Governance

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The Board of Directors is responsible for the development of the HLD group while respecting its long-term investment philosophy. It is composed of the President of HLD, the Vice President, the 4 Partners and 4 Independent Directors.

Jean-Bernard Lafonta

Founding Partner
Cédric Chateau

Chairman of Investment Committee
Gabriel Fossorier

Partner
Alessandro Papetti

Partner
Jean-Hubert Vial

Partner
Constance Laneque

Managing Director
Anne Canel

Director
Christine Fornaroli

Independent member of the Board of Directors
Robert Dennewald

Independent member of the Board of Directors
Xavier Buck

Independent member of the Board of Directors
Viviane Clauss

Independent member of the Board of Directors

Jean-Bernard Lafonta

Founding Partner

Cédric Chateau

Chairman of Investment Committee

Cédric Chateau joined HLD Group Europe as a Partner and Chairman of the Investment Analysis Committee on January 1st, 2020.

Graduated from the School of Management of Lyon, Cédric Chateau began his career in the consulting firm Deloitte in 1998.

In 2001, he decided to join the field of Private Equity throughthe investment fund PAI Partners.

In 2005, he was appointed Partner at Advent International, in charge of the entire French market and with a strong exposure to Emerging Markets (notably China and India).

14 years later and after 18 years of experience in Private Equity and more than a dozen performed transactions, he has joined HLD Group Europe.

Gabriel Fossorier

Partner

Alessandro Papetti

Partner

Jean-Hubert Vial

Partner

Constance Laneque

Managing Director

Anne Canel

Director

Anne Canel is Director for HLD Group, after having created the Luxembourg Headquarters Office in 2015.

She began her career at IGS then KPMG, she became Finance Director for Fondation de France. In Luxembourg from 2007, she worked at PwC then in Private Banking, notably participating in the launch of the Luxembourg Foundation.

She is also the CEO of the Sherpas network of directors, director for ING Luxembourg, Spinecap (Private Equity) and of the Endowment Fund HLD pour la Méditerranée.

Anne graduated from Sc Po (Paris), is Chartered Accountant (France) and certified in Risk Management (ICHEC – Brussels).

Christine Fornaroli

Independent member of the Board of Directors

Christine Fornaroli spent 10 years in private banking in Luxembourg.
Founding and Managing Partner of her own company which provides tailor-made services to individuals and businesses, she also gained a strong expertise in real estate investments.
Having a dual nationality Luxembourgish and Belgian, she is fluent in 6 languages and has developed a deep, personal understanding of cross-cultural issues.

Christine is a Certified Board Director currently serving on the board of different companies in Luxembourg, France and Italy.

She joined HLD Group as an Independent Board Member in December 2019.

Robert Dennewald

Independent member of the Board of Directors

Xavier Buck

Independent member of the Board of Directors

Viviane Clauss

Independent member of the Board of Directors

Viviane Clauss has 25 years of experience in the pharmaceutical sector in France and Germany, and in the financial sector in Luxembourg (Private Banking and Investment Funds).

After graduating from the EM Business School University of Strasbourg), she specialized in business development, marketing, communication and digital. She is the Marketing Director of Banque de Luxembourg since 2000 and she is behind the launch of the Women & Heritage initiative within the Bank.

She joined HLD Europe’s Board of Directors in January 2020.