Private equity firm Oraxys, which specialises in developing European SMEs that market environmentally friendly products and services, has announced the appointment of two new managing directors: Simone Pini and Brice Masselot.
The two already know each other well, in fact, having previously been colleagues at Cube Infrastructure Managers. Gregory Fayolle, managing partner of Oraxys, comments: “We are delighted to strengthen our team with two high-calibre individuals who have already worked together for over ten years. Brice and Simone are both experienced private equity professionals and bring complementary skills to Oraxys. Their contribution will be important in the origination, execution and value creation of the funds managed by Oraxys.”
At Cube Infrastructure, Masselot was an investment director in private equity, sourcing and executing transactions and supervising investments in European SMEs active in telecommunications, transport and environmental services. He has also been the director of six SMEs in Europe and has held several positions in the French government (transport and finance ministries). He is a CFA-chartered financial analyst and a graduate of École Polytechnique and École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in France.
For his part, Pini was a managing director at Cube Infrastructure and has amassed some 16 years’ experience in private equity, having invested in European SMEs active in the district heating, energy efficiency and renewable energy sectors. He has also been a director of ten SMEs from France and Italy to Norway, Spain, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. He began his career in the M&A team at Mediobanca in Milan after graduating from the Politecnico di Milano. He also holds a diploma from the Alta Scuola Politecnica in Italy and an MBA from the Collège des Ingénieurs in France, and is a CFA-chartered financial analyst.
This article was originally published in Paperjam. It has been translated and edited for Delano.