Invest Europe appoints Gimv's de Montgolfier as CEO

De Montgolfier joins Invest Europe from Brussels-listed investment firm Gimv, where he was partner and head of Gimv France, responsible for overseeing investment and group strategy in the market. 

Prior to joining Gimv, de Montgolfier spent 11 years as co-founding managing partner and chief operating officer at Edmond de Rothschild Capital Partners. Before that, he worked at French firm Astorg, becoming a founding partner in 1998 when the firm spun off from Suez Group.

De Montgolfier succeeds Michael Collins, who stepped down as CEO in August after six years with Invest Europe.

During the last European parliament, Invest Europe helped create the VentureEU fund-of-funds programme, which aims to raise €2.1bn for investment in dynamic startups across the continent.

The association also worked on the development of a new long-term equities category under Solvency II, which places a lower capital requirement on private equity and venture capital investments for insurers, and established Invest Week to promote the benefits of private equity and venture capital investment in Europe.

Invest Europe has recently published its Manifesto for 2019-2024, outlining the industry's key policy priorities for the new European parliamentary term.

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