Octave Family Office

Octave Family Office

Henri Grellois and Damien Girard established Octave Family Office as a single-family office based in Aix-en-Provence. The firm provides investment management and administrative services to its principals. No public disclosure identifies the source of the underlying wealth. Octave allocates capital across public equities, private equity, real estate and alternative assets. It executes direct co-investments and SPVs alongside fund commitments. Confirmed positions include an Aix-en-Provence land development project, a private property company in southern France, a French hotel group, Swiss and French watch collectibles, crypto assets, forestry holdings and international litigation finance. The firm maintains exposure in Europe, North America and Asia while avoiding hedge fund strategies. The team includes six named professionals in addition to the two founders. Octave operates additional offices in Paris and Sophia Antipolis. Henri Grellois serves as President of the Strategic Asset Allocation commission at the Association Française du Family Office and contributed to the 2022 AFFO white paper on the topic. The firm is also a member of France Invest. Octave maintains a hybrid structure that combines family-office services with active participation in French industry associations. This setup allows the principals to shape professional standards for asset allocation while retaining direct control over deployment decisions and administrative oversight for the family.