Our team - DDA & Company

Our Team

Our American and European teams are today made up of finance professionals
combining multiple business experiences and a unique service approach,
with the human qualities necessary to ensure the success of complex assignments.

The management team

Didier Choix

Founder & Managing Partner

Didier Choix is the founder and Managing Member of DDA and Company, LLC; he has been in the M&A and Financial Strategy business for nearly 30 years… Read more

Alexandre Odin

Founder & Partner

Alexandre is a Partner of DDA and Company, LLC and Head of the Paris office. Alex started his career with IT company GSI UK Ltd where he was responsible for conducting… Read more

Alain Sitbon

Partner

After graduating from Paris-Dauphine University, Alain started his carreer at Deloitte & Touche as an auditor, before specializing in Mergers & Acquisitions within the Corporate Finance team… Read more

The operating team

Anthony Wimbush

Director

Anthony joined DDA & Company in 2009 as a Director. He left his native Scotland in 1986 to go to Oxford University (Worcester College)… Read more

Charles-Antoine Cayez

Manager

Charles-Antoine has assisted DDA & Company since 2011 in consulting assignments in Mergers & Acquisitions. Charles-Antoine started his career … Read more

Thomas Glasgow

Associate

Thomas started his career in consulting working on operational excellence projects and optimisation of working capital for clients from emerging economies… Read more

Nhu Quynh Van Ngoc

Associate

Nhu Quynh started her career in 2011 as a M&A Analyst intern at Neuflize OBC (Group ABN Amro) before joining Goetzpartners Corporate Finance in Paris… Read more.

Clément Darcourt

Associate

Clément started his career in 2013 in Corporate Finance. After holding different positions at Axa, Royal Bank of Scotland and DC Advisory… Read more

Jean-Baptiste Delaporte

Analyst

After some experiences in Private Equity within Ardian and Jasmin Capital, then in M&A at APManagement, where he worked on several IT transactions… Read more

Didier Choix

Founder & Managing partner

Telephone 1 (212) 472-6475

Didier Choix is the founder and Managing Member of DDA and Company, LLC; he has been in the M&A and Financial Strategy business for nearly 30 years. During his career, he has initiated or been involved in deals of all sizes and in all types of industry but with a focus on cross-border transactions. Didier is based in New York.

Before setting up DDA in 1995, he was Managing Director of Harbourton Enterprises, LLC (Princeton, New Jersey), a private equity group specialized in the financial services industry. He was also CEO of Independence Funding Company, a non-bank lender to small businesses based in Dallas, Texas. (1992-1995).

From 1986 to 1992, he held various positions with The Fairchild Corporation, including Corporate Vice President in charge of the M&A department.

From 1982 through 1984, he was with Bankers Trust Company (Paris, France) where he developed an expertise in evaluating companies.

Didier Choix holds an MBA (with distinction) from the Wharton School (1986), and undergraduate degrees in business (1982) and accounting and tax law (1982). He is member of Paris’s Wharton Club, the French-American Foundation (New York and Paris) and the French-American Chamber of Commerce New York.

Alexandre Odin

Founder & Partner

Telephone +33 (0)1 55 04 80 47

Alexandre is a Partner of DDA and Company, LLC and Head of the Paris office. Alex started his career with IT company GSI UK Ltd where he was responsible for conducting technical and financial audits as part of IT Facilities Management and Outsourcing contracts. From 1994 through 2000, he was a deal maker with Regent Associates Ltd, an investment banking boutique specialized in technology transactions, where he was also instrumental in setting-up and developing the French Paris-based activities.

While at Regent, Alexandre advised on more than 20 closed transactions, most of which were cross-border transactions. In 2001, he became Head of Mergers and Acquisitions at Bryan, Garnier & Co., an independent pan-European investment bank focused on growth companies in Technology, Media & Telecom, Health & Life Sciences and Renewable Energies. He joined forces with Didier Choix in 2002 to set-up DDA's Paris office and bolster the firm's activities in Europe.

Alexandre has a wealth of experience in cross-border transactions and is a specialist in high-tech, IT and healthcare sectors. He has also developed a particular expertise on restructuring deals for large international corporations.

Alexandre holds a Masters degree in Information Systems and undergraduate degrees in business management and administration.

Alain Sitbon

Partner

Telephone +33 (0)1 55 04 80 48

After graduating from Paris-Dauphine University, Alain started his carreer at Deloitte & Touche as an auditor, before specializing in Mergers & Acquisitions within the Corporate Finance team. In 2000, Alain founded a first company, providing online training and formation, and then he launched a specialized retail brand of which he sold a majority stake to a major player in 2006

In 2007, Alain joined Financière de Courcelles to be in charge and cooperate deal executions in various industries. He was an expert of the “Marketing, Media & Communication » practice.

Some of his major transactions include advising 3SI group (formerly « 3 Suisses International ») in the disposal of its communication agency “Cité Numérique”, Cabestan shareholders in the sale to Mediapost, June Marketing (marketing statistics) shareholders in an OBO deal and strategic acquisitions, Mondial Relay in the acquisition of Girard Agediss, and in Silfox OBO sponsored by Isatis Capital & Siparex Mezzanine.

Alain SITBON joined DDA & Company as a Partner in 2017.

Anthony Wimbush

Director

Telephone +33 1 55 04 80 45

Anthony joined DDA & Company in 2009 as a Director. He left his native Scotland in 1986 to go to Oxford University (Worcester College). He then followed a three year European masters course at EAP management school (now part of ESCP Europe) spending one year in Paris and another in Berlin. In 1996 he began his career at Société Générale where he spent 7 years, of which 2 in Paris and 5 in the Corporate Finance department in London (SG Hambros).

Returning to France in 2002, Anthony co-founded Epsilon Finance, an entrepreneurial company in the M&A service sector, and helped establish Epsilon Research, the first research house to specialise in private company transaction analysis.

Anthony is bilingual in French and English, speaks fluent German and has significant experience in cross-border transactions in a diverse range of industrial and service sectors.

Charles Antoine Cayez

Manager

Telephone +33 1 55 04 80 44

Charles-Antoine has assisted DDA & Company since 2011 in consulting assignments in Mergers & Acquisitions.

Charles-Antoine started his career in industry, first in Germany in the Mersen Group, developing a new business service, then in Paris, in the Finance/ Banking department of the software services firm Unilog. He then joined the M&A department of Société Générale before working for the M&A firms Epsilon Finance and Clairfield Partners.

In 2007, he joined the Corporate Finance and Capital Markets department at Fortis Bank in Paris before joining the Midcap Corporate Finance team at BNP Paribas.

Charles-Antoine has worked on many small and mid- market transactions on behalf of SMEs , large groups and investment funds. He also has experience in capital market transactions (IPOs, IPO, capital increase, private placements, .... ).

Thomas Glasgow

Associate

Telephone +33 1 55 04 80 43

Thomas started his career in consulting working on operational excellence projects and optimisation of working capital for clients from emerging economies. He then worked in the United Kingdom for a familly office to advise on the the sale of an India-based company and to review new investment opportunities. He joined Infosys in 2014 to develop the Retail and CPG activities in France. Thomas joined DDA & Company in 2016 as an Associate.

Thomas holds an MBA from IESE Business School and graduated from ENSAM where he followed the double degree program with the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Nhu Quynh Van Ngoc

Associate

Telephone +33 1 55 04 80 42

Nhu Quynh started her career in 2011 as a M&A Analyst intern at Neuflize OBC (Group ABN Amro) before joining Goetzpartners Corporate Finance in Paris, a German M&A boutique. During this period, she participated in several M&A and valuation mandates in diversified sectors (cosmetics, luxury food, chemical and e-commerce). Nhu Quynh joined DDA & Company in January 2015.

Nhu Quynh graduated from ESCP Europe with a major in Corporate Finance and also holds a Bachelor degree in Finance from University Panthéon-Sorbonne. She is fluent in Vietnamese, French and English.

Clément Darcourt

Associate

Telephone +33 1 55 04 80 46

Clément started his career in 2013 in Corporate Finance. After holding different positions at Axa, Royal Bank of Scotland and DC Advisory, Clément joined Knight Frank as a M&A analyst. In these roles, he took part in many M&A mandates covering a variety of sectors that included Technology, Media & Telecom, Consumer Goods, Business Services, Pharmaceuticals and Real Estate. Clément joined DDA & Company in 2017

Clément holds a Masters degree in financial engineering from EM Lyon, and a undergraduate degree in business management and administration from ESSEC. He also studied in China (Shanghai) and in the United States of America (San Diego). He is fluent in French, English and Spanish.

Jean-Baptiste Delaporte

Analyst

Telephone +33 1 77 35 85 90

After some experiences in Private Equity within Ardian and Jasmin Capital, then in M&A at APManagement, where he worked on several IT transactions, Jean-Baptiste joined DDA & Company in 2017 as Analyst.

He is graduated from IESEG School of Management, with a major in finance.