Dominique Senequier
Dominique Senequier (born 1953 in Toulon) is a French businesswoman. She is president of Ardian (formerly AXA Private Equity), a private equity firm she created in 1996.[1]
Early life and education
Dominique Senequier is a former high school student at Lycée Thiers in Marseille. She holds a postgraduate degree in Banking and Monetary Economics from the University of Sorbonne.
She was one of the first seven women admitted to the École Polytechnique in 1972, the year of its first female intake.[2][3]
Career
Dominique Senequier began her career as Insurance Commissioner for the French Ministry of Finance, where she worked from 1975 until 1980.
She joined the insurance group GAN in 1980 where she worked until 1996, in reinsurance, international development and private equity. She created and developed the subsidiary GAN Participations.[4]
In 1996, she joined the AXA Group and created AXA Private Equity, that became the largest private equity company in Europe with $50 billion of assets under management.[5]
In 2013, she announced the decision of independence: AXA Private Equity becomes Ardian, formalizing the separation with the AXA group.[6]
She has more than 410 employees running more than 50 active funds in 12 offices around the world.[7][8][9][10]
Influence
In August 2011 was assessed as number 98 on Forbes' list of the 100 most powerful women in the world. She was number 50 on the same list in 2009.
In 2012 she was made a chevalier of the Legion of Honour.[2][11]
She is a former director of Hewlett-Packard, having resigned in March 2012, and a former non-executive member of the board of directors of the Italian group Compagnie Industriali Riunite.[12]
She is vice-president of the Supervisory Board of Hermès.[13]
She is a member of the International Actuarial Association.
In October 2013, she was named in the Bloomberg Top 50 Most Influential People in the world in Money Managers category.[14]
In October 2014, she was ranked n°12 in the Fortune Most Powerful Women (n°16 in 2013).[15]
Personal life
She is a concert-standard pianist who enjoys opera, sometimes travelling to Venice and Salzburg to hear it.[9][16]
References
- ↑ website of Ardian, "Management"
- 1 2 Forbes: Dominique Senequier, retrieved 18 August 2012.
- ↑ Knowledge@Wharton: Axa's Dominque Senequier, published 6 April 2012, retrieved 18 August 2012.
- ↑ European PWN, Speakers's dinner with Dominique Senequier, 15 September 2011
- ↑ Alt Assets, Ardian celebrates first year of independence by hitting $50bn AUM, 2 October 2014
- ↑ PE HUB, AXA Private Equity completes spin-out, now renamed Ardian, 30 September 2013
- ↑ Business week: Dominique Senequier, retrieved 18 August 2012.
- ↑ Hymowitz, Carol: Hewlett-Packard Director Senequier Will Depart Amid Turmoil Over Strategy, Bloomberg, published 22 September 2011, retrieved 18 August 2012.
- 1 2 Chassany, Anne-Sylvaine: Axa's Senequier Prepares to Go Shopping, Business week, published 8 July 2010, retrieved 19 August 2012.
- ↑ "PE HUB | Ardian opens second U.S. office in San Francisco". www.pehub.com. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
- ↑ Forbes: Power Women 2009: Dominique Senequier, retrieved 18 August 2012.
- ↑ Compagnie Industriali Riunite : Board of Directors
- ↑ Hermès website, Financial Information: The supervisory board
- ↑ Bloomberg, Most Influential 50s New Names Show Shakeup in Finance, 4 September 2013
- ↑ Fortune, The Most Powerful Women of Europe, the Middle East and Africa, 18 September 2014
- ↑ Hodkinson, Paul: Axa Chief Dominique Senequier talks tough, efinancial news, published 6 September 2010, retrieved 18 August 2012.
External links
- ARDIAN
- CNN Money Most Powerful Women: The International Power 50
- The Wall Street Journal Dominique Senequier
- Financial Times 20 questions: Dominique Senequier