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:
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Patrick Thomas
Chairman of the Supervisory Committee
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François Morrisson
Member of the Supervisory Committee
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Eric du Halgouët
Member of the Supervisory Committee
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Adel Alderbas
Member of the Supervisory Committee
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Jean-Michel Verhaegen
Member of the Supervisory Committee
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Sabine Chalmers
Member of the Supervisory Committee
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Rawdha Al Rumaithi
Member of the Supervisory Committee
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Jennifer Ferrand
Member of the Supervisory Committee
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Hassina Harkati
Member of the Supervisory Committee
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Daryl Li
Member of the Supervisory Committee
General Management
Dominique Senequier
CEO & Founder
Dominique Senequier is the CEO & Founder of Ardian.
Read moreExecutive Committee
Chaired by Mark Benedetti, and vice-chaired by Mathias Burghardt and Vladimir Colas, the Executive Committee plays a central role in Ardian’s governance and decision-making process.
It serves as the Group’s governance body for strategic reflection and debate, it supports the General Management in defining, implementing, and monitoring the Group’s key strategic directions, as well as in making fundamental decisions affecting its development.
The Executive Committee fosters a collective, rigorous, and in-depth analysis of strategic issues, ensuring that decisions are informed, balanced, and based on a precise assessment of their rationale, risks, and long-term impacts. It incorporates diverse perspectives to enable the General Management to act with clarity, agility, and good judgment.
The Executive Committee is composed of the General Management Team as well as the following members:
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Thibault Basquin
Co-Head & CIO of Buyout
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Stéphanie Bensimon
Head of Real Estate
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François Jerphagnon
Head of Expansion
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Mark Brenke
Head of Private Credit
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François-Aïssa Touazi
Head of Investor Relations (MENA, South-East Asia & Africa & France)
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Arnaud Chaléac
Group Co-CFO
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Isabelle Strujan
Group Co-CFO
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Anthony Vanden-Maagdenberg
Group General Counsel
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Laurent Fayollas
Deputy Head of Infrastructure
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Michael Ferragamo
Head of Global Compliance & Risk
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Juan Angoitia Grijalba
Head of Infrastructure
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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.