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Xavier Geismar

Managing Partner

Xavier co-founded AREV Partners, and is a member of the Investment Committee.

After graduating from HEC, he began his career at the Boston Consulting Group.

He started in the private equity industry in 2001 and joined Cinven where he was a partner and head of the French office. Xavier executed several transactions in the technology, services, consumer and industrials sectors.

Married and father of 2, you will find him on the slopes in the Alps when he has free time.

Xavier Geismar

Managing Partner

Julien Lammoglia

Managing Partner

Julien co-founded AREV Partners, and is a member of the Investment Committee.

After graduating from Mines ParisTech, he began his career at Bain & Company.

He started in the private equity industry in 2008, joining the French office of Cinven. Julien executed several transactions in the healthcare, consumer and industrials sector. In 2019, he joined Partners Group to head the Private Equity Directs activities in France.

Married and father of 3, Julien is a winter sports enthusiast and enjoys surfing on the French west coast in the summer

Julien Lammoglia

Managing Partner

Andres Middelschulte

Managing Director

Andres joined AREV Partners as Managing Director in 2022.

After graduating from Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge (U.K.) and International Management School Bad Malente (Germany), he started his career at KPMG followed by 13 years in investment banking at Barclays Capital in London and Frankfurt and Lincoln International in Frankfurt, most recently as Managing Director. During his time, he has completed more than 60 transactions with focus on M&A and financing mainly in the Tech, Software, Healthcare, Business Services and Industrials sectors.

Andres moved to the Private Equity industry in 2019 when he joined the Hamburg Office of IK Partners where he was responsible for the origination, execution and management of minority investments.

Andres is passionate about sailing. He is fluent in English and German.

Andres Middelschulte

Managing Director

David Kusters

Director

David joined AREV Partners as Director in 2022.

After graduating with an MSc in Applied Physics from Eindhoven University of Technology, he started his career at Booz & Company.

David moved to Private Equity in 2014 following his MBA at Columbia Business School (NYC) to join Egeria, a Dutch mid-market fund in the Netherlands. Following Egeria, he moved to Alpha Private Equity to become responsible for their Benelux investments. He executed several transactions in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and France.

David has two children, is passionate about wine and loves cycling and skiing in the wintertime.

David is fluent in English, French and Dutch.

David Kusters

Director

Jean-Florent Quinonero

Investment Manager

Jean-Florent joined AREV Partners as Investment Manager in 2022.

After graduating with an MSc in Financial Engineering from the Sorbonne University, he started his career in investment banking at DC Advisory within their Paris team. Over the course of 5 years, he completed some fifteen transactions on SMEs, mainly in the tech and industrial sectors.

He moved to the Private Equity industry in 2020 when he joined the Paris office of Ergon Capital. There, Jean-Florent supported several French companies in the industrial and distribution sectors, helping them notably to execute external growth operations both in France and abroad.

Married and father of 3 children, Jean-Florent is passionate about tennis, music, gastronomy and contemporary art.

Jean Florent is fluent in French, English and Spanish.

Jean-Florent Quinonero

Investment Manager

Juliette Roubi

Senior Associate

Juliette joined AREV Partners as a Senior Associate in 2023.

Juliette graduated from Sciences Po Lille and the Westfälische Wilhelms Universität in Münster, followed by a master in strategy at HEC Paris. She started her career at PwC Strategy& (formerly Booz & Company) as part of the strategy team specialized in mergers and acquisitions in Paris.

For 5 years, she supported businesses of various sizes along the deal cycle, from the assessment of strategic and operational stakes related to the transaction to the definition and execution of value creation plans. She has assisted them in performing carve-out operations, particularly in the transportation and energy sectors. Juliette has also assisted companies with post-acquisition integrations and evaluation of synergies, mainly in the healthcare and industrial sectors.

Juliette enjoys practicing different sports such as yoga, running and boxing.

Juliette is fluent in French, German and English.

Juliette Roubi

Senior Associate

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Andres Middelschulte

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Juliette Roubi

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