Arnaud Taverne graduated from Paris IX Dauphine University with a Magistère Banque Finance Assurance (License, Master 1 and Master 2) and a Master 2 (DEA) in Economics and International Finance. He started his career at PWC in 1997 (Senior Bank and Insurance Auditor) before joining Arthur Andersen in 2000 (Restructuring Transaction Advisory Services Paris, Senior Manager). In 2006, he joined the Financial Department of Veolia Transport as Acquisition Manager. He joined the Financial Department of the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations group at the end of 2007 within the proprietary property department and took over the General Management of CDC Investissement Immobilier in July 2014, an asset management company wholly owned by the Caisse.