Before opening the Paris office of Centerview Partners, Matthieu Pigasse most recently served as Deputy CEO of Financial Advisory and Chairman and CEO of Lazard France. Previously, he was Global Head of M&A and Head of Sovereign Advisory. Earlier in his career, he served in the French Treasury and was a counselor to the French Ministry of the Economy, Finances and Industry, as well as chief of staff to French Finance Minister Laurent Fabius. Pigasse is also a successful entrepreneur with interests in the media and a board. Over the course of his career, Pigasse has advised many companies in the CAC 40, the benchmark French stock market index. Pigasse graduated from Sciences Po and the École Nationale d‘Administration.
