About Paul-André

CEO Canada & Founder of Alvora Partners | AMF Certified

Paul-André began his career with the Crédit Mutuel Equity investment fund, before joining a small cap investment bank, where he developed the North American business between 2019 and 2024.

He assists a number of entrepreneurs, particularly in the ESN sector, with sales, acquisitions, financing and international expansion (Canada, Europe, Asia).

It is also involved in the listing of an ecosystem specialized in digital transformation.

After carrying out some forty transactions, he founded Alvora Partners to offer independent M&A expertise to North American and European entrepreneurs, intervening at the earliest strategic stages to maximize value creation.

He holds an MSc in Finance fromemlyonbusinessschool and a Master II in Finance & Financial Markets fromESDES Lyon Business School.

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About David Smith

Network Development Expert

The DAVID SMITH Group supports managers in developing their physical network and advises on investments.

Since 1987, our expertise has been recognized in the field of asset investment for managers, space optimization in workplace organization, operational arbitration, organization, etc.

A key player in an international group with 800 active sites in 17 countries, he now works with Alvora Partners as a consultant to its customers.

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About Quentin

M&A Tech Lead · London - Alvora Partners

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"These days, everyone has access to information. No one has the time."

Quentin is responsible for analyzing Alvora's orders and building the infrastructure that processes them.

Tools, databases, automation: he oversees the code.

In his line of work, opposites attract. He covers both deep tech (software, hardware, AI) and what the market calls “boring businesses” (construction, manufacturing, services).

He rejects the word. He says that a company that has paid its employees every month for thirty years isn't boring—it's rare. He grew up in one of those companies.

He met Paul-André while working on a tech project valued at one billion.

Since then, he has worked as an entrepreneur in South Korea, followed by stints in investment banking and consulting in Paris and San Francisco.

He is guided by two convictions.

According to Alvora: The consulting industry is undergoing a paradigm shift.

The next generation of investment banks—the “next gen”—won’t simply be the old model with a few extra tools.

It will come from a different way of producing, making decisions, and hiring.

That's what Alvora is built on.

For its clients: theory—in other words, strategy—is now free.

Information has become more widely accessible, management practices have advanced, executives are getting involved in capital-intensive operations earlier than ever before, and investment funds are taking an increasingly holistic approach.

What decision-makers lack is no longer knowledge. It is the channels for implementation and control over their time.

That's where Quentin comes in.

UC Berkeley. Lives between London and San Francisco. He's told every week that he doesn't smile enough on video calls. Work in progress.

Written by his junior.

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