Our team

Prior to founding Butler Capital Partners in 1990, Walter Butler was Managing Director at Goldman Sachs in New York and London. From 1986 to 1988 he was in charge of privatizations in the media sector at the French Ministry of Culture and Communications. From 1983 to 1986 he was Inspecteur des Finances at the French Treasury.
Walter graduated from the Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA).

Pierre Costes started his career in 1991 with Arthur Andersen where he was a Director of their Acquisitions and Special Operations department. He joined Butler Capital Partners in 1998.
Pierre graduated from ESSEC and is a Chartered Accountant.

Maël de Calan started his career in 2006 with UBS Investment Bank where he was involved in various M&A transactions. Between 2007 and 2008, he was a sailor on Pen Duick VI during 10 months. He joined Butler Capital Partners in 2008.
Maël graduated from Sciences-Po Paris, HEC, and holds a master in business law from La Sorbonne University.

Aymeric Demarcq started his career in 2006 with Ernst & Young in the Transaction Advisory Services department where he advised Private Equity houses and Corporate clients on financial due diligence engagements in various industries. He joined Butler Capital Partners in 2010.
Aymeric graduated from ESSEC.

Frédéric Favreau started his career in 1998 with KPMG. In 2000 he joined the finance department of Pernod Ricard as an Audit & Development Manager, where he dealt with the disposal of various subsidiaries and took part in the Seagram acquisition. In 2002 he became Group Consolidation Director. He joined Butler Capital Partners in 2005. Frédéric graduated from ESCP.

Marc-Eric Flory started his career in 1990 with Eucom group (France Télécom / Deutsche Telekom) as successively Management Controller and CFO of its various subsidiaries. From 1999 to 2006, he was CFO of Viaccess. In 2006, he became COO of Fondinvest Capital. He joined Butler Capital Partners in 2010.
Marc-Eric graduated from IAE Paris.

Karin Jacquemart-Pernod started her career in 1989 in the Corporate Finance department of Goldman Sachs in London. From 1991 to 2000, she worked at Butler Capital Partners as an associate and then as a director. In 2000, she became CFO of BBDO Corporate. In 2003, she joined again Butler Capital Partners.
Karin graduated from HEC.

Arnaud Leleux started his career in 1994 in Tokyo, trading on interest rates derivatives for CCF. In 1996, he came back in France in the Finance Direction of CCF where he became Funding Manager. In 2000, when CCF was purchased by HSBC, he joined the Leveraged and Acquisition Finance team, where he became a Director, working on mid-market to large LBO financings. He joined Butler Capital Partners in 2006.
Arnaud holds a degree in Management and a Master in International Financial Markets from Paris-Dauphine University.

Lionel Mestre started his career in 1995 with PricewaterhouseCoopers. In 1998, he joined PAI Partners, focusing on large-sized buyouts in France and Europe. He joined Butler Capital Partners in 2008.
Lionel holds a degree in Management and Finance from Paris-Dauphine University.

Lise Nobre started her career in 1986 with PAI Partners, where she spent 23 years, in charge of mid-size investments, in the Financial Team, or working on European industrial buy-outs. She was a Partner, Head of the Capital Goods Group and Member of the Executive Committee until 2008. She joined BCP in 2009.
Lise graduated from HEC.

Laurent Parquet started his career in 1991 with Andersen Consulting where he was Director in the Media and Communications Group. He joined BCP in 1997.
Laurent graduated from ESSEC.

Michel Vedrines started his career in 1976 with Elf Aquitaine, where he was Director of Research. He then joined the Institut du Développement Industriel (IDI), a French investment company, until 1988. From 1988 to 1991 he was CEO of a medium sized manufacturing company. He joined Butler Capital Partners in 1991.
Michel graduated from the Ecole Supérieure de Chimie and holds a MBA from HEC.