Benoit Lagente

Benoit Lagente serves as an Investment Director at Groupe Caisse des Dépôts, leading a team focused on investing over €300 million in innovative projects aimed at transforming territories across various sectors, including energy transition and smart cities. Previous experience includes serving as Regional Managing Director for West Africa at PROPARCO, where responsibilities included overseeing regional investments, and holding senior investment roles at Paul Capital Partners, managing secondary private equity funds. Benoit Lagente also contributed to academia as a professor at Ircom, teaching finance and human resources. Education includes multiple degrees in economics and finance from esteemed institutions such as emlyon business school, Lancaster University, and Université Paris Dauphine - PSL.