OUR TEAM
Dzeta is a close-knit team of six members, directly involved with our portfolio companies.
Our team
Claude Darmon
President
Claude Darmon
President
Claude is in charge of supervising investment processes and monitoring portfolio companies. He has taken part in transactions in the industrial, business services and retail sectors.
After 8 years as a senior civil servant at INSEE, France's national statistics institute, Claude joined Saint-Gobain and then headed two battery companies (CEAC and then Saft) within the Alcatel Alstom group. He then joined Alstom to serve as President of the Transport Division, Chief Executive Officer of Alstom, and President of ABB Alstom Power. In 2001, he acquired Cegelec with management, Caisse des Dépôts, and Charterhouse, and later with LBO France. This company was sold to Vinci in 2009. Claude then founded Dzeta Conseil in 2009.
Collective excellence
Dzeta's strength lies in a team of committed professionals, mobilized every day to create value and generate sustainable results.
Grégoire Darmon
Chief Executive Officer
Grégoire Darmon
Chief Executive Officer
A graduate of Grenoble EM, Grégoire has 14 years of experience in Private Equity and is a co-founder of Dzeta. Previously, he founded and acquired several SMEs through LBOs. Before that, he had a finance career as a financial auditor at Arthur Andersen, followed by roles as a financial controller and CFO at several mid-sized companies.
Philippe de Lestrange
Partner
Philippe de Lestrange
Partner
A graduate of ESSEC, Philippe has 25 years of experience in LBO, Private Equity, and M&A. He joined Dzeta in 2014, where he has completed and supported over 20 transactions. He began his career in 2002 at BNP Paribas in acquisition finance before joining the Anglo-French investment fund Duke Street, where he spent 5 years. In 2012, he joined the mergers & acquisitions team of the Carrefour group, leading divestment and acquisition transactions in Europe and Asia.
Emmanuel Bonnaud
Partner
Emmanuel Bonnaud
Partner
A graduate of Sciences-Po Paris and holding an MBA from HEC, Emmanuel brings 20 years of partner-level experience in financial auditing (KPMG) and international strategy consulting (Roland Berger). He subsequently joined private equity (Capza) as the head of an LBO fund, where he carried out and supervised 15 investments in France and Europe.
Arnaud Yguel
Investment Manager
Arnaud Yguel
Investment Manager
A graduate of EM Lyon Business School, he has 6 years of experience in M&A and Private Equity. He began his career at PwC in M&A before joining Bpifrance Investissement and then Naxicap Partners. In 2021, he rejoined PwC within the Transaction Services team, specializing in the small & mid-cap segment.
Audrey Llop
Office Manager
Audrey Llop
Office Manager