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About Lucas

Founder-Operator | Fractional COO

I founded and bootstrapped an education business from £0 to ~$820k annualised cash collected in 3 years, building and leading a global 40+ person distributed team.

I now support founders and bootstrappers as a Fractional COO, helping them install structure around growth: operations, systems, metrics, and execution — without hiring a full-time COO.

I typically contribute on:

  • Sales Ops, offer design, and pricing
  • Operational systems & automations
  • Product fulfilment & customer experience
  • Hiring, onboarding, performance tracking, and SOPs
  • KPI tracking & reporting infrastructure
  • Unit economics, cash management, and profit optimisation
  • GTM strategy (organic content & paid media: Meta, Google Ads)

I work best with early-stage and scaling businesses looking to move from founder-led execution to repeatable, data-driven operations. My approach is strongly data-driven, with a focus on predictable execution and scalable operating models.
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • Spanish

    Fluent

Remote only
Primarily works remotely

Experience

  • MIM Prep
    Co-Founder and Head of Operations
    EDUCATION AND E-LEARNING
    July 2022 - Today (3 years and 11 months)
    London, UK
    - Co-Founded and Bootstrapped education business from 0 to $819k annualized cash collected in 3 years
    - Built & managed operational infrastructure supporting 40+ contractors across coaching, sales, and operations
    - Owned end-to-end delivery operations, onboarding, mentor pairing, and execution for 400+ students
    - Removed founders from fulfilment after Year 1 by systemizing delivery workflows and customer onboarding
    - Re-engineered unit economics (offer, pricing, cost structure, taxes) driving gross margin expansion to 78%
    - Built audience-led acquisition infrastructure to support scalable acquisition & pipeline predictability

    Selected outcomes:
    - Founders removed from day-to-day delivery
    - Margin expansion through unit-economics redesign
    - Predictable operations across seasonal revenue cycles
  • BNP Paribas
    Debt Infrastructure Analyst
    September 2023 - March 2024 (6 months)
    Paris, France
    + €1.7B in AUM managed through several Senior & Junior Debt Funds with a strong focus on ESG integration + Analyzed 20+ debt investments, as well as developed & reviewed 3 cash-flow models + Led quarterly portfolio monitoring & credit reviews, ensuring compliance with internal policies
  • Mahogany Capital
    Search Fund Private Equity Analyst
    May 2022 - August 2022 (3 months)
    Paris, France
    + PE Search Fund looking to acquire, manage, & grow a French SME (EV €[20-60]m) through an MBI + Analyzed 800+ companies from Diane database extracts to filter out interesting targets & segments + Actively participated in calls with M&A brokers, debt providers, CEO/CFO's of target companies, & investors from Mahogany's cap table

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Education

  • Program "Grande Ecole"
    ESSEC Business School
    2024
    Program "Grande Ecole"
  • Magistère Banque-Finance
    University Paris II Panthéon-Assas
    2021
    Magistère

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