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Jean Estin

Jean Estin is the Chairman and CEO of Estin & Co.

He has 40 years of experience in strategy and senior management. Before founding Estin & Co, he was successively with the Boston Consulting Group (Paris), managing director of Carrier s.a. (United Technologies) (Paris, Geneva), managing director of Strategic Planning Associates Inc. (*) in France and in the United Kingdom, president Europe then Head of General Management Consulting of Mercer Management Consulting Inc. (*) (London, New York), director of the Mercer Consulting Group Inc. (New York).

Jean Estin assists Boards of Directors, CEOs and senior executives of leading European and North American corporations in major strategic and organizational changes, growth strategies, acquisitions and alliances, post-merger integration, corporate organization and major industrial restructuring. He also works regularly for major North American and European private equity firms, as well as investment and large family holding companies.

As a consultant or a senior executive, he has led or advised on more than 80 acquisitions and 20 major post-acquisition programs.

He has in-depth expertise in energy (electricity, oil…) and related services, industrial goods (base, specialty and fine chemicals; composites; glass products; automotive and components; metal industries; construction materials…), consumer goods and services (fashion and luxury goods offline and online, cosmetics, electrical appliances, commodity and specialty food ingredients, food and beverage, optical products, restaurants and foodservice, hotels, passenger transportation…), retail distribution (food, apparel…), textile and apparel, business to business services (air conditioning, refrigeration, industrial maintenance, equipment rental, maritime services…), professional services (consulting, database management…) and financial services (life and P&C insurance, insurance brokerage, asset management, private banking, payment solutions…).

Jean Estin graduated from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales in Paris (HEC). He is a visiting lecturer in finance, strategy and business economics in several French universities. He is the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Altamir.

(*) Oliver Wyman today.

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Christophe Moret

Christophe Moret is President, Zurich office at Estin & Co.

He has more than 25 years of experience in strategy consulting and senior management.

Before co-founding Estin & Co, he was successively with Strategic Planning Associates, Mercer Management Consulting, IBM Consulting Group and Systor.

Christophe Moret has in-depth expertise in defining and implementing major strategic changes and key operational improvements. As a consultant, he has worked for leading European and North American corporations in the fields of financial services, communication and high technology, energy and utilities, consumer goods and services, transportation and logistics. He is an expert in information systems and Internet strategies.

Throughout his career, he has been based in Geneva, Zurich, London, Paris and Shanghai.

Christophe Moret graduated in Literature and History from Lausanne University. He also holds an MBA of the IMEDE in Lausanne.

He is a Swiss citizen and speaks fluent French, German, English and Italian.

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Yi Gao

Yi Gao is Vice President at Estin & Co.

She has 15 years of experience in strategy consulting.

She assists senior executive of European and Asian corporations in the formulation and implementation of growth strategies.

Her areas of expertise include e-commerce and digital strategies, strategic segmentation, market and competitive analysis, market entry, portfolio management, acquisitions and post merger integration.

She published an article "China: the world's largest E-tailing battlefield" in January 2014.

She has in-depth expertise in retail, consumer goods, fashion and luxury goods, apparel and textiles.

Yi Gao is a Chinese citizen. She holds a BA from East China Normal University (Shanghai) and an MBA from EM Lyon (France).

She speaks Chinese (Mandarin), English and French.

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Philippe Estin

Philippe Estin is Managing Director at Estin & Co.

Before joining Estin & Co, he worked in M&A at Lazard and in strategy consulting at The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in France, Germany and the Netherlands.

He works on corporate and business growth strategies, economic modeling of industry and competitive dynamics, pricing strategies and tactics, redefinition of value chains and activities, and manufacturing strategy.

He also regularly assists private equity firms and large family holding companies.

He has expertise in energy and related services, environmental services, consumer goods and services (luxury goods, electrical appliances, eyewear, home interiors, restaurants and foodservice…), industrial goods and services (composites, mineral extraction and processing, automotive components, fine chemicals…), commodity and specialty food ingredients and agrifood, retail (department stores…), e-commerce, B2B distribution and services, digital & software, electronic payments, cybersecurity and defense systems.

Philippe Estin graduated from Ecole Polytechnique (France). He also holds a Master of Science in Financial Mathematics and Statistics from Stanford University and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Strategic Management and Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

He speaks French and English.

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