Jean-Pierre founded Vantage Capital Partners, and has ten years of experience with demonstrated success in buy-side, sell-side, and entrepreneurial ventures in Europe, Middle East and Asia. Before founding Vantage Capital, Jean-Pierre was an investment professional at Hera Capital Partners since early 2011; a venture capital and private equity firm focuses on growth capital investments in small-to-mid sized companies across the Technology, Consumer-Retail, Media and Digital sectors within South-East Asia. During his career at Hera Capital, Jean-Pierre advised and executed many transactions and invested over USD 80m across APAC and Europe. Jean-Pierre has been active in portfolio management holding various board seats and successfully executed exits. Jean-Pierre started his career in 2006 as founder and CEO of Premium Advisory, an investment-advisory firm based in Dubai, U.A.E, offering tailored investment advice and privileged access to some of the best product providers in the Middle East. Jean-Pierre holds a Master’s in Entrepreneurship from Grenoble Graduate School of Business and a Master’s in Business Administration and Management from EDHEC School of Business. He speaks French and English.