Team

David was Deputy Head of Structured Capital Finance at Société Générale for 11 years. He previously worked at CDC Marchés, in the bond origination department, where he was in charge of drafting bond prospectuses.

David Benamou holds a master’s degree in Business Law and Taxation and a Master's degree in International Business Law and Management from ESSEC.

David is a shareholder and founder of Axiom Alternative Investments since 2009.

Jérôme worked for 12 years at Société Générale as Deputy Head of the Structured Capital Finance activity. He previously worked at CCF (then HSBC France) as a financial engineer in the Research and Innovation Department, mainly on quantitative risk measurement and derivatives valuation. He joined Axiom Alternative Investments in January 2013.

Jérôme is a graduate of École Polytechnique (X93) and ENSAE.
Jérôme is a shareholder and founder of Axiom Alternative Investments since 2009.

Stéphanie de Torquat began her career in 2006 at Goldman Sachs Asset Management in London as a strategist within the Quantitative Investment Team, focusing in particular on European institutional clients.

She joined Lombard Odier in April 2010 as a macroeconomic strategist and member of the Private Bank’s Investment Committee, first in London and then in Geneva.
In September 2022, she became Chief Economist at Silex Investment Partners, and later joined the asset management team (SIMS) in September 2024, which was acquired by Axiom AI in early 2025.

She is currently responsible for the macroeconomic outlook.

Stéphanie de Torquat is a graduate of the École Nationale de la Statistique et de l’Administration Économique (ENSAE). She also holds a Master of Science (MSc) in Financial Engineering from Columbia University (Foundation School of Engineering & Applied Science), obtained in 2006.

Prior to joining Axiom Alternative Investments in 2009, Adrian Paturle worked at Rothschild & Cie Gestion as a Bond Manager. He managed approximately €1 billion of insurance portfolios under mandate, €400 million of credit funds invested in investment grade and high yield issuers, both physical bonds and credit default swaps.

He also managed a catastrophe bond fund with approximately €100 million in assets under management. Prior to that, Adrian Paturle was a quantitative credit manager at ABF Capital Management where he managed a portfolio of approximately €200 million.

Adrian Paturle is a graduate of the Lyon School of Actuaries (ISFA) and holds a master’s in finance.
Adrian is a shareholder of Axiom Alternative Investments.

Antonio Roman joined Axiom Alternative Investments in June 2018. He previously worked as a quantitative analyst at GSAM and JP Morgan Asset Management.

Antonio started his career at Goldman Sachs Asset Management in the team responsible for building optimal investment solutions from economic, regulatory and accounting perspectives for institutional clients. He then moved to JP Morgan Asset Management as a quantitative analyst, where he strengthened his insurance expertise through the development of various portfolio optimization tools in a Solvency II environment.

Antonio is a graduate of École Polytechnique (X2012) and ENSAE. He is also a certified member of the French Institute of Actuaries.

Gérald Sinnasse has an 18-year experience in trading and portfolio management. He became a portfolio manager from a position as Head of CDS Trading at Société Générale. He is a graduate of CentraleSupélec and holds an MBA from ESCP.

Marie-France Thimon is a Senior Credit Analyst at Axiom Alternative Investments. She focuses on fundamental research mainly in the High Yield corporate credit universe, contributing to investment strategies across fixed income portfolios.
She previously worked at LBP AM and Ostrum AM in similar roles. Her career also includes sell-side credit research at Crédit Agricole CIB and corporate banking financing positions at Société Générale CIB. She holds an Executive Master in Finance from HEC Paris.

Eric Bozzetto has an extensive experience of convertibles bonds since 1995 in various financial institutions as sell-side trader or buy-side portfolio manager. He holds a Master's degree in Economics and Finance from the University of Paris Dauphine and is a CFA-ESG holder.

Prior to joining Axiom in 2018, Paul Gagey worked at Aviva Investors as Director of High Yield Funds, where he served from 2006 to 2017, managing numerous open-end funds.

Paul Gagey began his career in 1983 at Barclays Bank as a Financial Analyst. He then held the position of Emerging Markets Trader at Banque Worms (1985-1993). He was Chief Investment Officer (CIO) at the reinsurer Sorema (1993-1997) before being appointed Head of the Credit Division at Groupama Asset Management (1997-2002). Paul then spent 3 years at Caisse des Dépôts (2002-2005) where he managed the French Wealth Fund as a long-term investor in European equities, before joining Aviva Investors.

Paul Gagey is a graduate of Columbia University with a master’s degree in Economics.

Roland Vigne holds an MBA and a Master’s degree in Finance from Arizona State University. Following a stint in mergers and acquisitions at Gaz de France, he joined ScotiaInverlat in 2001, the leading local investment bank in the Mexican debt market, where he quickly took charge of the team specialising in corporate debt structuring in Mexico City. He then joined Merrill Lynch in 2005 as Vice-President, first in Mexico City and then in New York, initially in DCM and later as a proprietary trader within a structured debt team, where he managed a portfolio of emerging market corporate debt worth over one billion dollars.

In 2009, he joined Nomura Securities as Executive Director of the Brazilian subsidiary in São Paulo, responsible for debt activities across Latin America, where he worked in particular with major players in the oil sector on their structured debt issuance transactions.

With over ten years’ experience in emerging markets, Roland Vigne co-founded IVO Capital Partners in 2012, an asset management firm specialising in emerging market debt, becoming its Managing Director and taking charge of leading the investment team; in particular, he managed the IVO Emerging Markets Corporate Debt fund from 2015 until the sale of his stake in IVO in 2022

In 2024, he co-founded Axiom Alternative Investments Emerging Markets, becoming its Managing Director and leading the research team dedicated to emerging markets.

A graduate of ESSEC Business School and a CFA charterholder, Romain Lacoste has extensive experience in emerging market corporate credit. He began his career at IVO Capital Partners in 2014 as a credit analyst in Mexico City, before returning to France in 2019 to take charge of managing the IVO Emerging Markets Corporate Debt and IVO Emerging Markets Corporate Debt Short Duration SRI funds. In March 2024, he joined Axiom Alternative Investments to manage the AXIOM Emerging Markets Corporate Bonds fund.

Mathieu Quenechdu joined Axiom Alternative Investments in April 2026 as co-portfolio manager of the Axiom Emerging Markets Corporate Bonds fund. He previously spent nearly five years at IVO Capital Partners, where he was part of the investment management team and specialised in emerging markets. Mathieu holds an MSc in International Finance from Rennes School of Business.

After graduation from ESSEC Business School, Léo Cachot began his career in investment banking — first at Deutsche Bank in Debt Capital Markets, then at Natixis in Equity Capital Markets.

He then specialised in emerging market debt at IVO Capital Partners, where he worked for nearly three years as a credit analyst, based in Mexico City. In 2024, he joined AXIOM AI Emerging Markets as a Senior Analyst covering emerging market debt.

Arnaud joined Axiom AI Emerging Markets in 2024 as an Investment Analyst based in Mexico City. He brings five years of experience in emerging market corporate credit, covering fundamental analysis and issuer monitoring. He began his career in 2021 at IVO Capital Partners, where he spent nearly two years on the team led by Roland Vigne. Arnaud holds a Master in Finance and a Bachelor from Sciences Po Paris, as well as a Bachelor in Mathematics from Sorbonne University (UPMC Paris 6).

Hammad Khan joined Axiom Alternative Investments in November 2025. He previously worked as a Managing Director at EJF Capital LLC and Pacific Alliance Group.

Hammad started his career in 2006 as a credit analyst at State Street Global Advisors in Boston. He then spent 6 years working at Ceres Capital Partners in New York as a financial and structured credit analyst. Hammad joined EJF Capital LLC in London to co-head the build out of the European financials credit business. This included launching EJF Capital LLC’s first private credit financials strategy investing in small and medium sized banks and insurers’ subordinated debt. Hammad has served on the Board of Directors for 2 publicly listed companies, Merlin Properties Socimi, S.A. and Eurocastle Investment Limited.

Grégory Raab joined Axiom Alternative Investments in December 2014 after more than 20 years of experience in credit intermediation.

Philippe Cazenave has been involved in Axiom's commercial development since the company's launch as an external marketer. He then joined the company as managing partner in September 2014.

Laurent Surjon joined Axiom Alternative Investments in September 2014 after contributing to its development since 2009 as a third-party marketer.

Pauline Vadot joined Axiom Alternative Investments in April 2012 from Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management.

Alexandre joined Axiom Alternative Investments in February 2026. He previously spent seven years at Natixis Investment Managers as a Relationship Manager and five years as a third-party marketer and broker-dealer, covering Independent Asset Managers, Family Offices, and domestic banks in the French-speaking part of Switzerland.

Vincenzo brings to Axiom Alternative Investments his 27-years of experience in the banking industry working in New-York, London, Zurich and Milan. Vincenzo has an extensive knowledge on financial markets and about Italian clients. Prior to Axiom Alternative Investments, Vincenzo worked as Head of Sales for Unicredit and RBS, and also worked for Credit Suisse and Merrill Lynch.

Bertrand Wojciechowski joined Axiom Altenative Investments in September 2013. He was previously Third Party Marketer (TPM) at Label Finance in charge of Business Development and Marketing from 2010 to 2013.

Nassim joined Axiom Alternative Investments in May 2022, after 2 years of experience in the Asset Management sector.
Nassim holds a Master's degree in Financial Market & Investments from Skema Business School.

Margaux joined Axiom AI after six years of experience in financial and regulatory auditing in Luxembourg (Deloitte - four years) and Switzerland (PwC - two years).

Guillaume Carriou joined Axiom Alternative Investments in September 2014. Before becoming Chief of Staff, he held positions in compliance and control in asset management.

Cédric Marcy joined Axiom Alternative Investments in April 2018. He has 7 years of experience across different companies where he worked as Middle and Back Office Manager and financial controller. Prior to Axiom, Cedric was Middle Office Manager at AG2R-La mondiale.

With a Master's degree in market finance, Jimmy has held the position of risk manager at several management companies and insurance firms.

He began his career in an institutional setting related to insurance, where he gained initial experience in risk monitoring and control applied to asset management. He then progressed to become a Risk & Operations Analyst at a quantitative management company specialising in trend following strategies (CTA). This experience enabled him to strengthen his understanding of systematic strategies and the risk issues specific to alternative management.

He then held the position of Risk Manager dedicated to the private clients division of a medium-sized independent asset manager. He had direct responsibility for monitoring portfolios and the risks associated with this activity. His scope then expanded to include discretionary management for the Asset Management division of the same company, leading him to work on broader and more diversified strategies, while maintaining a cross-functional approach to risk.

Laura has 6 years of experience in sustainable finance. Prior to joining Axiom AI, Laura worked at 2° Investing Initiative. She led several projects aimed at integrating climate change into the investment processes of various investors and banks and in the creation of financial products. Laura has also worked with regulators and financial industry associations on assessing the exposure of their portfolios to climate risk. She also actively participated in the development of ISO 14097, the first international standard on climate finance.

She began her career at the French Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy as a sustainable finance officer.

Laura holds a master's degree in finance and economics from the University of Tübingen in Germany.

Alexis worked for over 2 years as a Senior ESG Transition Risk Analyst at Moody's. Alexis holds a Masters degree in Financial Markets from IPAG Business School.

Léa joined Axiom Alternative Investments in September 2023. She holds a master's degree in Finance from Université Côte d'Azur.

Having completed a Master’s degree in Asset Management at Paris Dauphine-PSL University (222), Kevin began his career as a Product Specialist at Thematics Asset Management, which specialises in long-only equity strategies, where he gained a solid understanding of thematic funds and distribution challenges working with institutional sales teams, before moving on to become an Equity Research Analyst at AlphaValue.
Kevin then further developed his skills at Mirova, a subsidiary of Natixis IM and a pioneering asset management firm in responsible investment, as an Assistant Portfolio Manager & Cross-Asset Strategist within the Fixed Income division, focusing in particular on macro and absolute return strategies.

Philippe Haik joined Axiom Alternative Investments in Novembre 2021 after extensive experiences in the short-term interest rate markets in several financial institutions such as Nomura or BlueCrest Capital.

Before joining Axiom Alternative Investments in June 2023, Mathieu was the CEO of Exane Solutions, a leading provider of cross assets investment solutions for asset managers. Before that, Mathieu worked for leading financial institutions as a trader and head of Equity Derivatives business lines.

Selma Bey joined Axiom Alternative Investments in April 2023 as head of compliance. Previously, she was compliance officer at Carmignac and HSBC.

Ammel joined Axiom Alternative Investment in October 2024. She holds a master's degree in Auditing and Management Control from the Paris School of Business.

Amélie Kesler joined Axiom Alternative Investments in January 2021 as Head of Legal. She is in charge of legal matters for the funds managed by Axiom Alternative Investments, as well as for the company.

Charlène Deneau joined Axiom Alternative Investments in May 2025 as a legal counsel. Previously, she worked as a legal counsel and compliance officer at Rivage Investment. She holds a Master's degree in Banking and Financial Law from Jean Moulin University - Lyon III and an MBA in Compliance from Financia Business School.

Pierre Mathis joined Axiom Alternative Investments in December 2021 after more than 10 years of experience in asset management at ODDO BHF and Amundi.

Nathalie Lê joined Axiom Alternative Investments in April 2016. She previously worked in another management company as Middle Office Manager.

Truong Vi Lon joined Axiom in October 2021, after 13 years of experience as a mutual funds accountant at Sgss, Bpss, Caceis, CM-CICam and supervisory consultant at Sgss. He was also a middle office manager at Meeschaert AM. Vi Lon holds a BTS in Accounting and Management.

Cyrille Guehi joined Axiom Alternative Investments in June 2014 through a graduate internship with the risk management department which then led to a position with the Middle Office team.