About
Jean-Baptiste Maenhout is an Investment Manager at Smartfin who previously worked as an investment banking analyst at J.P. Morgan in Brussels and London, with earlier internships at Bencis Capital Partners and Lazard. He holds a Master in Business Engineering from KU Leuven and Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, and serves as a Board Observer at Payflip.
Contact· self-published, not guessed
Experience
- SmartfinInvestment Managercurrent2025 — present
- SmartfinAssociate2022 — 2025
- TimefoldBoard Observercurrent2025 — present
- SEQUESTOBoard Observercurrent2025 — present
- PayflipBoard Observercurrent2023 — present
- J.P. MorganInvestment Banking Analyst2020 — 2022Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- LazardInvestment Banking Intern2019Brussels Metropolitan Area
- Bencis Capital PartnersPrivate Equity Intern2018Brussels Metropolitan Area
- Solegear Bioplastic Technologies Inc.Sauder School of Business d.studio Participant2015Vancouver
Skills & more
Finance11Object Pascal4Microsoft Excel11SQL5Leadership9
Languages Dutch · English · French
- Bloomberg Market Concepts — Bloomberg
From Jean-Baptiste's professional profile.
Colleagues at SmartFin
Bart Luyten
Founding Partner at SmartFin
Bert Baeck
EIR at SmartFin
Boris Bogaert
Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Pitchdrive
Erwin Vandendriessche
Advisor at SmartFin
Harry Haeck
Partner at SmartFin
Jonas Dhaenens
Co-founder & Board Member at Pitchdrive
Joris De Meester
Advisor at SmartFin
Joris Van Der Gucht
EIR at SmartFin
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Jean-Baptiste Maenhout?
- Jean-Baptiste Maenhout is an Investment Manager at Smartfin who previously worked as an investment banking analyst at J.P. Morgan in Brussels and London, with earlier internships at Bencis Capital Partners and Lazard. He holds a Master in Business Engineering from KU Leuven and Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, and serves as a Board Observer at Payflip.
- Where does Jean-Baptiste Maenhout work?
- Jean-Baptiste Maenhout is Investment Manager at SmartFin.
- Where did Jean-Baptiste Maenhout go to school?
- Jean-Baptiste Maenhout studied at Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (Master in Business Engineering, Major in Finance); City University of Hong Kong (Exchange Program, Accounting and Finance); The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (Summer School).
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