THEAM reinforces its alternative investment set-up

By hiring Eric Debonnet, Thierry de Rycke and David Gilleron, we further reinforce our manager selection and portfolio construction capabilities. THEAM’s clients will strongly benefit from highly experienced people who have handled strategic positions in capital markets, asset management and hedge funds fields,” commented Gilles Guérin, CEO of THEAM.

Eric Debonnet – Head of THEAM Hedge Fund Solutions
From 2005 to April 2011, Eric Debonnet was a member of the Executive and Investment Committees of HDF Finance, a long-established independent fund of hedge funds boutique. Eric joined HDF in 2005 as Deputy Chief Investment Officer, and was appointed in 2008, Head of Research and Head of Risk Management.
Before joining HDF, he worked for Credit Agricole Group as Chief Investment Officer of CPR Equalt Alternative Management, a subsidiary of the investment bank that specialised in direct hedge fund management (2001-2005) and at Credit Agricole CIB as Co-Head of Global Fixed Income Trading (2000-2001). From 1996 to 1999, he was Head of Fixed Income Trading & Sales at Dresdner Kleinwort Benson in Paris. He began his career in 1987 at Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (now Natixis Capital Markets) as a trader and later head of bond markets trading.
Eric graduated from ESLSCA Business School (Paris) and holds a post-graduate degree in International Finance from Lille University, France.

Thierry de Rycke – Co CIO of THEAM Hedge Funds Solutions
From 2008 to 2011, Thierry de Rycke was a senior member of the Investment Committee of HDF Finance, a long-established independent fund of hedge funds boutique. His role at HDF involved portfolio management, as well as running a team of analysts specialising in the selection of hedge funds. From 1998 to 2008, he was in charge of single hedge and funds of hedge funds management at BAREP, a subsidiary of Société Générale. Over the previous 10 years, he held various senior positions in trading at JP Morgan, UBS Warburg, Deutsche Bank and CPR.

Thierry graduated from the French Engineering School “Ecole des Mines de Paris” and holds a Master of Science from MIT and a post-graduate degree In Financial Markets from Paris-Dauphine University, France.

David Gilleron – Co CIO of THEAM Hedge Funds Solutions
From 2006 to 2011, David Gilleron was a member of the Investment Committee of HDF Finance, a long-established independent fund of hedge funds. His role at HDF involved portfolio management, as well as running a team of analysts specialising in the selection of hedge funds in equity strategies. David joined HDF in 2002 as fund research analyst on European equities. He started his career in 2000 at Detroyat Associés as equity analyst on the Transport, Real Estate & Holding Company sectors.
David holds a post-graduate Degree in Corporate Finance from Paris-Dauphine University.