Team

A dedicated house.

A small team, deliberately. Every mandate is served by the people who signed it.

Pierre-Etienne LorenceauFounder & CEO
John-Pierce NgombeSenior Investment Associate
Raphaël BaumgartnerPortfolio Management

Pierre-Etienne Lorenceau

Founder & CEO

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Harvard Business SchoolESCP Business SchoolUniversité Paris-Panthéon-Assas

A long-term investor with a deeply analytical approach, Pierre-Etienne has been investing in listed equities for several decades, personally and for his family office, Leadership Growth Holding.

At the age of 21, he founded and led Leaders League (Decision Makers Magazine, Private Equity Exchange, Sustainable Transformation Summit). Entirely self-financed, he grew the company from 0 to 200 employees across 45 countries, before a successful exit in 2022.

On the private side, he co-founded Climate Leaders Fast Track, an investment holding and accelerator. He has taken part in more than 25 investments in growth companies. He now leads AI Leaders Fast Track, dedicated to the leaders of artificial intelligence.

He also shares his academic expertise as a Professor at Paris-Saclay University and a Mentor at the HEC accelerator (CDL, Climate Track).

Track record

  • Founder and CEO, Leaders League (2000-2022), exit in 2022
  • Founder, Leadership Growth Holding, the family office holding listed and private investments
  • Co-founder, Climate Leaders Fast Track, investment holding and accelerator, more than 25 investments
  • Founder, AI Leaders Fast Track, investment holding dedicated to AI leaders
  • Listed equities: long-term, analytical investing for more than two decades

Education

  • Harvard Business School, MBA (2001)
  • ESCP Business School, Master in Finance
  • Paris-Panthéon-Assas University, Master 2 DJCE in Business Law

Leaders don't create followers, but develop other leaders

John-Pierce Ngombe

Senior Investment Associate

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Sciences Po ParisUniversité Paris-Saclay
Winston & StrawnBryan Cave Leighton PaisnerGowling WLG

John-Pierce has forged his career at the crossroads of the legal, entrepreneurial and financial worlds. He has helped investigate and run due diligence on listed and non-listed investments for the founder of Leadership Growth Holding and House of Leaders Capital. He brings a deep expertise in legal due diligence as well as in setting the optimal investment structures.

Prior to that, he acquired solid experience in private equity and mergers and acquisitions at international firms such as Winston & Strawn, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner and Gowling WLG.

An entrepreneur at heart, he co-founded Krateo, a company specializing in public speaking training, as well as Lexcalibur, an online platform for legal expertise.

He currently participates on the board of several fast-growing startups in the sector, including GreenGo, Zei and OpenClimat.

Track record

  • Legal and investment due diligence, listed and non-listed, for the founder
  • Investment structuring and optimal legal structures
  • Private equity and M&A at Winston & Strawn, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner and Gowling WLG
  • Co-founder, Krateo (public speaking training) and Lexcalibur (legal expertise platform)
  • Board participant: GreenGo, Zei, OpenClimat

Education

  • Sciences Po Paris, Bachelor & Master in Business, Markets & Regulation
  • Paris-Saclay University, M2 in Entrepreneurship, Law & Digital

The law is not an obstacle to ambition. Well used, it is what makes ambition durable.

Raphaël Baumgartner

Portfolio Management

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Mines Paris PSLMcGill University

Raphaël joins Climate Leaders Fast Track as a Portfolio Management Analyst. Passionate about sustainable finance and climate transition, he contributes to the strategic support of portfolio startups and to the monitoring of their performance.

Before joining CLFT, he worked in London as an investment analyst at Haltra Group, with a focus on European startups active in the ecological transition, particularly in the Blue Economy. He also gained experience in finance at Lombard Odier Investment Managers in London and had other experiences in finance and SaaS in Canada and France.

Track record

  • Portfolio Management Analyst, Climate Leaders Fast Track and AI Leaders Fast Track
  • Investment analyst, Haltra Group, London: ecological transition and blue economy
  • Finance, Lombard Odier Investment Managers, London
  • Finance and SaaS experience in Canada and France

Education

  • Mines Paris PSL, Specialized Master in Entrepreneurship Deeptech & Innovation
  • McGill University, Bachelor of Commerce, Finance Major, Entrepreneurship Concentration