MARA names Gerard Mestrallet senior advisor, Francois Garcin GM, Europe

MARA Holdings (MARA) announced actions to further expand its presence in Europe. MARA has welcomed Gerard Mestrallet as a Senior Advisor to MARA and appointed Francois Garcin as General Manager of Europe. The Company also announced that it has established Paris, France as its new European headquarters. Mestrallet serves as the Special Envoy appointed by the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, for the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor and has also advised French and European governments on energy and industrial policy. Since joining MARA in July, Garcin has been responsible for spearheading the formation of MARA France and MARA Europe and played an instrumental role in securing the Company’s recent investment agreement with Exaion. As General Manager of Europe, Garcin will oversee MARA’s European operations from the new headquarters in Paris, France and is working to establish new joint ventures with leading European energy companies. As founder of Argenthal Holdings, a boutique financial advisory and investment firm, he led high-profile technology investments and transactions with clients and co-investors such as JP Morgan Asset Management, Korelya Capital, and Mercato Partners, focused primarily in the AI/HPC, cybersecurity, and blockchain sectors.