McWin Capital Partners (McWin), a specialist private equity and venture capital firm dedicated to investments in companies operating in the food ecosystem, has appointed Guillaume Charlin as Managing Partner.
Charlin joins McWin from Boston Consulting Group’s (BCG) Paris office, where he spent 27 years.
Throughout his career, Charlin has primarily focused on advising clients in the consumer sector across Food & Beverage (“F&B”), Retail, Fashion and Luxury, which has resulted in an extensive track record of transforming and developing businesses in partnership with C-level executives and investors.
In addition, Charlin held several senior leadership positions at BCG including Managing Partner for BCG France (overseeing 1,200 people) between 2018-2022, and European Leader for BCG’s consumer business between 2016-2018. In 2022, following its acquisition by BCG, Guillaume was appointed chairman of Quantis, an environmental sustainability consultancy with a focus on the food ecosystem.
As Managing Partner, Charlin will be responsible, alongside the other Partners, for enhancing value creation across McWin’s portfolio whilst utilising his experience within the F&B industry to support McWin’s growth. He will help in developing and executing a growth strategy for McWin through initiatives such as geographic expansion and penetrating new sectoral markets. Charlin will also join McWin’s Investment Committee and take an active leadership role in asset management.
