An economist by training, Laurent Faibis is Managing Director of Xerfi, which he co-founded with Valérie Cohen in 1993. He had previously held various positions as a teacher at the University of Paris XIII, research fellow at CNES, financial analyst and strategy consultant, before co-founding the company Precepta with Valérie Cohen in 1985, specializing in strategic and competitive studies now attached to the Xerfi group.