Jerome is the founder and Managing Partner of Inside – a private equity fund focused on supporting SME’s in the South East African region. Jerome has over 20 years of experience in private equity in sub-Saharan Africa, and has been involved in transaction and management of investees of various sectors, including ICT, hospitality, construction, insurance and agrobusinesses. Jerome founded Inside in 2013, to provide growth capital to SME’s and is actively involved in the value creation process of all Inside’s portfolio companies that are especially focussed on local manufacturing and circular economy. He holds a specific concern for environmental aspects which translates in the portfolio of Inside into waste recycling and renewable energy. Before establishing Inside, he worked with another African focused private equity fund, Adenia Partners where he was involved in landmark transactions such as setting up the insurance leader of Mauritius through M&A. Before that, he worked as a management consultant for Accenture in Europe where he designed and implemented management processes for large multinationals across multiple geographies and sectors. Jerome holds a MSc in Finance from EM Lyon (France) and a Law Degree from Paris II University