Prior to founding IEO and the Iskandia Energy Group, Stephane Lamoine was a consultant with Elliott Advisors from 2002. In 1994 he joined Canaccord Genuity and created the largest mining stockbroker in French-speaking Europe. He later sold his European franchise to Williams de Broe. In 1991 he joined Societe Generale as Chief Investment Officer of SG Asset Management (SGAM), having begun his career as a natural resources and global fund manager with LCF Rothschild in 1987.