Damien Lestang Bio

Damien Lestang is an Equity Partner at BlackFin. He joined the firm in 2016. He previously spent 11 years at Advent International, one of the largest global Private Equity platforms, where he was Director and has participated to many mid- to large-cap transactions in France and in Europe, including Oberthur Technologies, a world leader in smartcard manufacturing and mobile payment solutions, Nocibé, merged with German firm Douglas to form a European leader in perfume and Cosmetics retailing, and Sportfive, Europe’s leading marketing sports right agency. Prior to that , Damien was at BNP Paribas’ Leverage Finance team in Germany and at Idinvest Partners, a generalist venture capital firm. A French national, Damien is a graduate of HEC Paris.