Antoine Potez is appointed Business Development Manager of Finder Expert, the Canadian subsidiary of the Leyton Group specializing in R&D financing

Antoine Potez, 27, graduated from the Montpellier Graduate School of Management and the University of Sherbrooke in Canada.

Following graduate business studies, Antoine Potez started his career in 2007 at Leyton & Associés as a Business Development Representative. For over two years, he successfully marketed the “innovation financing” offer with SMEs and key accounts from various business sectors.
As an expert of the SR&ED tax credit, Antoine Potez provided consulting services to the financial, legal and fiscal departments of his clients regarding strategies to optimize and increase the collection of French tax incentives.

Working alongside Emil Trankar, the President of Finder Expert and Vincent Lefevre, the CEO of the Leyton Group, Antoine Potez will be defining the business strategy in Canada.

A business strategy coupled with a unique positioning on the consulting market for R&D financing

Emil Trankar: with the arrival of Antoine Potez, we will benefit from his business and marketing expertise to gain new clients and increase our visibility.

Antoine Potez will extend our large range of services with new customers and consolidate the relationship with our current clientele. The objective of Finder Expert is to exceed the market growth rate over the next five years by winning major contracts and providing top-quality consulting services.

Antoine Potez: I am delighted to be joining the Canadian organization bought by Leyton & Associés in late 2008. My objective is to boost sales by forming an efficient business development team that is able to understand the challenges faced by companies regarding the financing of their innovative projects. Finder Expert is well-known for its technical expertise and proven quality of service.
I will also create synergies between consulting and sales in order to sustain ever-growing and lasting added value. Finder Expert will thus be able to advise its clients on their R&D strategy in order for them to obtain secured and optimized tax incentives as well as the best financing plans promoting R&D. Finder Expert will become the only consulting firm to offer a package of services for each stage of the R&D process. In addition, owing to its international approach, the Leyton Group is now able to serve its international clients in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Belgium, France and Canada.

About Leyton

Leyton offers consulting services to companies that aim at improving their financial performance and profitability.
The company has an expertise in optimising the SR&ED tax credit claim as well as a service dedicated to the optimisation of telecommunications expenses.
Leyton offers sources of financial gains in line with the expectations of every firm.
The company is experiencing growth at a sustained rate since its creation in 1997. Thus, the firm had an annual turnover of $80 million for the 2008/2009 fiscal year. Established in Canada, but also in France, in Belgium, in Dublin and in London, the international group has 450 employees with multidisciplinary competences.