Lionel Mestre joined Weinberg Capital Partners in 2016 as a Partner and LBO Investment Committee member. For six years, he brought to the team his long and diversified experience of the investment industry. In 2020, upon its establishment, he became managing director of Eiréné’s consultancy division specialising in LBO investments in the security and defence sectors.
Lionel began his career at PwC in 1995, leaving in 1998 to join PAI Partners, where he led a number of LBO transactions in France and Europe in various sectors over a 10-year period (Saur, Kwik Fit, Antargaz, Saeco, etc.).
In 2008, Lionel joined Butler Capital Partners, where he was named a partner. In this position, he took an active and operational approach to the firm’s portfolio companies. In particular, he worked with NextiraOne, ADIT, Accès Industrie and Partouche.
Lionel was an auditor at the Institute for Advanced National Defence Studies (IHEDN), part of the 74th intake on the Defence Policy course. He is also a colonel in the French Army’s Citizen Reserve and, in this capacity, takes part in think tanks linked to the Army General Staff. Lionel is a graduate of Paris-Dauphine University.