Olivier Decannière joined Ardian in 2001 in the Secondaries & Primaries team. He began his career at Société Générale in the M&A division (1996). He subsequently joined the French American Chamber of Commerce in New York as Head of Business Development and Investor Relations from 1997-1998, before becoming Investment Manager for Renaissance Investissements, a Private Equity fund specializing in distressed and special situations (1999-2000).