Bio

Stéphane Bacquaert is a Managing Partner at Adenia, primarily focused on leading Adenia’s private equity activities in North and West Africa. He has 25 years’ experience as a private equity, venture capital and consulting professional. Stéphane joined Adenia in 2019 from Wendel where he was Managing Director and CEO of Wendel Africa for 15 years. At Wendel, Stéphane led the IPO of Bureau Veritas (Euronext: BVI) where he has been a Board member for over a decade. He led the investment strategy of Wendel in Africa where the group invested over $1 billion in equity since 2013. He has also held board roles at IHS Holding (now listed on the NYSE), Tsebo Solutions Group, Saham Group (Saham Finances sold to Sanlam Africa) and PlaYce Africa (sold to CFAO), as well as Materis and Mecatherm in Europe. Stéphane was previously Partner at Atlas Venture, an international venture capital fund with $2.5 billion under management. There, he specialized in new technologies, media and telecoms. Stéphane began his career at leading strategy consulting firm Bain & Company, where he conducted studies in the telecom, banking and private equity industry in Europe and Central America. He then co-founded and led NetsCapital, an investment bank specializing in TMT. Stéphane currently sits on the Board of Directors of three Adenia’s portfolio companies: Syrse, Overseas Catering Services (OCS) and Eastcastle Infrastructure. Stéphane graduated from École Centrale Paris (Master of Science & Engineering) and Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris. He earned an MBA from the Harvard Business School (Baker Scholar).