Grégory Lechien

Experience

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  Nick Bolletiery Tennis Academy

  Jul 2008 - Jul 2008

  Intern
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  Carrefour

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2014

  Student Job
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  Nick Bolletiery Tennis Academy

  Jul 2013 - Jul 2013

  Intern
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  Chenavari Investment Managers

  Jul 2015 - Aug 2015

  Business Intelligence Analyst (Summer Intern)

  Chenavari Investment Managers is an alternative asset-management group focused on credit & debt markets, based in London.I was an intern there during the summer of 2015, working as a Business Intelligence Analyst in the IT and Risk department.• Undertook AIFM Annex IV reporting through use of the Bloomberg Terminal to collect market data• Created reports and dashboards using DigDash Entreprise, an Agile Business Intelligence software• Took part in various meetings• Improved my understanding of all the financial products traded by Chenavari (equities, bonds, CDS, CDOs, etc) Show less

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  Universiteit Maastricht

  Oct 2016 - Jan 2017

  Academic Tutor

  • Taught the course Economics & Business to 30 Bachelor students.• Prompted my students to discuss and think critically about current economic news, which I related to theory from the course to stimulate active learning• Received an average evaluation of 9.2/10 (average of all tutors teaching the same course was 7.4/10)• Improved my presentation, communication and leadership skills

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  PwC Luxembourg

  Jan 2018 - Aug 2018

  Financial Auditor - Investment Funds & Real Estate Funds

  • Performed valuation of investment properties and tangible assets for Real Estate clients• Completed consolidation of 16 German entities of a large Real Estate structure and carried out analytical review to understand and reconcile variations between local and consolidated figures, which required dealing with a significant amount of data• Tested accuracy and completeness of items such as reported cash, financial assets (equities, bonds and derivatives), rental income or tax expenses for Real Estate and Investment Funds clients• Regularly contacted our clients or third parties such as banks to request information or documents• Improved my excel and analytical skills as well as my ability to quickly adapt to different characters and working methods as I was part of a new team for each mission Show less

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  Degroof Petercam

  Sept 2018 - May 2019

  Finance Management Graduate Programme

  • Prepared and analysed the monthly performance review of DP Corporate Finance, working closely with colleagues from these entities and gaining exposure to the deals the entity was involved in (M&A, debt and equity capital increases, etc)• Contributed to the quarterly consolidation process of the Bank’s numerous branches• Developed a new transversal platform on the Bank internal CRM aimed at simplifying the information sharing process between the various teams involved in the accounting close, and ultimately presented it to the Group CFO who validated it Show less

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  Morgan Stanley

  Sept 2020 - Jan 2021

  Global Capital Markets Off-Cycle Analyst

  • Actively contributed to significant loan portfolio securitisations and sales, such as Metro Bank’s sale of a £3bn prime mortgages portfolio to Natwest in December 2020; or the €430m Irish RMBS securitisation named Shamrock Residential 2021-1 DAC.• Managed Virtual Data Rooms on Datasite and Intralinks.• Created pipeline slides, pitch books and Information Memorandums.• Participated in numerous conference calls and meetings with rating agencies, sell-side clients and buy-side investors, and performed extensive research ahead of these meetings. Show less

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  EIGHT ADVISORY

  Apr 2021 - Oct 2021

  Valuation & Financial Modeling Analyst

  Assisted large corporates and private equity funds on various valuation missions, such as:• Modelling of Sabena's consolidated (post acquisition of Sabca) business plan, on the basis of which the company proceeded to a capital increase;• Performing valuation of intangible assets and determining goodwill as part the purchase price allocation (PPA) following the acquisitions of Morningside, doeLEGAL, Novum IP and Innosabi by Questel Orbit (multinational company leader in Intellectual Property solutions);• Performing valuation of two molecule compounds of Servier and structuring the sale of these molecules to a newly created biotech company, co-owned by Servier and external venture capital investors;• Performing valuation of multiple legal entities for M&A, strategic or fiscal purposes. Show less

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  LINUS Digital Finance

  Nov 2021 - Dec 2022

  Investment Analyst

  European investment firm combining a digital syndication platform with a first class investment, origination and underwriting team. A member of the investment team, I was responsible for the underwriting and screening of new opportunities across all real estate asset classes. Undertook financial modelling, investment analysis, structing and valuation, preparation of memos for internal investment committees and for warehouse lenders for co-investment. Involved in all due diligence processes and deal execution steps. Also supported managing directors on deal origination and relationship building with real estate developers, brokers and investors. Show less

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  Bain & Company

  Oct 2023 - now

  Associate Consultant

  Private equity group (commercial due diligence, pre-sales support)