Ernest Partners
Your partner in capital advisory and customer excellence
“We are a trust bridge between your company and your stakeholders”
Our Purpose
We bridge people, companies and ideas
Our Business
We stand by your side being a bridge between your company and your stakeholders
Our Name
Inspired by Ernest Shackleton, Antartic explorer
Our Values
Durable
We approach every situation with an eye on the future
We challenge ourselves to reach solutions that will reach selected objectives and last through time
Collaborative
Trusting each others’ contributions
We achieve success by fostering cooperation and valuing opinions & ideas
Adaptative
Every situation is unique
We leverage past experience to develop innovative solutions, adapted to specific needs
Our Team
“Each member has sat on both sides of the table”
Sebastien D’Hondt
sebastien.dhondt@ernestpartners.eu
+ 32 477 30 16 17
“Bring strength and resilience to companies”
Nicolas van Klinkenberg
nicolas@ernestpartners.eu
+ 32 473 96 00 18
“Let people and business flourish”
Luc Devroye
luc@ernestpartners.eu
+ 32 471 37 53 00
“Ensure the companies a future and stronger sustainability”
Our Services
Capital Advisory
Commercial Excellence
They trust Ernest Partners
Besix
‘together with Besix commercial team we identified a commen number of key clients, who they are and what their needs are, set up and rolled out a key account management programme, designing Sales Force requirement’
Sonaca (Industries)
‘supported Sonaca CFO and finance team in the negociation with their banks of the amendment of the existing facilities and extension of a new 50 m facility, benefitting from Covid-19 Belgian State Guarantee scheme’
Inoopa (Data Technology)
‘advised and implementation support for Inoopa management on funding instruments through the crisis’
Retail Clothing
‘advising the management of the company on funding through the crisis and new capital structure and funding of ambitious plan’
Food Retail
‘advising the management of the company on funding through the crisis and stakeholders management’
Leading Restaurant Brand in Brussels
‘funding diversification to weather the crisis’
Benelux Equipment Leader for Large Auditorium and Concert Rooms
‘strengthening of the capital base’
Ernest Partners | Insights
The rise of Private Lending, diversification of the lending market is maturing
While loans were historically the prerogative of banks, the tightening of capital requirements imposed on banks by regulators in the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis has given rise to a parallel market of "direct" loans. With higher capital requirement...
Why Ernest Partners ?
Ernest is a well-known name in Belgium, by the name of the founder of Solvay in 1863, one of our most respected Belgian industrial multinational companies. But our partnership has been named after another Ernest, Sir Ernest Shackleton. This Irish Antarctic explorer...
A brick increasingly difficult to digest
The Belgian has "a brick in his belly". Who doesn't know this adage? And it can be seen in the figures for the construction sector, which represents a little over 5% of the country's 2019 GDP. This sector alone...
Mind the working capital gap!
Looking at your working capital during the crisis? Imagine a business to business wholesale company. After celebrating a good year production and stocks are being built up for a strong spring season. All ready? Boom! Lock Down! Unprecedent in the Corona crisis was the...
Conférence : “Grandes innovations pour les entreprises en difficultés : stratégies juridiques, financières et pratiques”
Ernest Partners est heureux de participer à la conférence "Grandes innovations pour les entreprises en difficultés : stratégies juridiques, financières et pratiques" du 22 septembre afin de passer en revue les meilleures méthodes de financement. Nous animerons cette...
How to improve customer experience after Covid19
Customer Experience in the new normal COVID19 has initiated a tremendous change in our daily habits and way we interact with each other, we shop, we do business. Not only the personal safety measures we take into account when interacting with each other, but also...
Job Offers
To help additional companies we are looking to increase and diversify our team. Do you feel like joining the adventure? Send us your CV and cover letter at info@ernestpartners.eu