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Governance

Ardian is defined by the standards it sets for itself. We benchmark our governance and professionalism against the world’s most respected public companies and institutions.

Success is what happens when you stay true to your values and focus on the right goals.

Dominique Senequier CEO & Founder of Ardian

Supervisory Committee

Chaired by Patrick Thomas, the mission of the independent Supervisory Committee is to oversee the management of the group and approving major decisions. Its members safeguard and support the interests of Ardian’s key stakeholders: its LPs and co-investors, shareholders and employees. The members of the Supervisory Committee are the following:

  • Patrick Thomas

    Chairman of the Supervisory Committee

  • François Morrisson

    Member of the Supervisory Committee

  • Eric du Halgouët

    Member of the Supervisory Committee

  • Adel Alderbas

    Member of the Supervisory Committee

  • Jean-Michel Verhaegen

    Member of the Supervisory Committee

  • Sabine Chalmers

    Member of the Supervisory Committee

  • Rawdha Al Rumaithi

    Member of the Supervisory Committee

  • Jennifer Ferrand

    Member of the Supervisory Committee

  • Hassina Harkati

    Member of the Supervisory Committee

  • Daryl Li

    Member of the Supervisory Committee

General Management

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Dominique Senequier

CEO & Founder

Dominique Senequier is the CEO & Founder of Ardian.

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Executive Committee

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Chaired by Mark Benedetti and Vice-Chaired by Mathias Burghardt and Vladimir Colas, the mission of the Executive Committee is primarily to take part in the decision-making process of the Group’s ongoing key decisions and to empower the General Management to take certain legal decisions. It ensures that strategic decisions are informed and sound, made with a comprehensive understanding of their foundations and consequences, and that different perspectives are considered and integrated. In addition to the General Management team, the Executive Committee comprises the following members:

  • Thibault Basquin

    Co-Head & CIO of Buyout

  • Stéphanie Bensimon

    Head of Real Estate

  • François Jerphagnon

    Head of Expansion

  • Mark Brenke

    Head of Private Credit

  • François-Aïssa Touazi

    Head of Investor Relations (MENA, South-East Asia & Africa & France)

  • Arnaud Chaléac

    Group Co-CFO

  • Isabelle Strujan

    Group Co-CFO

  • Anthony Vanden-Maagdenberg

    Group General Counsel

  • Laurent Fayollas

    Deputy Head of Infrastructure

  • Michael Ferragamo

    Head of Global Compliance & Risk

  • Juan Angoitia Grijalba

    Head of Infrastructure

  • Maria Stasse

    Global Head of Human Resources

Operations Committee

Chaired by Mathias Burghardt and Vladimir Colas, the Operations Committee’s primary function is to assist in enabling the Executive Committee to take certain decisions in determining the Group operational orientation and development of structuring projects of transversal teams.

Sales Committee

Chaired by Jan Philipp Schmitz, the Sales Committee aims to assist the Executive Committee in determining the fundraising strategies and follow the progress of each fundraising.

NextGen Committee

Ardian’s NextGen Committee comprises talents, all aged under 35, who meet regularly to represent the views of our younger employees, providing them with a bigger role in deciding our company’s future. The NextGen Committee makes its recommendations to Ardian’s Executive and Operations Committees.

Ardian is a strong company, thanks to its governance and the talented people it can call upon in every part of the organization.

Patrick Thomas Chairman of the Supervisory Committee