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DAVID BENAMOU
Managing Partner / Chief investment officer
David Benamou joined Axiom Alternative Investments in October 2011 after 11 years with Société Générale as Deputy Head of Structured Capital Finance.
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David was Deputy Head of the Structured Capital Finance department at Société Générale from 2000 to 2011. He previously worked for CDC Marchés (Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations Group) in the bond origination department where he was responsible for drafting bond prospectuses.
David has a Master’s degree in Business Law and Taxation and graduated from ESSEC with a Master’s degree in International Business Law and Management.
David is a shareholder of Axiom Alternative Investments.
JEROME LEGRAS
Managing Partner / HEAD OF RESEARCH
Jérôme Legras joined Axiom Alternative Investments in January 2013 after 12 years with Société Générale as Deputy Head of Structured Capital Finance.
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Jérôme was Deputy Head of the Structured Capital Finance department at Société Générale for 12 years. He previously worked at CCF and HSBC France as a financial engineer in the Research and Innovation Department where he focused on the quantitative measurements of risk and the valuation of derivatives. He joined Axiom Alternative Investments in January 2013.
Jérôme is a graduate of École Polytechnique and ENSAE.
He is a shareholder of Axiom Alternative Investments.
PAUL GAGEY
Portfolio Manager
Paul Gagey joined Axiom Alternative Investments in March 2018. He has 35 years of experience in asset management at leading financial institutions across Europe.
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Prior to joining Axiom Alternative Investments, Paul spent 11 years at Aviva Investors where he was Director of High Yield Bond funds and managed several open-ended funds from 2006 to 2017. Paul started his career at Barclays Bank in 1983. Since then, he has held senior positions at Sorema, where he was Chief Investment Officer, at Groupama Asset Management as Head of its Credit Department, and at Caisse des Dépôts (2002-2005) where he managed its French “Wealth Fund”, investing in European equities with a long-term view.
Paul has graduated from Columbia University and holds a Master’s Degree in Economics.
ADRIAN PATURLE
Portfolio Manager
Adrian Paturle joined Axiom Alternative Investments in July 2009. He has 16 years of experience in asset management.
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Prior to joining Axiom Alternative Investments, Adrian Paturle worked at Rothschild & Cie Gestion as a Bond Manager. He managed approximately €1 billion of mandated insurance portfolios, €400 million of investment funds invested in “Investment Grade” and “High Yield” issuers, both in physical bonds and in CDS. He also managed a fund invested in catastrophe bonds, with outstanding loans of around €100 million. Adrian Paturle held the position of Quantitative Credit Manager at ABF Capital Management where he managed a portfolio of approximately 200 million euros.
Adrian Paturle is a graduate of the school of actuary Lyon ISFA and has a post-graduate degree in finance.
Adrian is a shareholder of Axiom Alternative Investments.
ANTONIO ROMAN
Portfolio Manager
Antonio Roman joined Axiom Alternative Investments in June 2018. Previously, he worked as a quantitative analyst at GSAM and JP Morgan Asset Management.
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Antonio started his career at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, where he focused on building optimal investment solutions for institutional clients with unique economic, regulatory and accounting constraints. He then moved to JP Morgan Asset Management, where he enhanced his insurance knowledge through the development of portfolio optimization tools under Solvency II. Antonio earned an MSc from the Ecole Polytechnique (X2012) and the ENSAE. He is a fully qualified actuary.
LAURA RAMIREZ
ESG Manager
Laura Ramirez joined Axiom AI in April 2021 as ESG Manager. She was previously Head of Emerging Markets at 2° Investing Initiative, a think tank specialized in climate change and the financial sector.
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Laura has 6 years of experience in sustainable finance. Before joining Axiom AI, Laura worked at 2° Investing Initiative.
She led several projects aimed at integrating climate change into the investment and lending processes of financial institutions and into the development of financial products. Laura has also worked with regulators and industry associations in the financial sector on assessing the industry’s exposure to climate-related risks. She also actively participated in the development of ISO 14097, the first international standard on investor climate action.
She began her career at the Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy as a sustainable finance officer.
Laura holds a master’s degree in finance and economics from the University of Tübingen in Germany.