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Hugo à rejoint Translink CF en tant qu’analyste en 2024. Diplômé du Programme Grande Ecole d’Audencia Business School, il a précédemment réalisé plusieurs stages en banque d’investissement où il a travaillé sur diverses opérations de financement en tant qu’analyste crédit.Par la suite, il a débuté son parcours en M&A lors d’un stage au sein de Translink CF France où il a eu l’opportunité de travailler sur une diversité de secteurs et d’opérations.

Passionné par les voitures anciennes, Hugo est également un fin connaisseur des ligues universitaires et professionnelles de football américain.

Joël est aujourd’hui Senior Advisor TMT/Software chez Translink CF France​. Après 20 ans d’expérience dans l’industrie du logiciel d’entreprise en France et au UK, Joël a co-fondé la société Talentsoft en 2007 et en devient le Chief Technology Officer. Talentsoft s’imposera progressivement, et à la suite de levées de fonds d’envergure, comme le leader européen des logiciels de Talent Management dans le cloud.

En 2021, alors que l’entreprise atteint les 100 millions d’euros de chiffre d’affaires et emploie plus de 600 personnes, Talentsoft est acquise par le groupe CEGID. Joël est également administrateur, investisseur et conseil de fonds d’investissement. Joël est diplômé de l’école des Mines de Paris en France et a travaillé dans le centre de recherche en Intelligence Artificielle de Carnegie Mellon University aux USA.

Matt possède plus de 15 ans d’expérience en finance d’entreprise sur le marché intermédiaire, dans de nombreux secteurs tels que les technologies, la logistique, la fabrication et les services aux entreprises.

Il conseille des propriétaires-gérants, des entreprises et des clients de capital-investissement, en mettant particulièrement l’accent sur la stratégie et l’exécution des fusions et acquisitions.

Matt a été décrit comme étant un pilier dans la réussite de la transaction, toujours au fait des faits et totalement à la hauteur dans des situations en constante évolution.

Il est membre de l’ICAEW et détient une maîtrise en finance.

Will a rejoint Translink Corporate Finance en 2019 après avoir obtenu son diplôme de première classe en économie à l’Université de Leeds. Son parcours académique comprenait une année à l’étranger, étudiant à l’Université de Western Australia.

Avec plus de 4 ans d’expérience dans des transactions de milieu de marché, notamment des fusions et acquisitions d’entreprises, des rachats par la direction, des conseils stratégiques et corporatifs, la levée de capitaux de développement et des cessions d’entreprises, Will est passionné par le soutien à une large gamme de PME passionnantes. Will a également obtenu la qualification de comptable agréé en 2022.

Will adore tout ce qui concerne le sport, en particulier le cricket et le golf. Il aime combiner cela avec sa passion pour les voyages, suivant régulièrement l’équipe de cricket d’Angleterre. Will détient également un abonnement de saison à Huddersfield Town depuis l’âge de quatre ans.

Tim est un négociateur chevronné, ayant apprécié travailler avec des entreprises à capital privé pendant plus de 15 ans.

Son expérience couvre un large éventail de secteurs industriels, conseillant les clients sur les cessions à des acquéreurs stratégiques et des investisseurs financiers, fournissant des conseils pour lever des fonds en vue de la croissance ou des acquisitions, et conseillant les équipes de direction lors de rachats soutenus par des fonds de capital-investissement.

Tim profite d’une vie sociale active, entretenant sa passion pour le golf et jouant avec un handicap de +1, participant régulièrement aux équipes de Sheffield et du Yorkshire, ainsi qu’à quelques événements nationaux lorsque le temps le permet !

Mathéo joined Translink CF France at the beginning of 2023 after several M&A experiences, notably within BNP Paribas' Large Cap teams, where he was able to work on cross-border transactions in the agri-food, retail and healthcare sectors. His return to Translink CF France, where he already worked as an intern, is proof of his attachment to our values and our project.

He also holds a Master Grande Ecole from Audencia Business School and a double degree from Ecole Centrale de Lyon.

In his spare time, Mathéo enjoys having good time with friends and family, watching a rugby match or a Formula 1 Grand Prix. Long time practitioner of many combat sports, he likes to channel his energy with a good boxing match!

After a master's degree in management at the Sorbonne, Caroline took over the family business specializing in the wholesale trade of hydraulic products in the mid-90's, before ceasing her activity in early 2023. Today, she is putting all her energy into continuing to structure Translink CF France around issues such as governance, HR and marketing, with the ambition to bring all her experience. Formidable scrabble player, keen skier and swimmer and avid traveler, Caroline speaks English fluently.

After M&A experiences in investment banking at Capitalmind Investec and Raphaël Financial Advisory, Boris joined Translink CF in January 2021 as an analyst. He has since been promoted to Associate in January 2023, and has been able to demonstrate his expertise in a wide variety of transactions (LBOs, industrial disposals and fundraising) and sectors. He is a graduate of Audencia Business School's Grande Ecole program.

Aficionado of all kinds of sports and curious by nature, Boris likes to discover new things all the time. Thanks to his mastery of the verb, he's always on the lookout for the right word at the coffee machine or on Teams.

With a Master's degree in Finance from EM Lyon Business School, Jules began his professional career as an M&A Analyst at SANTANDER CIB, then as an Associate at ATOUT CAPITAL and SEVENSTONES, in charge of M&A transactions dedicated to entrepreneurs and family groups. His interest in buyouts and LBOs naturally led him to join Translink CF in 2022 as a Senior Associate. Jules brings his good mood and "joie de vivre" in order to better conduct our customers' complex transactions.

With a passion for wine, the mountains and motor racing, Jules is always looking for new bottles to taste, or opportunity to put on his skis.

David est membre du conseil d’administration et investisseur chez Medelse. Il est également membre du conseil d’administration d’INVIVOX. En tant que fondateur et PDG lui-même,
L’expertise de David dans le domaine de la santé et sa passion pour l’entrepreneuriat sont des atouts inestimables qui profiteront à l’équipe et aux clients.

Will has over 10 years’ experience in M&A, having advised on a broad range of transactions including owner-managed businesses, large corporates and private equity.

He has extensive experience in providing shareholders and management teams with strategic advice on corporate mergers & acquisitions, business disposals, exit strategies, management buy-outs/buy-ins and raising debt or equity capital.

Will’s sector experience spans a wide range of markets, and he is a member of our Energy & Environment specialist sector group.

Will enjoys spending his free time with his young family around the Yorkshire countryside and has a passion for a range of sporting hobbies including golf, skiing and general fitness.

John has worked in the corporate finance industry for over 20 years including in M&A at a top six firm, as an investment professional at a private equity house and now at Translink Corporate Finance.

He enjoys advising a wide variety of business owners, management teams and financial institutions on a range of corporate transactions and strategies. Since joining Translink Corporate Finance John has been responsible for the successful delivery of several domestic and cross-border disposals and fund raisings including for a building products business which enabled transformational growth.

John spends his downtime either walking his dog Doris with his family, or road cycling in the peak district.

Declan has over eight years’ experience of providing corporate finance advice to owner managers and ambitious management teams. In recent years he has advised on a number of company sales, corporate acquisitions and MBOs for clients across a range of sectors including automotive, TMT, industrial and healthcare.

In 2019 he was named Emerging Dealmaker of the Year at the Insider Sheffield City Region Dealmakers Awards.

Jamie is a partner at Provantage CF and has over 25 years of experience in the corporate finance world, gained at some of the most successful global corporate finance practices including Catalyst Corporate Finance/Alantra and GCA Altium/Houlihan Lokey.

He has worked with a wide range of business types – from owner managers to private equity backed businesses through to large corporates – always focused on delivering an outstanding outcome for the client. He is part of the TMT team with a particular focus on software, IT Services and tech-enabled services – completing multiple transactions in this space over the last 10 years.

Over the past five years Marc has carried out more than twenty corporate finance transactions on behalf of corporates and investment funds in the ICT* and services sector.

He is IT Services Industry Group Leader at Translink CF.

By the time he was 30 Marc, along with Jacques-Henri Rième and Mathieu Lemesle, had created Financière Monceau CF. This would later become Translink CF France.

Professional background:
Board Member at Translink International
Financiere Monceau CF, Founder
MK Finance, Director
Marc holds an MBA in Corporate Finance and Strategy from Georgia State University, Atlanta (USA) and a Masters in Corporate Finance from the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Toulouse (France).

Mal is an experienced CEO having led businesses such as Maytag, Strongform and Camfil. Previously Mal held senior roles with 3M, Southcorp Appliances and Southcorp Wines.
Mal’s business experience includes both corporate and private equity spanning a broad range of industries including industrial products, consumer appliances, wine, retail and import distribution.
Mal was the founding CEO of Strongform and partnered with ANZ Private Equity to complete several acquisitions.
Mal has a strong track record of growing businesses organically and through acquisition having completed numerous acquisitions throughout his career. Mal has a Dip. Accounting, a Dip. Marketing and an MBA.

Prior to founding Dinan & Company in 1988, Mike was employed by Young, Smith & Peacock, Inc., a NYSE member investment banking and brokerage firm, as Vice President – Corporate Finance in its Investment Banking Division, where he was involved in mergers and acquisitions, private placements, valuation analyses and other securities-related transactions. Previously, he worked for Angerman Incorporated, a West German investment banking firm, specializing in cross-border mergers and acquisitions. Prior to that, he served as a Legislative Analyst for the Arizona State Senate Appropriations Committee. Mike holds a B.S., magna cum laude, in both Economics and International Business from Arizona State University.

Mohit has over a decade of middle-market M&A experience across multiple industry sectors. He joined Dinan & Company in 2004 and was instrumental in establishing Dinan Research Services (DRS), the firm’s India based research subsidiary. Mohit currently leads Dinan’s international expansion efforts, while also providing strategic support and direction to DRS, where he manages the execution of research projects for strategic and financial clients across all industry sectors. Mohit received his MBA, with honors and distinction, from the Thunderbird School of Global Management, and his undergraduate degree in Economics from the Barrett Honors College at Arizona State University. He is a member of our automotive and health industry groups, having closed several transactions in these sectors.

Mr. Hawley is a Principal in the Investment Banking Group, responsible for managing multiple client engagements. Mr. Hawley has experience in a variety of industries including: energy, technology, healthcare, transportation and business services. Mr. Hawley is also responsible for assisting in the management of Dinan Valuation Services. In this capacity, Jason handles valuation of public and private companies, financial institutions, employee stock ownership plans, and other corporate entities.
Prior to joining Dinan and Company in 2008, Mr. Hawley was responsible for providing wealth management services for a major financial services firm.
Mr. Hawley received a Master’s Degree in Financial Risk Management from the Stern Business School at New York University, a B.A. in Mathematics from Arizona State University, and holds a Certified Valuation Analyst designation.

Mr. Reichard is Director of Business Development where he focuses on new client development.
Prior to joining Dinan & Company in 2000 as an Origination Associate and subsequently promoted to Vice President, Mr. Reichard was a Senior Associate for an M&A intermediary firm where he was recognized as Associate of the Year. During his tenure there, Mr. Reichard successfully completed several deals. He also played a vital role in business development of new industries for the firm.
Mr. Reichard holds a B.A. in Sociology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Kelly joined Dinan & Company in 1995. Mr. Kelly has contributed to the significant growth of the firm and became a Principal in 1999. In his role as Executive Vice President, he is involved in various management and strategic planning roles in addition to working with high level strategic and financial clients.
Prior to joining Dinan & Company, Mr. Kelly was an Investment Manager for The Foundation Companies, where he was responsible for private equity investments in real estate and operating companies. Previously, Mr. Kelly was an industrial/investment specialist with Grubb & Ellis Company, a leading commercial properties firm.
Mr. Kelly holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Arizona State University.

Mr. Calderone joined Dinan & Company in 2003. He spent his first 3 years at Dinan & Company in the Firm’s Deal Origination Group where he sourced over 300 proprietary deals. He was then promoted to Principal and joined the Firm Investment Banking Group, where he focuses his time on helping clients execute on their acquisition search strategies. Mr. Calderone has experience in a variety of industries including; technology, healthcare, transportation and business services.
Prior to joining Dinan & Company, Mr. Calderone was an Account Executive at Citistreet, L.L.C., a financial planning firm, where he worked with individual investors to develop strategies for retirement and estate planning, as well as portfolio selection and management. Previously, Mr. Calderone was a Senior Investment Specialist with Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., as well as a Financial Advisor with American Express Financial Advisors.
Mr. Calderone holds a B.S. in Finance from Arizona State University and is a CFA charter holder.

Lisa B. Kaufman has been an advisor in Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity transactions for over 25 years. She is responsible for leading all aspects of engagements for the firm.
Prior to joining Dinan Capital Advisors, Ms. Kaufman served as Managing Director of leading New York and Chicago based middle market M&A firms and as Managing Partner of Northlight Capital, where she led the firm’s consumer products, food and beverage and ecommerce/technology teams.Prior to Northlight, she co-founded and served as EVP of Strategy and Acquisitions for a leading national technology company where she raised $250 million in capital. Previously, she co-founded Bank of America’s mergers and acquisitions group (then Continental Bank) and served as Managing Director and Group Head of Bank of America’s Initiated Transactions Group where she advised corporate and private equity clients on divestitures, exclusive sales and acquisitions. She co-founded Deloitte’s first US M&A business in Chicago and began her career in Deloitte’s London office where she advised on cross-border M&A transactions.
Ms. Kaufman holds a Masters of Business Administration with Honors from the University of Chicago-Booth School of Business and a Bachelors in Business Administration with Distinction from the University of Michigan-Ross School of Business.

Mr. Negi is the Country Manager for Dinan & Company in India. He leads our India operations and also heads Dinan Research Services. Mr. Negi comes with several years of industry experience at various Management Consulting firms. Prior to joining Dinan & Company, Mr. Negi played a critical role in developing the Knowledge Management practice at Egon Zehnder International. He was instrumental in rolling out and managing business intelligence services out of the Egon Zehnder’s shared services center. Previously he was with the Chicago based boutique firm, Gerson Lehrman Group, and was also part of the pilot team of Heidrick & Struggle’s knowledge management center in India. Through his career, Mr. Negi has worked with Clients in India, the US and Europe and has also written several reports on topics such as innovation, diversity, gaming and the casino industry in Asia, human capital trends, compensation trends of board members etc.
Mr. Negi holds a B.B.A. degree with HR & Finance specialization and a Law Degree from the University of Delhi.

Michael A. Pucci has a decade of experience providing Merger & Acquisition Advisory services to leading Entrepreneurs, Private Companies, and Private Equity Groups. As a Associate Director, he is responsible for managing all aspects of client engagements for the firm.
Prior to joining Dinan Capital Advisors, Mr. Pucci was a Associate Director in the Investment Banking Group of Dinan & Company, an investment bank that specializes in strategic consulting and buy-side M&A Advisory services to Private Equity Groups and Strategic Acquirers. At Dinan he was responsible for new business development, and leading client engagements across the Business Services, Healthcare, Education, Consumer Products and Industrial Products & Services verticals.
Previously, Michael was an Associate with Wells Fargo, where he was responsible for new business development and managing the investment, banking, and credit relationships of a portfolio of high-net-worth individuals and middle market businesses.
Mr. Pucci earned a B.S. in Economics from the University of Wisconsin.

Prior to joining Dinan & Company in 2005, Ms. Martinez was President of CARA Corp., an IT Consulting/Staffing firm. She organized and executed a successful management buyout from Spiegel in 1996, later selling the company to Affiliated Computer Services (now Xerox), and remaining as an executive with the organization. Ms. Martinez was involved with the sale of the IT Services division in 2000 to Monster Worldwide, a major internet/human capital management organization. She helped facilitate add-on acquisitions and participated in post-merger integrations. Prior to CARA, Ms. Martinez was employed in various marketing positions with Texas Instruments and NCR Corp.
Ms. Martinez received her MBA from George Washington University, and holds a B.S. degree in Business Administration from the University of Southern California.

Mr. Jacobs is a Principal in the Investment Banking Group, responsible for managing multiple client engagements across the healthcare, industrial, specialty business services and consumer/retail industries.
Prior to joining Dinan & Company in 2005 as an Associate in the Deal Origination Group, Mr. Jacobs was an Associate with J.P. Morgan Chase, where he provided private banking and lending services.
Mr. Jacobs received an MBA, magna cum laude, from the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, and holds a B.S. with Honors in International Politics and Economics from the University of Utah.

Robert A. Ullman has been an advisor in Merger & Acquisition, Private Equity, Venture Capital and Turnaround and Restructuring transactions for over fifteen years. He is responsible for leading all aspects of engagements for the firm.
Prior to joining Dinan Capital Advisors, Mr. Ullman was employed by Navigant Capital Advisors, LLC the dedicated investment bank of Navigant Consulting (NYSE:NCI) as Vice President and Associate Director – Investment Banking and Restructuring. At Navigant he was the lead investment banker serving the West Coast focused on IT Software and Services, Energy, Healthcare and regulated Financial Institutions among other verticals. Mr. Ullman has a broad background in addition to Investment Banking, having worked as a design engineer and project manager, executive Chairman of a global, venture backed software company, and CFO of a well-known branded consumer products company.
Mr. Ullman holds a Masters of Business Administration, with High Honors, from the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College and a B.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Robert A. Ullman has been an advisor in Merger & Acquisition, Private Equity, Venture Capital and Turnaround and Restructuring transactions for over fifteen years. He is responsible for leading all aspects of engagements for the firm.
Prior to joining Dinan Capital Advisors, Mr. Ullman was employed by Navigant Capital Advisors, LLC the dedicated investment bank of Navigant Consulting (NYSE:NCI) as Vice President and Associate Director – Investment Banking and Restructuring. At Navigant he was the lead investment banker serving the West Coast focused on IT Software and Services, Energy, Healthcare and regulated Financial Institutions among other verticals. Mr. Ullman has a broad background in addition to Investment Banking, having worked as a design engineer and project manager, executive Chairman of a global, venture backed software company, and CFO of a well-known branded consumer products company.
Mr. Ullman holds a Masters of Business Administration, with High Honors, from the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College and a B.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.M

Mr. Gerlacher has been an advisor in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and restructurings for over 25 years. Mr. Gerlacher specializes in industry verticals including energy, diversified industrials and healthcare. He is responsible for leading all aspects of engagements for the firm.
Prior to joining Dinan Capital Advisors, Mr. Gerlacher was a Director in Merrill Lynch’s Energy Group and was a Managing Director and the head of the Energy M&A groups at BMO Capital Markets and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey. During his career, he has been instrumental in over 75 completed strategic transactions for clients in a wide variety of industries.
Mr. Gerlacher received a BBA degree, Magna Cum Laude, in Accounting from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA, High Honors, from the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University.

Since joining Dinan Capital Advisors in 2005 Mr. Downing has advised on a wide variety of middle market merger, acquisition and capital raising transactions across multiple industries including: Enterprise Software, IT Enabled Services, Financial Services, Industrial Manufacturing & Distribution, Consumer Products and Healthcare. He is responsible for leading all aspects of client engagements for the firm.
Prior to joining Dinan, Mr. Downing was employed as an Equity Research Analyst for StockVal, a subsidiary of Reuters (now Thompson Reuters Corporation), providing equity research, analytics and valuation products to institutional investors. Previously, Mr. Downing worked with a private investment group where he was responsible for originating, analyzing and trading investment grade commercial real estate whole loans through the secondary market. Mr. Downing began his career with American Express Financial Advisors.
Mr. Downing holds a B.S. in Business Administration with dual concentrations in Finance and Entrepreneurship from the University of the Pacific in California.