Our teams

  • Vincent Cornet
    Managing Director

    Career

    Vincent Cornet
    Managing Director

    Vincent Cornet holds a Master of Arts in Economics and Finance from the University of Illinois. He began his career in 1983 as a commodity trader with Drexel Burnham Lambert. In 1985, he joined Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations as Chief Primary Dealer (SVT) and held the position of Manager of the bond trading room between 1990 and 1993. In early 1993, he joined CDC Gestion as Director of Bond Management. At the end of 1997, he joined Axa Investment Managers as CIO of bond management in Paris, then became Global CIO of bond management at the end of 2002. He joined Pictet Asset Management Geneva in 2006 as Global CIO of bond management. Before joining LBPAM in 2012 as Managing Director and member of the Management Board, he was CIO of the Malakoff Médéric Group and CEO of Fédéris Gestion d’Actifs.

    Vincent Cornet joined Tocqueville Finance in 2019 as Managing Director.

  • Irène d'Orgeval
    Deputy CEO

    Career

    Irène d'Orgeval
    Deputy CEO

    Irène d’Orgeval has more than 30 years of experience in the asset management sector, notably at Banque de Gestion Privée from 1985 to 1998 then at Natixis AM between 1998 and 2007, as Chief Investment Officer Active in Rates and member of the Management Committee and of the Strategic Investment Committee. From 2007 to 2012, she served as General Manager of AMlab, an incubator for portfolio management companies. In 2012, Irène d’Orgeval participated in the creation of LBPAM’s Private Debt Management Department and was its COO until June 2018.

    Irène d’Orgeval joined Tocqueville Finance in July 2018.

  • Michel Saugné
    Head of Equity Management

    Career

    Funds managed:

    Michel Saugné
    Head of Equity Management

    Michel Saugné is a graduate of ESSEC. He began his career in 2001 as a proprietary trader at Natexis. In 2004, he joined LCF Rothschild as Senior Manager and Member of the Investment Committee of Edmond de Rothschild Multi Management. He manages the main dedicated mandates and open funds in alternative management and takes responsibility for the analysis and selection of equity and systematic strategies, before becoming Head of the alternative multi-management activity in 2010. In 2011, Michel Saugné became co-head of the direct alternative management activity at LCF Rothschild, within Edmond de Rothschild Investment Managers.

    Michel Saugné joined the management team of Tocqueville Finance in 2013.

  • Caroline
 Frelet-Desclaux

    Development Director

    Career

    Caroline
 Frelet-Desclaux

    Development Director

    A graduate of ESCP (Master in International Wealth Management), Caroline Frelet-Desclaux has 15 years of experience in the financial sector. She began her career in 2002 at Meeschaert Private Banking as a Wealth Engineer and in 2005 became Development Director of Finance Sélection. From 2007 to 2015, Caroline Frelet-Desclaux continued her career at Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management as Vice-President where she was in charge of the development and distribution of funds for continental Europe. In 2015, she joined Métropole Gestion as Development Manager for France and Italy.

    Caroline Frelet-Desclaux joined Tocqueville Finance in 2017.

  • Nathalie Charvet
    Head of Private Banking

    Career

    Nathalie Charvet
    Head of Private Banking

    Nathalie Charvet began her career as a European equity manager & buy-side analyst (Business & Commercial Services sectors) at Natixis Asset Management before joining Rothschild Martin Maurel as Senior Private Banker Ultra High Net Worth segment then as Deputy Director – Fund Manager wallets. She continued her career at LBP AM as Product Engineering Manager and then Marketing Director at LBP AM in 2018.

    Nathalie Charvet joined Tocqueville Finance in 2022.

  • Caroline
 Frelet-Desclaux

    Development Director

    Career

    Caroline
 Frelet-Desclaux

    Development Director

    A graduate of ESCP (Master in International Wealth Management), Caroline Frelet-Desclaux has 15 years of experience in the financial sector. She began her career in 2002 at Meeschaert Private Banking as a Wealth Engineer and in 2005 became Development Director of Finance Sélection. From 2007 to 2015, Caroline Frelet-Desclaux continued her career at Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management as Vice-President where she was in charge of the development and distribution of funds for continental Europe. In 2015, she joined Métropole Gestion as Development Manager for France and Italy.

    Caroline Frelet-Desclaux joined Tocqueville Finance in 2017.

  • Charlotte Vermer
    Distribution Director

    Career

    Charlotte Vermer
    Distribution Director

    Charlotte Vermer began her career in 1999 with CBC Bank then UBS Warburg in London and Paris as Associate Director in charge of a portfolio of European clients. In 2004, she continued her career at Morgan Stanley and then joined Euroclear in Brussels in 2007, occupying the position of Team Leader of Account Managers. Charlotte Vermer joined Métropole Gestion in Paris in 2012 to develop institutional clients in Benelux and Switzerland, then was appointed Head of Institutional Development at IVO Capital Partners in Paris in 2017.

    Charlotte Vermer joined the Tocqueville Finance teams in 2019.

  • Bouchra 
Derveaux-Kissi
    Head of Partnerships

    Career

    Bouchra 
Derveaux-Kissi
    Head of Partnerships

    A graduate of a DESS in Banking Finance Insurance from the University of Paris X, Bouchra Derveaux Kissi has 12 years of experience in business development. She began her career in 2006 as Marketing Officer at BNP Paribas – CARDIF then joined Métropole Gestion in 2007 as Head of Partnerships for 5 years. In 2013, she continued her career at Fidexi, as Head of Partnerships.

    Bouchra Derveaux-Kissi joined the Tocqueville Finance teams in 2018.

  • Edwin de Trédern
    Head of Partnerships

    Career

    Edwin de Trédern
    Head of Partnerships

    A graduate of Edhec Business School, holder of a Master’s degree in law from Panthéon-Assas University and a University Diploma in Wealth Engineering from Clermont-Ferrand, Edwin de Trédern has 7 years of development experience. commercial and 2 years of experience in equity financial analysis. He began his career in 2007 as a financial analyst at the New York-based hedge fund Amber Capital, then at Oddo & Cie until 2010. Since then, he has devoted himself to business development and in 2014 joined the CGPI department of Oddo-BHF in order to develop a portfolio of CGPs and independent brokers.

    Edwin de Tredern joined Tocqueville Finance in 2018.

  • Marco Prete
    Distribution Sales Manager

    Career

    Marco Prete
    Distribution Sales Manager

    Graduated with a master’s degree in Finance from Bocconi University in Milan, Marco Prete began his career in 2011 in the marketing department of AMUNDI based in Milan and joined Anima, a leading Italian management company, a year later. , as a sales representative for institutional clients. From 2014 to 2017, Marco Prete continued his career within the sales and marketing team of Anthilia Capital Markets based in Milan where he was in charge of customer service, marketing and support to the commercial team. In 2018, he joined Exane Asset Management in Paris in charge of development for Italy and the Ticino region in Switzerland with fund selectors, family offices and private bankers.

    Marco Prete joined the Tocqueville Finance teams in 2022.

  • Basile Poussard
    Sales assistant

    Career

    Basile Poussard
    Sales assistant

    After a Master’s degree in Economic and Financial Engineering at the University of Rennes 1, Basile Poussard began his career in 2019 at Rcube Asset Management as a market monitoring manager and system developer.

    Basile Poussard joined Tocqueville Finance in 2021.

  • Michel Saugné
    Head of Equity Management

    Career

    Funds managed:

    Michel Saugné
    Head of Equity Management

    Michel Saugné is a graduate of ESSEC. He began his career in 2001 as a proprietary trader at Natexis. In 2004, he joined LCF Rothschild as Senior Manager and Member of the Investment Committee of Edmond de Rothschild Multi Management. He manages the main dedicated mandates and open funds in alternative management and takes responsibility for the analysis and selection of equity and systematic strategies, before becoming Head of the alternative multi-management activity in 2010. In 2011, Michel Saugné became co-head of the direct alternative management activity at LCF Rothschild, within Edmond de Rothschild Investment Managers.

    Michel Saugné joined the management team of Tocqueville Finance in 2013.

  • Alvaro Ruiz-Navajas
    Portfolio Manager-analyst

    Career

    Alvaro Ruiz-Navajas
    Portfolio Manager-analyst

    D. in Economics from the University of Manchester and an M.A. in Economics from Arizona State University, Alvaro Ruiz-Navajas began his career in 2001 as a financial systems development consultant at GIZ before joining Fortis Investments as an analyst in 2007.
    In 2009, he joined BNP Paribas where he worked for two years as an analyst and then as a portfolio manager. A specialist in the energy and utilities sectors, he is in charge of two responsible funds focused on the energy transition.

    Alvaro Ruiz-Navajas joined Tocqueville Finance in 2021.

  • Pierre Coiffet
    Portfolio Manager-analyst

    Career

    Pierre Coiffet
    Portfolio Manager-analyst

    Pierre is a graduate of Sciences Po Paris, a Masters in Law Panthéon-Sorbonne and the CIIA (Certified International Investment Analyst). Pierre Coiffet began his career in 1987 as a sell-side analyst in several institutions, including CIC Securities, Dresdner Kleinwort Benson, BNP Paribas. In 2001, he joined Crédit Lyonnais Securities in New York as a Salesman for European equities and in 2004 became Analyst Manager at Amber Capital, an event-driven hedge fund. In 2006, he joined BNP Paribas as a long-short European equity trader. In 2008, he became Head of Global Equity Fundamental Research at BNP Paribas, then joined La Banque Postale Asset Management in 2016 as Senior European Equity Manager.

    Pierre Coiffet joined Tocqueville Finance in 2020.

  • Nelly Davies
    Portfolio Manager-analyst

    Career

    Funds managed:

    Nelly Davies
    Portfolio Manager-analyst

    A graduate of DESS 203 from the University of Paris Dauphine and SFAF, Nelly Davies has 24 years of experience in equity management, mainly at HSBC, which she joined in 2000 to manage the large cap euro zone universe. In 2007, she joined the Tocqueville Finance teams where she was in charge of the “growth” franchise for nearly 10 years and, from 2013, managed the Tocqueville Megatrends fund. After a 2-year experience at Erasmus Gestion to develop a small cap euro fund, she decided to join Tocqueville Finance as Principal Manager of Tocqueville Ulysse.

    Nelly Davies joined Tocqueville Finance in 2018.

  • Yann Giordmaïna
    Portfolio Manager-analyst

    Career

    Funds managed:

    Yann Giordmaïna
    Portfolio Manager-analyst

    Yann Giordmaïna began his career in 1998 at Crédit Agricole Asset Management as a portfolio management associate and then became an international equity fund manager in 2000. In 2001, he continued his career at Natexis Asset Management as Head of Japan/Asia-Pacific management. Yann Giordmaïna joined Métropole Gestion in 2004 as Portfolio Manager for European and international equities. Yann Giordmaïna is a graduate of the French Society of Financial Analysts and has a Masters in Banking-Finance from the University of Panthéon-Assas.

    Yann Giordmaïna joined Tocqueville Finance in 2018.

  • Christine Lebreton
    Portfolio Manager-analyst

    Career

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    Christine Lebreton
    Portfolio Manager-analyst

    Christine Lebreton is a graduate of ESCP Europe. Christine Lebreton began her career in 1989 in the Audit and Consulting division of Ernst & Young. In 1991, she became a sell-side European equity analyst for the broker Oddo & Cie (Healthcare, Consumer Goods sectors) then buy-side at Crédit Lyonnais Asset Management (Healthcare, HPC and Chemicals sectors) in 1997. In 2000, she joined Natixis Asset Management as European equity manager-analyst, where she notably participated in the creation of the Equity & Credit Research department. In 2008, she took over the management of SRI funds and in 2012 became Head of Responsible European Equities and Impact Investing at Mirova (a subsidiary of Natixis Asset Management). In 2014, she joined La Banque Postale Asset Management as European Equity Manager, with a focus on Growth and Healthcare.

    Christine Lebreton joined Tocqueville Finance in 2020.

  • Mehdi Chaiti
    Junior Portfolio Manager-analyst

    Career

    Mehdi Chaiti
    Junior Portfolio Manager-analyst

    A graduate of ESSEC Business School and the Mohammadia School of Engineers in Morocco, Mehdi Chaiti began his career in 2018 at BNP Paribas Asset Management as an equity analyst within the international equity team.

    Mehdi Chaiti joined Tocqueville Finance in 2021.

  • Stéphane Nieres-Tavernier
    Portfolio Manager-analyst

    Career

    Funds managed:

    Stéphane Nieres-Tavernier
    Portfolio Manager-analyst

    Stéphane Nieres-Tavernier is a graduate of HEC (Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales) and the Center de Formation à l’Analyse Financière, Stéphane Nières-Tavernier has more than 20 years of experience in financial management. He began his career in 1998 at BNP Private Equity (Banexi) then in Equity Research at IXIS Midcaps in 2001 then EXANE BNP Paribas in 2006. In 2008, Stéphane Nières-Tavernier became European Equity Manager at Montpensier Finance.

    Stéphane Nières-Tavernier joined Tocqueville Finance in 2018.

  • Pierre Schang
    Portfolio Manager-analyst

    Career

    Pierre Schang
    Portfolio Manager-analyst

    A graduate of the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce et de Management de Tours-Poitiers, Pierre Schang began his career in 2010 as head of “sell-side” research at NFinance Securities. Between 2014 and 2018, he was a manager specializing in European small and mid caps at Amilton Asset Management.

    Pierre Schang joined Tocqueville Finance in 2018.

  • Matthieu Tassy
    Portfolio Manager-analyst

    Career

    Matthieu Tassy
    Portfolio Manager-analyst

    Matthieu Tassy holds a Master’s degree in Statistical and Actuarial Engineering from the Institute of Applied Mathematics in Angers, he also holds the CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) certification.

    Matthieu Tassy has been a Manager at Tocqueville Finance since 2006.

  • Alexandre Voisin
    Portfolio Manager-analyst

    Career

    Funds managed:

    Alexandre Voisin
    Portfolio Manager-analyst

    Alexandre Voisin is a graduate of the SFAF and a Civil Mining Engineer. He began his career in 1994 in the Economic and Financial Research Department of Banque Indosuez as a sector analyst and in 1997, he became Small Cap Europe Equity Manager at Crédit Agricole Asset Management. In 2002, he joined La Banque Postale Asset Management and became Head of Small & Mid Cap euro zone and co-manager LBPAM Actions Midcap. He is also involved in the creation and management of Actys 3, LBPAM Actions Sélection Midcap and LBPAM Responsable Actions Environnement.

    Alexandre Voisin joined Tocqueville Finance in 2014.

  • Anthony Albanese
    Fundamental and Sustainable Analyst

    Career

    Anthony Albanese
    Fundamental and Sustainable Analyst

    Holder of a Master’s degree from Skema Business School and his MSc Financial Markets & Investments, Anthony Albanese joined the Tocqueville Finance management team in 2021.
    After a first experience at Mirabaud & Cie in Luxembourg as a Management Assistant, he continued his career at Amilton Asset Management as an equity analyst.

    Anthony Albanese joined Tocqueville Finance in 2021.