ARDIAN - Key Persons


Alexander Friedrich - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director

Alexis Auchère

Job Titles:
  • Investment Manager

Alexis Lavaillote - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director

Alice Garnier

Job Titles:
  • Investment Manager

Amaya Colorado

Job Titles:
  • Senior Investment Manager

Anaïs Robin

Job Titles:
  • in 2018 As an Analyst
  • Senior Investment Manager / Paris
Anaïs Robin joined Ardian in 2018 as an Analyst within the Buyout Team in Paris following a six-month internship. Previously, she completed two internships at Bnp Paribas and Amundi Private Equity Funds. Education: Sciences Po Paris - Sorbonne

Andy Wu

Job Titles:
  • Investor Relations Director

Annabel RUDLOFF

Job Titles:
  • Investment Manager

Arnaud Dufer

Job Titles:
  • Head of Expansion France

Arthur de Salins - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director
  • Managing Director / Paris
Arthur de Salins joined the Paris expansion team of Ardian in 2011. He had previously worked for Credit Agricole CIB in the investment bank department and for UBS in London. Education: EM Lyon Business School

Badr M'haidra

Job Titles:
  • Analyst

Benjamin Boller

Job Titles:
  • Private Wealth Solutions & Investor Relations Director

Benjamin Mathieu

Job Titles:
  • Client Servicing Director

Bernd Haggenmüller - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Senior Managing Director

Bruno Ladrière - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director

Caline Haddad

Job Titles:
  • Head of Product Team London & Consultant Engagement and Managing Director

Charles Adjakpa

Job Titles:
  • Client Servicing Director

Christophe Kuenzler

Job Titles:
  • Investor Relations Managing Director

Christopher Sand - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director

Claire Anderson

Job Titles:
  • Senior Investor Relations Manager

Claire d'Esquerre

Job Titles:
  • Senior Investment Manager

Colin Wang - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director

Corentin Lacourte

Job Titles:
  • Director

Daniel Noeltner

Job Titles:
  • Director

David Cahuzac

Job Titles:
  • Director

Dirk Wittneben

Job Titles:
  • Head of Expansion Germany

Douglas Miller - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director

Edmund Eggins - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director

Edoardo Munari

Job Titles:
  • Investment Manager

Eliel Madar

Job Titles:
  • Investment Manager

Elisabetta Bozzoni

Job Titles:
  • Senior Investment Manager

Emmanuel Miquel

Job Titles:
  • Co - Head of Buyout France & Managing Director

Eric Rolli

Job Titles:
  • Investor Relations Senior Associate

Erik Rosensvärd

Job Titles:
  • Investor Relations Managing Director

Etienne Arnould

Job Titles:
  • Co - Head of Investor Relations Europe & Managing Director

Farid Masmoudi

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Head of Investor Relations MENA & Head of Investor Relations Central Asia and BIM

Farrah Fedhila

Job Titles:
  • Investor Relations Senior Associate

Florian Haas

Job Titles:
  • Director

Florian Kluge

Job Titles:
  • COO Investor Relations and Co - Head of Investor Relations Europe & Senior Managing Director

François Jerphagnon

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee, Member of the Board of Ardian France & Head of Expansion

François-Aïssa Touazi

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee, Co - Global Head of Investor Relations, Global Head of International & Public Affairs & Senior Managing Director

Giacomo Brettoni

Job Titles:
  • Director

Giacomo Forti

Job Titles:
  • Director

Giorgio Cicala

Job Titles:
  • Director

Gonzalo Fernandez-Albiñana

Job Titles:
  • Head of Buyout Spain & Portugal & Managing Director

Gregory Buscayret

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director - Capital Markets

Guillaume CRAVERO

Job Titles:
  • Head of Public Affairs & Managing Director

Gunnar Chrestin

Job Titles:
  • Director

Hae Young Kang

Job Titles:
  • Client Servicing Director

Heiko Geissler - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director

Jan Mehlhorn

Job Titles:
  • Investor Relations Director Germany

Jan Philipp Schmitz - EVP

Job Titles:
  • Executive Vice - President

Jane heejin Kim

Job Titles:
  • Investor Relations Director

Janine Paustian

Job Titles:
  • Investment Manager
  • Investment Manager / Frankfurt
Janine Paustian joined the Ardian Expansion Team in Frankfurt in 2020, following an internship at Ardian in 2019. Previously, she completed various internships, for example at J.P. Morgan (Investment Banking) in Frankfurt and Raymond James (M&A Advisory) in Munich. Education: Rotterdam School of Management, University of Cologne

Jason Yao

Job Titles:
  • Head of Greater China and Senior Managing Director China

Joanna Osinibi

Job Titles:
  • Investor Relations Director

John Haug

Job Titles:
  • Head of US Institutional Investor Relations & Managing Director

Joshua Dillon

Job Titles:
  • Senior Investor Relations Manager

Juan Entrecanales

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Director / Madrid
Juan Entrecanales joined Ardian in 2016 within the Ardian's Buyout team in Madrid. Prior to joining Ardian, he worked since 2012 within the Investment Banking Division of UBS in London and Madrid. Education: CUNEF Major in Finance

Julie Burgermeister

Job Titles:
  • Co - Head of Investor Relations Europe & Managing Director

Justine Le Guillou

Job Titles:
  • Employee
Justine Le Guillou's involvement in Employee Charities and career as a Senior Client Servicing Project Manager

Jérôme Jouyet

Job Titles:
  • Head of Product Team & Managing Director - Paris

Kanji Takenaka

Job Titles:
  • Head of Ardian Japan

Leslie Parmast

Job Titles:
  • Investment Manager

Lise Fauconnier - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director

Loïc Henriot

Job Titles:
  • Director

Luca Migliaccio

Job Titles:
  • Director

Luca Minini

Job Titles:
  • Investor Relations Director

Lucas Coleon - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Senior Managing Director

Luis Huete

Job Titles:
  • Senior Investment Manager

Marc Abadir - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Analyst
  • Managing Director
  • Managing Director / Frankfurt
Marc Abadir joined Ardian as Analyst within the team in Frankfurt, after an 8 month internship within the Fund of Funds team and BdW. Education: University of Cologne

Marco Bellino

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Head of Buyout Italy & Managing Director

Marco Molteni - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director

Marie Arnaud-Battandier - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director

Marion Hascoët

Job Titles:
  • Investor Relations Director

Mark Cornelis

Job Titles:
  • Investor Relations Director

Marlon Sandvoss

Job Titles:
  • Investment Manager

Marta Sironi

Job Titles:
  • Investment Manager

Martin Kessi

Job Titles:
  • Head of Ardian Switzerland & Co - Head of Customized Solutions

Mathieu Lebrun

Job Titles:
  • Director

Matteo Minardi

Job Titles:
  • Head of Real Estate Italy & Managing Director

Max Dolata

Job Titles:
  • Director

Maxime Séquier - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director

Mayuka Tamai

Job Titles:
  • Investor Relations Director

Michael Bane

Job Titles:
  • Head of Americas Investor Relations & Senior Managing Director

Miguel de la Esperanza

Job Titles:
  • Analyst

Moritz Pohlmann

Job Titles:
  • Director

Nehal Lugman

Job Titles:
  • Analyst

Nico Rheims - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director

Nicola Guidi

Job Titles:
  • Analyst

Nicola Plescia

Job Titles:
  • Director

Nicolas Bellicam

Job Titles:
  • Senior Investor Relations Manager

Nicolas Darnaud

Job Titles:
  • Co - Head of Buyout France & Managing Director

Nicolas Gazitua

Job Titles:
  • Head of Latin America Investor Relations & Managing Director

Nicolas Kassab

Job Titles:
  • Director

Nicolas Münzer

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Director / Frankfurt
Nicolas Münzer joined Ardian in Frankfurt in 2017. Before joining Ardian he worked with William Blair's M&A team in Frankfurt. Prior to William Blair, he gained professional experience at Altium Capital in M&A and Quadriga Capital in Private Equity. Education: Maastricht University

Nicolò Saidelli

Job Titles:
  • Advisor to the CEO on Strategy and Acquisitions

Olivier Personnaz

Job Titles:
  • Head of Buyout UK & Managing Director

Omar Fjer - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director

Paolo Menna

Job Titles:
  • Analyst

Patrick Shuttleworth

Job Titles:
  • Investor Relations Managing Director

Pierre Peslerbe

Job Titles:
  • Investment Manager
  • Investment Manager / Paris
Pierre Peslerbe joined Ardian Expansion in Paris in 2021, after a 6-month internship. Previously, he completed internships at Bpifrance (Private Equity) and within the Corporate M&A team of InVivo in Paris. Education: EM Lyon Business School

Rafik Alili

Job Titles:
  • Director

Roberto Curletti

Job Titles:
  • Director

Rodolfo Petrosino - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Senior Managing Director

Roland Valentin Rataj

Job Titles:
  • Senior Investor Relations Manager - Product Management London

Romain Gautron

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Director / Paris
Romain Gautron joined the Paris Expansion team of Ardian in 2016, after a six-month internship at Eurazeo PME. Education: Toulouse Business School

Sara Angelini

Job Titles:
  • Investment Manager

Scarlett Omar-Broca - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director

Sibylle Bourgeois

Job Titles:
  • Analyst

Sofia Gomez

Job Titles:
  • Senior Investor Relations Manager

Stefan Kappis

Job Titles:
  • Director

Steffen Prochazka

Job Titles:
  • Senior Investment Manager
  • Senior Investment Manager / Frankfurt
Steffen Prochazka joined Ardian in 2023. Prior to joining Ardian, he worked at Cathay Capital on buyout and growth investments. Before that, Steffen gained commercial due diligence, corporate finance, and consulting experience at goetzpartners. Steffen attended the University of Hohenheim where he obtained a Bachelor of Science in Business and Economics and attended the University of Mannheim where he obtained a Master of Science in Management. He is based in Frankfurt. Education: University of Hohenheim - University of Mannheim

Steven Barrois

Job Titles:
  • Senior Investment Manager

Stéphan Torra - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director
  • in 2019 As a Director
  • Managing Director / Paris
Stéphan Torra joined Ardian in 2019 as a Director within the Expansion team in Paris. Prior to joining Ardian he worked for 5 years at Cathay Capital, a Franco-Chinese investment company. Previously Stéphan worked in the investment banking division of BNP Paribas (Principal Investment and Corporate banking). Education: Supelec, MSc Imperial College

Stéphanie Bensimon

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee, Member of the Board of Ardian France & Head of Real Estate

Sébastien Bégué - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director

Tami Chuang

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director Investor Relations - Real Estate

Thibault Basquin

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee, Executive Board Member of Ardian US LLC, Executive Board Member of Ardian France and Co - Head of Buyout

Thierry Caboche

Job Titles:
  • Head of International Public Affairs & Managing Director

Thomas Grétéré

Job Titles:
  • Senior Investment Manager
  • Senior Investment Manager / Paris
Thomas Grétéré joined the Ardian Expansion team in Paris in 2018 after completing a seven-month internship. Previously, he completed an internship in investment banking at ABN AMRO. Education: ESSEC, Université Paris Dauphine

Vanessa Pitko

Job Titles:
  • Analyst

Won Ha

Job Titles:
  • Head of Singapore & Korea and Managing Director

Xavier Stapylton-Smith

Job Titles:
  • Senior Investor Relations Manager

Yacine Zarrouk - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director

Yann Bak

Job Titles:
  • Head of Climate and Impact Solutions & Managing Director
  • Head of Climate and Impact Solutions & Managing Director / Paris
Yann Bak joined Ardian in 2003 after various internships in a Growth Expansion fund at EPF Partners and Merrill Lynch (Washington D.C.). Education: Paris Dauphine University Master in Business Finance

Yann Chareton

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer Buyout, Member of the Buyout Management Committee & Senior Managing Director

Yannic Metzger - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director
  • Managing Director / Frankfurt
Yannic Metzger joined Ardian in January 2015 in Frankfurt. Previously, he worked at Deutsche Beteiligungs AG and in Commerzbank's leveraged finance division. Education: University of St. Gallen HSG, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, University of Colorado

Yoochan Lee

Job Titles:
  • Investor Relations Director Korea

Yves Genouvrier

Job Titles:
  • Global Head of Client Servicing & Managing Director

Zoé BERGERAULT

Job Titles:
  • Analyst