Idinvest Appoints Eric Gallerne and Sylviane Guvonnet as Managing Partners
Summary
Sylviane Guyonnet joined Idinvest Partners as CFO in 2000 and in 2010 was appointed as COO. Having been at the firm for almost twenty years, today she manages a team of 45 people working in the Operations, Finance, Legal, Compliance, HR, IT and General Resources departments. Alongside François Lacoste, Managing Partner and Co-Head, he has contributed to the development of Idinvest’s private debt strategy which today represents €3.4bn in total across four areas of expertise: Direct Lending, Leveraged Loans, Corporate Finance and Asset Finance. Along with Lacoste, he leads a team of 21 investment professionals spread across France, Germany and Spain. Formerly, Eric was notably responsible for co-founding mezzanine investment activities (ActoMezz) at Groupama Private Equity and spent 10 years leading the Acquisition Finance department at Fortis Banque France.