About
We believe that it’s not too late to change the model
Portfolio
projects we love and invest in
Team
Stellar Impact is managed by a dedicated team within Telos Impact, an independent impact advisor for private individuals and families seeking to grow their philanthropic and impact investment ambitions. From its offices in Brussels and Paris, Telos Impact provides advisory, structuring, and management services to private investors and philanthropists.
Marc Flammang
Founder & Managing Director
Marc is Managing Director of Telos Impact. Before founding Telos, Marc created and managed the Philanthropy and Impact Investing department at Bank Degroof Petercam. He has over 20 years of experience in the impact area. He is a graduate from ICHEC, College of Europe, and Solvay Business School. Marc founded Telos Impact in 2015.
Loïc de Schaetzen
Investment Director
Loïc joined Telos in 2022, bringing 20 years of experience in 3P Investments, energy transition and waste management acquired within a leading European Family Office, Engie and Suez environment. Loïc holds a Master in Economics and Management from UCLouvain and a Master of International Affairs from KU Leuven.
Flavie Gayet
Investment Manager
Before joining Telos Impact in 2018, Flavie worked in development finance – Private equity transactions at the Dutch Development Bank (FMO) in The Hague for 8 years. She is a graduate from ESCP Business School and holds a Masters’ degree in Art History from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.
Caroline Philippe
Investment Manager
Caroline joined Telos Impact in 2019. Prior to that, she spent 8 years in the Private Equity department of Rothschild & Co in Paris. She is a graduate from ESCP Business School.
Guillaume Boury
Investment Manager
Guillaume joined Telos Impact in 2019. He began his career in the M&A team at KPMG where he spent 4 years. He holds a master’s degree in Business & Engineering from the Louvain School of Management (UCL).
Jean Hastings
Investment Associate
Jean joined Telos Impact in January 2023. Prior to that, he spent 3 years at the Boston Consulting Group in Paris. He is a graduate of HEC Paris and holds a master’s degree in business law from the University of La Sorbonne.
Melchior Mesnard
Investment Associate
Melchior joined Telos Impact in March 2023. He had previously worked at two impact funds, MAIF Impact and Kimpa. Melchior holds a master’s degree from the SKEMA Business School.
Gilles Solé
Investment Associate
Gilles joined Telos in December 2023. He is also a Teaching Assistant in Finance at Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, and previously worked at Ernst & Young (EY). Gilles has passed all three levels of the CFA Program and holds a master’s degree from Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management.
Advisors
Uli Grabenwarter
Deputy Director at European Investment Fund overseeing Europe’s largest Fund-of-Fund investment programmes in Venture Capital, Technology Transfer and Impact Investing. He is a visiting Professor at IESE University, author of numerous publications, and has conducted extended research on family offices’ activity in SRI and Impact Investing.
Claude Jottrand
Graduate from Solvay Business School, Claude has an extensive Belgian and foreign M&A expertise gained through his experience of nearly 20 years at Banque Degroof, starting as a Financial Analyst and in latter years, as a Director of the Investment Banking Department. He is the Chairman of the Board of Verlinvest Group S.A. and serves as Non Executive Director in several boards.
Benjamin Firmenich
Benjamin in an environmental scientist with 10+ years experience in impact investing. He is head of Impact and member of the investment Committee of Impact Finance, which disbursed $290M in impact value chains. He also serves as adviser of the ESG Board of Groupe Richemont and jury member of the IMD-Pictet Sustainability in Family Business Award.