Guillaume Cornu
In this transformative age, we need to keep pace with clients and form strong trusted business advisor relationships that will help them to grow, change and innovate.

Guillaume Cornu

EY Western Europe & Maghreb Restructuring Leader and France Growth Markets Leader

Proud and motivated teams help us to win in the market. Building close, trusted relationships to help the next generation of businesses transform and succeed. My family is my happiest priority.

With over 30 years of experience advising clients on restructuring and growth strategy, Guillaume leads EY France Growth Markets and Western Europe & Maghreb Restructuring.

He joined EY in 2010 as Corporate Restructuring Leader and since then his previous roles have included leading EY France, Maghreb and Luxembourg Strategy and Transactions and EY EMEIA Growth Markets.

Highly experienced in corporate restructuring, Guillaume handles between 50 and 80 cases per year. He builds and maintains relationships with key restructuring stakeholders, including lawyers and bankers.

In April 2015, he was appointed General Director of Ricol Lasteyrie Corporate Finance following the alliance with EY.

He received an MSc equivalent degree in Business from the Institut Commercial Supérieur. He is a certified French public accountant, holds a qualifying certificate for the French Society of Statutory Auditors and is a founding member of the Association pour le Retournement des Entreprises.

How Guillaume is building a better working world

“I firmly believe that at EY, we have a critical role to play in the ecosystem to support entrepreneurs to achieve their goals, accelerate their growth and ultimately be the future market leaders who will create jobs, drive economic growth and bring the services of tomorrow.

It is also my goal to help EY people find a purpose in supporting clients in this way, and feel proud and happy in what they do every day.”

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