Jean-Hugues Verdu has joined French buyout firm Activa Capital as chief operating officer.
Jean-Hugues Verdu has joined French buyout firm Activa Capital as chief operating officer.
He was previously a director with consultants Alvarez & Marsal in Paris.
Verdu, 43, began his career at Marks & Spencer, and then worked at Valeo and NEC Electronics before joining family-held pharmaceutical group Innothera as chief financial officer.
Activa Capital is a French mid-market private equity fund, specialising in corporate spin-offs and family firm transactions.
It currently manages over EUR500m on behalf of investors including pension funds, insurance companies, family-office investors, fund-of-funds and the Activa Capital team.
