Eight Advisory adapts its structure to strengthen its talent management, support its strong international expansion and the diversification of its businesses

Eight Advisory, the leading European advisory firm, specialising in transactions, restructuring and transformation is reorganizing its management structure to support its strong growth while maintaining strong ties to its markets and clients’ needs.

The new organisation will enable Eight Advisory (600 employees including 73 partners spread over 13 offices in 6 countries) to (i) strengthen talent management and team proximity, (ii) reflect its distinctly European footprint, (iii) further strengthen its proximity to clients’ needs, (iv) focus on the markets in which 8A operates and (v) strengthen its support functions.

As of January 2022, the Executive Board of Eight Advisory shall be organised as follows:

• Executive Management
  • President Pascal Raidron
  • Managing Director Eric Demuyt
• Markets
  • Private Equity Stéphane Vanbergue
  • Corporate Alexis Karklins-Marchay
  • Restructuring Cédric Colaert and Xavier Bailly
  • Sectors Christian Berling
  • Marketing Tom de Troyer
• Business Lines
  • Transaction Support France Florence Khayat and Katia Wagner
  • Restructuring France Xavier Mesguich
  • Financial Engineering Alexis Karklins-Marchay
  • Transformation Nicolas Cohen-Solal and Stéphane Nénez
  • Tax Guillaume Rembry
• International Offices
  • UK / Nordic regions / USA Justin Welstead
  • Germany / Switzerland Michael Wahl
  • Benelux Philippe Fimmers
  • Eight International Network Alexis Karklins-Marchay

• Support Functions
  • Finance & IT Vincent Blot
  • Human Resources Recruitment in progress
  • Performance Risk Lionnel Gerard

Meanwhile, Eight Advisory is pleased to announce the appointments of Stéphane Vanbergue and Lionnel Gérard as Deputy Managing Directors.

« This new organisation marks an important step in the history of Eight Advisory. It is a logical progression given the significant size of our Group, with 142 million in revenues in 2021 and a growth rate of more than 22% each year since its creation. It is also a testimony to the way in which our governance is structured, combining the founding partners and tomorrow’s leading managers », explains Pascal Raidron, President, Eight Advisory.

« Our multidisciplinary Group is now resolutely international in its outlook and our new Executive Board reflects this. It also demonstrates the need to remain close to our teams as well as to our clients whilst maintaining our values of solidarity, proximity and responsiveness which have been our hallmarks since our foundation », says Eric Demuyt, Eight Advisory’s Managing Director.