LBO France has appointed Vincent Briançon as director for the White Knight funds, a series of LBO funds investing in companies with an enterprise value ranging from EUR100m to EUR2bn.
Briançcon’s appointment strengthens the White Knight investment and portfolio management team, which now has 14 professionals. LBO France counts 50 employees.
Briançon, 40, spent 14 years with Bridgepoint Capital, first in London and, since 2000, in Paris. He was promoted to partner in April 2008. A recognised private equity professional, he has focused on healthcare and consumer goods transactions including Medica, Medipole, Nocibé, Afflelou and Histoire d’Or. During this period, he was involved in eight closed transactions and sat on the board of several investee companies.
Prior to Bridgepoint, Briançon worked as an analyst in the M&A department of Société Générale in London.
