Team
Franck PÉTAIN
French national, studied Mathematics at the University of Nice-Sophia-Antipolis (Mathematic Science Advanced Degree) before he graduated from the EDHEC business school and earned an MBA from INSEAD. Franck is the heir of a long Real Estate family tradition established in 1984 by his late father in Nice on the Riviera Coast.
He has worked more than 20 years with start-ups and as a financial consultant to assist Entrepreneurs in setting up and fund innovative Businesses, most notably in the Real Estate sector. He is one of the inventors and founders of a Real Estate Investment Fund in Reverse Mortgage (Fonds Viager). He then designed an innovative model in this area to leverage on potential building rights on top of the “classical” reverse mortgage.
François NICOLLIER
French ans Swiss national, after European Business School and Paris IX Dauphine university has decided to select export sector and after 2 years with Asea Brown Boveri electrical DC motors (Africa – Canada and USA)) has moved to luxury sector (Perfume, cosmetic and Make-up).
Moving from – Srendhal cosmetics/ make-up after 2 years Boucheron Perfumes (13 years) in charge of Caribbean, eastern Europe CIS countries, Italy, Greece, Cyprus, Malta Africa Middle East , Asia Pacific being finally export manager before creating its own company in 2002.
François has been in the wine business since 2009, has purchased primeurs wines from Bordeaux area since 2011 and is registered by French government as a company authorized to stock, purchase and resell alcoholic beverages, has sold wines to several private and professional customers as well as export to China…
Through its experience with Duty Free business and Tax-Free World Association in Cannes has acquired contacts and business opportunities in the wine sector and specially with Burgundy wine area. François has a team along him with wine tasting experts allowing to select suitable wines.
François is attending TFWA Cannes and Singapore.
Nicolas VASILJ
French national, holds an ESSCA Master II degree in East-West International Relations, and an MBA from Lincoln University. Nicolas has more than 20 years’ experience in assembling complex financial solutions on Emerging markets – including via direct investment and structured finance.
Formerly with Bank Julius Baer in Geneva, he created a multifamily office for one of his clients and chaired several companies in Switzerland and abroad.
As an international consultant, he published an article on the management of non-profiled assets in the National Banking Journal, a publication of the Association of Russian Banks. (ARB)
