Affirma is an accounting and audit firm that offers its customers a full range of accounting services from book-keeping and payroll management to statutory audit control.In addition to this traditional CPA services, an extensive field experience in the transaction services industry coupled to a strong ability to provide in-house accounting services gives Affirma a competitive advantage to help mid/small capitalization companies creating, developping and managing value.

DELOITTE FINANCE – FAS – Transaction Services – DirectorNeuilly sur Seine, FranceLeading FDD & VDD engagements mainly over cross border transactions for Private Equity - ICTS, Argan Capital – DBA, Sun Capital – Ellis, Allianz Capital – Loret Telecom, CDC – CTN, Cape – and corporate clients - Effia, Keolis (France) - SFE, Sorgenia (Italy) – Jaromericka, Bel (Czech. Rep.) – carve out operations – Rhodia Salicylics - Cofathec Italy, Suez GDF.

CONSTANTIN GROUP – Auditing & Consulting firm – TS department - DirectorParis, FranceConstantin has become one of the leading French advisory firms on transaction support for mid cap investors.Driving due diligence assignments (buyer/vendor) for most of the French Private Equity firms – Targeted to LBO led on mid cap firms : Barclays – APEM / Butler Capital - Focal / Osiatis, CIC Venture Capital – Carré Blanc, Pragma Capital – Vynex Trefilaction, Lazard FPG – Or Brun, ABN AMRO – Outinord, ING Parcom – Bahlsen / St Michel… Performed investigations are mainly focused on extended accounting and financial audit, current trading analysis, tax and social revue, disclosure of accounting principles with international standards (IAS/GAAP).

KIRIA – Business to Consumer Health & Wellness Distribution Venture - Co-founder / DirectorParis, FranceKIRIA is a retail concept offering quality products & services aimed at better managing one’s health capital.• Launching: developed the concept from scratch, drew up the business plan/economic model, fund-raised 4 M€, set up 2 stores and the website (www.kiria.com)• Management: legal, financial, administrative, technical and human resources. Set up the company’s operational processes in order to provide a strong base for future replication of the model/concept.

CONSTANTIN Italy – Founder /CEOMilan, Italy•Commissioned to set up the Italian branch: launched two practices, a legal auditing practice and a due diligence, consulting and facilities management practice; integrated an Italian accounting firm to the group •Built and led this multidisciplinary team of 15 consultants – The auditing firm became a member in 2005 of the select club of 12 companies recognised by the CONSOB, Italian shared market regulation authority•Led statutory audit revisions in the commercial/trade sector (Louis Dreyfus – 0.6 bln revenues), the distribution sector (Sisley, Etam), the services sector (Solving Intl), and the industrial sector (Comasec)•Managed M&A Due Diligences (Altran, A Novo, De Lage Landen…)•Support to start-up activities in Italy (Longchamp, Lexibook, Barbara Bui…)•Wrote and published a pamphlet on the Italian fiscal system to be used by the administrative and financial directors of Constantin’s clients with activities in Italy.

CONSTANTIN GROUP – Audit and consulting firm – Consultant/ManagerParis, France•Manager: Performed, for the auditing division, legal certification within various sectors such as Transport (Mory, Scac, Tta), Tourism (Havas), Industry (Sicn, Bolloré), Public Works (Laho Equipements)•Part of the team that led exceptional projects and due diligences linked to M&A (PPR,CAT,…) consultancy, and arbitrage - on US GAAP / IAS and French accounting system (US Robotics/Invent, Banque Rivaud...) - activities•Junior / senior consultant : Performed data validation and analysis across auditing projects