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TEAM

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.

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.

Martin graduated from EM Normandie and obtained a Master’s degree in Strategy from Toulouse Business School.
After working as an analyst and then financial auditor in Big 4, he joined Michael Page in 2006 as a consultant in the division dedicated to corporate finance. He leads recruitment missions on behalf of CAC 40 groups, subsidiaries of international groups, SMEs or start-ups in various sectors (energy, distribution, industry, media, services).

In 2010, Martin joined a Transearch subsidiary as a senior consultant where he expanded his expertise by carrying out recruitment assignments for managers and executives in support and operational functions. Two years later, he created YourWay Human Resources, a firm specializing in the recruitment of managers and executives for companies and investment funds. Since 2018, YourWay Human Resources has been working with Vauban Executive Search to develop corporate (Finance, HR, Tax and Legal) and investment recruitments.

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.

With a degree in law and real estate, Bénédicte has a career path of more than 15 years within a major Parisian social landlord in Human Resources functions. She has developed a specialization in recruitment, mobility and employability support for employees, and HR development.

In 2019, she specialized in executive search and joined the consulting firm Hudson/Morgan Philips to develop the Habitat practice. She is now Principal at Vauban Executive Search and works mainly for real estate players.

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’s degree in Management from Dauphine and a Master’s degree in HR labor law from Assas (CIFFOP), Inès worked in HR for 5 years in companies such as Total and mc2i Groupe.

Specialised in recruitment, her insight in the sales business and her negotiation skills fueled her desire to evolve into headhunting functions.

She therefore joined Vauban Executive Search as a researcher.

Maxence is gratuated from Grenoble Ecole de Management with a Master. He joined Vauban Executive Search in 2022.

He knew the recruitment at Vauban Executive Search in 2020 during an internship within Martin Louvet’s team.

Then he did an internship followed by an apprenticeship at SCOR within the Group HR team. He worked on employee engagement and HR communication at a global level.

He joined Vauban Executive Search again after being gratuated.

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.