Charlie Naudy

Charlie Naudy, Head of Research

In this role, he conducts thematic deep dives for various strategic partners within Cathay’s ecosystem, facilitating knowledge sharing across teams and geographies. Prior to joining Cathay he was a strategy consultant at Bain & Company for 4 years. He also worked at ISAI, an early-stage VC fund based in Paris, and spent one year in […]

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Shengdong Nie (Eric)

Prior to joining Cathay, Eric worked in technology investment at Capital Today for almost 3 years. He also worked as a strategic analyst at Meituan. Eric acquired Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. […]

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Paul Pouyanne

Paul Puoyanne

He is responsible for screening, assessing, and executing potential investments for Cathay Innovation. Paul started with Cathay as an intern and has previous experience at Air Liquide Healthcare (France) as a Strategic Consultant. Paul holds a Master’s Degree from the International Centre for Fundamental Physics (ICFP) and a business MBA from “College des Ingenieurs”. He […]

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Ana Rocha

She is responsible for screening, evaluating, and executing potential Cathay Latam investments, as well as post-investment monitoring. Prior to Cathay, Ana was an associate at Mckinsey&Company, where she worked across the consumer, operations and infrastructure practices with functional focus on strategy & corporate finance. Prior to Mckinsey, Ana served as consultant at the World Bank […]

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Marguerite de Tavernost

Marguerite de Tavernost

Prior to joining Cathay Innovation in 2022, she spent 4 years at Berlin-based VC firms Headline and Cherry Ventures, investing in early-stage startups in Germany, France and the UK. Before that, she worked as a digital transformation consultant at Founders Intelligence, where she advised CEOs and CDOs on their innovation strategies, including the likes of […]

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Alban Vendeuvre

Alban Vendeuvre, Associate

Prior to joining Cathay Innovation in 2023, he first worked in private equity at Parquest Capital and then joined Group Casino (a large retailer in France and South America) as the Head of Innovation for 2 years where he was in charge of launching startups in different fields (charging stations, data centers, AI,..). He gained […]

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Julien Vulliez

Julien Vulliez

Prior to Cathay Capital, Julien worked for Bpifrance Investment as a Senior Middle Officer for 8 years. Previously, he worked for State Street Bank as a Pricing Administrator for more than 4 years. Julien received a Bachelors Degree in Business Management from the University of North Carolina (US), where he lived for almost 6 years […]

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Mi Wang

Mi Wang

She is responsible for building and managing Cathay’s unique ecosystem across China as well as participating in screening, evaluation, execution and monitoring of investments. Mi has 13 years of experience in investment, corporate strategy, business incubation, post investment management, strategic M&A and post-merger integration in mainland China. Prior to joining Cathay, Mi was an Investment […]

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Rongrong Xue (Serena)

Rongrong Xue

In her role, she is responsible for media relations and marketing in China. Before joining Cathay, Serena worked at Ogilvy Public Relations, providing corporate and financial communications counsel to companies including UBS, CFA Institute, IDG Capital and more. Prior to that, she worked at the Xinhua News Agency Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau as a business and finance journalist, covering […]

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Elijah Yi

He is responsible for screening, evaluating, and executing potential Cathay Innovation investments, as well as post-investment monitoring. Prior to joining Cathay Innovation, Eli was an MBA candidate at Columbia Business School. During his tenure at Columbia he held positions at Lux Capital and Draper Associates, where he covered digital healthcare and frontier technology sectors. He served as […]

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