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Harold graduated from ESTP Paris engineering school specialised in construction and public works, then earned a master’s degree in human resources from ESCP Europe Business School.

After a position in operations with the Bouygues Group, he joined a major recruiting industry player based in the United Kingdom. Initially a consultant in the industry and services sectors, he was promoted to executive manager and specialised in the real estate and construction sectors for almost eight years. After an extended period in the UK, he returned to France and founded Vauban in association with the partners of Elzéar Executive Search, a firm renowned for its expertise in both France and abroad.

Graduated from Kedge Business School in Marseille, and after gaining initial experience in market finance at BNP Paribas in France and then at BMCI in Morocco, Arnaud joined Michael Page in Paris, working in the Finance practice for nearly 5 years. Following this first recruitment experience and leveraging his expertise, he joined Robert Walters Plc in Paris to create and develop recruitment activities for commercial populations. In 2013, he had the opportunity to revive the Real Estate division of the firm and led a team of 6 consultants in this sector for over 10 years. Concurrently, as an Associate Director, he developed and managed dedicated teams in fields such as Sales & Marketing, Digital, Manufacturing/Operations/Supply Chain, and sectors like Banking & Insurance. As a member of the French executive committee, he contributed to the group’s development strategy in France.

After 13 years of supporting business leaders, he has acquired a multi-sector expertise that enables him to offer genuine advisory services to his clients and candidates.

As an Executive Director, he is responsible for developing the firm’s activities and supporting its clients and candidates in achieving their professional aspirations.

Thierry de La Rocque joins the staff of Vauban Executive Search, a direct recruiting firm specialised in real estate and building industry. With degrees in philosophy from La Sorbonne University and in human resources management from IGS, he starts his professional career in a head-hunting company specialised in real estate and building industry.

Thierry de La Rocque then becomes an entrepreneur in the field of new technologies. During this period, he works in executive positions in organisation and HR within several leading companies of the new technologies sector.

His experience as an entrepreneur leads him to work for a Family Office investing in new technologies and real estate. He then sets up a modular timber construction company with a customer base mainly made up of real estate decision-makers. After these experiences, Thierry de La Rocque has returned to his original profession as he joined Vauban Executive Search in order to recruit top and senior executives in real estate and finance industry.

After an intensive two-year undergraduate preparatory course at Saint-Cyr-l’Ecole military school, Matthieu earned a degree in 2010 from the University of Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne followed by an MBA from the Sorbonne Graduate Business School.

Matthieu has more than five years of experience specialising in direct approach executive searches. Through his experience at a major international group with offices in Europe, America and Asia, he grew accustomed to working in English-speaking environments. He has conducted many direct approach searches for French and foreign candidates in middle and top management positions.

After an Education in Switzerland till the High School, she continued her studies in France and Germany (Clausthal, Munich). Graduated as an engineer from the management and engineering school HEI in Lille, she specialized in Mechanical engineering and started a career in the Automotive industry.

After several work experiences in Europe, particularly in Germany, she focused on the recruitment field. She started a career as a recruiter at Vauban Executive Search, specialized in the direct approach and the recruitment of managers and senior executives.

Bénédicte has an evolutionary career of more than 15 years within Paris Habitat on Human Resources functions. She has developed experience in managerial support and employability of employees, in the management of HR projects with the facilitation of working groups and in the recruitment of support and operational functions.

In a second part of her career, she joined the consulting sector: first at Hudson/Morgan Philips to develop the Real Estate/Housing practice within the Public/Parapublic Division and then at VAUBAN to diversify her field of action. She then specialized in the recruitment of senior and senior executives and managerial support, particularly interested in the analysis of behaviors in the professional environment and the complementarity of teams. She also conducts in-depth evaluation missions (analysis of professional behavior and study of the professional profile) of senior executives within the firm with various tools and offers coaching from CODIR with the BELBIN reading grid.

After a Master 2 in Finance and Capital Markets, Christophe joined Lehman Brothers in Paris for 5 years. He continued his experience in the financial markets as a trader at Schneider Trading Associates.

In 2008, he turned to the recruitment of executives and experts within a multinational human resources consulting firm. In 2015 he joined the Financial Services team of Hudson Global Resources where he led executive search assignments.

Today, Christophe is a Principal at Vauban Executive Search, where he brings his expertise in all areas of financial services

After studying information and communication at the French Institute of Press and personal projects, Ségolène became Editor-in-Chief of an alumni magazine for eight years.
Wishing to boost her career, she chose Human Resources and joined the headhunting firm Elzear before joining Vauban Executive Search as a Research Officer in the Real Estate division.

Graduated from a Business School, Amaury began his career in recruitment specialising in Real Estate and Construction before moving on to the banking sector where he worked in Private Banking and in a Management Company.

After a few years in this sector, he decided to return to his original profession by joining Vauban Executive Search as a researcher.

Graduated with a Master in communication, Marie has gradually developed a strong appetite for customer engagement.

She provided Branch Heads in a communication agency: Marie learned to become a trusted partner and she appropriated client’s goal. Previously she organized significant customer marketing events, internationally in particular.

In this way, after an experience in public interest during which she discovered real estate challenges, Marie decided to meet her growing need to serve others by focusing on a human centered job. This is why Marie joined Vauban Executive Search adventure as Researcher (Real Estate division), a role where it’s essential to have a real motivation and a fondness for customer engagement.