Olivier Morali

Olivier Morali, CEO

Olivier Morali is a serial transformative direct investor. He has enjoyed a successful 20-year track record at Apax Partners and Bregal Capital, which has enabled him to generate the capital he has pooled with that of the Plaquet family. He was a first-round investor in Galapagos NV (GLPG) and a co-lead investor in Corevalve (sold to Medtronic). He was the co-founder and acted as chairman of Studialis to create the European leader in Higher Education. He was also closely involved with the initial consolidation of private hospitals by Vedici, which led to the formation of the French leader Elsan and the carve-out of Morrison Utility Services from Anglian Water. Overall, Olivier’s investments led to national or continental leaders and generated c. 3x with no loss.

He is a member of the advisory committees of TR Capital IV and V, KLAR Partners I, Impilo II, DC Capital Partners III and Bregal Milestone II.

Olivier holds a PhD in oncology and is a former associate professor in biochemistry from Paris University and a graduate of ENS Paris-Saclay.

Thomas Plaquet

Thomas Plaquet, VICE PRESIDENT

Thomas Plaquet has over 8 years of experience in direct investments. Prior to joining Sherpa Entrepreneurs Advisor, he was a vice president at TriSpan, a lower middle market private equity firm, where he spent 5 years as part of the investment team in London working on buy-and-build platform deals in Healthcare and Business Services in the UK and in Continental Europe. Prior to TriSpan, he was an analyst for SIP Agriculture focusing on direct investments in Latin America. He started his career in asset management at Gavekal Capital where he first worked for a value fund in Hong Kong and then for a CTA in Luxembourg.

Thomas holds a BSc and MSc in Business Engineering from the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management.