen Business School, Fabien holds a Masters in Finance from Paris-Assas University.

Benoit is, since 2014, Director of Research & Analysis at NewAlpha AM.Benoit began his career in 2002 with ADI within the Business Development team before joining NewAlpha Advisers in 2005 as an analyst on absolute performance funds. Benoit joined La Française AM in 2007 as a financial engineer to design decision-making and assembly tools for structured Actions products. In 2012, he was appointed Senior Analyst at NEXT AM, in charge of sourcing and fund analysis for the 1st French institutional seeding fund dedicated to asset management entrepreneurs and implementing a Private Equity approach.A graduate of Science-Po Strasbourg and CAIA, Benoit holds a Master 2 in Corporate Finance and Market Practice.

Tilila is manager of Equity and Absolute Performance portfolios at NewAlpha Asset Management. Previously, she held the positions of Risk Management Analyst and then Investment Analyst in 2014. She notably has missions of identification and selection of funds as well as investment opportunities but also performance analysis and risk analysis.Tilila started her career in 2011 at Reuters Financial Software as a Financial Engineer. Then, in 2012, she joined OFI Asset Management to occupy the position of Assistant Risk Manager.An engineer graduated from the Polytech Nice-Sophia school, Tilila holds a Master 203 in Financial Markets and Commodity Markets from Paris-Dauphine University.

In 2019, François joined NewAlpha Asset Management as Portfolio Manager in Absolute Performance during the merger with Darius Capital Partners.François began his career in 2007 as a consultant at Exton Consulting, a strategy and management consulting firm specializing in financial services. In 2008, he joined Cyrus Microfinance, in charge of transaction sourcing, financial analysis and commercial negotiations. In 2009, he joined Darius Capital Partners (a subsidiary of Natixis Investment Managers) as an analyst. François participated in the development of research and commercial activities, due diligence, sourcing and portfolio construction at Darius Capital Partners.An engineer graduated from ENSEEIHT, François holds a MSc from Imperial College, specializing in Automatic Control, as well as a Specialized Master from ESSEC and Télécom Paris.

Thomas is Investment Director of the NewAlpha Verto fund. He has 15 years of experience in Private Equity and investment banking, covering several European countries and in many sectors such as TMT and industrial nichesThomas started his career in 2004 at JP Morgan in London in the mergers & acquisitions team for the France / Benelux region. In 2006, Thomas joined the European team of Francisco Partners, a Private Equity fund of $ 9 billion, specializing in the technology sector. Thomas was in charge of executing transactions in Europe in the software and hardware sectors. Before co-founding NewAlpha Verto in 2017, Thomas co-founded in 2009 Izurium Capital, an independent Private Equity fund of $ 340 million, where he was in charge of investments in Western Europe and North America At Izurium, Thomas has deployed € 150 million in 6 transactions and has served on the boards of numerous companies such as Dynacast and SmartFocusThomas graduated from HEC (major Finance) and from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences-Po)

Loïk joined NewAlpha AM in June 2020 for a 6-month internship as an assistant in the Operations team. After three years of scientific preparatory classes, he joined the Ecole Centrale de Lyon where he is a second-year student and where he specializes in market finance. He is in charge of implementing the automation of operational processes for both alternative investments and Private Equity.

Arrived at NewAlpha in 2010, Christophe is now the Operations and Partnerships Manager at NewAlpha after having been Operations Manager on his arrival. Christophe started his career at OFI VM in 1995 as a post-market researcher and application manager of the back-office software before becoming, in 2000, the Deputy Back-office Manager at OFI VM and then operations manager in 2004. In 2006, he was promoted to the position of Deputy Middle-Office Manager of OFI AM and then became Middle-Office Manager in 2006. In 2013, he participated in the merger between OFI AM and NextAM (subsidiary of the La Française group) in order to create the leader in the incubation of emerging managers. Graduated with a DESS from the IAE of Aix-en-Provence, Christophe also holds a Masters and studied at University College Dublin.

Alexis is Managing Director of the NewAlpha Verto fund. He has 16 years of experience in Private Equity and investment banking in London, covering France and several European countries, in many sectors such as Health, TMT and B to B services.Alexis began his professional career at JP Morgan in 2004 in London in the mergers & acquisitions team, covering Europe and more particularly France. Before co-founding NewAlpha Verto in 2017, Alexis joined The Carlyle Group in 2008, within the team dedicated to the mid-market in Europe, investing in technological SMEs with international ambitions, mainly in France and the Benelux. At Carlyle, Alexis has deployed nearly € 155 million in four SMEs, as well as in external growth. Alexis served on the board of Marle, Metrologic and CompaneoAlexis is a graduate of ESCP, with a specialization in corporate finance.

Before joining New Alpha AM in 2019, Mathieu was Deputy Managing Director and co-founder of Darius Capital Partners SA, a management and consulting company specializing in alternative strategies for which he acted as Investment Manager.He began his career at JP Morgan in Brussels, as an Assistant Treasurer, seconded to the Euroclear Operations Center. From 1986 to 1990, he was a senior corporate debt trader at CSFB and Warburg Secs in London. From 1990 to 1994, Mathieu was responsible for international bond trading at CCF (now HSBC France). From 1994 to 2000, Mathieu was Executive Director at Lehman Brothers. Then, from 1997 to 2000, he became Product Manager for Asia of international flow products, based in Tokyo. Then, he founded and chaired Trade Europa SAS, a software company to aid in the decision to invest in European stocks.Mathieu is a Commercial Engineer, graduated from the Solvay Business School in Brussels.

Aurélie joined NewAlpha AM in 2018 as an Associate within the investment team of the Venture Capital fund dedicated to Fintech. She is in charge of sourcing and investigating investment opportunities.Between 2015 and 2018, Aurélie was Analyst at Remora Capital, an entrepreneurial investment holding company specializing in the priming of Biotech and Medtech. She began her professional M&A experience at KPMG in Singapore.Aurélie holds a Master from ESSEC.

Philippe Paquet is the Managing Director of NewAlpha AM, in charge of Client and Partners Relationships. He joined the firm in early 2009 as a Partner in charge of Business Development. Philippe Paquet began his career in 1987 at Drexel Burnham Lambert as a trader on the futures markets. In 1988, he joined Caisse de Gestion Mobilière (a subsidiary of Banque Indosuez) as a Fixed Income trader. In 1990, Philippe joined Finacor to develop the arbitration activity for third parties on interest rates. From 1997 to 2001, Philippe was in charge at JP Morgan in Paris of marketing and institutional sales on interest rates. Philippe joined ADI in 2001 as Partner and Director of International Development before becoming Marketing Director for the ADI group and its subsidiaries in 2005. A graduate of ESSEC, Philippe holds a Masters in Financial Markets and Commodity Markets from Paris-Dauphine University.

Rozenn is, since 2014, Director of Research & Analysis at NewAlpha AM. She joined the company in 2009 as a Senior Analyst on alternative performance strategies. In this context, Rozenn draws on his 17 years of experience in fund identification and analysis with a specialization in the Asia Pacific and Europe region.Rozenn began his career by joining Groupama Fund Pickers as an analyst on absolute performance funds in 2002, in charge of the development of quantitative analysis tools and of the qualitative and operational analysis of funds. She became portfolio manager of funds of funds in 2004. In 2008, she joined Banque d'Orsay (West LB Group) to pilot the launch of the alternative multi-management activity.A graduate of the University of Rennes in econometrics, Rozenn holds a DEA in Finance from Paris-Dauphine University.

Antoine Rolland is Chief Executive Officer and co-Chief Investment Officer of NewAlpha AM. He first joined the company (a subsidiary of ADI at the time) in 2006, then was appointed CIO in 2007 and Chief Executive Officer in 2009. Antoine Rolland began his career in 1992 in New York in the financial modeling department of Société Générale before joining Transoptions Finances as a trader in interest rate derivatives. In 1997, then in charge of market making on LIFFE, Antoine joined Aurel as head of the convertible bond trading team. In 1998, he became Managing Partner of ADI, then responsible for credit activity and volatility arbitrage from 2003. From 1998 to 2005, the total outstanding amount of the funds for which he is the manager went from 25Mn € to 3Md €.A graduate of the Ecole Centrale de Lyon, Antoine holds an MBA from the École Supérieure de Commerce de Lyon.

Romain joined NewAlpha Asset Management as a Senior Analyst during the merger with Darius Capital Partners in 2019.Romain started his career in 2006 as an analyst at Darius Capital. In 2013, he was promoted to portfolio manager and has since co-managed the company's alternative management portfolios. He is also responsible for the sourcing, selection and due diligence of managers within the Long / Short Equity strategy. He is involved in all due diligence activities, including as an external supplier of due diligence on alternative strategies such as unlisted assets.Romain holds a Master 104 from Paris Dauphine University, specializing in research in finance.

Nicolas is now Director of Equity and Absolute Performance Investments at NewAlpha. He joined the company in 2012 as Head of Management Support ActivitiesNicolas started his career at Tillinhghast Towers-Perrin in 1996 as a consulting actuary before joining Barra as Senior Consultant for Southern Europe in 1999. In 2000, Nicolas became Risk Manager then portfolio manager within the Crédit Agricole Group's quantitative equity management team. He then joined AQTIS as a founding partner and Managing Director in 2004. From 2007 to 2011, he was Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Head of Quantitative Equity Management at OFI Quant (OFI AM Group). From 2011 to 2012, he was an independent asset management and risk management consultant.Nicolas is a graduate of the University of Paris VI in Mathematics and a graduate of the CFA Institute. He is a member of the Institute of French Actuaries (IAF).

Alexandre joined NewAlpha AM in 2019 as an Apprenticeship Business Development Analyst.Before joining NewAlpha, Alexandre was an Alternating Junior Finance Consultant in IT during his 1st year of Master. He was in particular responsible for adapting management software packages to the various financial activities of companies. Previously, he had several experiences at Crédit Agricole as a personal and professional customer advisor.A graduate of the Bachelor of ESG Finance, Alexandre is currently in the 2nd year of the Master II Finance of the ESGF market.