Bryan, Garnier & Co strenghtens its Business Services team with the hiring of Marc Picard as Executive Advisor

PARIS, March 13, 2018 – Bryan, Garnier & Co, the leading pan-European Investment Bank focusing on growth companies, is delighted to welcome Marc Picard to its European Business Services team.

With over 20 years of experience in global finance including 17 years in M&A, Marc will participate in the development of mid-market deals, in particular family-owned businesses, as well as help Bryan, Garnier & Co leverage its footprint within the business service sector. He will be based in Paris.

Before joining Bryan, Garnier & Co, Marc worked at HSBC France for five years and then joined Ernst & Young where he finally co-led the M&A team across various activities including: Distribution, Recycling, Facility Management, Building and Public works and Real Estate. During this time, Marc assisted numerous mid-market private companies in securing capital for growth.

Guillaume Nathan, Partner, Business Services Practice, Paris comments: “I am delighted to have Marc join Bryan, Garnier & Co to help us in developing our Business Services Practice. Thanks to his deep knowledge of the industry and close relationship with some key players, we are already engaged in some visible transactions“.

Marc Picard adds: “Bryan, Garnier & Co is a high performing European financial services firm with an extensive access to the American market through his partnership with JMP. The combination of a fully integrated investment bank with a broad geographical presence and a deep specialization in Business Services give us a unique means to help our clients achieve ambitious goals. I am pleased to support the team in developing the Business Services line“.

Marc holds a Master’s Degree in Political Sciences from Sciences Po Paris where he majored in Economics and Finance.

About Bryan, Garnier & Co

Bryan, Garnier & Co is a European, full-service growth-focused independent investment banking partnership founded in 1996. The firm provides equity research, sales and trading, private and public capital raising as well as M&A services to growth companies and their investors. It focuses on key growth sectors of the economy including Technology, Healthcare, Consumer and Business Services. Bryan, Garnier & Co is a fully registered broker dealer authorized and regulated by the FCA in Europe and the FINRA in the U.S. Bryan, Garnier & Co is headquartered in London, with additional offices in Paris, Munich, Stockholm, Oslo and Reykjavik as well as New York and Palo Alto. The firm is a member of the London Stock Exchange.

(bryangarnier.com)

About Bryan, Garnier & Co

Bryan, Garnier & Co is a European growth investment bank that helps healthcare and technology companies become global champions. By combining extensive sector expertise with an entrepreneurial mindset, Bryan Garnier provides companies and their investors with independent growth strategic advice, and privileged access to buyers and capital in Europe, the US and Asia.

As a full-service investment bank, the firm offering includes private and public growth financing solutions, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory, research insights, and institutional sales & execution. Founded in 1996, Bryan Garnier & Co is an independent partnership with around 200 employees located in major financial centres in Europe and the US.