André François-Poncet

Group CEO at Wendel

André François-Poncet graduated from Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) and holds a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from the Harvard Business School.

He began his career in 1984 at Morgan Stanley in New York and then worked in London and Paris, where he was in charge of opening Morgan Stanley’s French office. After a 16-year career at Morgan Stanley, he joined BC Partners in 2000 (Paris and London) as Managing Partner, where he remained until December 2014 before becoming Senior Advisor until December 2015. He has been a member of the Board of AXA since December 2016.


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Wendel SE is a France-based investor for the long-term as the majority or minority shareholder in listed or unlisted companies, taking the lead in order to accelerate the growth and development. The Firm takes part in the definition and implementation of ambitious strategies and provides the funding necessary. The investment strategy and development of the Firm takes place via close interaction with the management teams of the companies in which the Firm is a shareholder. This partnership is at the heart of the value creation process. The Firm offers active and constant support, sharing the risks and providing advises as well as financial and technical skills. The Company has such subsidiaries as CSP Technologies, Materis Corporate Services SASU and Maxwell Chase Technologies, among others. Together with Future French Champions SAS, it operates through SGI Africaine De Bourse SA. Through Stahl, it operates the Eagle Performance Products business.


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