Our People
Our management team provides a blend of highly experienced professional management consultants who have been active in the financial industry and dedicated experts.
 | Jean-René Giraud | Chief Executive Officer, 10 years of experience in financial technology across Europe |
 | François Bouquet | Partner in charge of our Paris representation, 30+ years of experience in leading financial institutions and management consulting firms |
 | François Champarnaud | Partner, 20+ years of experience as an economist, compliance manager in leading financial institutions and head of department with the French regulator COB (now AMF) |
The management team is supported by permanent consultants providing incontestable expertise in the following areas:
- Risk management systems (Algorithmics, Apollo, Kondor+, Sophis, etc.)
- Front office and trading
- Compliance and regulation
- Alternative investments
- Brokerage and custody
Jean-René Giraud
Jean-René Giraud is C.E.O. of Edhec-Risk Advisory, the consulting arm of the Edhec Risk and Asset Management Research centre where he also focuses on operational and extreme risks for investment managers and hedge funds.
Prior to joining Edhec, Jean-René worked with the management consultancy firm Capco, focusing on operational issues related to investment management companies. As such, Jean-René was in charge of several risk-related initiatives within major European investment banks in London.
Jean-René joined Capco after three years of experience with Barclays Capital Technology where he was in charge of the implementation of a transaction database collecting real time trades for risk monitoring and management purposes. Jean-René has a technical background and he spent over 7 years with SIP Software, in charge of the implementation and integration of an institutional portfolio management system.
Jean-René graduated from ESSI (French grande école for Computer Sciences) in Nice-Sophia Antipolis.
François Bouquet
François joined Edhec-Risk Advisory in January 2004 as a Partner in charge of the Paris office. With an impressive thirty year career in the banking industry, François was successively Partner with Arthur Andersen (now Accenture), Head of Back & Middle offices at BFCE and President of Diagram before finally joining Deloitte Consulting as a Partner. During his career in management consultancy, François has gained a solid experience with more than 30 European financial institutions.
Francois focuses on large-scale change management initiatives impacting the entire organisation and requiring leading management capabilities.
François graduated from ESSEC and holds a DECS.
Francois Champarnaud
François joined Edhec-Risk Advisory in April 2004 following a successful twenty year career with leading institutions such as Deutsche Bank, where he was responsible for Compliance for the Group in France. François started his career in the French Ministry of Finance as an economist, followed by several positions within the French Regulator (Commission des Opérations de Bourse) where he headed the market regulation and planning department.
François holds a Masters in economics and graduated from the Ecole Nationale d’Administration (ENA).
| FTSE EDHEC-Risk Efficient Indexes: July 2010 |
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| Eurobloc | 6.97% |
| United Kingdom | 5.91% |
| United States | 6.69% |
| Japan | -0.60% |
| Dev. Asia ex. Jap. | 7.57% |
| EDHEC-Risk Alternative Indexes: July 2010 (Estimates) |
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| Conv. Arb. | 2.32% |
| CTA Global | -0.48% |
| Dist. Sec. | 1.51% |
| Emg. Mkts | 3.04% |
| Eq. Mkt Neut. | 1.04% |
| Event Driven | 1.83% |
| Fix. Inc. Arb. | 1.08% |
| Global Macro | 0.50% |
| L/S Equity | 2.13% |
| Merger Arb. | 1.22% |
| Rel. Value | 1.84% |
| Short Selling | -4.31% |
| FoF | 0.77% |
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