Dear alumni,
As the new academic year begins at the IFM and for the inaugural session of our 2023-2024 Professional Meetings agenda, we are delighted to welcome Mr Nicolas Dufourcq, Managing Director of Bpifrance, the public investment bank, on Thursday 21 September.
Pierre-François Le Louët, Chairman of Nelly Rodi, will welcome Nicolas Dufourcq in theI FM Grand Auditorium.
How is BPI France helping to finance, reindustrialize and promote France's creative industries?
A charismatic defender of innovation and entrepreneurial freedom, Nicolas Dufourcq is at the head of BPI France, the government's armed wing for supporting, accompanying and financing the development and transformation of French companies.
In the course of this exceptional interview, we'll look back at the many facets of BPI France's support for fashion and luxury players, large and small, and we'll ask how we're reindustrializing our sector in France, and what social and environmental impact this will have."
(This meeting will take place in French)
Born in Paris in July 1963, Nicolas Dufourcq has been Chief Executive Officer of Bpifrance, the public investment bank, since February 2013. In 2022, Bpifrance provided around €17 billion in loans, €4.4 billion in financing (loans and grants) for innovation and €4.9 billion in equity investment in start-ups, SMEs, ETIs and large groups.
Among the thousand or so holdings in the portfolio managed by Bpifrance (totalling €50bn) are 10% of Orange, 6.2% of Stellantis, around 14% of ST Microelectronics, around 20% of Eutelsat and around 12% of Doctolib. Finally, since 1 January 2017, Bpifrance has been managing public export guarantees on behalf of the French government. By 2022, €30bn had been granted in credit insurance.
A graduate of HEC and ENA, Nicolas Dufourcq began his career at the Ministry of the Economy and Finance, followed by the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs in 1992. In 1994, he joined France Telecom, where he set up the multimedia division, before becoming Chairman of Wanadoo, France Telecom's Internet and Yellow Pages subsidiary.
In 2003, he joined Capgemini, where he initially managed the Central & Southern Europe region, successfully leading its turnaround plan. In September 2004, he was appointed Group Chief Financial Officer and member of the Executive Committee. In 2005, he became Executive Vice President in charge of finance, risk management, information systems, delivery and purchasing, and from 2007 onwards, monitoring the Group's major accounts.
Nicolas Dufourcq is also Chairman of the Supervisory Board of ST Microelectronics (non-executive), a member of the Supervisory Board of Stellantis, and a director of the Digital New Deal and En Temps Réel think tanks.
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