Our Team

Founder

Anne Renfrew Lepesant

Anne received her AB from Princeton University and her MBA from INSEAD in France. She has over 20 years’ experience in finance, both in France and the U.S. She speaks English, French and Spanish.

An all-Ivy League tennis player at Princeton, Anne has focused on helping high-level European student-athletes who aspire to play their sports at college in the United States as they navigate the often-complicated and confusing recruiting process. For the last ten years, she has placed several dozen student-athletes in France, Greece, Monaco, Italy, and the United Kingdom in sports such as swimming, diving, tennis, soccer, basketball, rowing, squash, track & field, baseball, and gymnastics. She recently expanded her practice to include clients from the United States.

Having been involved in the admission process for both Princeton and INSEAD from 1998 through 2018, Anne is well-versed in what it takes to be admitted to elite universities. Her approach takes into account the student-athlete’s academic, athletic, financial, and geographic aspirations, as she seeks to attain the best college fit for each client.

When not working with student-athletes, Anne is a senior writer for SwimSwam where she covers swimming and water polo, from age-group level competitions to the Olympic Games. She has developed personal relationships with hundreds of college and club coaches, both in the United States and throughout Europe.

Collaborators

Patrice Filin

Patrice received a Bachelor’s of Science in Economics from the College of Business at James Madison University and also holds a Bachelor’s in Business Management and Human Resources from La Sorbonne in Paris. He has over 20 years of experience in Sports Business Management as a PE teacher, high school coach, and Athletic Director at the International School of LA and a Soccer Academy Director at PSG Academy LA.

Patrice has coached and advised many athletes from France to pursue the US college athletic Student route just as he did.

Patrice experienced first-hand what it takes to be an elite youth athlete since, after playing at the U17 national level for the Paris Football Club, he was preselected by the U18 French national team and was offered professional tryouts before a major injury prevented him from pursuing it further. He went on to win two French National Championships playing with US Ivry and Levallois SC. He then was offered and took up a full scholarship to play Division I soccer at James Madison University, a top-20 US soccer program.

Patrice lives with his wife and 3 boys between Paris and Los Angeles where he manages several sports entities and is also an advisor for elite athletes.