Ernest Partners
Your partner in capital advisory
“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, Antarctic 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
We encourage and trust each others’ contributions
We make 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.van.klinkenberg@ernestpartners.eu
+32 473 96 00 18
“Let people and business flourish”
Luc Devroye
+32 471 37 53 00
“Ensure the companies a future and stronger sustainability”
Philippe Fleurier
philippe.fleurier@ernestpartners.eu
+32 497 49 39 86
“Cash is key to ensure resiliency and to open growth opportunities”
Antonia Lauterbach
antonia.lauterbach@ernestpartners.eu
+32 470 44 40 48
“Create value through financial expertise”
David Dumoulin
david.dumoulin@ernestpartners.eu
+32 476 96 21 27
“Diversity of funding sources as driving force”
Peter Frijns
peter.frijns@ernestpartners.eu
+31 651 81 53 03
“Seeing the world with a critical eye and solving problems together”
João Neves Esteves
joao.esteves@ernestpartners.eu
+32 467 05 93 15
“Capital allocation as the cornerstone for an exponential and collective growth of businesses and society”
Xavier de Troostembergh
xavier.de.troostembergh@ernestpartners.eu
+32 497 13 74 19
“Building bridges between finance and business”
Our Services
Capital Advisory
They trust Ernest Partners
Besix
‘Together with Besix commercial team we identified a common 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 negotiation 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’
Euro Shoe Group
‘Advising the Euro Shoe Group on a new capital structure and funding of an ambitious plan, through a mix of institutional loan, shareholders loan and bank financing’
Alpha Thai (Food Retail)
‘Advising the management of the company on funding for the development of its Benelux master franchise, through a combination of platform financing, bank loans and regional institutional offices’
Macan Development
‘Support in finding financing and a completion guarantee for a 130-unit residential project. Long-term collaboration on both senior and junior debt‘
Ernest Partners | Insights
Testimonial – Yeti
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We are pleased to welcome Xavier de Troostembergh in our team at Ernest Partners!
As of today, Xavier joined Ernest Partners as an associate in June 2022. He holds a master’s degree in finance from the Louvain School of Management and a master’s in general management from the Vlerick Business School. The last 5 years he gained experienced as an...
How do banks assess your company’s risk?
In the old days, you could meet with your banker over lunch and agree for the next year's funding. Today, this has become unthinkable. In the context of ongoing digitalization and further de-risking, banks continue to build a system that easily evaluates whether you...
Liquidity and borrowing rates for companies, unseen changes in 2022!
It is now a well-known story that for the last two years, the world has been financially flooded by easy and very cheap money from the FED (US) and the ECB (Europe). The FED balance sheet has now reached almost one third of the US Federal debt and both the ECB’s and...
We are pleased to announce that João Neves Esteves has joined our team at Ernest Partners!
João joined Ernest Partners as a Junior Analyst in March 2022. Although having a background in the biomedical engineering field with a BSc in Prosthetics and Orthotics, he has always been driven by the world of Finance and started his career in a Financial Auditing...
Ernest Partners wishes you a happy and prosperous 2022!
2021 was another year of growth and learning at Ernest Partners. We would like to thank you for your trust in our company. We wish you a happy and prosperous New Year and we hope we can continue to grow and move forward together!
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 nicolas.van.klinkenberg@ernestpartners.eu