Hélène Ploix
Chairman and Managing Director

Hélène Ploix joined Pechel in 1997. Previously, she had occupied (1989–1995) the position of Deputy Managing Director at Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (“CDC”), where she was in charge of finance and banking and also held the position of Chairman of CDC Participations (€1.5 billion under management including €600 million in private equity) and was Chairman of AFIC, the French association of private equity investors (2001–2002). Previously she had held positions in the public sector: Adviser to the Prime Minister on economic and financial affairs, Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, and in the competitive sector: Chairman of BIMP where she created the first LBO fund in France; Director of CEP (1978–1982); Management Consultant at McKinsey & Co (1968–1978) where she began her professional career. She studied in France and in the United States (Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Paris; MAPA, Berkeley; MBA INSEAD; degree in law and English literature).