Small Cap Team

Brief CV

Laurent Espic is a Partner at Crédit Agricole Private Equity in the LBO & Expansion team.

He is a graduate of the University of Lyon and has a DESS (specialised post-graduate diploma) in Company Valuations and Buyouts and obtained the SFAF (French society of financial analysts) qualification.

Laurent Espic began his career in 1991 as a Financial Controller at Clinvest, where he was largely responsible for the valuation of a portfolio containing 250 holdings. He then worked as a Special Consultant covering the agri-food / catering sector. Later he was Head of M&A activities for three years at Flo, the restaurant chain.

In January 1999 he joined Crédit Agricole Private Equity as an Associate for the Expansion Capital team, specialising in the media, NTIC, agri-food and catering sectors, and as such, participated in the launch of third-party private equity activities, then in the launch of the small cap business in 2007.

Brief CV

François Lory joined the small cap LBO & Expansion team at Crédit Agricole Private Equity in June 2010 as Director.

He is a graduate of ESC business school in Grenoble, holds an MBA from the University of Kentucky (Lexington) and is a member of the SFAF.

François Lory has more than 12 years’ experience in investment banking and private equity. He began his career in 1998 in M&A advisory at CIC Finance before joining CM-CIC Capital Privé in 2005 to invest and manage “FIP” local investment funds at the Crédit Mutuel / CIC Group.

Brief CV

Fabrice Crabié joined Crédit Agricole Private Equity’s Secondary Market team in February 2006 as an Associate, before moving to the small cap LBO & Expansion team.
 
He is a graduate of HEC (Paris), specialising in financial engineering and accounting.
 
After several internships in Europe (HSBC-CCF Investment Bank, Andersen Consulting), he began his career at the French Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry within the "Mission économique" in Cuba. He conducted opportunities researches for the establishment and development of French companies in this country.
In September 2003, Fabrice Crabié joined the Société Générale's Audit department where he carried out different missions for various entities of the Group.

Brief CV

Bertrand Dupray has joined the team late 2010 LBO & Expansion small cap as an analyst

Before joining Credit Agricole Private Equity, he spent two years at Deloitte. Bertrand also has experience in investment banking at BNP Paribas in New York and private equity at Natixis.

Bertrand is a graduate of EM Lyon and the special school of mechanics and electricity (ESME - Sudria).