Team

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Team

Filippo Anichini

Assistant Director
Christophe Bernardini

Operating Partner
Virgile Blanchard

Associate
Xavier Buck

Independent member of the Board of Directors
Anne Canel

Managing Director
Cédric Chateau

Chairman of Investment Committee
Viviane Clauss

Independent member of the Board of Directors
Guglielmo Cucchiara

Analyst
Robert Dennewald

Independent member of the Board of Directors
Geoffroy Desjeux

Associate
Hans-Peter Diener

Senior Advisor
Alessandra Di Gennaro

Office Manager
William Drumain

Assistant director
Christine Fornaroli

Independent member of the Board of Directors
Gabriel Fossorier

Partner
Maxence Gailliot

Assistant director
Olivier Goy

Office Manager
Salim Helou

Assistant director
Hélène Kiavué

Administrative assistante
Jean-Bernard Lafonta

Founding Partner
Constance Laneque

Assistant director
Julie Le Goff

Associate
Philippe Lepot

IT Director
Julia Marc

Analyst
Cécile Nivlet

Evaluation and Risk Management
Alessandro Papetti

Partner
Mikael Petitjean

Reporting and Valuation Manager
Salome Perruchon

Assistant director
Antoine Pineau

Assistant director
Geoffroi Reboul

Finance Manager
Simon Savart

Associate
Marietta Simonyan

Executive assistante
Jean-Hubert Vial

Partner
Davide Vitrani

Associate

Filippo Anichini

Assistant Director

Filippo joined HLD Milan office in February 2020.

Prior to joining HLD he worked as strategic consultant for 6 years, in AlixPartners before and BCG afterwards. During his experience in consulting Filippo was involved in multiple engagements of business and financial planning, as well as general EBITDA improvement, often for private equity owned companies.

Filippo is a graduate from Bocconi University in Milan.

Christophe Bernardini

Operating Partner

Christophe Bernardini is a leading executive, recognised for his knowledge and expertise in the aviation and service industries. Aeronautical engineer, Christophe holds an executive MBA from HEC Paris and has held executive management positions for airlines, equipment manufacturers and maintenance providers. His extensive industry operational expertise and know-how in transformations, acquisitions and complex restructurings. As a consultant he accompanies businesses seeking new development strategies, acquisitions and divestment opportunities.

He joined HLD in 2019 as Operating Partner Aerospace & Defence.

Virgile Blanchard

Associate

Virgile joined HLD in February 2020.

He started his career at McKinsey&Company, where he worked for PE funds in the context of due diligence and value creation plans, as well as for entrepreneurs considering a opening their capital.

He also worked as strategic projects manager for WALLIX, European cybersecurity software editor.

Virgile graduated from HEC Paris Business School and holds a M2 in Public Law – Public Affairs from La Sorbonne Paris I.

Xavier Buck

Independent member of the Board of Directors

Anne Canel

Managing Director

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.

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.

Guglielmo Cucchiara

Analyst

Guglielmo joined HLD in June 2019 and is based in Milan.

He gained previous experience in finance earlier in Pictet (Geneva) and later in Fideuram (London).

Guglielmo holds a Master in International Management from IE Business School.

Robert Dennewald

Independent member of the Board of Directors

Geoffroy Desjeux

Associate

Hans-Peter Diener

Senior Advisor

Alessandra Di Gennaro

Office Manager

Alessandra joined HLD in March 2019 and is based in Milan.

Previously, she worked as an executive assistant for 2 years in Anima SGR and for 9 years in Clessidra SGR.

Alessandra supports the management of the Italian offices logistics, accounting and administration.

William Drumain

Assistant director

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.

Gabriel Fossorier

Partner

Maxence Gailliot

Assistant director

Olivier Goy

Office Manager

Salim Helou

Assistant director

Hélène Kiavué

Administrative assistante

Jean-Bernard Lafonta

Founding Partner

Constance Laneque

Assistant director

Julie Le Goff

Associate

Philippe Lepot

IT Director

Julia Marc

Analyst

Julia joined HLD’s investment team in December 2018.

She has a first experience in Private Equity at Extendam, where she was part of the investment team. Before that she worked in mergers and acquisitions at Edmond de Rothschild Corporate Finance Investment bank.

Julia graduated from the Master 225 in Corporate Finance and Financial Engineering from Paris-Dauphine University.

Cécile Nivlet

Evaluation and Risk Management

Cécile joined the group in January 2019.

She has experience in performance management within the Norauto Group and in entrepreunership throughout the operational launch of a French eco-responsible hotel.

Cécile graduated from IESEG School of Management in corporate and market finance.

Alessandro Papetti

Partner

Mikael Petitjean

Reporting and Valuation Manager

Salome Perruchon

Assistant director

Antoine Pineau

Assistant director

Geoffroi Reboul

Finance Manager

Simon Savart

Associate

Marietta Simonyan

Executive assistante

Marietta Simonyan joined the HLD group in 2019.

She spent 5 years as an executive assistant at Homac Aviation Services, a company specializing in aviation projects in Europe and Africa.

Marietta manages shareholder relations, as well as the management and administration of the Luxembourg offices.
She holds a degree in accounting assistant and a BTS in trilingual management assistant. She speaks French, English, German, German, Russian and Armenian.

Jean-Hubert Vial

Partner

Davide Vitrani

Associate

Davide joined HLD in March 2019 and is based in Milan.

He gained previous experience in M&A, earlier in Mediobanca Group and later in Natixis, where he took part to multiple buy-side advisory projects for corporate and institutional clients.

Davide holds a MSc in Management Engineering from Politecnico di Milano, where he currently collaborates as assistant lecturer in corporate finance.