Team

Having spent more than 30 years in the financial markets, Michele has acquired a solid expertise in Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity with significant experience in selecting, evaluating and structuring Private Equity transactions.

Michele founded and chaired the Private Equity company Essling Capital where he was the Chairman of the Investment Committee. Under his leadership, Essling Capital quickly raised and invested approximately €500m with excellent results for its investors.

Prior to that, he spent more than 15 years with the Rothschild & Co Group. Initially in the M&A team, then as a member of the Executive Board of Rothschild & Co (formerly Paris Orléans SA), the group's holding company, where he managed a large portfolio of investments and holdings in Europe, the US and emerging markets. Prior to joining the Rothschild & Co Group, Michele worked at Morgan Stanley, Paribas and Oddo-BHF Group.

Michele graduated from Bocconi University in Milan (Italy) and holds an MBA from the Wharton School (USA).

Prior to founding Mircap Partners, François was a founding principal of Aktor Capital, an independent Investment Management company specializing in Private Equity club deals (funds and co-investments).

Previously, and until 2018, François was co-heading of the Rothschild & Co group's proprietary investment portfolio (Rothschild Proprietary Investments, "RPI"). François was also a member of RPI's Investment Committee and co-Head of a co-investment program dedicated to private clients of the Rothschild & Co group.

Prior to joining Rothschild & Co's Private Equity business in 2008, François worked at Morgan Stanley and Rothschild & Co in Mergers and Acquisitions.

François is a graduate of ESCP-Europe.

François joined the team since its creation in 2022 as a Principal. Previously, he spent more than 6 years at within Essling Capital’s Co-investment team where he was involved in numerous deal opportunities in various industries and geographical areas.

He started his career at Société Générale and Rothschild & Co (Paris Orléans) before joining Deloitte in 2014 as a M&A Analyst.

François graduated from emlyon business school and holds a master’s degree in business law from Université Catholique de Lille.

Prior to joining Mircap Partners at its creation in 2022, Igor had professional experiences at Rothschild & Co and Eurazeo Capital, where he participated in several M&A, Debt and Private Equity transactions.

Until 2022, he was involved in various entrepreneurial projects in the eco-friendly retail, data and restaurant sectors. In parallel, he continued his financial and strategic analysis activities as a freelance.

Igor is a graduate of HEC Paris (MSc in Management).

Before joining Mircap Partners, Pierre was General Secretary of Natixis Private Equity (private equity holding company of the BPCE group, 22 teams) for 14 years, then of Essling Capital for 5 years.

In these functions, he supported and structured the development of activities and teams in France, Luxembourg and internationally by supervising all support and cross-functional functions.

He was previously Senior Manager at Deloitte, where he worked for 9 years with industrial and financial companies, then carried out a strategic consulting activity with SMEs for 3 years.

Pierre is a Chartered Accountant, a graduate of IEP Grenoble and a HEC certified coach.