Olivier Hua

Olivier Hua is a Partner of Idinvest Partners， he started his career in the banking industry with Crédit Lyonnais followed by Citicorp where he was in charge of financing LBO's for the French market， based in Paris and London. During 12 years he managed small and medium size industrial companies dedicated mostly to the automotive industry. He has been active in Private Equity since early 2000， investing across all sectors in innovative growth companies. He successively worked at PLS Venture where he carried out the investments in Archos （introduced on Eurolist C）， Photoways （resold to Highland Capital） and VistaPrint （introduced in Nasdaq）， then as General Manager of Turenne Capital where he carried out the investments in Scient' X （resold to Healthpoint）， Intego （resold to Bessemer Venture）， before creating the Private Equity activity in the Oddo group. He seats on the Board of several companies like Avanquest， TraceOne， Nexway and Visiomed.

Olivier Hua graduated from the Reims Graduate School of Management （1979） and held the INSEAD AMP （1999）. He speaks French， English， and Italian.