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Alexandre Cousin

Ex-EY | Ex-PE | Consultant Strategy & Equity, DDF

€1,200/day
Paris, FR
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Alexandre

Manager expérimenté avec 8 années en conseil en financement de projets, stratégie d’investissement et audit, notamment dans les secteurs de l’énergie, du transport et de l’impact social. Diplômé du MBA de l’INSEAD, je combine une solide expertise financière avec un fort engagement pour les enjeux climatiques et les marchés émergents.
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • Spanish

    Conversational

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km)

Experience

  • British International Investment (BII, ex-CDC)
    MBA Summer Associate, Direct Equity - Infrastructure & Climate
    PRIVATE EQUITY
    June 2025 - August 2025 (2 months)
    London, UK
    • Evaluated $100M+ in four African infra deals (screening to IC), incl. modelling, DD, and impact strategy
    • Supported $1.2B renewables and transport portfolio in Africa and Pakistan (board committees, trade deal talks, etc.)
    Infrastructure Project Finance Private Equity Renewable Energy Investment Management
  • EY Consulting
    Senior Associate (2019-2021), Project Finance & Investment Strategy
    January 2019 - January 2024 (5 years)
    Paris, France
    Project Finance
    • Conducted financial modeling, PMO, and fundraising for complex infrastructure projects (CAPEX $1.5B+):
    • Directed cross-functional 15-member taskforce in finance, risk, and real estate to support 20,000-housing project ($1B CAPEX, $0.5B subsidies) in French Guiana for the French State (Ministry of Finance's Chief of Staff)
    • Executed a dozen public-private partnership infrastructure deals (~$0.5B) across transport and energy sector

    Public Finance Advisory:
    • Optimized and evaluated performance of funds ($350M per year) granted to organizations (closed $1M worth of fees)
    ◦ Carried out due diligences of 30+ associations receiving state subsidies ($150M), resulting in $30M savings
    ◦ Analysed and negotiated ~120 hospitals budget, cutting public funding by 15% by leveraging other revenue streams

    Management Consulting:
    • Guided a multinational establishing operations for largest greenfield infrastructure project in Africa ($20B CAPEX)
    ◦ Designed workflows, conceived organizational charts, recruited team members and audited external partners
    ◦ Set up the Joint Venture Management Office responsible of a dozen JVs with African and Chinese partners

    Internal roles:
    ◦ Appointed to EY France Young Leadership Board (YLB) and to Europe West YLB (12 members) as France's representative, collaborating with country reps on internal talent onboarding, training, retention, and D&I initiatives
    ◦ Promoted environmental awareness at EY by running "Fresque" events and initiated sustainability trainings as member of EY's EcologY network (600 members)
  • EY Audit
    Associate
    January 2017 - January 2019 (2 years)
    France
    • Evaluated statutory and consolidated accounts, assessed internal control processes for 20+ clients and piloted special projects (PMO, data analysis and data visualization to drive investment decisions, norm standardization, etc.)
    • Led 9 teams and oversaw a portfolio of clients from SMEs to CAC 40 (real estate, mobility, industry)
    • Delivered digital audit training for peers as member of EY's dedicated team

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Education

  • MBA Class of
    INSEAD
    2025
    MBA Class of
  • Bachelor of Commerce International Business
    Concordia University, John Molson School of Business
    2015
    Bachelor of Commerce International Business

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