Astris Finance was incorporated in 2000 as a US LLC domiciled in Washington DC, USA. Astris maintains a permanent staff that constitutes the Execution Group, based in Washington, Mexico and Paris. All support activities are orchestrated from Washington DC. Astris management receives strategic guidance and support from the Company’s Advisory Board. Our Advisory Board gathers a select number of highly qualified senior professionals with diverse backgrounds in the financing, government and industry spheres. Where relevant, Astris Finance also relies on a network of sector specialists associated with the firm.

Florent joined Astris in February 2011 as Analyst. Prior to joining Astris, Florent was analyst at Veolia Water, where he worked in the Structured Finance department. At Veolia, Florent was in charge of financial modeling and contract review. In particular, Florent was the lead modeler supporting the team in charge of the acquisition by Veolia of a portfolio of European water BOT projects from United Utilities in June 2010. Florent was in charge of the review of the asset-specific financial models, and developed a proprietary consolidated portfolio model. Florent graduated from French leading engineering school Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (ENPC) and holds an MS in Project and Structured Finance from that same school.