Lucas Stricker Email & Phone Number

Paris, FR

Paris, France

• Education platform designed to help students achieve their dream of studying a Master / MBA in a top Business School
• Entity of 35 part-time employees, 150+ students sent in their target schools
• 60k+ mailing list, 45k+ Sheets Downloaded

Paris, France

• €1.7B in AUM managed through several Senior and Junior Debt Funds with a strong focus on ESG integration
• Analyzed 20+ debt investments, as well as reviewed & challenged 3 cash-flow models
• Performed due diligence on 6 debt investments, assisting in drafting IC materials, & supporting deal execution until closing
• Monitored weekly infrastructure debt market trends & benchmarks, such as chemical plastic recycling & pyrolysis.
• Led quarterly portfolio monitoring & credit reviews, effectively ensuring compliance with internal policies & procedures

Paris, France

• Mahogany is a French Private Equity Search Fund led by ex-BCG, Morgan Stanley, and J.P Morgan professionals looking to acquire, manage, and grow a french SME (EV €[20-60]m) through an MBI
• Reviewed 10+ IM's (strategic, financial, and transaction perimeter analysis), & conducted several first round high-view DCF valuations
• Analysed 800+ french companies from Diane database extracts to filter out interesting targets & segments
• Refined 2 investor relation presentations for monthly investor updates
• Improved existing sourcing process (tool testing for cost-effective & high success rate email sourcing, refining email templates) & actively sought out new proprietary search canals (exploring MBI articles for dealflow)
• Actively participated in 25+ calls with M&A brokers (Rothschild & Co, Alantra,..), debt providers (mezzanine debt funds, traditional banks), target CEO/CFO's, & investors from Mahogany's cap table (Relay Investments)

Cergy, Île-de-France, France

• Redacted, completed, fact-checked, and formatted 10 reports to obtain official certifications for the various programs at ESSEC Business School (such as the upcoming Master in Sustainability)

Paris, France

• Led a Market Study for BPCE Vie’s branch Natixis Assurances for their VIP insurance product ("conciergerie service")
• Jointly presented team findings in an hour-long presentation in front of members of the Executive Board
• Analyzed and optimized the cost structure of a Lebanese Restaurant (Paulem) chain and detected cyclicity in price variations of ingredients
• Identified suitable suppliers for specific products (factoring in seasonal price changes)
• Personally secured €20k worth of contracts for our Department

Paris, France

• Constructed a Business Plan with 3 financial scenarios for different strategic paths: opening several locations, creating proprietary product lines, increasing focus on untapped markets in Europe, all within 5-year.
• Built an automated inventory valuation system from scratch on Excel (by category, type of product, detection of low inventory, etc.)
• Led financing requests for €100k from institutions such as BPI France, Réseau Entreprendre Paris, Région Ile-de-France

Région De Paris, France

• French-English (and vice versa) translations of the following: e-books, comic books, documentary subtitles, etc.

Programme Grande Ecole

Magistère Banque Finance, Magistère Banque Finance (Mbf) : 1Ère Année, Mathématiques De Finance

• Highly selective 3-year double degree specialized in finance in partnership with the CFA institute. Ranked 2nd in Banking & Finance.

Preparatory Class For Ens Paris-Saclay, Economics And Management, Admissible Ens (Ranked Top 10%)

• Two-year intensive course (completed by a 3rd year) for a competitive entry into the Ecole Normale Superieure of Paris-Saclay

Bachelors Degree, Economics And Management

French Baccalaureate (Economics Track), International Option, First Class Honours (17.6/20)