Ilyas Baba
Senior M&A Analyst
Salary / Daily rate
Paris, France
Freelance
Languages
About me
Intro
Investment Banking professional with 8+ years in M&A, having worked at prestigious institutions including Lazard and Barclays. Developed expertise in financial modeling, valuation analysis, and transaction execution across multiple sectors. Offering comprehensive M&A advisory services to help clients achieve optimal transaction outcomes.
Work experience
M&A
Rekas
Apr 2024 - Oct 2024
7 months
Paris, France
M&A
Groupama
Mar 2020 - Mar 2024
4 years 1 month
Lazard
Sep 2018 - Jan 2020
1 year 5 months
Région de Paris, France
M&A Associate
Jan 2019 - Jan 2020
1 year 1 month
Région de Paris, France
Analyst M&A
Sep 2018 - Jan 2019
5 months
Analyst M&A
Barclays Investment Bank
Aug 2016 - Aug 2018
2 years 1 month
M&A intern - Business Valuation Team
BNP Paribas
Apr 2015 - Oct 2015
7 months
Région de Paris, France
· Assisted the team in the execution of M&A mandates: work on financial models and valuation analysis (DCF, trading & transaction multiples, EV-EQ bridge, benchmark analysis, cost of capital computation) related to different sectors (Real Estate, Oil & gas, Software and Telecom) · Conducted industry research and built company profiles to support our team’s discussions with clients · Periodic review of premium database for OPA and tender offers · Assisted the team in the daily execution of a Telecom deal of €640m value (Acquisition of Telecable by Zegona, July 2015)
Supply Chain Analyst Intern
Firmenich
Nov 2014 - May 2015
7 months
États-Unis
· Worked in an international team (more than 20 nationalities) · Developed and implemented a multicriterial tool to review Rounding Values · Participated on worldwide analysis of production parameters consistency in SAP’s modules · Successfully produced internal communication material for an ongoing project (RISE)
Financial Analyst Intern
Accuracy
May 2014 - Dec 2014
8 months
Région de Paris, France
· Assisted the team in various missions for international clients · Conducted valuation of several management packages based on a probabilistic model for PE clients · Voluntarily developed and implemented with VBA an Excel tool to automate the as-planned/as-built analysis. The model has been adopted and set-up worldwide in all colleagues’ computers
Mentor of Mathematics
Cours THALES
Sep 2012 - Mar 2014
1 year 7 months
Région de Paris, France
· Helped and coached several students in Classes Préparatoires aux Grandes Ecoles to achieve their goals and improve their level in Mathematics and Physics
Mentor of Mathematics
HelloMentor
Sep 2012 - Dec 2013
1 year 4 months
Région de Paris, France
· Lectured Mathematics and Physics worldwide by video conference to students in high school
Blue-collar internship
Air Liquide - Orkyn
Jun 2013 - Aug 2013
3 months
Région de Paris, France
· Worked as warehouse material handler · Updated the geocoding system of the warehouse
Education
CentraleSupélec
2012 - 2016
4 years 1 month
ESCP Business School
Exchange semester
2013 - 2014
1 year 1 month
Lycée Louis Le Grand
MP**
2011 - 2012
1 year 1 month
Lycée Faidherbe
Mathématiques supérieures; Maths Physique et sciences de l’ingénieur MPSI
2010 - 2011
1 year 1 month
Taiba High School
High school diploma of Science
2009 - 2010
1 year 1 month