Francis Lorentz

Francis Lorentz is a Founding Partner and Chairman of LD&A Jupiter, (European “boutique” dedicated to M&A and corporate finance for TMT midcaps). He served as Executive Vice-President of Lyonnaise des Eaux (water and energy distribution). He was Chairman and CEO of RATP (Paris public transportation system). He was also an Associate Professor at Paris Dauphine University. He headed the restructuring of the Galeries Lafayette technology services branch, as co-CEO of LaSer. He was also Chairman (and is still a board member) of IDATE- Digiworld Institute, a think-tank and consultancy organisation dedicated to telecoms and Internet. He holds an MBA from HEC and is a former student of ENA (Ecole Nationale d’Administration).