S.J. Grand has a network of finance, consultancy and tax professionals working across China. We also work in partnership with leading international law and accounting firms to ensure seamless cross-border service delivery.

Our senior partners take an active role in all S.J. Grand operations to ensure solid, productive working relationships that exceed client expectations.

STEPHANE J. GRAND

PRESIDENT, BEIJING

Stephane Grand has over 18 years financial and legal advisory experience in China on close to US$1 billion in foreign direct investment, specializing in capital structure optimization and management restructuring.

Through the early 1990s, he gained hands-on experience of the PRC legal system as an associate of the Beijing office of law firm Gide Loyrette Nouel and with the World Bank Legal Reform and Private Sector Development Departments. He was a founding partner of US barcode technology firm Scanbuy, a senior consultant with Coltrin and Associates, New York, and with Claydon Gescher Associates, a consulting firm in Beijing specializing in Internet and Telecoms. He went on to head the Chinese practice of RSM Salustro (audit and consulting) and created its tax and management consultancy practices.

His recent client projects have included a post-merger integration for US food packaging company, the restructuring of a large hairdressing franchise and a multinational travel group, and the restructuring of investments for various private equity funds including the Carlyle Group, Key Principal Partners, and Clearview Capital. He founded S.J. Grand Financial and Tax Advisory in 2003.

He is a graduate of HEC Paris (MBA), La Sorbonne (Ph.D. in Chinese contract law) and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (MALD), and teaches courses on the legal and financial aspects of doing business in China as an adjunct professor at the Graduate School of Business of the University of Illinois. A widely respected public speaker and media commentator on China’s legal and taxation systems, he speaks English, French and Mandarin.
 

CHRISTOPHE MARQUIS

MANAGING DIRECTOR, SHANGHAI

Christophe Marquis is head of S.J. Grand’s Shanghai operations and has over 10 years experience in financial strategy, market entry, tax and capital optimization projects for international companies and foreign-invested enterprises in China.

Christophe has expert knowledge of Chinese multiple investment and compliance issues, individual and corporate tax, financial modeling, and due diligence supervision. Before joining S.J. Grand in 2002, Christophe was financial manager at the international joint venture tax advisory RSM Salustro Zhongrui CPAs in Beijing. In 2005, he relocated to Shanghai as S.J. Grand Chief Operating Officer, and in 2009 was appointed Managing Director.

At S.J. Grand, Christophe has provided incorporation support and investment evaluations for more than 100 FDIs in mainland China. He has developed and advised on the financial model, capitalization and financing for numerous businesses across the F&B industry: bars, clubs and restaurants; high-end confectionary products; fast-food; wine businesses; as well as consulting on master franchising. He has also made major contributions to the consolidation, organization and technical elevation of the firm in its provision of tailor made services for both SMEs and MNCs. He is a graduate in Finance and Asian Studies of the EICD 3A Ecole Internationale de Commerce et de Développement in Lyon and speaks English, French and Mandarin.
 

PETER GROGAN

MANAGING DIRECTOR, CORPORATE FINANCE

Peter Grogan is Managing Director, Corporate Finance, in S.J. Grand’s Beijing office. He has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts and the issuance of debt and equity capital, specializing in energy, mining and resources, insurance and other related industries.

Before joining S.J. Grand in 2011, he was a Director of Mergers & Acquisitions at KPMG Corporate Finance Australia and the 2010 Chair of the KPMG Global M&A Mining Network, facilitating global collaboration on cross-border transactions. Most recently, he led capital raising for energy exploration company Blue Energy Limited in conjunction with advice on board and management restructuring. He advised China Yunnan Copper Australia (ASX:CYU) and parent Yunnan Copper Industry Group on investment in PanAust Limited in terms subsequently agreed by Guangdong Rising Sun Asset Management and CYC major investor Chinalco. He also worked with the Challenger Mitsui Emerging Markets Infrastructure Fund on various energy and renewable energy targets in China and India.

From 2004-2007 he was a Director in the Sydney office of mid-market investment bank InterFinancial Limited and prior to that was principal at Fisher Grogan lawyers, Sydney. Peter earned his BA and LLB from the University of Sydney, Australia.
 

RUBY CHANG

DIRECTOR, BEIJING

Ruby Chang is a Beijing-based partner of S.J. Grand with over 20 years management consultancy and executive board experience in Mainland China.

She spent 10 years at pharmaceutical and chemical trading house Edward Keller Ltd, overseeing its acquisition and restructuring by Swiss multinational market expansions services group DKSH. In 2002, she was appointed President of DKSH China, leading more than 800 employees in 54 cities, across numerous wholesale sectors including consumer goods, chemical materials, health care and technology products. At  DKSH, she was involved in the legal and financial aspects of several mergers and acquisitions, team integrations, streamlining of organizational procedures, transfer of teams to other companies due to changes in distributorship or ownership, and management buyouts, involving various companies including Unilever, Roche, Sandoz, Novartis, Solvay, Friesland Nutrition, Elizabeth Arden, Scheidt & Bachmann, and LEM Holding AG.

She later formed CBA International, a business solutions consultancy offering merger and acquisition advisory, crisis management, and government relations, drawing on a well established working relationship with the PRC government. She has also provided extensive strategic transformation, restructuring and operational advice in the retail, fashion, and hospitality sectors. She holds an MBA from Rutgers University and is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese. Her previous appointments include the Specialist Consultative Committee to the Federation of Investment Promotion Agencies of China (under the Chinese Ministry of Commerce), the Executive Board of the Hong Kong China Chamber of Commerce, Vice Chairman, Swiss Chinese Chamber of Commerce, and Chairperson, Public Relations, of the Hong Kong Institute of Administrative Management.
 

MARC D’ANTRAS

DIRECTOR, BEIJING

Marc d'Antras is an authority on business restructuring and optimization strategies for foreign-invested companies in China.

After 15 years as head of administrative and financial management in France and Belgium for multinational industrial and distribution group Saint-Gobain, he was appointed Vice President, Finance, of the company’s joint venture with Chinese management in Fujian, overseeing more than 1200 staff. In 1997, he was made Saint-Gobain’s Director of Finance for China, which involved the creation and implementation of legal, financial and management structures for than 30 entities comprising nearly 5000 employees in China and Hong Kong.

In 2004, Marc formed MdA Business Solutions offering services in management consultancy, due diligence, and financial and administrative organization and with clients that have included PSA, Schneider Electric, Saint-Gobain, ECM Industrial Furnaces. Marc is a graduate of Université Paris Dauphine and has served on the board of directors of the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in China (CCIFC). He speaks English, French and Mandarin.
 

PHILIPPE BRAGUE

GENERAL MANAGER, SOUTH CHINA

Philippe Brague is an audit and commercial law expert heading the establishment of S.J. Grand’s operations in Shenzhen, with close to 15 years strategic advisory experience for foreign-invested enterprises in China.

He first arrived in Beijing in 1996 with US firm Coudert Brothers. In 2000, he was appointed General Manager of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, during his tenure negotiating the establishment of EUCCC’s second office in Shanghai. In 2004, he completed his Masters in Audit at the ESCP Business School in Paris. After three years as a senior at Constantin-Deloitte, where he specialized in audit and due diligence, Philippe returned to China in 2008 as Chief Financial Officer for French smelting group, Manoir Industries. In 2010, he was made S.J. Grand's General Manager, South China. Philippe speaks English, French, Spanish and Mandarin.
 

GREGORY RASTELLO

GENERAL MANAGER, FRANCE

Based in Paris, Gregory is S.J. Grand's General Manager for France. Prior this, Gregory worked in HR consulting for Talent2 China and Dragonfly Group in charge of developing  business for sectors such as Advertising, FMCG, Healthcare,  IT, Manufacturing, Retail & Luxury. He was also specialized in the recruitment of general management and finance executives for all sectors.

Before joining the HR industry, Gregory served in Personal Banking for HSBC in Beijing and Shanghai. He managed and led a team of relationship managers serving portfolios comprised of Chinese and foreign high net worth individual customers.

Before his banking experience, Gregory held Sales and Marketing positions in Beijing for Air France and Accor. He developed B2B business for both companies. This cross industry exposure has provided Gregory with not only a degree of generalized technical knowledge but also a result-driven and customer-oriented attitude.

Gregory has more than 15 years of working experience in Mainland China. He is fluent in English, French, and Mandarin.