Laurent Arthaud

Laurent Arthaud started his career in 1986 at the French Ministry of Finance. From 1993 to 1995, he became an Advisor to the Minister of Labor, and then, an Advisor in charge of the labor to the Prime Minister, Alain Juppé. In 1997, Laurent Arthaud joined Rhône-Poulenc as General Secretary of the Corporate Research. In 1999, he founded Aventis Capital, the venture arm of Aventis, with a corporate venture fund Genavent.

In November 2006, he joined CDC Entreprises as Deputy CEO, and in 2012, became General Manager for Life Sciences, Ecotechnology and French Tech Acceleration of Bpifrance Investissement.

He is member of the Boards of Director of Adocia, Aledia, Calyxt, Cellectis, Enyo, Ribogenics, SparingVision and member of the Supervisory Board of Kurma LifeSciences Partners. Laurent Arthaud graduated from Ecole Polytechnique and from French National School of Statistics and Economic Administration (ENSAE).