Group
Many crafts. One standard.
Laystone Group is an independent group built to compound capital, technology, and institutional relationships across decades. Explore each dimension of the group.
CEO
Jean-Baptiste Gérard is CEO of Laystone Advisory. A graduate of CentraleSupélec, he began his career in Singapore before joining IBM and LVMH Group, where he led innovation and AI-driven business-transformation programmes.
He was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list (Technology, 2024) and received the Prix Le Revenu (Economic Innovation, 2026) in recognition of his contribution to client transformation. He regularly lectures at leading French engineering and business schools.
Education
Our Values
What we refuse to compromise.
Four values that govern our conduct as operators, investors, and institutional counterparties. They are not aspirations — they are the minimum terms of our work.
Discipline
We operate with long-term capital discipline. Every decision is sized to a multi-decade horizon, not a quarterly outcome.
Conviction
We only allocate where we have genuine thematic conviction. We pass on anything we would not be willing to own ourselves.
Integrity
Our word is binding across partners, clients, and counterparties. Written codes reinforce the culture, they do not substitute for it.
Long-term stewardship
We think about externalities, about the real cost of what we build, and about the institutions we leave behind.