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The founders

Erik Maris

Shareholder

Erik Maris is Advisory Partner at Advent International Ltd since November 2020.

Erik is also a member of the advisory board of both Espérance Banlieue and Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale.

Before joining Advent, Erik co-founded in 2010 one of the most reputable French investment banks: Messier Maris & Associés.

As a specialist in complex and cross-border transactions, he conducted more than 100 operations.

Prior to that, Erik spent 19 years as Managing Partner and Co-Managing Director of Lazard France, which he joined in 1991 after a first job at Morgan Stanley.

Erik is a graduate of the HEC business school in Paris.