Former Global lead Partner and Chairman of KPMG France , Wilfrid Lauriano do Rego with over 35 years of experience in complex mergers and acquisitions and private equity operations. Serving major corporate and investment fund clients, his expérience spans ??? (je dirai includes) various transactions, for both public and private acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, corporate restructurings, and privatizations.

Throughout his career, Wilfrid Lauriano do Rego has participated in some of the largest and most complex M&A deals in France, Europe (mainly the UK and Germany), the United States, and Africa, in industrial sectors such as energy, natural resources, infrastructure, agri-food, and telecoms. He also regularly assists clients—governments and large African and European groups—in complex governance and economic diplomacy issues.

Before founding STORK Partners and becoming its CEO, Wilfrid Lauriano do Rego spent most of his career at KPMG from 1988 to 2022. He became a partner in 2002, was the sector Head for energy, chemicals, and pharma from 2008 to 2016, Global Lead Partner on priority Accounts with worldwide responsibility , elected member of the Supervisory Board of KPMG France in 2016, and President of the Supervisory Board of KPMG France from 2019 to 2022.

Wilfrid Lauriano do Rego also serves as an independent director on the boards of several companies in Africa and France and as a member of the investment committees of several investment funds. He is actively involved in think tanks, associations, and discussion groups that support causes close to his heart:

• Founding member of the think tank A New ROAD
• Member of the think tank (Re)Sources
• Vice-President of the African Business Academy,
• Member of the Club du XXIème siècle
• Member of the board of directors of the Energie pour le Monde Foundation (FONDEM)
• Member of the prospective orientation committee of the French Red CrossMember of the advisory board of the Vivae Foundation for Biodiversity.
• A graduate of the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP) and the IAE of the Academy of Bordeaux, Wilfrid Lauriano do Rego also a qualified chartered Accountant .

In July 2023, he was awarded the insignia of Knight in the Order of the Legion of Honor by the French President