Placide joined Strandview as an Operations Assistant in April 2021. Placide has previously worked at Initialized Capital as a portfolio analyst and PwC as a Finance and Assurance intern. At Initialized, Placide provided support to Initialized portfolio companies in their day to day needs such as hiring and follow-on investment research. At PwC, Placide worked with a team that was auditing one of the largest commercial banks in Rwanda, Bank of Kigali. Placide received his Bachelor of Arts in Science Management and Data Science from Claremont McKenna College.