Strategic Committee

The Strategic Committee advises the Executive Committee.

Clément Francomme

CEO of Utocat

Clément is CEO of the fintech Utocat since 2014 and a Blockchain specialist.

Specialized in security with a background realized partly in London within the company Safran Morpho (specialist in biometric solutions and digital identity management) as an IT manager. Based on this expertise and interested in Blockchain since 2013, he decided to found Utocat in 2014, a fintech specialized in the banking sector.

 

Clément graduated from Polytech’Lille in computer engineering.

Charles Zerah

Portfolio Manager

Charles was a partner at Carmignac from 2010 to 2021.

He began his career in 1995 as an Emerging Market Bond Manager at Axa IM before joining Crédit Lyonnais AM in 1999 as a Senior Manager. In 2004, he joined Crédit Agricole AM in London as Head of Emerging Markets Bonds, before spending 11 years with Carmignac’s Fixed Income team as a partner. Charles holds a Master’s degree in Banking & Finance and a DESS in Finance from the University of Paris II Panthéon Assas.

Laurent Dupeyron

Head of Business Development

Laurent has worked for more than 20 years in the field of derivatives.

From 1996 to 2008, he managed Goldman Sachs’ activities in Switzerland and then co-managed the Equity Finance activities in Europe for the same group. In 2009, he joined Olympia Capital Management as a partner and CEO.

 

From 2012 until 2022, Laurent was responsible for the overall supervision of Unicredit’s equity derivatives and fixed income distribution activities. Laurent is now Managing Partner in charge of business development at Ossiam.

Clément Francomme, CEO d’Utocat

Clément Francomme

CEO of Utocat

Clément is CEO of the fintech Utocat since 2014 and a Blockchain specialist.

Specialized in security with a background realized partly in London within the company Safran Morpho (specialist in biometric solutions and digital identity management) as an IT manager. Based on this expertise and interested in Blockchain since 2013, he decided to found Utocat in 2014, a fintech specialized in the banking sector.

 

Clément graduated from Polytech’Lille in computer engineering.

Charles Zerah, Portfolio Manager

Charles Zerah

Portfolio Manager

Charles was a partner at Carmignac from 2010 to 2021.

He began his career in 1995 as an Emerging Market Bond Manager at Axa IM before joining Crédit Lyonnais AM in 1999 as a Senior Manager. In 2004, he joined Crédit Agricole AM in London as Head of Emerging Markets Bonds, before spending 11 years with Carmignac’s Fixed Income team as a partner. Charles holds a Master’s degree in Banking & Finance and a DESS in Finance from the University of Paris II Panthéon Assas.

Laurent Dupeyron

Laurent Dupeyron

Head of Business Development

Laurent has worked for more than 20 years in the field of derivatives.

From 1996 to 2008, he managed Goldman Sachs’ activities in Switzerland and then co-managed the Equity Finance activities in Europe for the same group. In 2009, he joined Olympia Capital Management as a partner and CEO.

 

From 2012 until 2022, Laurent was responsible for the overall supervision of Unicredit’s equity derivatives and fixed income distribution activities. Laurent is now Managing Partner in charge of business development at Ossiam.

Bernd Bröker

Former CEO
Bernd was CEO of Unicredit Ireland from 2011 to 2021.

He headed the FX trading desk at Merrill Lynch in London, managed the Forex, commodities and emerging markets business at Bear Stearns London until 2008, then FX options globally for Nomura. He joined UniCredit Bank in 2011 as Global Head of FX, headed the Institutional sales teams for the UK, France and the EU. Bernd was also the CEO of UniCredit in Ireland until 2021.

Carlos Galvis

Portfolio Manager
Carlos has been a Global Macro fund manager with over 20 years of experience in asset management.
From 2010 to 2019, he was the Associate Manager of the Carmignac Capital Plus fund, ranked 3rd best risk adjusted return over a 1, 3 and 5 year horizon in Europe. From 2000 to 2010, he worked at Amundi in London, where he headed the Multi-Strategy & Absolute Return funds division with €4 billion of assets under management.

Prior to that, he worked as a strategist at Indocam and then as Head of Multi-Strategy & Absolute Return funds at Crédit Agricole Asset Management (CAAM).

Carlos holds a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Los Andes in Bogota and a Master’s degree in Finance from Birkbeck University in London.

Karim Moussalem

Portfolio Manager
Karim is a Buy Side & Sell Side fund manager with 20 years of experience in portfolio management.
He spent 11 years at Goldman Sachs where he co-headed the European sales division of One Delta. From 2011 to 2017, he co-founded Verrazzano Capital, a European long-short and long-only equity asset manager, where he was responsible for portfolio management.

After being responsible for global co-management of trading at Deutsche Bank, Karim currently heads European equity sales and trading at Cantor Fitzgerald.
Bernd Bröker, Former CEO

Bernd Bröker

Former CEO
Bernd was CEO of Unicredit Ireland from 2011 to 2021.

He headed the FX trading desk at Merrill Lynch in London, managed the Forex, commodities and emerging markets business at Bear Stearns London until 2008, then FX options globally for Nomura. He joined UniCredit Bank in 2011 as Global Head of FX, headed the Institutional sales teams for the UK, France and the EU. Bernd was also the CEO of UniCredit in Ireland until 2021.

Carlos Galvis, Portfolio Manager

Carlos Galvis

Portfolio Manager
Carlos has been a Global Macro fund manager with over 20 years of experience in asset management.
From 2010 to 2019, he was the Associate Manager of the Carmignac Capital Plus fund, ranked 3rd best risk adjusted return over a 1, 3 and 5 year horizon in Europe. From 2000 to 2010, he worked at Amundi in London, where he headed the Multi-Strategy & Absolute Return funds division with €4 billion of assets under management.

Prior to that, he worked as a strategist at Indocam and then as Head of Multi-Strategy & Absolute Return funds at Crédit Agricole Asset Management (CAAM).

Carlos holds a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Los Andes in Bogota and a Master’s degree in Finance from Birkbeck University in London.
Karim Moussalem, Portfolio Manager

Karim Moussalem

Portfolio Manager
Karim is a Buy Side & Sell Side fund manager with 20 years of experience in portfolio management.
He spent 11 years at Goldman Sachs where he co-headed the European sales division of One Delta. From 2011 to 2017, he co-founded Verrazzano Capital, a European long-short and long-only equity asset manager, where he was responsible for portfolio management.

After being responsible for global co-management of trading at Deutsche Bank, Karim currently heads European equity sales and trading at Cantor Fitzgerald.

OUR INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS ARE RESERVED FOR PROFESSIONAL CLIENTS

Nos solutions d'investissement sont réservées à une clientèle professionnelle

OUR INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS ARE RESERVED FOR PROFESSIONAL CLIENTS, BY CLICKING YES YOU CONFIRM THAT YOU ARE A PROFESSIONAL CLIENT

NOS SOLUTIONS D'INVESTISSEMENT SONT RÉSERVÉES À UNE CLIENTÈLE PROFESSIONNELLE, EN CLIQUANT SUR OUI VOUS CONFIRMEZ QUE VOUS ÊTES UN CLIENT PROFESSIONNEL