Graduate, Essec Business School, Paris; MBA, Columbia University, New York. With Sofinnova: 1973, Investment Manager; 1981-87, President, Sofinnova Inc., San Francisco, in charge of venture capital investments in Silicon Valley; 1987, President, Sofinnova Group; 1989, launched Sofinnova Capital I, first fund focused on technology and early stage investments in information technologies and life sciences in Europe. 1998-2001, Member of the Board, AFIC, French Venture Capital Association. 2003-04, Chairman, European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association. 2002-06, Member of the Board, EVCA.