European private equity house CVC Capital Partners has announced the appointment of Charles-Henri Filippi as senior advisor.
European private equity house CVC Capital Partners has announced the appointment of Charles-Henri Filippi as senior advisor. Based in France, Filippi will work with CVC to develop investment opportunities in the region as well as advising the firm’s global financial institutions team on deal generation and execution.
Filippi has spent more than 20 years in banking, most recently as chairman and chief executive of HSBC France and a member of the management board of HSBC Holdings. Earlier to this he spent several years within the French government.
Geert Duyck, a managing partner at CVC in charge of France and Belgium, says: ‘We are delighted to welcome Charles-Henri Filippi to CVC. He is one of the most experienced and respected bankers in France and across Europe, and brings a wealth of experience to our team.’
Filippi says: ‘CVC is a global private equity firm with an unrivalled investment experience across many sectors. I believe its track record as a long term and trusted investor globally makes it very well placed for continuing to invest in France.
‘CVC has a reputation for integrity, professionalism and execution. It has a very strong investment team, a value added approach towards investments and sizeable funds under management. I look forward to being part of its future development.’
Filippi is also the founder and chief executive of Alfina, an independent financial company specialising in asset management and financial restructuring. He will remain chairman of HSBC France until the end of this year.
Founded in 1981 as the European private equity arm of Citigroup, CVC Capital Partners has a network of 19 offices and 210 employees across Europe, Asia and the US. The firm is currently investing from CVC Fund IV, CVC Asia II, CVC Tandem Fund and CVC Asia III with a total of some USD19bn in equity capital. It owns 51 companies worldwide employing around 434,000 people and with combined annual sales of USD89.1bn.
