I&F makes governance changes

The change of governance sees Pourquéry and Thomazeau take the helm of the firm, taking over from I&F founders Emmanuel Harlé and Pierre Mestchersky, who created the PE house in 1998.

The change of governance took place gradually, with the process starting back in 2012, when the GP was raising its third fund, Industrie & Finance Investissements 3.

The vehicle closed on €135m in 2014, which is almost 75% deployed, according to a statement from the firm.

Pourquéry and Thomazeau have been working in the PE sector for around 20 years and both worked for French GP Atria Capital Partenaires for a decade, before joining I&F in 2011 and 2014 respectively.

Pourquéry first worked for Groupe CIC in the corporate banking team, then in corporate finance. She subsequently joined Atria when it was founded in 2000 and specialised in mid-market LBOs. Thomazeau first worked for the accountancy firm Arthur Andersen, before joining Atria in 2000. 

I&F's team of 10 people, including seven investment professionals, currently manages a portfolio of 11 businesses. In the past few years, Pourquéry and Thomazeau have recruited two investment directors, Christophe Jadot and Arnaud Duault, and three chargé d'affaires, Thibaut Penhoat, Romain Demeunynck and Alexandra Tenoudji Cohen.

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