How our governance supports our strategy and vision

Ardian’s strengthened governance structure embodies our vision for the company. The proven leaders that make up the General Management Team have worked together in a spirit of close collaboration for more than a decade. Supported by an expanded Executive Committee, they oversee the day-to-day running of the company, enabling Dominique Senequier, our CEO & Founder, to concentrate on the key strategic questions for Ardian.

Our decision to place teamwork and collaboration at the very heart of our governance framework is key. Ardian is a fast-growing, diversified company that spans private markets globally. To succeed, it requires both diversity of expertise and experience and the capacity to forge these diverse viewpoints into a compelling, cohesive strategy and vision. To be both collegiate and agile. With our new management structure, together with our One Ardian, One Voice initiative to encourage collaboration across our teams, we are equipped to achieve this. Our governance at every level of the company is fully aligned with our strategy and vision.

As we begin the next phase of Ardian’s journey, we will pursue our growth strategy as a leading, diversified private investment house on four main axes. We will consolidate our position in Private Equity, Real Assets and Credit by continuing to deliver investment excellence, harnessing new distribution channels such as Private Wealth and deepening our expertise in sustainability, data analysis and AI. We will establish new areas of expertise such as nature-based solutions, semiconductors and hydrogen. We will explore how best to expand into major geographies where we have readily transferable skills, such as US direct alternatives. And we will assess the potential benefits of inorganic as well as organic routes to growth, acting always as a consolidator. 

The governance transition that we have made allows us to give each aspect of our growth strategy the sustained attention it requires. However, it also supports and strengthens the singular vision that unites our many activities and defines the way we do business.

The vision we pursue is to be Architects of Lasting Change. This emphasizes the role we see for finance as a powerful agent of change that should generate enduring economic and social value. Therefore, although we operate across many markets with a wide spectrum of specialist expertise, everyone at Ardian understands our commitment to deliver excellence today while considering how our actions can contribute to better outcomes tomorrow – in line with our purpose to invest all of ourselves in building companies that last. 

Successful investments in this context are both profitable and responsible. They are resilient yet embrace change and have the strength to adapt – and to stand the test of time.