Neuflize Private Assets

François Mouté

 Fund Manager and Chairman of Neuflize Private Assets

François has a total of more than 35 years of experience in the financial markets. He began his career as a financial analyst at Crédit National and pursued it as a fund manager at Banque de Suez, before opening the Paris and Zurich offices of the American broker, Donaldson Lufkin Jenrette. Later on he became a director at Bear Stearns in Geneva and New York and then at Schroders in Paris and Geneva. He founded the Swiss investment management company Chester White & Co, of which he was Chairman for more than 15 years.

He joined the Neuflize group in 2000, in charge of the American investments of the group, before being appointed Chairman of Neuflize Private Assets in December 2002.

François is manager since inception of the Neuflize US Opportunités and Neuflize Ambition funds as well as managing large customized mandates. He also manages the BNP Paribas L1 Opportunities USA $ fund for BNP Paribas Asset Management. In its Fund Review of mid 2009*, Citywire has ranked François the most consistent US equities manager in a group of 167 fund managers on a five year basis.

* source: Citywire Fund Selector edition June 30, 2009