{"id":65552,"date":"2017-09-13T00:29:02","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T22:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/mobilite\/henri-de-castries-to-join-general-atlantic-as-chairman-of-europe\/"},"modified":"2017-09-13T00:29:02","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T22:29:02","slug":"henri-de-castries-to-join-general-atlantic-as-chairman-of-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/asset-management\/mobilite\/henri-de-castries-to-join-general-atlantic-as-chairman-of-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Henri de Castries to Join General Atlantic as Chairman of Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former chairman and CEO of AXA to join leading global growth equity firm<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n

General Atlantic, a leading global growth equity firm, announced today that Henri de Castries, former Chairman and CEO of AXA Group has joined General Atlantic as Chairman of Europe and special advisor.<\/p>\n

In his roles as Chairman of Europe and special advisor, Mr. de Castries will advise General Atlantic’s investment teams in evaluating investment opportunities in the region and assisting in value creation across the firm\u2019s existing global portfolio companies. The firm\u2019s team of special advisors is comprised of experienced senior executives from around the globe that bring decades of operational expertise, specific sector knowledge, and expansive networks to support to the growth initiatives of the firm\u2019s portfolio companies.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we continue to deepen our presence in EMEA, we are delighted to welcome Henri as Chairman of Europe and special advisor,\u201d<\/em> said Bill Ford, Chief Executive Officer of General Atlantic. \u201cWith a distinguished career leading one of Europe\u2019s most prominent financial institutions, Henri\u2019s wealth of experience as a global business leader will be an important and valuable addition to both General Atlantic and our global portfolio companies.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Gabriel Caillaux, Managing Director and Co-Head of EMEA for General Atlantic said, \u201cThere is a rich tradition of innovation in Europe, and the region is an incubator for many world-class companies across a range of sectors. Henri\u2019s strategic and operational counsel will be an asset as we continue to identify and partner with the most promising growth-stage companies across the region.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cGeneral Atlantic has a long and impressive track-record as a partner of choice for growth companies, both in Europe and globally,\u201d<\/em> said Mr. de Castries. \u201cI am honored to join the firm and look forward to working closely with the investment team and the firm’s portfolio companies at a time when exciting innovation and digital transformation is accelerating across industries and providing significant growth opportunities.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Mr. de Castries was most recently Chairman and CEO of AXA, spending a total of 27 years at the company. During this time, he oversaw multiple merger and acquisitions transactions including AXA\u2019s acquisition of Group UAP in 1997 and Winterthur Group in 2007, both of which were instrumental in building AXA Group\u2019s global footprint across 64 countries and reshaping its operations. Prior to AXA, he served in the French Treasury Department, during which time he was appointed to oversee foreign exchange markets and balance of payments.<\/p>\n

Currently, Mr. de Castries serves as Chairman of the French think tank, Institut Montaigne. He also serves as a non-executive director of HSBC Group, Nestl\u00e9 S.A. and the French National Foundation for Political Science. Until 2016, Mr. de Castries served as a member of the Advisory Board of Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management.<\/p>\n

In the EMEA region, General Atlantic has 21 investment professionals based in its London, Amsterdam, and Munich offices and has been investing in the region since 1989 with a total of $6.2 billion invested, as of June 30, 2017. The firm invests in five key sectors, including Business Services, Financial Services, Healthcare, Internet & Technology, and Retail & Consumer. General Atlantic is invested in a number of leading high-growth companies based in the EMEA region including Adyen, Argus Media, ControlExpert, Delivery Hero, FlixBus, FNZ, Hemnet, Hyperion Insurance Group, IHS Markit, Joe & the Juice, Kauferportal, Klarna, ManoMano, MeteoGroup, Network International, Santander Asset Management, Saxo Bank, Studio Moderna, and Typeform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

General Atlantic, a leading global growth equity firm, announced today that Henri de Castries, former Chairman and CEO of AXA Group has joined General Atlantic as Chairman of Europe and special advisor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":65550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1479],"tags":[1655,1651,1437,2044],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65552"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}