Find out more about
Dirigeants & Investisseurs,
general management firm
Throughout their existence, companies may face unusual or exceptional situations that destabilize them, and sometimes even put them in danger. It’s not easy for managers to face these challenges alone.
At D&I, the exceptional is our everyday life.
Improve results sustainably, return to performance and get back on tracks when everything seems to be falling behind, move the company from a state of crisis to a healthy situation: mastering the unexpected is at the heart of our expertise.
Our team of experienced partners and associates
The partners of Dirigeants & Investisseurs are experienced entrepreneurs and managers, having worked in France and abroad. With a wealth of experience in complex environments, they are actively engaged in getting companies back on their feet in all sectors. Whether it’s taking a corporate mandate or accompanying the manager, they intervene with determination to ensure the turnaround, optimize performance and guarantee the long-term future of the organizations they support.
The partners
Our associates
Didier Prouteau
Dominique Leclerc
Michel Maire
Gauthier Faivre
Laurence Pillot
Our customers
At Dirigeants & Investisseurs, confidentiality is an absolute priority when it comes to corporate mandate. Our customers from all sectors of activity benefit from discreet and tailor-made assistance and support. In order to guarantee their anonymity and to respect the strategic stakes involved in each assignment, we never divulge their identity or the details of our interventions. This approach enables us to operate with the utmost transparency and efficiency, focusing solely on the success of each turnaround or performance-related mission.
Our network of partners
Judicial administrators, solicitors, M&A firms, investment funds, accounting firms, interim managers, government departments, etc.
D&I’s reputation is built first and foremost on the firm’s track record of delivering results. This is why only D&I partners are involved. D&I is recognized by many investment funds but also law firms, audit firms, statutory auditors…
Values specific to D&I
Experience
Method
Collegiality
These three assets are what make our firm unique, and guarantee the reliability and security of our assignments.
We’re professionals at what we do. To do so, we rely on our individual experience, our collective expertise and our proven methods. The plurality of our team is our wealth.
Since 1988, the partners at Dirigeants & Investisseurs have carried out more than 1,000 diagnoses assessments and 650 operational assistance assignments, during which they have held approximately 200 corporate mandates.
The D&I story in figures
Since 1988 D&I has been operating as an executive management firm dedicated to performance improvement and turnaround. We are the oldest company on the French market for transition management.
More than 1,000 diagnoses and 650 operational missions carried out
Mission success rate close to 100%.
Several million euros in value creation for shareholder clients
What makes our firm different
Independence
The D&I model ensures openness and transparency towards managers and shareholders.
Assessing the situation
D&I partners are experts in situations requiring specific skills.
Direct intervention
The direct involvement of the partners themselves guarantees the quality of our work.
The experience
Our partners’ extensive experience enables us to intervene in all types of business sectors: industry, services…
Collegiality
Monitoring proper execution between partners ensures that actions are carried out and objectives are achieved.
Methodology and intervention methods
Our method of intervention takes place in two phases:
Operational diagnoses:
A duo at work
Operational diagnoses:
A duo at work
Diagnosis objectives:
A diagnosis is systematically carried out prior to each operational mission with two objectives:
- Provide a factual view of the situation : strengths and weaknesses, levers for progress, cash flow situation, key success factors…
- Draw up a Progress or Turnaround Plan over 12 to 24 months, precisely dated and quantified
Diagnosis proceedings:
- Systematically led by a team of 2 to 3 partners
- “CEO’s Roadbook” = 5-6 weeks; Alternative “Flash Diagnosis” = 3-4 weeks
- Methodology: internal interviews + detailed analysis of quantitative company data
- In some cases, the diagnoses can shed light on a specific problem.
- Independent Operational Diagnoses pre- or post-acquisition operational due diligence…
A powerful and proven methodology with over 1,000 diagnoses carried out by D&I.
General management:
Implementing the plan
General management:
Implementing the plan
- Mission fully operational
- Variable duration, with an average duration of 9 months including handover time
- Regular progress reviews
Operational mission goals & proceedings:
Rapid and effective implementation of the plan defined in the diagnosis.
- An “operating” partner acts as Chairman and/or CEO – if necessary with taking on a corporate mandate – or alongside the current manager in a CRO or COO role.
- In support, another “controller” partner, who ensures that the assignment runs smoothly.
- A monthly review of assignments bringing together the entire firm, to benefit from the collective experience of all D&I partners.
A system that secures the mission and ensures results.
