Experience
Lead · Corporate Development + Strategic Partnerships
Built the function. Closed two acqui-hires, each accelerating the roadmap by about a year. Led the Google Maps partnership (~$2M+ ARR) and renegotiated infrastructure deals with Cloudflare and Pierre, saving $5M+ annually.
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Closed a strategic investment in Atech. Worked on partnerships with infrastructure, inference routing and model post-training companies. Shipped an AI M&A platform used by 50+ people, including the executive team.
Lighthouse
Paris · 2024–2025
Founder
Bootstrapped an AI cybersecurity startup. Ran 400+ user interviews, built prototypes and secured two design partnerships with Series B/C companies.
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Recruited a technical co-founder and secured letters of intent and Series A beta testers. Wound down the company in June 2025.
Lead · Corporate Development
Defined the staking proposition and build, buy or partner strategy. Handed it to a PM for delivery. The offering now spans 10+ live products and $10M+ in revenue.
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Worked with the C-suite on infrastructure and identity expansion. Originated and negotiated a $500M+ M&A pipeline. Led acquisition processes for a $250M staking platform and a $100M NFT marketplace, both shelved during the 2023 crypto downturn.
Senior Manager · Corporate Development
First corporate development hire. Closed the first acquisition ($10M) and led integration. Drove travel partnerships that reached 1M+ users and $5M+ in revenue.
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The acquisition accelerated the roadmap by three years. Worked on Stays, Flights and Cars, built business cases for new financial products through executive sign-off, and negotiated the Revolut Reader partnership ($10M+ deal value).
Associate Director · Corporate Development
Closed $150M+ of transactions across divestments ($20M), a loan portfolio sale ($100M) and fintech investments ($30M).
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Originated and executed cross-border fintech and banking M&A; ran valuation, financial and strategic analysis, due diligence and internal approvals.
Analyst · Investment Banking
Supported healthcare equity capital markets transactions: IPOs for Convatec (LSE), Mereo BioPharma and Curetis, a €100M private placement and an accelerated bookbuild.
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Built valuation models and comparables, prospectus and investor materials; coordinated due diligence with legal, auditors and the syndicate.
