Independent private equity firm Nixen Partners has appointed Vincent Houlot as partner.
The 37-year-old, who graduated from Ecole Centrale Paris and Oxford University, began his career in 1998 with the consulting firm Bossard Gemini Consulting.
In 2002, Houlot joined NiXEN Partners where he has been involved especially in operations such as Aerocan (aluminium aerosol cans), Asteelflash (electronics manufacturing services), Ceva (laboratory specialising in animal health), Malherbe (road haulage), Saverglass (luxury glass bottles), Titanobel (explosives for industrial use).
NiXEN specialises in flexible equity with EUR634m of funds under management. NiXEN invests more than EUR10m per transaction in companies with highly committed management teams, executing an ambitious industry consolidation, through buyout and spin-off transactions.
