Sylvaine Masson

Sylvaine is Managing Director, Head of Asia Pacific, based in Singapore. She is a specialist corporate advisor responsible for project managing sell-side and buy-side M&A transactions across the region.  

Value to clients

Sylvaine brings 10+ years of M&A and corporate finance experience.

• Active engagement and coverage of entrepreneurs and private equity in APAC
• Ability to extract the key value drivers in a business and articulate it clearly to strategic and financial investors
• Comprehensive understanding of the technology services and advisory market landscape
• Experienced cross-border transactions deal maker, taking into account specificities of business practices, regulations, and culture differences
• Understanding of the core areas of transaction value, risks, and opportunities inherent to high-quality M&A advisory
• Strong business acumen with a combination of operational, financial & strategic capabilities

Experience

Sylvaine has a strong knowledge of the Technology and Professional Services sector and has worked with numerous clients to achieve their strategic goals. She has assisted companies in this sector to undertake strategic reviews, develop their businesses, facilitate international market entry strategies, prepare for sale, and successfully completed sell-side and buy-side transactions. She is managing the Asia Pacific deal team.

She has international exposure, having held different positions in countries such as India, Argentina, France and Australia. She arrived in Singapore in 2012 to co-launch the Equiteq Asia Pacific practice.

Sylvaine holds a Masters in Management from ESSEC Business School, an MSc in Applied Mathematics and Finance (Paris Dauphine), and an Engineer’s degree with a major in Financial Mathematics and Computer Sciences (EISTI).

Other things about Sylvaine

• Enjoys outdoor sports such as scuba diving, canyoning, wakeboarding, and rock-climbing
• Keen interest in gastronomy and oenology
• Married with one child