Jacques Simon Bio

Jacques Simon started his career in 1997 at Hong Kong branch of Crédit Agricole Indosuez, as Business Manager in commercial banking. In 1999, he moved to Ucabail, where he was responsible for the real estate leasing back office. In 2000, Jacques went to work as Business Manager at UI Gestion, branch of Crédit Agricole Group management company for venture capital fund, later becoming part of the LBO & Growth Equity team at Crédit Agricole Private Equity in 2004. He joined IDIA Capital Investissement in April 2009, where he was appointed as Investment Director in February 2018 and then as Associate Director in October 2022. Jacques graduated from IHEDREA (Institut des Hautes Études de Droit Rural et d'Économie Agricole) and ISG (Institut Supérieur de Gestion), where he specialised in organisational management on the doctorate programme.