Florent Thiry

OFI Private Equity is an active, medium- to long-term manager which invests in secondary buyout transactions involving unlisted small-and medium-size French companies with strong growth potential. The firm invests equity capital, quasi-equity capital and mezzanine financing in companies with enterprise values of EUR 15-75 million, established business models, experienced management teams, high standards of corporate governance, proven cash flow generation and strong growth potential. OFI Private Equity seeks majority positions alongside significant reinvestment by company management teams, partnering with investee companies to support their business development and value creation strategies such as EBITDA growth, debt reduction and mezzanine yield. The firm generally prefers to hold investments for 4-6 years, and believes that investee company growth should determine how long to hold investments.