PRISCUS - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Senior Advisor - Priscus Italie
- Senior Advisor - Priscus Italie / Insurance Real Estate Industry
Antonio has a long-lasting career in the Italian insurance sector. He started his career in 1988 as Claims Manager at Assitalia. In 1990 Antonio joined Toro Assicurazioni, firstly as Chief Claims Manager then Sales & Operative Marketing Manager and Claims Director. From 1999 to 2007, he successively served as Assistant of Chief Commercial, Area Manager Italia Centrale and Sales Director Italy Centro-Sud at Lloyd Adriatico Assicurazioni.
After Lloyd Adriatico's takeover by Allianz, Antonio held the folowing high responsability positions until 2016: CCO of Allianz Subalpina and Sales Director (Rome, Multitied Agency Network, Allianz S.p.A and Allianz Bank Financial Advisors). Antonio then joined Amissima Assicurazioni Group (Apollo Global Management) as CCO (2017-2022). He briefly served as Marketing Director of HDI Insurance Italy in 2022. Antonio joined Priscus Finance as Senior Advisor in Oct.22.
Education:
Sassari State University (Master's degree in law and political science)
Bologna Business School Unibo (MBA)
Job Titles:
- Senior Advisor - Priscus Italy
Claudio started his career in 1987 at the Economic Department of the O.E.C.D. (Paris). Then he joined the Research Department of Banca Intesa Sanpaolo.
He then joined in Interest Rate Derivatives Desk on the Investment Banking division of Banca Intesa Sanpaolo.
Job Titles:
- Chartered Accountant
- Advisor - Priscus Italie
- Advisor - Priscus Italie / Insurance Industry
Costanzo is a chartered accountant specialising in business management, mergers and acquisitions, generational transitions and taxation. He began his career in 1985 as an associate at Studio Muresu Brandanu, before becoming a partner in other consultancies in Rome, Treviso and Cagliari. Costanzo has developed expertise in taxation, financial analysis and fiduciary management, which he supplements with annual refresher courses. He has held various management positions in a number of companies, facilitating business operations in a variety of sectors. He has also worked with major international legal and commercial consultancies, specialising in real estate and corporate synergies. Costanzo is also a partner at Sole 24 Ore Spa.
Education:
Magistral degree in economics
Job Titles:
- Partner Senior - Priscus Italie
Job Titles:
- Partner - Priscus Iberia / Insurance Banking
- Partner - Priscus Iberia / Spain
Job Titles:
- Senior Advisor - Priscus Italie
- Senior Advisor - Priscus Italie / Italy
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Managing Partner - Priscus Health and Tech
François has devoted most of his career to infrastructure and transport. He has held a number of important positions in the public sector: Director of the Treasury (1990-1993), Cabinet of the Minister of Finance (1993-1995), Adviser to the Prime Minister in charge of Infrastructure, Housing and Transport (2002-2004), Chief of Staff to the Minister of Transport (2004-2005), Chief of Staff to the Minister of Higher Education and Research (2005-2006).
He has also managed various public and private companies in this sector: Director at Aéroports de Paris (ADP 1995-2002), Chief Executive Officer of Voies Navigables de France (2006-2007), Chief Executive Officer of Sanef (Sanef and SAPN motorway networks 2007-2015), Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Getlink and Chief Executive Officer of Eurotunnel (2015-2020).
François GAUTHEY has also followed technology start-ups for over 10 years.
Job Titles:
- Advisor - Priscus Italie / Italie
Job Titles:
- Partner - Priscus Finance and Priscus Bulgarie
Job Titles:
- Senior Advisor
- Senior Advisor - Priscus Finance / Europe
Prior to joining Priscus in May 2023, Jean-Jacques was CIO of the Kereis group. Jean-Jacques began his career in the defence sector (EDAS and Direction Générale pour l'Armement) before joining the Société Générale Group as CIO of all institutional custody activities abroad.
Then, from 2004 to 2008, he was CIO of Société Générale Securities Services before being appointed Group Head of Information Systems Performance Management (2009-2010) and then Head of Production (2011-2012). In 2012, he joined Alstom Grid as Head of the SAP Service Centre.
From 2016 to 2018, he was responsible for the industry and commerce sectors at Capgemini. Finally, in 2018, he joined insurance broker Willis Towers Watson France (Gras Savoye) as Group CIO.
Education:
Université de Technologie de Compiègne - Engineering degree (1992)
Job Titles:
- Senior Advisor
- Chairman of ACEB
Jean-Marc, now Chairman of ACEB, an insurance consultancy, began his career as an insurance auditor.
He took part in various assignments for the Inspection des Finances, the Commission de Contrôle des Assurances and the Treasury. Between 1994 and 2005, he held management and then general management positions at Aviva in France and then at Aviva Europe.
From 2005 to 2008, he was delegate general of the Fédération française des sociétés d'assurances, before joining Fixage Actuariat from 2008 to 2010 as deputy managing director. From 2010 to 2012, he was Chief Executive Officer of Groupe Pasteur Mutualité, before founding ACEB and then Iron-Algo.
Jean-Paul spent his entire career with Paribas, then BNP Paribas. After 20 years in mergers and acquisitions, then private equity at Paribas, where he was responsible for the agri-food and wine sectors, he joined the Executive Board of Klépierre, leading its redeployment into shopping centres between 1998 and 2003. He was Head of Finance and Strategy for BNP Paribas' French retail banking business from 2003 to 2006, and then a member of the Executive Committee of BNL, which he acquired in 2006, until the end of 2009 (in charge of integration, then COO). Since 2010, he has progressively managed all BNP Paribas banks in emerging countries (Mediterranean Europe), leading a merger in Turkey from 2010 to 2012, the restructuring of Ukrsibbank in Ukraine from 2013 to 2015, two acquisitions in Poland in 2015 and 2017 giving birth to BNP Paribas Polska. Since 2017, he has reorganised the Group's presence in Africa, selling off all the banks in that continent except Morocco and Algeria.
Jerzy was a partner at KPMG in Poland, responsible for TMT in Eastern Europe. He has worked on consulting projects in more than 15 countries. Previously, he held management positions in various companies in the TMT sector. He co-founded five companies, including a venture capital fund focused on investing in digital startups, of which he was CEO. In addition, he was CEO of an IT company owned by a venture capital fund. His experience includes technology research and development in Poland and the US.
Education:
University of Rochester - USA (M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering)
Warsaw University of Technology (MSc in Telecommunications and PhD in Computer Engineering)
Job Titles:
- Partner - Priscus Health and Tech
Job Titles:
- Senior Advisor, Germany
- Senior Advisor, Germany - Priscus Finance / Banking & Financial Services
Job Titles:
- Advisor - Priscus Italie / Industry Insurance
- Advisor - Priscus Italie / Italy
After graduating from the Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA) in 1981, Michel Gonnet spent 17 years in the Ministry of Finance, in particular in the Department of External Economic Relations and from 1995 to 1998 as Director of Public Accounts. He was technical adviser to the Minister for the Economy and Finance, Edmond Alphandéry, and the Minister for the Budget, Nicolas Sarkozy, from 1993 to 1995, and then special adviser to the Minister for the Economy and Finance, Alain Madelin (1995).
He joined the Caisse des Dépôts in 1998 as General Secretary, before being appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer in charge of general interest missions (regional development, SMEs, social housing, digital equipment, regulated banking, legal professions) and then Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of C3D, in charge of non-financial subsidiaries (transport, tourism, engineering, real estate). He joined Groupe Caisse d'Epargne in 2004 as Chief Executive Officer of Crédit Foncier de France.
He was then appointed Director of Regional Development at the Caisse Nationale des Caisses d'Epargne (SMEs, local authorities, social economy) and Chairman of the Executive Board of Financière Océor in charge of international business.
In 2010, Michel Gonnet set up his consultancy company EUDOXIA and in 2017 joined GB2A Finances as Chairman. He is an independent director and Chairman of committees of several companies. He joined Priscus Finance in 2014.
Education: ENA (81)
Olivier began his career in 1997 in private equity with PAI Partners, based in Hong Kong. He then joined CDC Ixis Asset Management (now Natixis Investment Managers) as VP Corporate Development based in Paris. In 2002 he joined Credit Agricole SA as VP Corporate Development within its International Affiliates Division and then in the Group Finance in-House M&A division.
In 2006, Olivier became Head of Corporate Development of Banque Populaire Group (now BPCE). Prior to Priscus Finance, Olivier served in the in-house M&A team of the BPCE Group and was notably in charge of divestments of non-core subsidiaries exposed to the real estate sector.
Olivier has over 20 years combined experience in principal investing experience and participated or managed over 50 major transactions in asset management, banking, insurance and real-estate.
After a holding a position at the Ministry of Agriculture, Olivier began his banking career as head of the agri-food sector at Crédit National. He then joined Natixis, where he successively held the following positions: General Secretary, Chief Financial Officer, Head of Capital Markets, Head of CIB, General Manager, Head of America. Olivier then helped set up the corporate and local authority activities of La Banque Postale. After retiring from his responsibilities as Senior Advisor at Advisor Aurel BGC and CEO of Compagnie Financière Jacques Cœur, Olivier has been Senior Advisor at Priscus Finance since June 2021.
Job Titles:
- Senior Advisor - Priscus Italie
Paolo has a long-lasting career in the IT and Insurance sectors. He previously served as European Head of Group Sales, Vice President / Italian Commercial Director and Business Development Director of RGI - a leading independent software provider to the insurance industry in Europe (2012-2023).
Prior to that, Paolo has been appointed CEO of the Trefin Group (2008-2012), where he oversaw the group's positioning on the insurance market. He also served as Italian Commercial Director (2001-2007) and Life Project Manager (1997 - 2007) From 1990 to 1996, Paolo joined the groups Fondiaria Assicurazioni (Unipol) and San Paolo Vita Insurance (Intesa Vita) successively as Information Officer and Life Project Manger / Chief.
Education:
University of Turin (Masters in Computer Science)
Job Titles:
- Senior Advisor, Australia
Before joining Priscus Finance, Patrick held senior positions at AGF, Sofinco and SUEZ, particularly in corporate development
Education:
HEC Paris (79), Paris Dauphine University
Job Titles:
- Founder and Managing Partner - Priscus Finance / France
- Founder and Managing Partner - Priscus Finance / Insurance and Brokerage
Job Titles:
- Senior Advisor, South East Asia
- Senior Advisor, South East Asia - Priscus Finance / South East Asia
Job Titles:
- Advisor - Priscus Italie
- Advisor - Priscus Italie / Insurance Industry
- Advisor - Priscus Italie / Italy
Renato has a long career in the marketing and sales departments of Italian subsidiaries of multinational companies. He began his career in 1988 as assistant product manager at Diesse (Duracell brand). In 1990, Renato joined Europ Assistance (then a service company), first as Market Manager, then as Group Product Manager. From 1991 to 1993, he held the position of Group Product Manager at PAI (PepsiFood Group). Renato then joined Europ Assistance in 1993, which started out as an insurance company, first as Sales Director and then as Director of Distribution Channels for companies and brokers. From 1999 to 2011, Renato worked for Allianz Trade, first as Head of Distribution Channels for brokers, banks and multinationals, then as Sales and Distribution Director. He then joined Allianz Partners (2011-2022), first as Sales Director, then as Regional Sales Director for Southern Europe (Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Turkey). Renato, now an advisor specialising in mergers and acquisitions, joined Priscus Finance as a senior advisor in January 2023.
Education:
Salerno State University
Job Titles:
- Advisor - Priscus Italie
- Advisor - Priscus Italie / Insurance Industry
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Managing Partner - Priscus Iberia
- Managing Partner - Priscus Iberia / Insurance and Brokerage
Xavier began his career in 1987 at Banque Arjil (Lagardère Group), before setting up Arjil Spain, a subsidiary specialising in international mergers and acquisitions, in 1990. In 2004, he joined a wholesale insurance broker where he set up the Spanish subsidiary and became Managing Director.
In 2012, he initiated and participated in an MBO for Eurodommages, a wholesale insurance broker based in Bordeaux. He has advised on major international M&A transactions and, since 2019, more specifically in the insurance sector (companies and brokers). He has recently advised groups such as Verlingue, Acrisure, Fiatc and Ribé Salat. He is also a former professor at the Instituto de Empresa (IE) in Madrid.