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Jacques Mouchet is the Founder and President of ATEQ, the global leader in measurement solutions with 26 wholly-owned subsidiaries since 1982. Millions of ATEQ solutions have been installed through their various divisions: the Leak/Flow Testers Division, the Aviation Division, and the TPMS (Tire Pressure Monitoring System) Division. Their instruments are used worldwide in a variety of applications, including medical devices, industrial equipment, automotive, electronics, household appliances, and aerospace. ATEQ's annual revenue is approximately $200 million.

Olivier leads Enthéos, a Family Office specializing in private equity investment based in Paris and Rennes. Enthéos actively supports companies that place decarbonization and sustainability at the heart of their business model.

After starting his career in Chile, where he founded the country's first microcredit bank, Contigo, Hubert then pursued an international career for 11 years at Rhône-Poulenc Chimie (which became Rhodia in 1998, then Solvay). In 2004, he joined ARMOR GROUP as General Manager with the mission of giving new momentum to the company, and in 2014, he took control of it with the management team and 500 employees. ARMOR GROUP is an industrial SME headquartered in Nantes (2,500 employees, €436M turnover in 2023). Hubert de Boisredon is a Knight of the National Order of Merit (2009) and a Knight of the Legion of Honour (2017).

The co-investment fund of the Pays de la Loire Region aims to support VSEs and SMEs in the Pays de la Loire region during the start-up and development phase, through interventions of between €100,000 and €700,000 in equity or quasi-equity investments alongside private financial partners. Up to date, Pays de la Loire Participations invests in the capital of around sixty companies in Pays de la Loire. The management of this fund has been entrusted to the Capital Investissement company SIPAREX with a dedicated team in Nantes.

Thierry Roussel, an entrepreneur over 20 years, supported La Centrale des Particuliers as marketing director then Deputy General Director and was involved in the launch of Club Internet in 1995 until the sale to Deutsch Telekom. In 2000, he became deputy general manager of Poliris (SeLoger, Promovacances), then the strategic and marketing director of 9 Telecom, resold 12 months later to the Louis Dreyfus group. At the end of 2002, he co-founded Direct Energie and remained a shareholder until the sale in 2018 to Total. In 2012, he launched into impact as Business Angel and founded Senioradom, a company that will disrupt the world of Teleassistance, in France and China. He sold the company to the Vyv Group in March 2020. Since then, Thierry has been involved in Energy, supporting vulnerable people (physical disability, autism), food and responsible agricultural production.

Martin Fornage is an electronics Engineer who started his career in the telecom industry in France and in California. He is specialized in the digital control of Analog Electronics and systems engineering. He started Enphase in 2006 with his friend Raghu Belur and took the role of CTO until his retirement in 2020. Enphase is now the worldwide leader in solar systems based on microinverters. The Enphase offering requires designing low cost, high efficiency and very high reliability equipment. This combination is rarely seen in any industry. Martin Fornage holds 100 US patents. He lives in Northern California and advises a few companies in the renewable energy sector.

Philippe Pradel, aged 65, is a graduate of France’s leading engineering school, the École polytechnique and National Institute of Advanced Technologies (ENSTA). He joined the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) in 1980 to carry out experimental research on the Superphenix nuclear reactor before joining COGEMA in 1987 to work on nuclear fuel reprocessing at the Group’s nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in the Hague. He held a number of different positions at COGEMA before joining AREVA, where he managed the Group’s Upstream Business Group from 2002 to 2004. In 2005, he was appointed Director of the Nuclear Energy Division at the French Atomic Energy Commission and member of the AREVA Supervisory Board. From 2010 to 2017, he was appointed Senior Vice-President at ENGIE NUCLEAR DEVELOPMENT. Philippe Pradel has been awarded a number of decorations including Commander of the Order of the Rising Sun (Japan), Chevalier of the Legion of Honour and the National Order of Merit (France). He has been a member of the French Academy of Technologies since 2009.

Over the past twenty years, Ludovic has gained extensive expertise in general management and organizational coaching. This expertise was developed through engagements in private equity and venture capital sectors, focusing on micromobility, energy (CVC), and real estate industries in Europe, as well as general management assignments in the Middle East and Africa. Initially a consultant in organization and strategy, he has successfully led several transformation programs for medium to large international organizations, such as AXA, the BEL Group, NORAUTO, and VELIB. Living abroad for 10 years, including in the United Kingdom, the United States, Syria, Iran, and Egypt, Ludovic has acquired remarkable ease in intercultural environments.