Executive President of Ardian and Vice-Chairman of the Executive Committee, Vladimir Colas is also Chairman of the Operations Committee. He chairs the Secondary & Primary investment platform and oversees Ardian’s offices across the Americas and several international subsidiaries and teams.

Vladimir Colas joined Ardian in 2003, starting his career in Paris in direct investment activities, then moving to secondary and primary activities. In 2006, he relocated to New York to accelerate the development of Ardian’s activities in the Americas, where the company now has 150 employees across 4 offices (New York, San Francisco, Santiago de Chile and Montreal).

Vladimir was instrumental in scaling Ardian's secondary activity first in the Americas and then globally.

Vladimir Colas also co-founded the Ardian US Foundation, is a board member of the Ardian Foundation, and serves as a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Lycée Français of New York.