Pierre-Louis Divaris, CFA

Analytics sales for institutional investors

Paris, France · pierrelouisdivaris@gmail.com · linkedin.com/in/pierrelouisdivaris

Profile

Sales professional in complex, multi-stakeholder sales of analytics solutions to institutional investors and asset managers: a book of 20+ accounts, several million euros in ARR, average deal around €100k. CFA charterholder, strong on factor risk, credit and liquidity risk, and performance attribution. Builds his own tools with generative AI.

Professional Experience

MSCI, Senior Associate, Analytics Sales Paris · Oct. 2025 – Present

Own the full sales cycle for portfolio and risk analytics (factor models, portfolio construction, multi-asset market, credit and liquidity risk, performance attribution) for institutional investors and fund managers.
Manage and grow a book of 20+ institutional accounts, multi-million € ARR, typical deals around €100k with long cycles and senior stakeholders (CIO, risk, operations).

FactSet, Asset Management Sales Specialist Paris · Feb. 2024 – Oct. 2025

Sold multi-asset performance and risk analysis solutions (SaaS, API), extending to automated compliance, reporting and fund-distribution workflows.
Grew the opportunity pipeline by 30% in two months through targeted tech-touch initiatives.

FactSet, Consultant then Strategic Consultant, Key Accounts (France, Switzerland) Jul. 2020 – Jan. 2024

Led solution integrations for two major Swiss accounts: 8 of 8 projects delivered, securing over USD 2M in annual revenues.
Trained 200+ portfolio managers and bankers annually on SaaS and API solutions, lifting product engagement by 20%+.

Leadership

CFA Society France, CFA Research Challenge lead organizer (since 2024): ran the national competition on corporate cases with Thales and Kering, working directly with their executive leadership and investor relations; recruited graders, built the jury, ran the national final. 39 reports submitted last edition.
Top Finance, lecturer: finance courses and exam prep (CFA, university level) for students and professionals.
HEC Montréal student association, VP: elected by 4,000 students; €1.3M budget, 300 volunteers.

Education

CFA Institute, Chartered Financial Analyst (charterholder)2023

EDHEC Business School, MSc Corporate Finance & Banking (Honors, Dean's list, top 10%)2019

HEC Montréal, Trilingual BBA, Finance specialization2018

Baccalauréat ES, mention Très Bien2014

Skills & Interests

Languages: French (native), English (business fluent), Spanish and Italian (proficient).
Technical: Salesforce, Power BI, Python; SQL and Supabase (working knowledge); API and data-feed integrations.
Generative AI: daily practice with Claude and agent tooling; ships personal projects end to end (product design, code, database, automated study-plan engine).
Sports: swimming (former national champion), volleyball, tennis.