Governance - HLD Group

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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

Partner and Chairman of the Investments Committee
Alessandro Papetti

Partner
Jean-Hubert Vial

Partner
Constance Laneque

Managing Director
Cédric Boxberger

Partner
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

Partner and Chairman of the Investments 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.

Alessandro Papetti

Partner

Jean-Hubert Vial

Partner

Constance Laneque

Managing Director

Cédric Boxberger

Partner

Cédric Boxberger joined the HLD Group as a Partner in September 2021.

Graduated from ESCP-Europe, he began his career in restructuring consulting for SMEs in difficulty within the Deloitte group, where he worked from 2004 to 2008.

He joined the world of private equity in 2008 by joining the OFI Private Equity teams, which became Eurazeo Small-mid Buyout.

In 2012, he participated in the creation and development of the entrepreneurial fund Capital Croissance, of which he became Managing Partner in 2019, and carried out around fifteen transactions there.

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.