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FrontCap Asia SARL

Advisory & Investments

Luxembourg | Ulaanbaatar | Singapore | Bangkok

Company

Strategic Advisory focusing on sourcing principal investment opportunities in the ASEAN region, and providing strategic advice to Governments and C-Suite executives of ASEAN and EMEA business Groups.

FrontCap Asia believes in the enormous potential of the ASEAN region, illustrated by the strong performance of its economies and fueled by a large, young and industrious population of over 650 million people that will be the main growth driver of the world economy for the next decades.

Team

Gilles Guerrier de Dumast

Co-Founder and Chairman

Founder and Executive Chairman of FrontCap Asia SARL in Luxembourg, Gilles Guerrier de Dumast leverages on his large global network to source and facilitate business opportunities. Additionally, Gilles is also the co-founder and Director of Storepay Holding in Singapore, an innovative and pioneering Buy Now Pay Later company with operations in Mongolia (with almost 50% market share) and currently expanding in Indonesia and Vietnam.

Gilles joined Crédit Agricole CIB in 2005 as Deputy General Manager of Credit Agricole CIB and Global Head of Coverage and Investment Banking. In that capacity, Gilles was responsible for all financial institutions and corporate banking, investment bankingand corporate finance operations in the bank’s 57 countries and 22 French regions (allocation and management of credit, M&A, Equity Capital Markets and Derivatives, Global Loan Syndication, Global Credit Analysis and Islamic Banking).
Gilles returned to Paris in 2004 after 18 years in London to become the Special Advisor of the French Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry.
In London, Gilles was successively, from 1986 to 1995 with Bankers Trust International PLC, as Managing Director, Head of the European Strategic Derivatives Group. Gilles was also a member of the Boards of Bankers Trust France SA, Bankers Trust Holdings SA, a member of the Executive Board of Didier Philippe SA (a leading French stockbroker) and Chairman and CEO of BT Opera Trading SA; from 1995 to 2003, with Credit Suisse First Boston in London, as Managing Director, Head of CSFB France and member of the Investment Banking Global Executive Board in New York. From 2003 until the newly appointed French Finance Minister appointed him as Special Advisor, Gilles was the Head of Corporate Finance France of Deutsche Bank and a member of the European Executive Committee.
From 1983 to 1986, Gilles was with JP Morgan in Paris and New York.
Throughout his career, Gilles has been involved in well over a trillion US dollars worth of transactions, has pioneered some of the most complex and innovative financial derivative hedging instruments, has been involved and advised on the most important privatizations and has acted as trusted advisor to some of the most reputed global entrepreneurs.
Gilles was at the Boards of numerous prestigious entities in France, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, the United Kingdom, Russia, Dubai, Hong Kong and Saudi Arabia and in particular, CLSA - #1 broker and research firm in Asia; Amundi – largest European asset manager; Labeyrie - world’s largest producer of foie gras and smoked salmon; the Formula One racing team Prost Grand Prix and Prost Design SA – a Joint Venture between Prost Grand Prix, Yahoo!, Inc. and Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, LVMH and latterly, Amundi Hong-Kong, Amundi Singapore and Amundi Thailand.
Gilles has developed senior relationships in the MEA, the Americas, Asia and Japan, Europe and Central Europe.
Gilles holds a Master in Finance from Sciences Po Paris and is a graduate of Université de Nancy II and the Centre Universitaire d’Etudes Politiques in Nancy. Gilles is also a Reserve Lieutenant in the French Navy.
Gilles was awarded the bronze medal of National Defense, is a knight in the Order of Mérite Agricole and is a knight of the Palmes Académiques.

Gilles is Economic Ambassador of the city of Nancy, his hometown.

Albert Momdjian

Senoir Advisor

Albert is also Founder and CEO of Sokotra Capital, which he established in 2014 after spending almost three years with UBS AG as the Head of its UHNW and Corporate Advisory Group businesses for the Middle East & Africa region. During his time with UBS, Albert reported to the Head of Global Emerging Markets Wealth Management in Zurich and was responsible for a team of over 55 professionals across Zurich, Geneva and Dubai

Prior to joining UBS, Albert worked in Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (formerly CALYON) from 2006 to 2011 as head of its Middle East & Africa investment banking business. Albert was also responsible for the bank’s Middle East and Africa coverage activity from 2010 onwards.

Previously he was Head of Corporate and Investment Banking Coverage for the MENA region at Credit Suisse First Boston (“CSFB”) in London; Founder of Beyrut Financial Advisors, a Mediterranean Basin Corporate Finance and Advisory boutique; Director of investment banking coverage for the MENA at Merrill Lynch (including M&A, Equity and Equity Linked origination); and Head of developing research capabilities on the MENA region at Barings Bank and HSBC Securities.

Albert carries a wealth of knowledge and experience of the MEA region. He enjoys extensive relationships at all levels with regional government officials, CEOs and CFOs and has advised clients into and out of the region on several landmark transactions.

In addition, Albert served as an advisor to the Cairo Stock Exchange and a member of the Committee assisting them on strategic initiatives and helped set up HSBC’s brokerage operations in Egypt, the first such entity owned by a foreign investor.

Albert holds a Master in International Finance, with Honors from the University of Paris Dauphine (France).

Pierre Jaffre

Senior Advisor

Pierre started his career at the International Directorate of Ministry of Defense as US/Canada/UN staff officer before becoming Deputy Director “Asia – America – Africa”, and later posted to the French Embassy in Bangkok as Ministry of Defense Regional Attaché for South East Asia.

In 2001, he joined Airbus Group as Managing Director of the Malaysian Office and four years later was appointed President Asia Pacific. He developed Airbus footprint in every ASPAC country and engaged the Group 3I (Integration, Internationalization, Innovation) policy in the Region.

He also launched an ambitious Talents Programs aimed at detecting Asian talents and growing them in the Group. Pierre became Director / Chairman of Airbus subsidiaries throughout the region: Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, Australia/NZ, Korea, Japan, China & India.

Pierre is Chairman of the Aerospace Committee of the Franco-Thai Chamber of Commerce and Conseiller du Commerce Exterieur (Advisor to the French Government for International Trade) since 2003.

Cecilia Barradas

Vice President and General Secretary

Mexican born, Cecilia holds a Double Masters degree in International Economic Development and Economic History from Sciences Po Paris and the London School of Economics and bachelor’s degree in International Relations.

Cecilia worked previously at the Mexican Embassy in Brussels in the Economics Department, at the Ministry of Economic Development of the State of Veracruz-Mexico as an adviser to the Minister, and at the World Heritage Centre-UNESCO in Paris.

At FrontCap Asia, she has been involved in investment projects in Mongolia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and Tanzania. Her main tasks are:

-Analysing and implementing investment opportunities, recommending strategic actions and tracking pipeline progress across different sectors and geographies.
-Managing all aspects of the transaction cycle, from due diligence and project structuring, to negotiation and implementation.
-Monitoring administrative procedures related to accounting, banking, legal, marketing and HR, and managing budgetary processes.
-Cultivating strong relationships with investors, funds, commercial banks, and credit insurers to facilitate successful transactions.