The French alternative investments giant looses one senior managing director in France and two managing directors in Italy
Bloomberg reported that Yann Chareton, senior managing director (Milan), Marco Bellino, managing director and deputy head of buyout Italy, (Milan) and Yann Bak, managing director, head of climate & impact solution (Paris), left Ardian (fka AXA Private Equity). Bellino will reportedly join PAI Partners.
Yann Chareton, Yann Bak and Marco Bellino
Bak and Charleton were in Ardian since the early 2000s. In 2013, Dominique Senequier led a management buyout of the alternative investments unit of AXA, the Frenche insurance giant, and rebranded it as Ardian (see here a previous post by BeBeez).
Paris-based Ardian has alternative assets (private equity, real estate and private credit) under management worth 177 billion US Dollars. Earlier in January, the firm said it raises 30 billion for ASF IX, the world’s largest secondary market private equity platform, that will mainly focus on Europe and North America (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The firm also announced a 3.2 billion euros worth closing for Ardian Expansion Fund VI (see here the press relase).
Nicolò Saidelli, Ardian’s head of Italy, is also a member the firm’s Executive Committee, co-head Buyout and since September 2023 advisor of Senequier for acquisitions and strategy (see here a previous post by BeBeez). BeBeez Private Data, the private capital database of BeBeez and FSI, monitors Ardian and its Italian portfolio companies. Find out here how to subscribe for one month or one year or Click here for booking a demo videocall with BeBeez database manager
