Partner – Member of the Board – Head of Fund Managers and Product Strategy – Member of the Executive Committee – Member of the Strategy Committee – President ofthe Board of Directors DECALIA Capital SA
Rodolfo De Benedetti is currently Chairman of the Board and majority co-shareholder of the Italian group CIR, where he served as CEO for eighteen years.
He currently chairs the Harvard Business School’s European Advisory Board and is a member of the European Round Table of Industrialists.
Rodolfo De Benedetti also worked for Bank Lombard Odier and Shearson Lehman Brothers in the US.
He holds a Master degrees in Political Economy and Law from the University of Geneva.
Sébastien Demole
Partner – Head of Alternative Advisory – Member of the Executive Committee – Member of the Strategy and Investment Committees
Sébastien Demole began his career in 2002 at the Royal Bank of Scotland in London, as a junior trader. Two years later, he was sent to Hong Kong to develop the equity derivative trading desk.
In 2009, he joined the Parisian hedge fund Boussard & Gavaudan Gestion as a proprietary trader for the multi-strategy fund.
Sébastien Demole opened the PerenInvest Family Office in Switzerland in 2012, where he was in charge of investments in various asset classes, such as direct deals in Private Equity.
He holds a BSc in Economics from Queen Mary, University of London and an MBA from INSEAD.
Jean-Guillaume Benoît
Board Director DECALIA Capital SA
Jean-Guillaume Benoît started his career at Société Générale in Paris as an M&A Analyst, and he became Vice President Mergers & Acquisitions at Crédit Agricole Indosuez in Milan, before devoting himself in 2004 to private equity at Crédit Agricole (Switzerland) in Geneva. In 2009, he co-founded SEC Partners with Cédric Anthonioz.
Jean-Guillaume Benoît is a graduate of the Lyon School of Management and the ICS in Paris.
Cédric Anthonioz
Board Director DECALIA Capital SA
Cédric Anthonioz starting his career in private equity in 2003 as an analyst at Vauban Partenaires in Paris, and he continued in the field with Crédit Agricole (Switzerland) in Geneva from 2005 to 2009. In 2009, he co-founded SEC Partners with Jean-Guillaume Benoît.
A graduate of the Lyon School of Management, Cédric Anthonioz also holds a DESS in Law and corporate Finance from the Jean Moulin University in Lyon.
Partners
Cédric Anthonioz
Partner DECALIA Capital SA
Cédric Anthonioz starting his career in private equity in 2003 as an analyst at Vauban Partenaires in Paris, and he continued in the field with Crédit Agricole (Switzerland) in Geneva from 2005 to 2009. In 2009, he co-founded SEC Partners with Jean-Guillaume Benoît.
A graduate of the Lyon School of Management, Cédric Anthonioz also holds a DESS in Law and corporate Finance from the Jean Moulin University in Lyon.
Jean-Guillaume Benoît
Partner DECALIA Capital SA
Jean-Guillaume Benoît started his career at Société Générale in Paris as an M&A Analyst, and he became Vice President Mergers & Acquisitions at Crédit Agricole Indosuez in Milan, before devoting himself in 2004 to private equity at Crédit Agricole (Switzerland) in Geneva. In 2009, he co-founded SEC Partners with Cédric Anthonioz.
Jean-Guillaume Benoît is a graduate of the Lyon School of Management and the ICS in Paris.
Management team and heads of division
Félix Gloor
Director Private Equity of Decalia Capital in the Zurich office
Félix Gloor was head of the Zurich office of a private equity firm for three years.
Previously, he worked for more than thirteen years in the field of corporate transactions, notably with KPMG and Mazars.
Félix Gloor holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of St. Gallen (M.A. HSG) and a CAS in Corporate Finance from the University of Zurich.
