Our Team | Move Capital

Core Team

Technology specialist team with dual financial and operating expertise.

Hervé Malaussena

Founding Partner

Hervé Malaussena - Founding Partner

Hervé Malaussena is Founding Partner of Move Capital.

He is a true expert of the tech industry.

Before founding Move Capital, Hervé worked for several investment banks for over 25 years. He was Partner and Head of Telecoms & Technology EMEA at Moelis & Company in London from 2010 to 2018. He had previously spent over 15 years advising TMT companies in their growth operations in the US, Latin America, and Europe.

Hervé is currently on the boards of Manzalab and Gatewatcher.

Hervé holds an MBA from Booth Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago as well as a BSc in International Business.

Sophie Sursock

Founding Partner

Sophie Sursock - Founding Partner

Sophie Sursock is Founding Partner of Move Capital.

She is a seasoned TMT investor.

Before founding Move Capital, Sophie invested more than one billion euro in Growth Equity Funding in EMEA. Sophie had previously worked at Wind Telecom and Weather Investments as a Corporate Finance Manager. She had started her career in Transaction Services at Deloitte.

Sophie is currently on the boards of several TMT companies such as Solocal and Euronews.

Sophie holds a Master’s in International Business from ESCP Business School

Frédéric Benqué

Partner

Frédéric Benqué - Partner

Frédéric Benqué is Senior Advisor at Move Capital.
Frédéric is a seasoned Tech Investor as well as a venture founder.

Based in California, Frédéric has been investing in technologies and utilities for 15 years at Us Invest LLC, where he served as CEO as well as NextWorld, where he worked as a General Partner. Before, Frédéric has been woking for twelve years at Rothschild & Cie as Managing Partner.

Frédéric holds a BSc from Ecole Polytechnique as well as a Master’s in Applied Mathematics from Université Paris Dauphine PSL and a BSc in Finance and Economics & Actuary from ENSAE Paris.

Victor Bertrand

Vice President

Victor Bertrand - Vice President

Victor Bertrand is Vice President at Move Capital.

Victor was the first junior member to join the project; he worked as an analyst during the fundraising and early investments of the Fund. Before joining Move, he worked as an Analyst at French Partners, a Tech focused investment company supporting French entrepreneurs abroad. Victor also worked as a strategic consultant for the US division of Michelin and as a financial analyst at Key Capital Partners in Spain.

Victor holds a Master’s in Management from ESSEC Business School and studied in FEN, a Chilean university.

Thomas Sancinena

Vice President

Thomas Sancinena - Vice President

Thomas Sancinena is Vice President at Move Capital.

Thomas started his investment career within Accelero Capital, as an analyst working on TMT Growth Equity investments in EMEA. He then joined a Luxury & Tech focused Private Equity fund, Olma Capital, where he served as an Associate. Thomas also worked at the NY Team of Triago, a Private Capital Fund Advisor.

Thomas holds a Master’s in Corporate Finance from ESSEC Business School.

Enzo Terrier

Analyst

Enzo Terrier - Analyst

Enzo Terrier joined the team as an Analyst before the first closing.

Prior to joining, Enzo has performed a dozen strategic and financial consulting missions for Start-ups and Scale Ups through a consulting firm he co-founded. He also worked as a Financial Auditor at KPMG.

Enzo holds a Master’s in Management as well as an MSc in Strategy & Finance from EDHEC Business School.

Clément de Coudenhove

Analyst

Clément de Coudenhove - Analyst

Clément de Coudenhove joined Move Capital after a previous investment experience at Wendel as a Buyout Private Equity Analyst.

Clément also completed experiences in Tech M&A at Clipperton as well as Consolidation at Pernod Ricard and Asset management at Axa.

Clément holds a three-fold Master’s in Management from EDHEC Business School, SKK GSB and Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.

Célestine Gigandet

Junior Analyst

Célestine Gigandet - Junior Analyst

Célestine Gigandet joined Move Capital as a Junior Analyst.

Célestine previously worked in M&A at BNP Paribas CIB and in Private Equity at Calao Finance. She was also a Strategic Consultant at Capgemini Invent.

Célestine holds a Master in Business Management and a MSc in Strategy & Finance from EDHEC Business School.

Pierre Rouaix

Junior Analyst

Pierre Rouaix - Junior Analyst

Pierre Rouaix joined Move Capital as a Junior Analyst.

Pierre previously worked in Strategy Consulting at Indefi, focusing on Private Equity and Principal Investors and in Corporate M&A at Coface.

Pierre holds a MSc from emlyon Business school.

Senior Executives Supporting the Team

A seasoned team with expert views on investment and technology.

Emmanuel Raffner

Head of Asset Management - CEO KC Invest

Emmanuel Raffner - Head of Asset Management - CEO KC Invest

Emmanuel Raffner is Head of Asset Management – CEO KC Invest.

Before joining Kepler Cheuvreux and heading its investing arm, Emmanuel was head of Private Equity at Alter Domus as well as Managing Director at Ardian.

Emmanuel holds two M.Eng from Ecole supérieure de Chimie organique et minérale and Ecole du Pétrole et des Moteurs as well as an MSc from McGill University and is SFAF accredited.

Bernard de la Brosse

General Secretary KC Invest

Bernard de la Brosse - General Secretary KC Invest

Bernard is General Secretary of KC Invest.

Before joining Kepler Cheuvreux, Bernard has built Access Capital Partners’ middle office from five to more than one hundred team members. He was successively CFO, Group CFO Funds, COO and Head of Middle Office.

Bernard holds a MSc in Finance from Université Paris Dauphine- PSL and a Graduate Degree from Sciences Po Paris.

Benoît Colas

Advisor to the Investment Committee

Benoît Colas - Advisor to the Investment Committee

Benoit is Advisor to the Investment Committee.

Benoit serves as Managing Partner at PrimeStone, an Investing Vehicle targeting listed mid-cap European Equities. He was Managing Director at The Carlyle Group in European Large Cap Buyouts as well as Manager at The Boston Consulting Group.

Benoit holds a M.Eng from Mines Paris.

Georges Lambert

Advisor to the Investment Committee

Georges Lambert - Advisor to the Investment Committee

Georges is Advisor to the Investment Committee.

Georges is CIO Equities at Anaconda Invest. Prior, Geogres was Partner at Capital International, a subsidiary of Capital Group, one of the largest Asset Manager in the world managing more than $2.6 trillion.

Georges holds a Master’s in Management from HEC Paris.