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The Team

The G Partners team is comprised of highly qualified entrepreneurs with significant private equity experience - 35 years combined - who have either started their own businesses in the past or worked for blue-chips companies.

Benoit Duplat| Alec de Changy| Fred Mouawad

Alec de Changy

ALEC DE CHANGY

Education
1993-1995	HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION	BOSTON, MA
	Earned Master in Business Administration degree, June 1995. Awarded the Belgian American Educational Foundation Fellowship.
1984-1989	UNIVERSITY OF LOUVAIN	LOUVAIN-LA-NEUVE, BELGIUM
	Earned Civil Engineer degree, cum laude, in Materials Science and Physics. Honors thesis: "Electrical Conductivity of Polyacetylene". Conducted summer research on Boron Nitride insertion components at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Elected Representative to Student Government.
Experience
1995-to date	G PARTNERS Co-founder and Managing Partner	LONDON, UK
	Started private equity firm with Harvard classmate Fred Mouawad. Built a team of investment professionnals based in Bangkok, London and Brussels. Raised, invested and manages over EUR 100M worth of investments.
summer 1994	GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL Summer Associate	LONDON, UK
	Mergers and Acquisitions. Major team assignments: Designed a new European-wide acquisition strategy for a major telecom operator. Assessed opportunities for the sale of a major US aerospace component producer. Principal Investment. Evaluated potential acquisitions of telecommunication companies in Turkey and Poland. Performed due diligence, assessed management, evaluated facilities and potential operational improvements, determined potential deal structure.
1992-1993	ALCATEL BELL TELEPHONE Sales Coordinator, CIS Director, Novosibirsk Office	ANTWERP, BELGIUM NOVOSIBIRSK, RUSSIA
	Coordinated all marketing and sales of public switching and line transmission equipment in Siberia and the Russian Far-East. Established and managed the Novosibirsk Coordination and Field Support Center. Hired, trained, and directed 18 employees. Coordinated the sales support activities of 15 Belgian semi-expatriated engineers. Administered an annual budget of $250,000. Developed Alcatel brand name recognition in 200 target cities using regional customized marketing strategies. Organized two major telecommunications seminars in Novosibirsk. Supervised bids on more than $150 million of telecommunications equipment in 80 cities. Conducted negotiations and closed a highly strategic $8 million contract in Central Siberia. Arranged financing through a coal barter agreement with one of the world's largest traders.
1990-1991	BELGIAN ARMY Second-Lieutenant, Corps of Engineers	BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
	Member of GSX-E, advisory cell to the Chief of Staff. Led the evaluation of the Research, Development and Testing Services of the Army during its ongoing restructuring.
1989-1990	McKINSEY & COMPANY Business Analyst	BRUSSELS, BELGIUM MEXICO D.F., MEXICO
	Participated as a team member in developing solutions for client's managerial problems. Gathered and analyzed information, conducted interviews, led client's working groups, contributed in development, presentation, and implementation of the team's recommendations. Major projects: Redefined strategy for a major Belgian holding company. Redefined strategy for a major Belgian holding company. Assessed the future trends in the Mexican tire market and designed a manufacturing cost improvement plan for a local producer of rubber-processing chemicals. Conducted a worldwide market analysis, a competition evaluation, and designed a new management structure for a recently merged construction group.
Personal	Fluent in French (native) and English. Working knowledge of Dutch, Russian and Spanish. Enjoy travelling, mountaineering, skiing, swimming and chess.

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