Laurence Mahéo has 25 years' experience in the technology, digital and innovation sectors, gained as a consultant and then Managing Director of international executive search firms. She worked in France and the USA for Heidrick & Struggles, based in Paris and then in their Menlo Park, Palo Alto, California office.
On her return from the USA, she joined Whitehead Mann in Paris in 2005 to strengthen the Technology practice. She participated in the launch of the Private Equity practice in Continental Europe, of which she became a very active member. After Whitehead Mann was acquired by Korn Ferry, where she stayed for two years, she joined Leaders Trust, where she was the youngest partner, specializing in digital and technology. In 2015, she joined Pedersen & Partners as Country Manager to develop their presence in France.
Since September 2021, she has headed the Paris office of H.I. Executive Consulting, an international executive search firm specializing in the digital, technology, private equity and professional services sectors.
Each year, Laurence leads a pro-bono research project, which is what led her to meet and collaborate with Claire Mounier-Véhier in spring 2018.
A member of the Blue Sky business angels fund since 2007, Laurence graduated from the University of Lille I with a Master's degree in International Business.
Anne Guillaumat de Blignières holds a master's degree in business law and is a graduate of Sciences Po Paris. Her main areas of focus have been relations with public authorities (government and parliament), women's professional networks (founder and honorary member of Financi'Elles, Co-Chair France of the Global Summit of Women) and mediation. A former auditor of the IHEDN (39th session), she was [...]
Claire Mounier-Véhier is a cardiologist. After graduating in 1991 from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Lille 2, she discovered cardiovascular disease in women at the Lille University Hospital, and this theme has remained with her ever since. Appointed University Professor - Hospital Practitioner in Vascular Medicine in 2003, she has been Head of the Vascular Medicine and Hypertension [...]
Charles Robinet-Duffo is Chairman and CEO of the Henner Group. A graduate of the Institut des Assurances de Paris, Charles Robinet-Duffo joined Groupe Henner in 1991. Between 1996 and 2006, he held the positions of Sales Director and Member of the Executive Committee, before becoming Chief Executive Officer (2007) and then Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2012). Charles Robinet-Duffo is also [...]