Maurice Tchenio

President and Founder

Maurice Tchenio

BIOGRAPHY

A graduate of HEC (Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales, a Paris-based International Business School) and Harvard Business School, Maurice Tchenio was one of the pioneers in Private Equity by creating Apax Partners in 1972, alongside Alan Patricof and Ronald Cohen. Maurice Tchenio is the founder of Apax Partners in France, a leading player in this sector, and Altamir, a listed Private Equity company.

He was a driving force in the creation of the first French Private Equity Investment Fund (Fonds Commun de Placement à Risque) and the French Private Equity Association (Association Française des Investisseurs en Capital).

With 40 years of experience in Private Equity at the head of Apax Partners, I wanted my know-how to benefit the wider public interest and so created the AlphaOmega Foundation in 2010. The Foundation has a public benefit status and is unique as it promotes the concept of Venture Philanthropy in France. AlphaOmega's mission is to help disadvantaged children and young people to gain access to financial independence through education and employment. The Foundation supports charities that pursue these objectives, in France, by providing both financial support and management support.

The problems of precarity that young people face are enormous and growing. The situation has reached a level of such severity that public authorities cannot manage to resolve these problems alone. It is up to the civil society, which has substantial financial resources and all the necessary expertise (legal, accounting, strategic ...), to commit itself and support charities and social entrepreneurs that desperately need help to reach their critical size and increase their impact. But to enable civil society to serve charities effectively, a catalyst and intermediary role is essential. This is the purpose of Venture Philanthropy.
 
AlphaOmega's first five years have proven this approach is consistent with the everyday needs of the charities we support. My dream is to create a true Venture Philanthropy industry in France, and I hope that this new approach to solidarity will quickly inspire other vocations.

MAURICE TCHENIO

PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER OF THE ALPHAOMEGA FOUNDATION

 
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Our co-founders


Our co-founders are concerned about the plight of disadvantaged young people and want to take action to make a difference.

  • Beyond making a donation, they become real investors, but with a social return rather than a financial one.

    ALAIN AFFLELOU

    ALAIN AFFLELOU

    CEO of Alain Afflelou, Co-founder of the AlphaOmega Foundation

    "When Maurice Tchenio mentioned his Foundation, I was enthusiastic about his entrepreneurial and innovative approach for a cause that I see as crucial to the future of our society. As an entrepreneur who benefitted from the advantages of Private Equity to help develop my own company, I can truly appreciate how constructive this approach is. So I decided to team up and support this wonderful idea by making both a personal and business investment in the AlphaOmega Foundation."

    BERTRAND GAILLOCHET

    BERTRAND GAILLOCHET

    Co-founder of the AlphaOmega Foundation

    "As a corporate executive and entrepreneur, I have dedicated my career to working with companies to make them more efficient. I am truly convinced that the quality of teams, the way they work and the strengthening of organisational structures are essential for growth and success. This is a distinguishing characteristic of the AlphaOmega Foundation and its work with charities which is one of the reasons I decided to work with Maurice Tchenio and his team by becoming a co-founder of AlphaOmega and making a personal investment."

     
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Governance

Board of Directors


  • The Board of Directors is made up of people from various sectors, all with charity-based or philanthropic commitments. The Board of Directors meets in the presence of a Government Commissioner, Patrick Audebert.


    ROLAND TCHENIO

    ROLAND TCHENIO

    Board Member

    A graduate of the Paris-based International Business School (Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC)) and Harvard Business School, Roland Tchenio started his career as an internal auditor for British Petroleum. He then went on to work as sales director within the gas division of the Schlumberger group and finally as managing director of various subsidiaries of the Chargeurs group. In 1982, he acquired Toupargel, a French leader in the home delivery of frozen goods, where he worked as Chairman and CEO until July 2013. He is today Chairman of the Board of Directors of the company Toupargel SA.

    Roland Tchenio and Maurice Tchenio are brothers.

    ROMAIN TCHENIO

    ROMAIN TCHENIO

    Board Member

    A graduate of the ESCP Europe in 2000, Romain Tchenio started his career as an analyst for PriceWaterhouseCoopers Corporate Finance in Paris. He then joined Toupargel, French leader in the home delivery of frozen goods, in 2004. After managing the southern division and working as Sales Director France, Romain Tchenio became General Manager of Toupargel Groupe SA and Vice-Chairman of the Executive Board of Toupargel SAS in August 2013.

    Romain Tchenio is Maurice Tchenio's son.

    PHILIPPE GINESTIE

    PHILIPPE GINESTIE

    Board Member

    Founder of the law firm Ginestié Magellan Paley-Vincent, Philippe Ginestié studied in France (Paris-based International Business School (Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC)),university post-graduate degrees (diplôme d'études supérieures) in law and economy and in the USA (MBA from Harvard Business School and ITP from Harvard Law School).

    In the charitable world, and in memory of his son Jean-Denis, he secured the renovation and extension of part of the hospital Saint-Louis des Français in Damascus, and ensured the restoration of the organ of the Biblical and Archaeological School of Jerusalem by the Atelier de Facture d’Orgues of Fontenay-sous-Bois.

    CATHERINE GROS

    CATHERINE GROS

    Board Member

    A former director of communication for Vivendi Universal, then a consultant for Image 7 and  Director of Communication for the EDF Group, Catherine Gros is now Vice President of Publicis Consultants.

    She also wrote the novel Louise et Juliette under the pseudonym Catherine Servan-Schreiber.

    FRANCOIS HENROT

    FRANCOIS HENROT

    Board Member

    A graduate of the Paris University Assas, the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris), the Higher Education Institution (Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENA)) and Stanford University, François Henrot started his career with the French Council of State (Conseil d’Etat). From 1979 to 1985, he was director of business affairs and telematics for the Directorate General of Telecommunications (direction générale des Télécommunications).  From 1985 to 1995, he worked as planning and development director, deputy managing director, then president and managing director of the board of directors of the Compagnie Bancaire. From 1985 to 1987, he was a member of the Board of Directors of Compagnie Financière de Paribas and President of the Supervisory Board of Crédit du Nord. Since 1997, François Henrot is Managing Partner and President of the Rothschild Group's investment banking activity.


    François Henrot co-wrote Le Banquier et le philosophe with Roger-Pol Droit in 2010.

    CLAUDE MAYLIN

    CLAUDE MAYLIN

    Board Member

    Professor Claude Maylin is head of the Cancer and Radiotherapy service at Saint-Louis Hospital in Paris. Since January 2007, he is head of the Cancer Imaging service. He promotes a personalised approach to each patient and, with his team, has developed an effective new care strategy: medical coaching in cancer.

    He presides the Association for cancer treatment and research (Association pour le Traitement et la Recherche en Cancérologie (ATREC)) and is involved in numerous humanitarian missions in Africa within the framework of the International Committee for the Revival of Africa (Comité International pour la Renaissance de l'Afrique (CIRA)).

    He wrote "Un plaidoyer pour guérir : Parole de cancérologue" in 2006.

    DENIS METZGER

    DENIS METZGER

    Board Member

    A graduate of Management Science and a PhD in Applied Economics from the University Paris IX-Dauphine, the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Institut d’Etudes Politiques) and European Institute of Business Administration (Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires, Insead)(MBA), Denis Metzger started his career with Sofinnova, then worked as commercial attaché at the French Embassy in Bombay before becoming investment coordinator at Morgan Guaranty Trust of New York. He joined the Charterhouse group in 1984, acting as president and managing director from 1999 to 2001. Since 2001, he has been President and Managing Director of Chequers Capital.

    Denis Metzger has at the same time been firmly involved in the charitable sector, in particular with Action against Hunger (Action Contre la Faim) where he was Head of missions, Field Coordinator, Treasurer, Secretary General, Vice-President and President from 2006 to 2010. Today he is President of ACF International.

    NICOLE NOTAT

    NICOLE NOTAT

    Board Member

    Originally a school teacher, Nicole Notat is now the founder and chairwoman of Vigeo, the leading European expert in the analysis, assessment, audit, including advice, of organizations, regarding their practices and performance in environmental, social and governance issues.

    She has been General Secretary of the French Democratic Confederation of Labour (CFDT) Union from 1992 to 2002, thus becoming the first woman to lead a union federation in France.
    Nicole Notat has also served as Chairwoman of the Conseil de l'Assurance Chômage (Unedic), member of the Haute Autorité de Lutte contre les Discriminations (HALDE) and board member of Coface. Since 2011, she sits on the board of Le Monde. She has particpated in the think tank on the Future of Europe established by the European Council and chaired by Felipe Gonzalez and headed the work group "Promotion and enhancement of responsible entrepreneurship" at the conference on entrepreneurship, under the direction of the minister Fleur Pellerin.

    She wrote several books, including "L’entreprise responsable, une urgence", published in 2012.
     

    PATRICK AUDEBERT

    PATRICK AUDEBERT

    Board Member

    Patrick Audebert is a senior officer within the Ministry of the Interior, Chief Officer of the charities and foundations unit and, in his role as representative of the Ministry of the Interior, he is Board Member of several foundations with public benefit status.

     

Auditor

  • ISABELLE TRACQ-SENGEISSEN

    ISABELLE TRACQ-SENGEISSEN

    Auditor

    A Partner at EY for 12 years, Isabelle Tracq-Sengeissen previously worked at Arthur Andersen. Isabelle is in charge of auditing for the non-profit sectors at EY (charities, foundations, endowment funds). Simultaneously, she was a technical adviser to Cédric Gelard, member of the IAASB representing the French accounting and auditing profession, until 2014.

    Today, she is involved in the EY Foundation.

    Isabelle Tracq-Sengeissen,  
    Chartered Accountant, is the Auditor for the Foundation.

Legal Secretariat

  • ERIC DELATTRE

    ERIC DELATTRE

    Legal secretary

    Eric Delattre, a lawyer at the Paris bar, graduated from the Ecole Polytechnique, PhD in management and holds a Master 2 in private law and criminal sciences.
    Before creating his firm over 20 years ago, he worked in investment banking, as CFO of a services company, and then as a partner in an Anglo-Saxon legal and tax firm. He is the author of "Que sais-je?", devoted to new financial instruments.

    Eric Delattre,
    a lawyer at the Paris bar, is the legal secretary of the Foundation.

FONDATION ALPHAOMEGA

11-13 avenue de Friedland - 75008 Paris
TEL. : +33 1 85 14 70 07

Fondation AlphaOmega is a Venture Philanthropy foundation with public benefit and trustee foundation status