Astorg Partner Promotions Announced

Thierry Timsit, CEO and Managing Partner, “We are delighted to welcome Charles-Hubert Le Baron and Thibault Veber to the Astorg partnership. Both have been great contributors to the firm, making their individual distinct impact to our collective success whilst cultivating the firm’s key values. It is with great pride that we see them join our group of partners.”

Charles-Hubert Le Baron, joined Astorg as an Analyst in 2011. He has worked on a number of transactions at Astorg including HRA Pharma, M7 Group, Saverglass, and Sebia. In 2020, Charles participated in the launch of Astorg’s Mid-Cap Fund, where he now leads the sourcing effort in France and Benelux and has led the execution of the Opus 2 and ARMOR-IIMAK investments. Prior to Astorg, Charles-Hubert spent two years with the Transaction Advisory division of Ernst & Young in Paris. Charles-Hubert holds a MSc in Maths & Engineering from Ecole des Mines de Paris.

Thibault Veber joined Astorg in 2017 as an Associate Director and heads the Capital Markets team in London. He is responsible for leading acquisition financings and follow on, fund level transactions as well as managing the firm’s relationships with lenders. He has worked on numerous transactions of which some of the more recent are Normec, Opus 2, Corialis, Fenergo and Demetra. Thibault has generalised the use of ESG-friendly loans, first with Corialis then with Solina and Armor. Prior to Astorg, Thibault was a Director in the London-based Leveraged Finance teams of Nomura and Citigroup, focusing on European loan and high yield transactions. Thibault holds a MSc in Management from HEC Paris.