Specifically, since 2009 he has headed the management company Winvest Conseil (AIFM), which is in charge of all of the Group’s unlisted investments (except SGI Africa). While leading and developing the investment team, he has managed several value-creating acquisitions for Wendel, such as Editis (France, 2004), Deutsch (United States, 2006), Stahl (Netherlands, 2006) and more recently, IHS (Africa, 2013) and Constantia Flexibles (Austria, 2014). After opening Wendel Japan in 2007, Bernard Gautier also played a significant role in the development of Wendel’s international network, in Asia, the United States and Africa.

Before joining Wendel, Bernard worked for 18 years as a consultant in organization and strategy, first at Andersen Consulting, then at Bain & Co. He became a partner in Bain & Co. in 1995, then Senior Partner in charge of the international Media and Telecom practice. Between 2000 and 2003, Bernard was General Partner of Atlas Venture’s funds V and VI and in charge of the Paris office, as well as founder and Managing Partner of real-estate management company Lineis and the Altineis real-estate investment companies. 

A graduate of Ecole Supérieure d’Electricité (SUPELEC), he has also been president of France’s “Junior-Enterprises” confederation and was a founder of the Supelec Forum and the student newspaper Cactus. 
 
Member of the Executive Board from May 31, 2005 to September 10, 2019. 
 
Current appointments: 
Director of Stahl, IHS, Cromology, Nippon Oil Pump, CSP Technologies, Chairman of Constantia Flexibles.

Stéphanie participates in the search for investment opportunities, especially in France. She began her career in the Treasury department of the Ministry of Finance, then worked at the Agence des participations de l’État, the agency that manages the French government’s shareholdings, where she was in charge of the government’s investments in SNCF and SNCM and of the Eurotunnel restructuring. She is a graduate of Polytechnique, Corps des Ponts et Chaussées, and the Paris School of Economics.

Board member of Bureau Veritas and member of the audit committee.

 

He was in charge of financing and structuring operations in capital markets in London and Frankfurt. He is well versed in European equity markets. He began his career in 1988 at Enskilda Securities (Wallenberg Group) in London and Enskilda Effekten in Frankfurt where he set up and developed the equities department for the German market. 

Roland Lienau then worked for Paribas from 1994 to 1999 where he was in charge of capital markets operations and the development of Paribas's investment activities in Germany.

In 1999, he moved to Deutsche Bank where, as Managing Director, he managed equity market investments up to 2004, when he was put in charge of all financing and structuring operations in the German markets. Member of the Operations Committee.

Board member of Constantia Flexibles. 

Jérôme joined Wendel at the end of 2006 as Investment Director and was promoted to Director in January 2010. He was appointed Managing Director on January 1, 2012 and joined the Investment Committee. From 2002 to 2006, he was a chargé d’affaires with the investment fund BC Partners. Prior to that, he worked as a consultant in the Boston Consulting Group from 1999 to 2002, carrying out strategic missions in Europe, particularly in the fields of distribution, transportation, telecommunications and financial services. He is a graduate of HEC.
 
Director of Bureau Veritas and Stahl.

He is a graduate of Ecole Normale Supérieure in (Fontenay / Saint-Cloud) and HEC.

Board member of Constantia Flexibles, Cromology.

Jérôme began his career at Boston Consulting Group during eight years, developing expertise in operational transformation and turnaround, mainly in the healthcare and industrial sectors.

In 2010, Jérôme joined Schneider Electric and took-on leadership positions in Purchasing then in Sales & Business Development. In 2016, Jérôme was appointed CEO of John Paul (sold to Accor), a Concierge services operator supported by an advanced digital platform.

Jérôme graduated from CentraleSupélec in 2002 (Master of Sciences).

Board member of Cromology and Constantia Flexibles. 

Prior to joining us, Xavier worked at BC Partners for 8 years as a Principal. He started his career as an Analyst at Merrill Lynch. 

He graduated from Ecole Polytechnique with an Engineer’s degree in Economics and in Applied Mathematics. He also holds an MSc in Corporate Finance and in Quantitative Finance from ENSAE.

Prior to joining Wendel, Romain worked at BCG as a Senior Associate. In previous years he also completed internships at Lazard and Deloitte. 

Romain holds a degree in Management from ESCP Europe as well as a BA in Applied Mathematics from Sorbonne University.

After an internship at Total Energie Gaz as a financial controller, he had a series of experiences as an Analyst: fisrt in London for Tikehau Investment Management, then back in Paris at Technip and Artemis – Financière Pinault.

Prior to joining Wendel, Elisa worked at the Estin & Co as a Strategy Consultant. In previous years she completed internships at Quadrille Capital, Ardian and BNP Paribas.
Elisa holds a degree in Management from HEC.

Jérôme joined Wendel at the end of 2006 as Investment Director and was promoted to Director in January 2010. He was appointed Managing Director on January 1, 2012 and joined the Investment Committee. From 2002 to 2006, he was a chargé d’affaires with the investment fund BC Partners. Prior to that, he worked as a consultant in the Boston Consulting Group from 1999 to 2002, carrying out strategic missions in Europe, particularly in the fields of distribution, transportation, telecommunications and financial services. He is a graduate of HEC.
 
Director of Bureau Veritas and Stahl.

He is a graduate of a Master of Finance from ESCP and a DEA in Economy of the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. He leads the financial and accounting team under the responsibility of Jérôme Michiels.

Board member of Cromology and Tsebo.

Previously, Sophie worked as an Audit & Consolidation Manager at Grant-Thornton and as a Consolidation Manager at Deloitte and as Head of Consolidation at BPI France. During her last experience she was also responsible for the IFRS 9 transition project.

Sophie holds a degree in chartered accountancy.

Previously, she worked as a Consolidation Manager at Vivendi, then at Galderma and finally at MBWS. 

Stéphanie graduated from Kedge Business School and holds a DECF.

Previously, he worked as a Consolidation and Reporting Manager at Ernst & Young and as Consultant at BM&A.

He holds a master’s degree in Accounting, Control and Audit from the Management school IAE Gustave Eiffel.

Nabil graduated from Audencia with a Master in Management and a specialization in Corporate Finance. During his studies, he took advantage of an exchange program at Boston University and interned at Société Générale, Vulcain and Rothschild, mainly in M&A.
After graduating in 2013, he worked for Sorgem Evaluation and Deloitte Finance, first as Valuation Consultant and then as Junior Manager Valuation.

She was Senior financial auditor at Ernst & Young since 2011. Elisa graduated a MSc in Finance and a MSc in Management from Grenoble Business School.

Before joining us, Julien completed several internships in corporate finance. He worked for Deloitte, for Ardian and for BNP Paribas CIB.

Julien holds a Bank Finance & Insurance Magistère from Paris Dauphine University.

He contributed actively to the merger of the Stock Exchanges of Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels and Lisbon, and also to the merger of Euronext and the NYSE. 

Mr. Allot graduated from the Sorbonne, has a master’s degree in Banking, Finance and Insurance, a master’s degree in Management and administration, and holds the CEFA and SFAF diplomas. He also holds an MBA from Economic Warfare School of Paris in Strategic Management and Competitive Intelligence.

Prior to joining Wendel, Lucile was an Investors Relations officer first at Société Générale and then at Korian.  
Lucile holds a MBA in International Business realised in Taiwan. She also graduated in Corporate Finance from ESSCA. 

Christine Anglade-Pirzadeh was Director of Communication of the French Financial Markets Authority’s (AMF) which she joined in 2000. She was Policy Officer with the French Prime Minister's Office (Direction des Media) from 1998 to 2000. She began her career in the editorial staff of la Correspondance de la Presse.

Christine Anglade-Pirzadeh holds a Master in European and International Law (Paris I) and a Master Degree in Communication law (Paris II).

She was previously senior consultant in corporate and financial communication at Publicis Consultants since 2009.

She began her career in a insurance company, subsidiary of Groupama. 

Peter has notably worked within national and international corporate tax departments throughout his career, as Tax Director of the GTM Group (1989-2000), then of Capgemini (2000-2005), and finally as Tax Director of the Bouygues Construction Group.

She started her professional career with Wendel (CGIP at the time) in 2001 as a junior member of the tax team, with a main focus on tax compliance.

She has gradually taken charge of tax audits, the supervision of tax compliance and the tax coordination of certain M&A projects and deals.

Previously, Hugues worked for the law firm Arsene Taxand as a tax lawyer, where he took charge of tax compliance for a listed French client. Hugues graduated from Université Paris V Descartes with a master in tax law and is a lawyer at the Paris Bar. 

During these 8 years, he played an active role in the integration of companies acquired by Dassault Systèmes so as to ensure they adopted the best internal control practices. Previously, he worked for 15 years in auditing and risk management, first at the Bouygues group and then at Arthur Andersen, heading compliance projects related to the US Sarbanes-Oxley regulation. Finally, he was a founding member of Protiviti in France, where he was in charge of internal auditing and risk management. 

Etienne is a graduate of HEC Paris.

Prior joining Wendel, Xavier was Audit and Financial Accounting Advisory Services (FAAS) Manager within Ernst & Young for 5 years. He mainly worked on large industrial accounts in statutory audit and consolidation. 

In addition to a 6-month internship in Congo, he also acquired experience in Africa during his business trips to audit the accounts of subsidiaries of an oil company.

Xavier graduated from Neoma Business School.

Sebastian Willerval holds a DESS (French equivalent of Master degree) in Business and Tax Law from the University of Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne and a Master’s degree in private law - commercial and taxation law from the University Paris II Panthéon-Assas.

Antoine graduated with a CAPA degree, a French-British law degree, an LMM in International Business Law (University of Exeter - UK) and a Master’s degree in Business Law.

As an attorney, she practiced tax law for 10 years with the firm Cleary Gottlieb, then 10 years in mergers and acquisitions at August & Debouzy, where she became partner in 2002. Caroline Bertin Delacour is co-author of "Highs and Lows of Modern Finance" (2013) and author of "Sovereign Wealth Funds: these new actors of the global economy" (2009).

Registered at the Paris Bar between 1990 and 2009, she holds a Master’s in Business Law from the University Paris II Panthéon-Assas, a Master in Taxation from the University Paris V René Descartes and an LLM from New York University.

Muriel has over 10 years of experience in the field of risk and compliance in the financial sector.

Prior to joining Wendel, Muriel worked for 6 years as a Compliance Manager at Invesco Asset Management S.A. Previously, she worked for 5 years as a Manager Consultant at Kurt Salmon after having worked in Luxembourg at Amundi and then EY. 

Muriel holds a master's degree in Financial Law and Financial Crime Law from the University of Cergy-Pontoise in partnership with ESSEC Business School and a Master in Political Science from the University of Pavia.

Clémence has several years of experience in the field of listed companies and capital markets law. Before joining Wendel, Clémence worked as an associate in the Stock market law team of Jeantet law firm in Paris. 

Clémence obtained the French Bar Exam in 2016 and holds a master’s degree in Business Law - CSR from the Lumière University Lyon 2.

Jérôme joined Wendel at the end of 2006 as Investment Director and was promoted to Director in January 2010. He was appointed Managing Director on January 1, 2012 and joined the Investment Committee. From 2002 to 2006, he was a chargé d’affaires with the investment fund BC Partners. Prior to that, he worked as a consultant in the Boston Consulting Group from 1999 to 2002, carrying out strategic missions in Europe, particularly in the fields of distribution, transportation, telecommunications and financial services. He is a graduate of HEC.
 
Director of Bureau Veritas and Stahl.

Michel a plus de vingt-trois ans d'expérience en management des systèmes d’information dans plusieurs secteurs de l'industrie.

Il a commencé sa carrière en 1996 chez Cofidis, où il a participé à la mise en place de filiales au Portugal et en Argentine pendant cinq ans.

Puis, après trois annés chez Louis Vuitton en Amérique latine, en tant que DSI régional, il a rejoint le groupe Shiseido.

Fin 2012, il rejoint ANOVO en tant que DSI du groupe. Après trois années d'intense centralisation, optimisation et restructuration, Ingram Micro rachète ANOVO.

He holds a university and technical degree in computer science, a Master’s degree in applied computer science in the corporate environment, and a diploma in accounting and financial studies (DECF).

Prior to Wendel, she worked for 15 years in various fields of finance. In 1997, she moved into Human Resources, first at Crédit Agricole Indosuez (CA CIB) and then in different international consulting firms, including Aon Hewitt and Right Management.

She is a graduate of ESC Rouen (Neoma BS).

Melanie began her career in accounting firms including Deloitte. She holds a bachelor in HR.

Fabienne began her career in human resources at Aérospatiale, before joining the human resources department at Umicore France in 1990, where she spent nearly 13 years working successively first as the manager of personnel administration and then as payroll manager at the head office in Bagnolet. 
She holds a post-graduate degree in Business Administration from the IAE in Poitiers and a Master’s in Applied Foreign Languages (English and Spanish).