Philippe Poletti is the CEO of Ardian France, Member of the Executive Committee and Chairman of the Buyout Funds investment commitee.

Philippe Poletti joined Ardian in 1999 where he has led numerous successful deals (Spotless Group, Icare, Cornhill France, Outremer Telecom, Larivière, Anios, Siaci Saint Honoré). As Head of the Buyout team he has overseen its development into a pan-European activity. Philippe’s career began at Solving Efeso International, a management consulting firm; in 1994 he joined Desnoyers Group as Business Development Manager, later going on to become Advisor to the Chairman. From 1997-1999, he was Head of Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestments at DMC, a textile group.