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A graduate of ESSEC, Michel Saugné began his career in 1999 with BNP Paribas before joining Natixis as a proprietary trader on equity strategies. In 2004, he moved to LCF Rothschild as a fund manager and was later appointed Head of the Funds of Hedge Funds team and co-head of the long-short equity expertise at Edmond de Rothschild. He joined Tocqueville Finance in 2013 and was promoted to deputy CIO in 2016. A member of LBP AM’s Executive Committee, he was appointed deputy CEO of Tocqueville Finance in 2023. In 2024, Michel Saugné was appointed Co-CIO of LFDE and joined the Executive Committee. Michel Saugné was promoted to CIO of LFDE in January 2025.

Anne-Laure inizia il suo percorso professionale nel 1995, da Paribas, prima di entrare in Exane BNP Paribas, nel 1998, dove trascorre otto anni come analista finanziario. Passa, nel 2006, al marketing e allo sviluppo prodotti in AXA Investment Managers, e nel 2008, al Private Equity in Groupama Private Equity dove crea e dirige il team Investor Relations e Marketing. Raggiunge poi, nel 2016, La Financière de l'Echiquier in qualità di Institutional Sales e assume, nel 2018, la direzione del team Marketing Prodotti e Client Service. Nel 2019, a seguito della nomina a Direttrice del Marketing e della Comunicazione, entra a far parte del Comitato Esecutivo. Anne-Laure ha conseguito un Master in Management con una specializzazione in Finanza all’ESSEC business school di Parigi. È altresì titolare di un diploma di analista finanziario della Società francese degli Analisti finanziari.

A graduate of EDHEC Business School, Anne-Sophie Girault began her career in 1999 at Edmond de Rothschild in Paris, before joining Fidelity International in London in 2001 as Investment Director. She continued her career at ABN AMRO Asset Management in 2006, then joined Aviva Investors in 2010 as Head of Fixed Income Client Portfolio Management. In 2014, she joined RBC Global Asset Management as Managing Director - Head of EMEA Distribution. In 2022, she was appointed Managing Director - Head of Continental Europe at RBC BlueBay Asset Management. In the same year, she joined the board of directors of RBC Funds. In 2025, Anne-Sophie Girault joined LFDE as Head of International Development and at the same time the Board of Directors.

Caroline Farrugia holds a DESS in Finance from the University of Paris-Assas, and began her career at Arthur Andersen as a project manager in the Asset Management division (5 years). She then spent 15 years with OFI AM as Director of Compliance and Internal Control, before continuing her career with Primonial as Head of Compliance, Internal Control and Risk Management for financial management companies. Caroline joined LFDE as RCCI in March 2018, before being appointed Director of Compliance and Internal Control in 2020 and joining the Executive Committee. In 2024, she ceased her control responsibilities and set up a Business & Regulatory Solutions department in charge of supporting the business teams in the management company's development projects (in France and internationally) as well as in regulatory projects.

Coralie Hermans joined the Exane Group in 2006 as Head of Human Resources, in particular for asset management activities. In 2017, Coralie Hermans joined Edmond de Rothschild as HR Business Partner for asset management, before being appointed Head of Talent Management, Diversity and Inclusion. In 2024, she joined Sycomore Asset Management as Head of Human Capital. Coralie Hermans was appointed Head of Human Resources and joined the LFDE Executive Committee in January 2025. Coralie Hermans is a graduate of EDHEC Business School.

Elsa Scoury began her career in 2011 at PwC as an asset management auditor. She then joined LFDE in 2015 as Compliance Officer, before being appointed Head of Compliance in 2016. In 2020, she was appointed Chief Operating Officer and joined LFDE's Executive Committee, before being promoted to General Secretary in January 2025. A graduate of Neoma Business School, Elsa Scoury also holds a Diplôme d'Expertise Comptable and an MBA from the University of Ottawa (Canada).

Titolare di una laurea in marketing e management dell’ESVE, Robert Vela è Senior Sales Manager presso Europerformance, Crédit Mutuel Asset Management e ING Investments Management. Entra in Neuflize OBC Investissements e successivamente nel Gruppo Primonial nel 2014 in qualità di Direttore Commerciale Istituzionali e Wholesale. Robert Vela raggiunge La Financière de l'Echiquier nel 2018 e entra nel Comitato Esecutivo nel 2020.