Godefroy Motte

  • Godefroy created his advisory & investment boutique, Adrialis, in 2016 . He brings his cross-border transaction experience helping investors and larger corporations optimise their business portfolio, as well as leading innovative companies towards value-added partnerships with strategic and financial investors. Passionate about Specialty Chemicals, Biotech and Renewable Chemistry, Godefroy can uniquely and effectively bridge the “language” gap that often exists between complex technologies and the investment industry (e.g. private equity sponsors & investment banks).
  • Prior to creating Adrialis, Godefroy worked 31 years at Eastman Chemical with his last five years as a Member of the Executive Team. He gained his strategic and tactical experience in a cross-functional & cross-cultural career (Sales, Marketing, Business Management, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, General Management), working and living in 5 different countries.
  • In the past 3 years, he contributed, as an independent advisor, to several acquisition/divestiture projects (Finland, France, India, Netherlands, Turkey, UK).
  • Godefroy is a native of France, where he graduated as a Chemical Engineer, and has also a Masters degree in Management (DESS) from the Sorbonne (Paris), and in 2008, attended the Harvard Business School (AMP).