Nicolas Dufourcq

Nicolas Dufourcq

Chief Executive Officer at Bpifrance

TED Attendee
Paris, France
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Activist, Architect, Artist, Business leader, Change agent, Concerned citizen, Connector, Designer, Entrepreneur, Event planner, Investor, Performer, Philanthropist, Policy maker, Social entrepreneur, Writer/Editor

Bio

I lead Bpifrance, the French development and exim bank for midcaps, the French export credit agency and the country sovereign fund altogether. The bank has €30bn equity assets under management and ca. €40bn of outstanding loans. Bpifrance finances every year ca. €15bn of loans and €1.3bn of innovation soft loans. €2bn of equity investments in start ups, small, mid and large caps have been invested in 2017, of which €1bn in private funds through its funds of funds division. Amongst a 1 000 company portfolio, Bpifrance holds 10% of Orange, 12% of Peugeot, 13% of STMicroelectronics and 26% of Eutelsat. Previously, I was deputy CEO of Capgemini in charge of finance, delivery, lean management and IT. I contributed to the turnaround between 2003 and 2012. Earlier I created Wanadoo, the internet access leader, a subsidiary of France Telecom, and listed it for €20bn. I was then deputy CEO of France Telecom. I am Chairman of STMicroelectronics and a board member of Orange.

I'm passionate about

Management, technology, history, electronic music, social projects for communities in the French suburbs.

An idea worth spreading

The power of positive psychology

Areas of expertise

Finance, Management, Technology

The TED story

It's my first one!

Things you might not know

All sorts of creation.