Remi Grosjean

River West Brands rehabilitates dormant or severely distressed brands. The company acquires Intellectual Property with a view to reposition it and launch new products with innovative concepts and superior go-to-market strategies.

• Project manager for the re-commercialization effort of a laundry detergent brand on the male segment
• Built a proprietary filter and IP valuation methodology to better assess new opportunities
• Led the valuation and turnaround assessment of a $14m revenue distressed cosmetic retail business
• IP valuation advisor for an Asset Purchase Agreement, with a post money valuation of $5.4mm
• Ongoing market research and strategic recommendations for management teams of holding companies

Sector: Venture Capital, LBOs and Private Equity

• Part of a three-member team managing a $5 billion notional portfolio of European convertible bonds
• Unwound a $22 billion notional portfolio of credit and equity derivatives under time constraints with under 3% impact on the overall NAV
• Modeled and set up merger arbitrage and special situations trades, such as a comparison between American and North European oil rig companies generating over 27% return in six months
• Initiated valuations of carbon rights trading on Rhodia, generating over 60% return in one month
• Designed new portfolio Theta calculations, enabling better trade valuations across diverse strategies

Sector: Asset Management

Investment Bank Risk Management controller 2003-2004 (London)
• Member of an eight people team ensuring new trade flow life-cycle processing and maintaining risk management of the current portfolio of foreign exchange hybrids.
• Interacted across business units to solve issues and improve processes, reducing inquiry time by 50%

Private Bank Trade Support 2002-2003 (Paris)
• Processed and reconciled all Private bank trades reducing the error rate to under 0.1%
• Led three business units through the implementation of a new Euronext codification called ISIN, ensuring communications with employees impacted and reporting progress to senior management
• Headed recruitment sessions and ensured teams’ procedures enhancement for internal audit

Sector: Financial Services