Guillaume Darbon Overview

  • Primary Position
  • Founder

  • Primary Industry
  • Information Technology

  • Med. Deal Size

  • Med. Valuation

Guillaume Darbon General Information

Biography

Mr. Guillaume Darbon serves as Senior Advisor at Elyan Partners. He is the Founder of ManageMens. He served as Managing Director and Partner at Advent International. He joined Advent International in 1998 and has 28 years of private equity experience. Prior to Advent, he worked for the LVMH Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy Group in Hong Kong, where he was in charge of business development and acquisition projects in Asia in the luxury-goods and wine-and-spirits industries. He began his career with Financière Saint-Dominique, the private equity arm of Natixis (formerly Crédit National). He has co-led or been part of teams on Advent's investments in MC International, BCS, Hubwoo-Avisium, Materis, Stokomani, Sophis, Monext, Mondo Minerals. He is a graduate of HEC Paris business school.

Contact Information

Primary Position
Founder, ManageMens
Education
HEC Paris, Master's
Gender
Male
Address
  • 18 rue de Lisbonne
  • 75008 Paris
  • France

Guillaume Darbon Positions (1)

Firm name Firm type Title Location Industry Since
ManageMens Service Provider Founder Paris, France Management Consultants

Guillaume Darbon Lead Partner on Deals (3)

Guillaume Darbon has been the lead partner on 3 deals. Their latest deal was with Kersia Group, a multi-line chemicals company. The deal was made for on 01-Dec-2020.

Company Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Deal Status Industry Location
Kersia Group 01-Dec-2020 Buyout/LBO Completed Multi-line Chemicals Dinard, France
Sefas Innovation 20-Oct-2008 Completed Business/Productivity Software Burlington, MA
Monext 15-Oct-2008 Completed Holding Companies Aix-en-Provence, France

Guillaume Darbon Network (25)

Portfolio Executives (18)

Name Company Role Deal date Location
Sébastien Bossard Kersia Group Chief Executive Officer 01-Dec-2020 Dinard, France
Alban Houssin Kersia Group Head of M&A, JV and Healthcare business unit 01-Dec-2020 Dinard, France
Kersia Group Chief Innovation Officer 01-Dec-2020 Dinard, France
Kersia Group Chief Financial Officer 01-Dec-2020 Dinard, France
Kersia Group Chief Financial Officer 01-Dec-2020 Dinard, France

Fund Team Members (7)

Name Investor Fund Fund Location
Michael Pehl Advent International Advent Latin American Private Equity Fund III Boston, MA
Luiz Antonio Alves Advent International Advent Latin American Private Equity Fund III Boston, MA
Advent International Boston, MA
Advent International Boston, MA
Advent International Boston, MA

Guillaume Darbon Affiliated Funds (1)

Fund Investor Fund Type Status Vintage Size Dry Powder IRR IRR Quartile
Advent Latin American Private Equity Fund III Advent International Buyout Closed 2006

Guillaume Darbon Advisory Roles (1)

Firm name Firm type Title Location Industry Since
Elyan Partners Service Provider Senior Advisor Paris, France Other Service Provider Type

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