Our Team

Patrick Eisenchteter

Managing Partner

Patrick Eisenchteter

Managing Partner

Patrick Eisenchteter is the co-founder of Motion Equity Partners.

He was previously Vice President of Europ@Web and an Investment Director at Fonds Partenaires (Lazard Frères & Cie).

Prior to that, Patrick spent six years at Andersen in Paris and New York, and started his career with Société Générale in Taiwan.

Patrick is a graduate of Lyon Business School and speaks French, English and Spanish.

Investments at Motion: Tournaire, Olmix, EA Pharma, Altaïr, Cellular Line, Morrison, Fullsix, Tokheim, Diana, Gardiner.
Cédric Rays

Partner

Cédric Rays

Partner

Cédric is the co-founder of Motion Equity Partners.

He was previously Director at Apax for six years, from 1999 to 2005. Prior to that Cédric worked for Arthur Andersen and then spent three years with BNP Paribas where he was part of the Project Finance team in the infrastructure, energy and telecom and media sectors.

Cédric is a graduate from the Ecole Polytechnique and the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées. He speaks French and English.

Investments at Motion: Atlas For Men, Résilians, Learnation, Holweg Weber, Minlay, Omni-Pac, Arcaplanet, Fullsix, Tokheim, Ixetic, Aliplast.
Frédérique Lenoble

Financial & Admin. Officer

Frédérique Lenoble

Financial & Admin. Officer

Frédérique joined Motion Equity Partners in 2007. Prior to that, she spent 7 years working for PwC as a supervisor.

Frédérique graduated from ISC (Institut Supérieur du Commerce), and holds both the DECF and the DESCF diplomas.
Anthony Baudoin

Partner

Anthony Baudoin

Partner

Anthony joined Motion Equity Partners in 2010.

He previously worked in the M&A department at DC Advisory (ex-Close Brothers) and in the Corporate Finance department at World Minerals (Imerys group).

He is a graduate of the Paris Dauphine University where he obtained a masters degree in Corporate Finance and Financial Engineering (Master 225). He speaks French and English.

Investments at Motion: Tournaire, Atlas For Men, Résilians, Olmix, Holweg Weber, Equilibre Attitude, Altaïr, Omni-Pac, Fullsix, Tokheim, Diana, Ixetic.
Alexandre Le Chevallier

Senior Investment Manager

Alexandre Le Chevallier

Senior Investment Manager

Alexandre joined Motion Equity Partners in 2014.

Prior to that, he worked in the TMT structured finance team at Natixis in Paris. Entrepreneurial-minded, he also co-founded a company in real estate services in 2011.

Alexandre graduated from EDHEC Business School with a Master’s degree in Corporate Finance and speaks French, English and Italian.

Alexandre is the head of ESG at Motion Equity Partners.

Investments at Motion: Learnation, Minlay, Altaïr, Fullsix, Tokheim.
Virgilio Arria

Investment Manager

Virgilio Arria

Investment Manager

Virgilio joined Motion Equity Partners in 2017.

Prior to that, he worked at Siemens’s venture capital investment arm in Munich.

Virgilio graduated from EDHEC Business School and speaks French, English and German.

Investments at Motion: Tournaire, Atlas For Men, Résilians, Olmix, Holweg Weber, EA Pharma.
Aurian de Villenfagne

Senior Associate

Aurian de Villenfagne

Senior Associate

Aurian joined Motion Equity Partners in 2022.

He was previously based in London at Marlborough Partners, where he advised the Motion team on several financing assignments. Prior to Marlborough Partners, Aurian worked 4 years at ING in London and Brussels in their Leveraged Finance team and in their Capital Structuring Advisory team.

Aurian holds a Master Degree in Business Engineering from UCLouvain, and is a CFA Charterholder. He is fluent in French, English and Dutch.

Investment at Motion : Résilians.
Bethsabée Msika

Associate

Bethsabée Msika

Associate

Bethsabée joined Motion Equity Partners in 2020.

Prior to that, she worked as a Transaction Services Associate at Deloitte Paris.

Bethsabée graduated with a Bachelor in Applied Mathematics from Université Paris Dauphine, and with a Master’s degree in Corporate Finance from ESCP Europe. She is fluent in French and English.

Investments at Motion : Atlas For Men, Learnation, Holweg Weber, Minlay.
Pamela Duka

Analyst

Pamela Duka

Analyst

Pamela joined Motion Equity Partners in 2023.

Prior to that, she worked at Ardian and BPI in Paris.

Pamela graduated from EM Lyon. She speaks French and English.

Investment at Motion : EA Pharma
Clément Courtier

Analyst

Clément Courtier

Analyst

Clément joined Motion Equity Partners in 2021.

Prior to that, he worked in Transaction Services at Eight Advisory and in Restructuring at CACIB.

Clément graduated from ESCP Business School with a Master’s degree in Management. He speaks French and English.

Investments at Motion : Tournaire, Olmix.
Oscar Verdé-Delisle

Financial Controller

Oscar Verdé-Delisle

Financial Controller

Oscar joined Motion Equity Partners in 2022 as Financial Controller.

Previously, he worked at HSBC and Equitis Gestion.

Oscar is a graduate of ESSCA’s FRM program and is fluent in French and English.
Claire Ji

Assistant

Claire Ji

Assistant

Claire joined Motion Equity Partners in 2022.

She previously worked in IFPPC CamKeys.

Claire graduated from from Paris Descartes University, and speaks French and English.