1.0SAM Strasbourg - Science Art Méditationhttps://samstrasbourg.com/en/Charlyne Bachhttps://samstrasbourg.com/en/author/cbsamadmin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://samstrasbourg.com/en/gonzague-de-blignieres/">Gonzague de Blignières</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";var e=!1,n=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(d.addEventListener)e=!0;if(d.wp=d.wp||{},!d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,i,a,s=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),c=0;c<n.length;c++)n[c].style.display="none";for(c=0;c<s.length;c++)if(r=s[c],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(a=parseInt(t.value,10)))a=1e3;else if(~~a<200)a=200;r.height=a}if("link"===t.message)if(i=l.createElement("a"),a=l.createElement("a"),i.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,o.test(a.protocol))if(a.host===i.host)if(l.activeElement===r)d.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),d.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),i=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),a=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),s=0;s<a.length;s++){if(!(e=a[s]).getAttribute("data-secret"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t);if(r||i)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://samstrasbourg.com/en/gonzague-de-blignieres/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“Gonzague de Blignières” — SAM Strasbourg - Science Art Méditation" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>Former Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Equistone France, he founded and chaired Barclays Private Equity France, an investment fund based in Paris and specialised in midmarket transactions, and co-chaired Barclays Private Equity Europe. He has worked as an investor for over 30 years. Gonzague began his career at Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP), first as Head of the Organisation Department from 1979 to 1981 and then as a financial analyst from 1981. After six years at Banexi as Director of Investment, he joined Charterhouse Associates SA as an associate (1987-1992), responsible for LBOs and LBIs and growth capital. He joined Barclays in 1992 to create Barclays Private Equity and became its Chairman in 2001.