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, across institutional accounts in France and the Benelux. CFA charterholder, strong on factor risk, credit and liquidity risk, and performance attribution. Builds his own tools with generative AI.

Professional Experience

• 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 across France and the Benelux, with long sales cycles and senior stakeholders (CIO, risk, operations).

• 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.

• 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 Program, university level) for students and professionals.
• HEC Montréal student association, VP: elected by 4,000 students; €1.3M budget, 300 volunteers.

Education

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), tennis.