Eight Advisory appoints ten Deputy Managing Directors

Eight Advisory appoints ten Deputy Managing Directors

We are pleased to announce the promotion of selected key members of the Eight Advisory Executive Committee to the role of Deputy Managing Director:

  • Florence Khayat, as Deputy Managing Director, co-leading the Transaction Services practice, 
  • Katia Wagner, as Deputy Managing Director, co-leading the Transaction Services practice, 
  • Xavier Mesguich, as Deputy Managing Director, leading the Lyon practice, 
  • Xavier Bailly, as Deputy Managing Director, leading the Restructuring practice,  
  • Stéphane Nenez, as Deputy Managing Director, leading the Finance Transformation practice,  
  • Guillaume Rembry, as Deputy Managing Director, leading the Tax & Legal practice,  
  • Christian Berling, as Deputy Managing Director, leading the Sectors Development, 
  • Nicolas Cohen Solal, as Deputy Managing Director, leading the Strategy & Operations practice, 
  • Philippe Fimmers, as Deputy Managing Director, leading the Benelux region, 
  • Michael Wahl, as Deputy Managing Director, leading the GSA practice. 

 

The promotion of the Eight Advisory Group Executive Committee members to the role of Deputy Managing Directors reflects their unwavering commitment to Eight Advisory’s continued growth and reinforcement of the company’s position as a trusted partner to its clients worldwide. The new role empowers these Partners to continue shaping Eight Advisory’s journey toward achieving its strategic ambitions.  

Pascal Raidron, Managing Partner at Eight Advisory commented on the promotions:  

« By welcoming our new Deputy Managing Directors, we are not only celebrating the strengthening of our team, but also reaffirming our values of Excellence, Respect and Entrepreneurship, which have been our hallmarks since our foundation. With a strong focus on international expansion, we are on an exciting journey to global success.

Eric Demuyt, Managing Director at Eight Advisory commented on the promotions:  

« These strategic moves underline our commitment to strong leadership across the organisation and ensure that we remain closely connected with our teams and clients around the world. Each of the members has been instrumental in driving the development of our organisation, whether through leading regional operations, development of sector expertise or spearheading individual service lines. Their contributions have been instrumental in strengthening Eight Advisory’s position as a trusted partner to our clients worldwide. 

These promotions follow further dynamic expansion and profitable growth for the entire company as well as investments in all areas of the organisation. 

Florence

Khayat

Partner

Transaction Services

Eight Advisory Paris

Katia

Wagner

Partner

Transaction Services

Eight Advisory Paris

Xavier

Mesguich

Partner

Restructuring & Transaction Services

Eight Advisory Lyon

Xavier

Bailly

Partner

Restructuring

Eight Advisory Paris

Stéphane

Nénez

Partner

Finance Transformation

Eight Advisory Paris

Guillaume

Rembry

Partner

Tax

Eight Advisory Paris

Christian

Berling

Partner

Transaction Services

Eight Advisory Paris

Nicolas

Cohen-Solal

Partner

Strategy

Eight Advisory Paris

Philippe

Fimmers

Partner

Restructuring & Transaction Services

Eight Advisory Brussels

Michael

Wahl

Partner

Transaction Services

Eight Advisory Frankfurt

Pascal

Raidron

Partner

President

Eight Advisory Paris

Eric

Demuyt

Partner

Managing Director

Eight Advisory Paris

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