Our Team

Bruno is a former Managing Director at Goldman Sachs International in London where for over twenty years he advised key clients on their investments. From 2004 to 2014, he was a member of the Investment Strategy Group and head of the Portfolio Management Group in EMEA and Asia, responsible for managing discretionary multi-asset portfolios. Bruno holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a degree in Applied Economics from the Catholic University Leuven. He serves on the Board of Directors and the Investment Committee of the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Benoît is a former Managing Director at Goldman Sachs International in London. A senior member of the Investment Strategy Group, he headed the tactical asset allocation team in EMEA for eight years. Benoît started his career in 2002 at the International Monetary Fund in Washington, D.C. He later led investment research for emerging markets fixed income and global FX at HSBC Quantitative Asset Management. Benoît received a PhD in Economics from Yale under Nobel Laureate Chris Sims and a BSc in Engineering from Ecole Polytechnique. Benoît is an Advisor to the Yale Graduate School Alumni Association Board. He is a Knight of Burgundy’s Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin.

Before joining Arvella, Emilie worked in London as an institutional relationship manager for the UK and France at Morningstar Investment Management. She started her professional career at Euler Hermes Asset Management in Paris as a Financial analyst covering multi-asset strategies, before working as an Equity Portfolio Manager Assistant. Emilie holds a degree in Economic Sciences from Panthéon-Assas University – Paris II and a Master’s degree in Asset Management from Dauphine University.

Until recently, Alain held non-executive director roles at Majid Al Futtaim Trust and Henderson European Focus Trust plc. He was also a member of the Board of Santander UK plc and Moody’s Investors Service in Europe. From 2007 to 2012, Alain was CEO of Aviva Investors and prior to that, from 2001 to 2007, he was Global CEO of HSBC Asset Management. From 1991 to 2001, Alain was CEO of Credit Commercial de France (CCF) Asset Management and Head of Insurance business. An Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole Nationale de l’Administration Économique (ENSAE) graduate, Alain began his career at the French Treasury in the Ministry of Finance.

Prior to joining Arvella Investments, Géraldine worked as a Senior Research Analyst at Pavilion Advisory Group in Montreal, Canada (now a Mercer practice). In this capacity, she worked with investment consultants conducting manager searches for institutional clients as well as due diligence on global investment managers through face-to-face meetings. Géraldine holds an MBA from INSEAD as well as a Master of Science in Administration (M.Sc.) in Finance and a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) from HEC Montreal. She is a CFA charterholder.

Christophe worked at Goldman Sachs in London for over five years within the EMEA Bank Debt Portfolio Group. He was responsible for the monitoring of a non-investment grade credit portfolio and took part in various leveraged loan and high yield bond transactions. Prior to Goldman Sachs, he worked at Airbus Group within the Group financing and rating team. Christophe is a graduate of Toulouse Business School and holds a master in corporate finance from SDA Bocconi.

Michel started his career as a risk professional for BNP Paribas Institutional Banking where he primarily focused on derivatives valuation and trading position control. After spending five years in their London and Paris offices, he pursued a dual MBA level degree at HEC Paris and Yale School of Management, joining Arvella after graduation. Michel also holds a master’s degree in Economics and Statistics from Ensae ParisTech.

Prior to joining Arvella Investments, Maria was a trader assistant at Société Générale CIB where she spent 3 years supporting the equity derivatives trading desk. She previously worked as a financial auditor at KPMG where she reviewed and assessed financial data, and evaluated internal procedures for financial services and real estate companies. Maria holds a master’s degree in Management from Audencia Nantes School of Management and a bachelor’s degree in Finance and International Relations from Universidad Externado de Colombia, Bogotá. She is also a CFA charterholder.

Lionel is an independent economic consultant at Macrolucid Research specializing in ESG finance. Until 2019, he was a senior cross-asset strategist for Société Générale Lyxor Asset Management in Paris. Previously, Lionel worked as an emerging market economist and fixed income strategist for Deutsche Bank investment bank research in London. He holds a PhD in Economics from The University of Chicago and an MS in Statistics from the ENSAE in Paris. While a doctoral student, Lionel conducted research projects with the Federal Reserve of Chicago, the International Monetary Fund, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and BNP Paribas.

Helen is the Founder of Reboot Foundation and is currently Board member of the following companies: President of Conforama Holding SA, Neoen SA, Burelle SA, CGG SA and Fives SAS. She is also Board member and President of the Audit Committee of the American Hospital of Paris. Previously she was a Partner at McKinsey & Company, responsible for the division Recovery and Transformation Services France. Earlier in her career, she was Associate at J.P. Morgan in the M&A group; CFO of Cogent Communications (NASDAQ. CCOI); and Partner at Alvarez & Marsal, a turnaround consulting firm. Helen also founded her own consulting firm Lee Bouygues Partners which was the 2nd largest restructuring consulting firm in France. She has a BA in Political Science from Princeton University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Erland is a private investor and philanthropist. He spent his career as a portfolio manager based in London managing a wide range of investment classes across the globe. He was a partner and global co-head of Principal Strategies at Goldman Sachs and co-founder of Eton Park, a multi-strategy hedge fund, before setting up his family office Oelandicum Advisors Ltd. He founded the Latin American Children’s Trust and is also actively engaged in promoting the art of music and music education in the United Kingdom and his native Sweden through the “Signatur” programme. He holds a MSc in Finance and Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics.

Carolien is the founder of C-Change, an Amsterdam based facilitator of large-scale partnerships in sustainability. She is a frequent speaker on the topic of building firms and markets that are ‘fit for purpose’ and maximizing cross-sectoral contributions to the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Since its launch late 2015, her team co-convened numerous mainstream investors and corporates, facilitated the creation of a shared Dutch ’SDG investing agenda’ by the Dutch financial sector, Central Bank, and government (www.sdgi-nl.org); and worked with clients and partners such as the United Nations and the Rockefeller Foundation on ways to advance a “new normal” in global capital markets.  Prior to C-Change, Carolien led Monitor Deloitte’s global impact investing activities, working with clients such as B Lab, Calvert Foundation, the GIIN, and the World Economic Forum. She previously held an interim role as COO at the Bertha Centre in Cape Town, Africa’s leading hub for social innovation and entrepreneurship. Carolien is part of the OECDs Impact Measurement Expert Group and is co-founder of WomenLed 2030.  She holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and an MSc in Finance from Groningen University in The Netherlands, where she was named Alumna of the Year in 2018.

Donough joined Davy in 2019 as Chief Investment Officer and has overall responsibility for their wealth management portfolios. This encompasses asset allocation, manager selection and portfolio construction. Prior to joining Davy, he led the Investment Strategy Group for Goldman Sachs International in London. In this role he was responsible for advising clients and overseeing client portfolios in the Private Wealth Management division across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Donough joined Goldman Sachs in New York in 2000, working in investment research and strategy. He moved to London in 2002 and became a Managing Director in 2008. He earned a PhD in Mathematics and a MS in Finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2000, and graduated from University College Dublin with a MSc in Mathematics in 1993.

Maryline is managing partner of Spice Capital LLP, a multi-strategy private family office based in London, focused on investing in private businesses with potential for strong social impact. She started her career at BNP Paribas, working mainly on TMT infrastructure investments. In 2000, she moved to Galileo Partners, a leading French VC fund, as a principal in charge of internet investments. In 2003, she co-founded Elaia Partners, an early-stage VC fund in the digital space. Previously, she was a Board member of Bloom, a non-profit organisation dedicated to the protection of oceans. She is also the co-founder of CREN Theodore, a Burkina Faso-based dispensary for promoting health of infants. Maryline is an alumna of HEC Business School and holds a LLM in private law from the University of Panthéon Sorbonne.

Charles is the founder of Eskidea Conseil, a multi-family office specialising in M&A transactions of medium-sized businesses. He is currently board member of Next Road, NeoPar and Guenifey. Previously, he worked seven years at L’Oréal in the Luxury Division. Charles holds a degree from Paris X Nanterre and is a graduate of Emlyon Business School and Harvard University.

Alice has over 20 years of experience in sustainability with a broad systems perspective, having held full-time or advisory positions in large multinationals, non-governmental organizations, ratings agencies, and other organizations working on projects with global impact. She was the founding Chief Corporate Responsibility Officer at AXA Group, where she helped the company rise to a leading position in global sustainability rankings notably via a pioneering responsible investment strategy. She currently serves as a board member of ShareAction, a lecturer at Ecole Polytechnique in France and an advisory committee member at the Yale School of Management and impact fund Giant Ventures. Alice holds a BA with Honors from Stanford University and an MBA from the Yale School of Management.

Nabeel is Head of Discretionary Strategies and a member of the Investment Team at Fulcrum Asset Management, a London-based independent investment manager with a global client base. Prior to joining Fulcrum in 2011, Nabeel worked at Goldman Sachs International in London for four years in the Investment Strategy Group. Nabeel graduated from Warwick University in 2007 with a BSc in Mathematics, Operational Research, Statistics and Economics. He has been a CFA charterholder since 2011.

Steven works as an Investment Manager at the Qbic II fund, one of Belgium’s largest seed and early stage venture capital funds. Steven holds a MSc and PhD in Engineering Sciences, both from the KU Leuven, and has passed all three exams of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) program. During his period as a PhD researcher, Steven co-founded Equilli, a sleep products business. Being an active family principal, he serves on several boards as a Director or Observer in the early or later-stage companies his family supports. He speaks English and Dutch fluently.