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Pauline DesfontainesPD

Pauline Desfontaines

Business development and investment origination

€850/day
Genève, CH
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Pauline

I help your sustainable business to grow and develop (business development, commercial strategy, fundraising & sustainability strategy).
I help your investment firm to originate deals, conduct due diligence and support your entities post-acquisition.
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

Can work on-site
Genève (up to 10km), Zurich (up to 10km), Lausanne (up to 10km), Bâle (up to 10km)

Experience

  • (EPFL Innovation Campus)
    ESG Adviser
    PRIVATE EQUITY
    January 2023 - January 2024 (1 year)
    Lausanne, Switzerland
    Advise a Swiss startup in the structuring of its ESG & impact investment strategy (the activity of the startup is a digital platform to liaise investors and investment sustainable opportunities in Global South)
    Business development
  • Foximba SAS,
    Owner
    May 2025 - Today (1 year and 1 month)
    Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France
    Advisory in business development & M&A (rare earth recycling, biomaterials), renewable energy projects (Solar in India) & ESG strategy (Europe, India)
  • STÄUBLI
    Corporate Sustainability Manager
    January 2022 - January 2025 (3 years)
    Annecy, France
    Stäubli, family-owned company, is an industry active in textile, robotics, fluid connectors & electrical connectors. ESG strategy development with a focus on Sustainable Business Models tranformation & Circular business models (Solar PV and EV batteries, robotics, sustainable data center, alternative fuels) Support head of M&A on due diligence processes Integration of ESG into Divisional Business Plans Integration of ESG into Supply Chain processes Conduct of the Double MaterialityAssessment Develop ESG risk management & governance

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Education

  • International Business , Dual Diploma (NL/FR)
    Neoma Business School
    2003
    International Business , Dual Diploma (NL/FR)
  • Sustainable Corporate Financing, Certificate
    ESCP Business School
    2020
    Sustainable Corporate Financing, Certificate

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