Wendel (MF.PA)

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Wendel

89 rue Taitbout
Cedex 09
Paris 75312
France
33 1 42 85 30 00
http://www.wendelgroup.com/en/

Sector(s): Financial Services
Industry: Asset Management
Full-time employees: 88,344

Key executives

Name	Title	Pay	Exercised	Year born
Mr. André François-Poncet	Chairman of the Exec. Board & Group CEO	2.21M	N/A	1959
Mr. David Darmon	Deputy CEO & Member of Exec. Board	1.64M	N/A	1973
Ms. Sophie Tomasi Parise	Employee Representative Member of Supervisory Board & Tax Mang.	N/A	N/A	1978
Mr. Jerome Michiels	Exec. VP, CFO, MD & Director of Operational Resources	N/A	N/A	1975
Ms. Ouarda Bekhouche-Qassid	Accounting Mang.	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ms. Elisa Muntean	Investor Relations	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ms. Caroline Bertin Delacour	Gen. Counsel, Ethics Officer & Group Chief Compliance Officer	N/A	N/A	1964
Ms. Christine Anglade-Pirzadeh	Director of Communications & Sustainable Devel. and Advisor to the Exec. Board	N/A	N/A	1971
Ms. Alexina Portal	Director of HR	N/A	N/A	1970
Mr. Jean-Yves Hemery	Head of Trief Corp.	N/A	N/A	N/A

Amounts are as of 31 December 2020, and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. Pay includes salary, bonuses, etc. Exercised is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year. Currency in EUR.

Description

Wendel is a private equity firm specializing in equity financing in middle markets and later stages through leveraged buy-out and transactions and acquisitions. It invests in both listed and non-listed companies. The firm typically invests in technology services and software, business services, healthcare and industrial technology. The firm seeks to invest in Africa, Europe, European Developed Markets, Western Europe, particularly France, and North America (United States and Canada). It invests between €150 million ($175.46 million) and €500 million ($584.87 million) in companies. It targets majority/control/large minority investments in listed or unlisted companies. The firm seeks to take a seat on the board of directors or supervisory board and key committees of its portfolio companies. It makes balance sheet investments. Wendel was founded in 1704 and is headquartered in Paris, France with additional offices across Asia, North America, United Kingdom and Europe.

Corporate governance

Wendel’s ISS governance QualityScore as of 1 July 2021 is 4. The pillar scores are Audit: 9; Board: 3; Shareholder rights: 7; Compensation: 3.

Corporate governance scores courtesy of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). Scores indicate decile rank relative to index or region. A decile score of 1 indicates lower governance risk, while 10 indicates higher governance risk.