Team

Gregory Fayolle is the founder of ORAXYS. Prior to become an entrepreneur, he was working in Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions, respectively at SG Asset Management and Andersen Corporate Finance. Gregory Fayolle has a 20-year background of deals in Europe and in the USA, of which 15 years of Private Equity. Moreover, for 2 years he has also been a Sector Leader for Environment at the French Ministry of Economy and he was based in Thaïland.

Gregory Fayolle is graduated from ESSCA Angers and holds a Master degree in Valuation and Mergers & Acquisitions from Lyon University in France. Moreover, he has been a lecturer in legal and financial engineering at HEC Paris for several years. Gregory Fayolle is currently a member of the Selection Committee of the International Climate Finance Accelerator based in Luxembourg.

Laura Morosi is the Financial and Operations Director of ORAXYS. Prior to joining the team, Laura Morosi was Accounting and Reporting Manager at Allfin Holding Luxembourg, part of Real Estate investment company Immobel Group, and a Senior Audit Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Italy. Laura Morosi has a 10-year experience in the fund and holding management industry.

Laura Morosi holds a Master of Business Economics from Bocconi University of Milan.

Lucile Laevens is the Legal and Compliance Director of ORAXYS. Prior to joining the team, she was a Senior Associate at MNKS Luxembourg (now PwC Legal) and an Associate at Allen & Overy Luxembourg. Lucile Laevens has a 12-year background of deals between Luxembourg and many countries in the World, of which 10 years in Private Equity.

Lucile Laevens holds three Master degrees in Law: Contract and Commercial Law from Paris I University (France), History of Law from Paris II University (France) and Civil Law from Ottawa University (Canada).

Brice Masselot is an Investment Director at ORAXYS. Prior to joining the team, Brice has spent more than 10 years at Cube Infrastructure Managers, an independent Private Equity fund manager focusing on European infrastructure and companies with high capital requirements. Brice sourced and executed equity transactions and supervised investments in European Small and Mid-sized Enterprises which provide telecom, transport or environmental services.

Previously, Brice had held several positions in the French public administration, at the Ministry of Transport (Civil Aviation Directorate) as Head of the Airport Economic Regulation unit, and at the Ministry of Finance (Treasury Directorate) where he was in charge of the policies relating to the Asset Management sector.

Brice is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in France. He is also a CFA charterholder.

Mickael Bezagut is an Investment Director at ORAXYS. Prior to joining the team, Mickael was Head of Corporate Finance at Degroof Petercam Investment Banking Luxembourg, where he mainly advised entrepreneurs and owners of Small and Mid-sized Enterprises to structure and manage equity transactions.

Mickael previously led the Strategy & Corporate Development department at Banque Internationale à Luxembourg, after having been a Manager in Transaction Services (mainly audit of acquisitions and vendor due diligences) and an M&A consultant, respectively at EY and KPMG, in Luxembourg and in Switzerland.

Mickael holds a Master’s degree in finance from the École Supérieure de Gestion de Paris and is a CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) charterholder.

Yohan Olivier is an Investment Analyst at Oraxys. Prior to joining the team, Yohan worked for 4 years within the Corporate Finance team at KPMG in Luxembourg, where he took part in transactions of different sizes and worked on many valuations of companies.

Yohan graduated from EDHEC Business School in France and holds a double Master’s degree in management and in corporate finance.

Juan Ximénez is an Investment Analyst at ORAXYS. Prior to joining the team, Juan worked at Ferrovial Airports in Madrid as an M&A Analyst in the Corporate Development team. Juan has previously worked in PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

Juan holds a double degree from ICADE University in Spain and NEOMA Business School in France. He also holds a Master’s degree in Finance from CUNEF Business School in Madrid

Michel Crochon worked for his whole career at Schneider Electric where he held different positions, alternating operational jobs and transverse functions. He has an extensive experience of business in many countries (he lived in China and Hong-Kong), acquisitions and organization design. He has been a Member of the Executive Committee for 12 years. His last position was Head of Strategy and Technology supervising also the Venture Capital fund and the Sustainable Development teams of the group.

Michel Crochon is currently an independent Board member of several mid-sized companies and non-profit associations.

Sabine Everaet has a 26-year career at The Coca-Cola Company where she held various IT and Digital roles, increasing her functional and geographic responsibilities. Lastly, she was CIO for the EMEA region. Sabine Everaet is a passionate Technology and Digital Executive with extensive international experience. She built organizational and operating models, and empowered agile teams to deliver products achieving productivity, growth and employee engagement. Sabine Everaet has an exceptional track record in turning around IT from a supporting role to a business enabler. Cleaning up legacy environments, applying sourcing and location strategies, and moving systems to the cloud, allowed her to focus on the strategic front-office functions. Digital marketing, digital commerce and advanced analytics were core areas of change, always keeping the consumer and customer journey at the center. She became expert in driving scalable, digital transformations based on business aligned strategies.

Sabine Everaet chaired the Coca-Cola European Women Leadership Council, representing Europe at the Global Council (2013-2018), and is active in promoting women in leadership and STEM positions.

She served as a Board member of Option (2014-2016). As a recognition of her contributions, Sabine Everaet received following awards: Belgian CIO of the Year (2011), European CIO of the Year (2012), Top 50 Most Inspirational Women in Technology in Europe (2016).

Werner Fuhrmann worked for his whole career at AkzoNobel where he held different positions, such as Member of the Executive Committee responsible for Specialty Chemicals, and then CEO of separated AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals, now Nouryon. He was a Board Member of both the American Chemicals industry association and the CEFIC where he chaired Program Council Sustainability.

Werner Fuhrmann is a Senior Advisor to several European Private Equity firms on specific transactions and is an independent Board member of several companies.

Christophe Jean has held executive leadership positions in the Pharmaceutical industry, in both large and mid-sized companies such as Novartis, Pierre-Fabre and Ipsen. Most of his experience has been in managing and transforming international operations covering the five continents. During his 35 year career, he has also served in senior executive positions with responsibility for Corporate Strategy, Finance, Business Development, M&A and Alliances.

Christophe Jean is a Senior Advisor of JSB Partners providing advisory services to the Pharmaceutical Industry and is a Board member of several healthcare companies in Europe and in the USA.

Christian Kaczmarek held different leadership positions in the Food industry, such as CEO of Danone for the Dairy Division in Poland, Central and Eastern Europe, CEO of Storck in Poland and CEO of Bakoma in Poland. He also successfully ran an LBO with a London-based Private Equity firm on GTX Hanex Plastic in Poland, specialized in containers for the food and cosmetics industries.

Christian Kaczmarek is currently an investor in several small and mid-sized companies.

Mimi Lamote has an extensive experience in B2B and B2C in market segmentation, customer profiling, positioning, branding, marketing campaigns. She held different leadership positions in the retail industry, such as General Manager of C&A in Belgium and Vice President of Grand Vision. On top of this, as Chief Marketing Officer of Beaulieu International Group and as the CEO of a family-owned small mid-sized company, Mimi Lamote has experience in digitalizing businesses, implementing e-commerce hybrid go-to-market models. She has also extensive experience in supply chain and buying leveraging networks in Europe and Asia.

Mimi Lamote is also a Board member of several organizations and companies.

Gérard Terneyre worked for his whole career at Vallourec where he held different positions, such as Director for Corporate Strategy & Development or Member of the Executive Committee responsible for the Automotive Components Division. He worked in different countries in the World, mainly in Europe and in the USA.

Gérard Terneyre is currently a Judge to the Paris Commercial Court involved in the International Chamber.

Johan van de Ven held several business innovation management positions in Royal Philips. Among others, he has been Chief Technology Officer for the global Philips Consumer Businesses where he managed the worldwide R&D operations and the group’s innovation portfolio and, lately, Managing Director of new business creation in Philips semiconductors (now NXP). Lastly, he was Managing Director for Bosal Emission Control Systems.

Johan van de Ven has extensive international experience, notably in Asia, and he is currently active as executive consultant for innovation management.