Deep expertise, privileged access, and sector-level specialization

 

Sebastien Bonneau | Founder | UK - France

Sebastien Bonneau founded AYNFGin 2012. He brings operator-level instincts and senior judgment that cut through complexity. Sebastien advises founders, investors, and corporates on high-value deals and expansion.

His European-British-American network opens doors others can’t.

Clients trust him for speed, discretion, and outcomes. He reduces friction in cross-border, multi-stakeholder environments.

Sebastien leads sector initiatives such as La French Data Center Connection. He is also a member of the Global Talent Taskforce launched by the UK Government in 2026 to promote the growth and leadership of the UK economy.

In the digital infrastructure and data center sector, he has held senior leadership roles and earned recognition across major global platforms, including being named by The Tech Capital as one of the 50 Most Influential Lawyers in Digital Infrastructure (2025) and receiving a Band 1 / Firms to Watch ranking from Legal 500 UK for his leadership of McDermott Will & Schulte LLP’s IT & Telecoms practice, where he also served as Leader of the Global Data Center team. Previously, as Global Co‑Head of Digital Infrastructure and member of the Global TMT Leadership Board at Eversheds Sutherland, his work contributed to multiple peer‑awarded distinctions: Law Firm of the Year – Digital Infrastructure (2023 and 2024, Platform Markets Group) and Advisory Team of the Year – Digital Infrastructure (2024, The Tech Capital), underscoring the scale, influence, and cross‑border impact of the platforms he built and led.

Sebastien has recently stepped into Space Law, a rising domain that’s becoming essential to how digital infrastructure scales and how global connectivity evolves.

Based in London, he is dual-qualified as a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England & Wales and Avocat au Barreau de Paris, and operates across Europe and the US.

Education

HEC PARIS | MBA, 2012

BABSON COLLEGE | Innovative Management and Entrepreneurial Leadership, 2011

UNIVERSITY OF PANTHEON-SORBONNE | JD, 1999

Activities & Affiliations

La French DC Connection, Founder & President

Global Talent Taskforce, UK Government

Plug & Play Accelerator, Mentor

Clinique du Droit HEAD, Mentor

Incubateur HEC, Mentor

Recognitions

The Legal 50, The 50 most influential lawyers in Digital Infrastructure, The Tech Capital, 2025

Legal 500 UK

o    Firms to Watch, Recommended as a Leader of the IT & Telecoms Team, 2026 (Band 1)

o    Recognized as a Recommended Individual:

M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals £100–750m, 2026;

Private Equity: Transactions – Mid-Market Deals, up to £500m, 2025;

Venture Capital, London, 2024

Paris Bar, Pro Bono Award, 2021

Leaders League Legal Awards

o    Recommended or Highly Recommended in M&A and Corporate Venture, 2019-2021;

o    Rising Star, 2013

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Piers Cumberlege | UK | Finance - Leadership

Piers is a global nomad, having lived and worked across Asia, Europe, Africa, and North America with multi-national corporations, international and civil society organizations. He has a special interest in growing businesses through deploying capital, expertise and targeted technical assistance and a particular focus on emerging markets investment, having established and managed commercial private equity funds investing in Russia and Africa, as well as non-profit sustainable economic development initiatives. Piers particularly enjoys operating at the policy and governance intersection of government and business, as at the World Economic Forum, where he also oversaw the interests of the global Professional Services industry leaders. He speaks a number of languages and holds a Master’s degree from Oxford University and a graduate business degree from Coventry University in association with the General Electric Company.

Education

OXFORD UNIVERSITY | BA, 1979, MA, 1982

COVENTRY UNIVERSITY AND GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY | BA, 1995

McGILL UNIVERSITY AND INSTITUTE OF CORPORATE DIRECTORS | ICD.D, 2006

Activities & Affiliations

Institute of Corporate Directors, Canada
Emeritus Chairman, Canada Eurasia Russia Business Association
Director, Engineers Without Borders, Canada
Director, South Pole Group
Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Medal, Canada for service to non-profit sector

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Hanane Tazi | France | Finance

Hanane is an experienced finance - but not only- professional with 25 years of experience with a demonstrated history in fast growing and international environments. She has strong operational financial expertise and experiences across a broad spectrum of disciplines including Human Resources, Legal, M&A transactions and Auditing. At All You Need for Growth™, she will help you structuring your entrepreneurial projects or growth and identifying and allocating the best resources to deliver you KPIs. Hanane is fluent in French, English and Arabic.

Education

ESCP Business School | Grande Ecole, 1993

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Edouard Biron | USA & France | Finance

Edouard is a corporate finance professional with over 15 years of experience in advising M&A transactions across Western Europe, Asia Pacific and the US. He previously worked for the investment banking arm of HSBC in Paris, London, New York and Hong Kong, developing a specialty in structuring cross-border joint venture and equity partnerships. He also accumulated extensive experience in advising private equity funds on buyside and sellside assignments.

At AYNFG™, he will help you assess your financing options, and prepare to negotiate with equity/fixed income and other strategic partners.

Education

HEC PARIS | Grande Ecole, 2003

UCLA | Anderson School of Management | International Management Exchange Program, majoring in Entrepreneurial Finance

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Emmanuel Coblence | France | Strategy

Emmanuel is a recognized scholar in the fields of leadership and organizational theory, and an experienced management consultant at Strategy for Growth™. Emmanuel will help you design an organization that fits with your strategy, manage team dynamics and empower collaborators, and enhance executive leadership through purposeful decision-making. As an academic partner in Executive Education programs at HEC Paris over the past 12 years, he has participated in many executive training programs for companies such as Bouygues, L'Oreal, Colas, Casino, MatMut, Bred, Elior, Orange, Atos and Sodiaal. His areas of expertise include organization design, change management and decision-making. He is also in charge of the HEC Executive-MBA Leadership course.

Education

HEC PARIS | Grande Ecole, 2005

MINES ParisTech | PhD, Management Science, 2011

UNIVERSITY OF PARIS-NANTERRE | MSc, Public Management, 2006

Activities & Affiliations

Associate Professor and Dean for Research, ISG Paris
Executive Education Lecturer, HEC Paris
Associate Researcher, MINES ParisTech
Associate Researcher, HEC Montreal

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Marie-Josee Andrieu | International Development

Marie-Josee is an experienced professional in International Business Development with more than 25 years spent in Embassies, Public Administrations, and global ICT and consulting companies. Before joining All You Need for Growth™, she served within the US Embassy in Paris as Regional Director for France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg at SelectUSA, the US Department of Commerce’s federal agency, aiming at attracting Foreign Investment in the US. Prior to that, Marie-Josee was Deputy-Head of the Americas office at the Directorate of the Treasury, based at the French Ministry of Economy and Finance, and covered North America and the Caribbean. Previously, she gained a strong knowledge of the ICT industry and of international business development working on Sales and Marketing at Atos Origin and HP, and leading the Southern European activities of a Norwegian Consulting company. At All You Need for Growth™, she will put her experience and network at the service of your desire for international expansion. Together, you will assess needs, secure steps, and move forward with confidence to new challenges.

Education

NYU STERN - London School of Economics - HEC PARIS | TRIUM Global Executive MBA, 2008

ESCP EUROPE | MA, Auditing and Consulting, 1992

Institute of Political Sciences, Aix-en-Provence | MA, Public Management, 2012