Managing Partner

Yann Assor

Yann Assor is the Founder and Managing Partner of BV CAPITAL AFRICA.
Yann was previously Partner – Head of Transactions at PwC Hub Africa since 2010 and Director in the corporate finance department of PwC France from 2006 to 2010.
Before joining PwC, Yann was an M&A manager for Europe at Transdev Group, a subsidiary of the French sovereign fund Caisse des Dépôts. He also held a management position within KPMG and worked as a financial analyst at HSBC.
Yann has over 20 years of experience in M&A and Debt Advisory in Europe, North and West Africa. He advised multinational companies, SMEs, Private Equity funds, and public companies. His areas of expertise include corporate finance, debt advisory, and financial engineering.
Over the last five years, Yann led various assignments in developing countries, including Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Cameroon, Kenya, and others. As such, he is very familiar with African market deal issues and advises foreign investors on managing/mitigating these issues.

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Ibrahima Sory Camara

Ibrahima is a Senior Associate at BV CAPITAL AFRICA. He was previously an M&A analyst at PwC. Ibrahima has been involved in 15+ deals, mainly cross-border, in various sectors/industries (pharmaceuticals, glass industry, food industry, fertilizers, distribution, education, transport & logistics, real estate, hospitality, etc.).

Ibrahima participated in buy-side and sell-side engagements covering various African countries (Morocco, France, Algeria, Tunisia, Senegal, Gabon, Ethiopia, and Gambia) for both private equity funds and corporate clients. Ibrahima participated to deals in various contexts / M&A strategies (vertical integration, diversification, buy-and-build, carve-out, etc.).