Jean-Florent Rérolle

Current

Managing Director at Houlihan Lokey

Past

Partner at Ernst & Young
Chargé de mission auprès du Président at Pinault Group
Consultant at Arthur Andersen

Chef de Cabinet du Maire Adjoint at Mairie de Paris
Chef de Cabinet du Directeur Général des Services Administratifs at Département de Seine-et-Marne

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Education

HEC School of Management
Université Panthéon Sorbonne (Paris I)
Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Investment Banking

Jean-Florent Rérolle’s Summary

Jean-Florent Rérolle is a Managing Director at Houlihan Lokey, co-head of Financial Advisory Services in Europe (fairness opinions, valuation, board advisory services).
He is also on the finance experts' list of the Paris Court of Appeal (Expert près la Cour d'Appel de Paris en Finance).
From 1995 to 2004, he was a partner at Ernst & Young which he joined in 1991. Specializing in corporate finance, he assisted international companies in their M&A operations and performed complex business valuations and fairness opinions with an increasing emphasis on risk and value-based management and financial marketing. His last position at Ernst & Young was head of corporate governance services.
He is one of the founders and member of the board of the Institut Français des Administrateurs and of the Société Française des Evaluateurs ( French Society of Valuation Experts). He is a member of the International Valuation Profession Board (IVPB). He was a member of the AMF working group on fairness opinions.
Since 1994, Jean-Florent Rérolle has lectured in two major French Business schools (HEC and ESCP-EAP) on Corporate Finance and related topics (valuation and VBM). He is responsible for a Corporate Governance seminar at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris. He is also an author of many articles where he dealt with new valuations techniques, valuation in the connected economy, corporate governance and value based management issues. He co-authored the IFA "vade-mecum for board members".
He received his education at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (1981) with an emphasis in Public Administration, Law and Economics. He got a Pre-doctoral degree in Defense Policy, at Paris I-Sorbonne (1982) and he holds the MBA of HEC Group (1991).

Jean-Florent Rérolle’s Specialties:

Valuation, Corporate Governance, Fairness Opinion, Corporate Finance, Litigation support

Jean-Florent Rérolle’s Experience

Managing Director

Houlihan Lokey

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Investment Banking industry)

January 2005 — Present (4 years 11 months)

Co-head of Financial Advisory Services in Europe (Fairness Opinions, valuations, board advisory services).
Clients : Euronext, Business Objects, Eurotunnel, France Telecom, Total, Geodis, Suez Environnement, Aker Yards/STX
Partner

Ernst & Young

(Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; Accounting industry)

January 1991 — November 2004 (13 years 11 months)

1991 to 1999 : Valuation leader in France
1999 to 2001 : Corporate finance partner (valuation services in New York)
2001 to 2002 : Global Client Service Partner for Vivendi Universal
2003 : Global Client Service Partner for Nestlé
2004 : Partner in Business Risk Services, in charge of Corporate Governance Services
Chargé de mission auprès du Président

Pinault Group

(Consumer Goods industry)

December 1987 — November 1988 (1 year )

Assistant to the President (François Pinault) in charge of :
- Investors relations
- Assistance to the public listing of the Group
- Budget control for one of the industrial divisions (France Bois
Industries)
Consultant

Arthur Andersen

(Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; AA; Accounting industry)

June 1986 — November 1987 (1 year 6 months)

Management Consultant
- IT consulting: design of information systems, programming, tests, audit of IT
security.
- Industries: communications, financial services, public services
Chef de Cabinet du Maire Adjoint

Mairie de Paris

(Government Agency; Government Administration industry)

February 1986 — May 1986 (4 months)

Chief of staff of Jean Mattéoli, deputy mayor of Paris, in charge of Commerce and Industry.
Chef de Cabinet du Directeur Général des Services Administratifs

Département de Seine-et-Marne

(Government Administration industry)

February 1985 — January 1986 (1 year )

Head of staff of the Directeur Général

Jean-Florent Rérolle’s Education

HEC School of Management

MBA , Business, M&A , 1989 — 1991

Major : finance and M&A
Université Panthéon Sorbonne (Paris I)

DEA , Politique de Defense , 1981 — 1982

Mémoire sur la Stratégie nucléaire française.
Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris

Master , Service Public , 1979 — 1981

Additional Information

Jean-Florent Rérolle’s Interests:

Corporate Finance, Fairness opinion, Opera, Reading, Author of several articles on finance (see http://www.rerolle.eu/post/2007/09/22/Publications)

Jean-Florent Rérolle’s Groups:

Ancien Président de la Société Française des Evaluateurs (SFEV),
Vice-Président de l'Association Professionnelle des Experts Indépendants (APEI), Membre de l'International Valuation Professional Board (IVPB),
Membre Fondateur et Administrateur de l'Institut Français des Administrateurs (IFA),