Benjamin is a financial industry veteran with experience in multiple markets and asset management. In addition to his role at Cathay, he has been a Partner at Chenavari Investment Managers (credit asset management) since April 2018 where he is responsible for the Leveraged Finance group as well as overseeing the CTO group. Formerly, Benjamin was […]
Michael brings more than 15 years’ experience as an investor. After studying Computer Science and co-founding multiple SaaS companies building information and data retrieval products using natural language processing (NLP), he then co-founded Speedinvest, where he spend 12 years, a European Seed Stage venture fund and grew it to 1bn+ AUM and 100+ people, with […]
Arnaud bridges the gap between startups and corporates, leveraging his unique experience as both a startup founder and a corporate innovation executive. Having lived on four continents, he connects diverse markets and industries, with expertise spanning Financial Services, Health and Retail. Open innovation, particularly in driving sustainable solutions and fostering impactful technologies, is at the […]
Prior to joining Cathay Innovation, Joy spent over 4 years with the Amazon Web Services Startup team, supporting thousands of French entrepreneurs and leading the AWS Early Stage go-to-market strategy in EMEA. Her previous experiences include positions at BNP Paribas and LVMH, with assignments in Shanghai, Hong Kong and Madrid. Mandarin speaker, Joy graduated from […]
Prior to joining Cathay in 2021, Margot worked for the French Treasury in the Middle East, then for the French public investment bank Bpifrance, where she contributed to fundraising and business development efforts towards sovereign wealth funds and other large institutional investors globally. Margot holds an MA in International Affairs from Sciences Po and a […]
She contributes to screening, evaluating, and executing potential Cathay Innovation investments, specifically focusing on opportunities in Germany. Prior to joining Cathay in 2017, Costanza was at Cherry Ventures, an early stage VC fund based in Berlin. Her previous experiences includes management consulting at the Boston Consulting Group in Milan and experimental research on low energy […]
Daniela has 17+ years of experience in international business strategy and development, operations, strategic sales, and scaling startups from stealth mode to hyper growth. She has launched products in 27+ countries, guided the regulation of digital products in coordination with governments, lobbying groups along with private and state-owned companies in Europe. Prior to joining Cathay, […]
Prior to joining Cathay in 2021, Catherine worked across strategic subjects in the banking industry for 5 years. She was an Analyst in Acquisition Finance at Société Générale APAC in Hong Kong before joining Inspection Générale at Groupe BPCE as a Senior Inspector. As data became a key asset for financial services, she started her […]
She is in charge of reception and administration. Prior to joining Cathay Capital in 2017, she worked in Shanghai MG COLIPU Office Supplies as a Sales Assistant. Cathy graduated from HuBei University with a Bachelors Degree, majoring in French. She is fluent in Mandarin, French and English. […]
Louis joined Cathay Innovation at the beginning of 2024 as an intern. He began his career as a product engineer at L’Oréal and later worked as the CEO’s right hand at Optimiz Construction, a Station F Future 40 startup, where he gained diverse experience. Louis holds an engineering master’s in Material Science from INSA Lyon […]