Ergon announces the appointment of Mrs. Agnès Audier to its Board of Senior Advisors

Ergon announces the appointment of Mrs. Agnès Audier to its Board of Senior Advisors

Agnès Audier has an extensive high-level experience in France and internationally in both private and public sectors. She is currently expert to the French government as part of the France Santé 2030 Program and non-executive board member of Eutelsat, Worldline and Crédit Agricole. After being Partner and Managing Director based in the Paris office, and Member of the Western Europe Management Committee at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), she is still today Senior Advisor at BCG.

Prior to joining BCG, Agnès held positions at the French Ministry of Economy and Finance in the Audit Department, as Chief Performance Officer and ExCom member at Havas, as COO of the Internet and Technology business unit and EVP, Strategy and Business Development at Vivendi Universal, as chief of the staff to the Minister for Small Business and Retail, Jean-Pierre Raffarin, and as advisor to the Minister of Social Affairs and Healthcare, Simone Veil.

Having graduated from the Paris Institute of Political Sciences, the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Physics and Corps des Mines as engineer, Agnès has an impressive academic background.

Throughout her entire career, Agnès has also been committed to environmental and social responsibility. She is currently President of the Board of SOS Seniors, a leading non-profit French organization in elderly care, and President of the Impact Tank, a young think tank dedicated to social impact.

In Ergon’s Board of Senior Advisors, Agnès will greatly contribute to Ergon’s strategic developments, bringing meaningful experience with her broad technological and digital transformation expertise.

Ergon’s Board of Senior Advisors consists of a group of seasoned business executives from the geographies and sectors targeted by Ergon. It meets on a regular basis to review Ergon’s investment strategy and provide insight to Ergon’s management team. Wolfgang de Limburg, Managing Partner of Ergon stated: “We are delighted to have Agnès join our Board of Senior Advisors. Agnès is a strategic, innovation-driven, international and charismatic business leader, with a wealth of experience in the broader tech industry.”

 

 

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