Team
–  Patrick Petit, Managing Partner
–  Sonia Trocmé, Managing Director &     Partner
–  Veera Somersalmi, Partner
–  Gayle Jackson, Senior Consultant
–  Olivier Dauman, Analyst
–  Sneha Hiremath, Analyst
–  Sandrine Sallandre, Office Manager

Founder and Managing Partner
Mr. Petit is responsible for generating new business, identifying qualified potential limited partners, and is the "lead partner" on engagements.
He has 28 years of experience in the investment business, and 14 years in private equity.
Before founding GPE, Mr. Petit served as Managing Director of Private Equity at Crédit Agricole Indosuez, responsible for the bank's worldwide private placement activities.
Prior to this, Mr. Petit was an Executive Director at Indosuez based first in the Middle East and then in Asia, responsible for managing the primary equity markets division in those regions, as well as developing strong relationships with prominent investors.
Mr. Petit holds an MSc in Mathematics and graduated from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris.

Co-founder, Managing Director and Partner
Mrs. Trocmé is responsible for generating new business, identifying qualified potential limited partners, and is the "lead partner" on engagements.
She has 17 years of experience in the investment business, and 10 years in private equity.
Prior to co-founding GPE, Mrs. Trocmé was an Associate Director at Crédit Agricole Indosuez where she worked with Patrick Petit in managing the bank's worldwide private placement business.
Prior to this, Mrs. Trocmé was a Senior Vice President with Crédit Agricole in charge of large U.S. Institutional clients. Mrs. Trocmé began her career in New York as a financial analyst on Wall Street.
Mrs. Trocmé has an MA in Finance from Paris-Dauphine, and an MBA from University of New York, Baruch College.

Partner
Ms. Somersalmi is responsible for generating new business and identifying qualified potential limited partners.
She has 9 years of experience in private equity.
Prior to joining Global Private Equity, Ms. Somersalmi was Associate Director at Nordic Mezzanine, in charge of fundraising for Baltic Mezzanine Fund. Prior to this, she was Investment Director at Standard Life Investments. She also worked as Investment Manager at Capman Management.
Ms. Somersalmi has an MBA from Tulane University, AB Freeman School of Business, New Orleans, and MSc from Helsinki School of Economics & Business Administration. She is also a CFA charterholder.

Senior Consultant
Currently President and Founder of Energy Global Inc advising companies on corporate development, diversification and private placement activities in North America and worldwide.
Currently member of three investment committees of university endowments and foundations with total assets under management of USD 1.5 Billion.
Formerly Deputy Chairman and Director, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
Served formerly on CommonFund Capital's Venture Capital Advisory Committee.
BA cum laude from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts and MA and PhD from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.

Analyst
Mr. Dauman is responsible for conducting due diligence of potential fund clients, as well as the development of the marketing documentation for client funds.
Mr. Dauman joined GPE in 2006 as an intern and was promoted Analyst in 2007.
Mr. Dauman holds a BA (Hons) in Business and Finance from Sheffield Hallam University and a Master in Management with an emphasis in Finance from ESC Bordeaux.

Analyst
Ms. Hiremath joined GPE in 2007 and is responsible for fund analysis and development of marketing documents for clients.
She holds a Bachelors degree in Commerce from Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce (India), a Maîtrise in Management Sciences from University Panthéon-Assas (France) and a Masters degree in Banking and Finance from University Paris-Dauphine (France).

Office Manager
Ms. Sallandre oversees all office and accounting tasks. She is also responsible for assisting the team in organizing meetings and travel arrangements.
With 15 years experience as office manager and executive assistant, Ms. Sallandre has worked for various multicultural companies within an international environment before joining Global Private Equity.
Ms. Sallandre has a Degree in International Affairs.
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