Caroline Folleas
Director/Board Member at Innis & Gunn Holdings Ltd.
Profile
Caroline Folleas - Partner
Caroline joined Mérieux Equity Partners in May 2021 as a Partner.
She spent the previous 13 years at L Catterton – a global Private Equity fund backed by LVMH and focused on the consumer space.
Previously, Caroline worked at BNPP for 7 years.
She spent 4 years in the leveraged finance large cap team in France and Italy where she worked on numerous transactions.
She also worked for 3 years in the trading room as a sales person of FX derivatives in the UK and Argentina, at the time of the Argentinian financial crisis.
She started her career in Germany where she worked for a year for an internet startup – mostly on fundraising.
Caroline graduated in 2000 from ESCP Business School and studied a year in Oxford and a year in Berlin.
Caroline is chairing Level 20 France – a pan European organization promoting gender diversity in the Private Equity industry.
She is also a member of France Invest’s Commission for Talent and Diversity, where she is leading all the outreach and mentoring efforts.
Caroline is also a mentor to several scholarship students as part of the organization Article 1.
Caroline Folleas active positions
Companies | Position | Start |
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Innis & Gunn Holdings Ltd.
Innis & Gunn Holdings Ltd. Beverages: AlcoholicConsumer Non-Durables Innis & Gunn Holdings Ltd. is a holding British company that produces and sells beer. The private company is based in Edinburgh, UK. and has subsidiaries in United Kingdom and Canada. The company was founded in 2007. | Director/Board Member | 2017-09-13 |
Cathay Capital Private Equity SAS
Cathay Capital Private Equity SAS Investment ManagersFinance Cathay Capital Private Equity SAS (Cathay Capital PE) is a private equity firm founded in 2007 by Mingpo Cai and Edouard Moinet. The firm is headquartered in Paris, France. | Private Equity Investor | 2023-12-12 |
Former positions of Caroline Folleas
Companies | Position | End |
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L Catterton Europe SASU
L Catterton Europe SASU Investment ManagersFinance L Catterton Europe SASU is a Private Equity firm, a subsidiary of Catterton Management Co. LLC founded in 1989 by Philippe Franchet. L Catterton Europe SASU is headquartered in Paris. | Director of Investments | 2021-04-29 |
Mérieux Equity Partners SAS
Mérieux Equity Partners SAS Investment ManagersFinance Mérieux Equity Partners SAS (Mérieux Equity Partners or MxEP) is a Private Equity and Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Mérieux Développement SASU founded in 2009. The firm is headquartered in Lyon, France, with additional offices across the country. | Private Equity Investor | - |
Training of Caroline Folleas
Escp Business School | Undergraduate Degree |
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L Catterton Europe SASU
L Catterton Europe SASU Investment ManagersFinance L Catterton Europe SASU is a Private Equity firm, a subsidiary of Catterton Management Co. LLC founded in 1989 by Philippe Franchet. L Catterton Europe SASU is headquartered in Paris. | Finance |
Cathay Capital Private Equity SAS
Cathay Capital Private Equity SAS Investment ManagersFinance Cathay Capital Private Equity SAS (Cathay Capital PE) is a private equity firm founded in 2007 by Mingpo Cai and Edouard Moinet. The firm is headquartered in Paris, France. | Finance |
Mérieux Equity Partners SAS
Mérieux Equity Partners SAS Investment ManagersFinance Mérieux Equity Partners SAS (Mérieux Equity Partners or MxEP) is a Private Equity and Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Mérieux Développement SASU founded in 2009. The firm is headquartered in Lyon, France, with additional offices across the country. | Finance |
Innis & Gunn Holdings Ltd.
Innis & Gunn Holdings Ltd. Beverages: AlcoholicConsumer Non-Durables Innis & Gunn Holdings Ltd. is a holding British company that produces and sells beer. The private company is based in Edinburgh, UK. and has subsidiaries in United Kingdom and Canada. The company was founded in 2007. | Consumer Non-Durables |
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