Suffren Holding ex Turenne Holding

About Suffren Holding ex Turenne Holding

François Lombard is a well-known figure in French private equity and the governance of listed investment companies. He serves as Chairman of Suffren Holding, formerly Turenne Holding, the family holding company that controls Altur Investissement. Through this vehicle, he acts as the reference shareholder of the group and oversees a long-term investment strategy focused on backing growth businesses. Altur Investissement has stated that Suffren Holding is a family holding linked to the Lombard family, within a single-family-office platform model. His career is closely tied to the private equity and investment-management ecosystem. According to Altur Investissement, François Lombard founded Turenne Capital Partenaires in November 1999, highlighting his long-standing expertise as an institutional and entrepreneurial investor. That background helped him build a recognized track record in financing unlisted companies and later in guiding a listed platform with a stable shareholder base. Within Altur, he played a decisive role in strengthening control of the company. Financial disclosures show that Suffren Holding, acting in concert with Altur Participations and François Lombard, gradually increased its stake, ultimately exceeding 88% of Altur Investissement’s share capital and theoretical voting rights ahead of the simplified tender offer launched in late 2023. The transaction aimed to simplify the ownership structure and potentially delist the company if the free float fell below the required threshold. Beyond ownership control, François Lombard is associated with a disciplined, value-creation-driven investment philosophy. Altur Investissement says it has supported more than 50 companies, including notable names such as Webhelp, Menix, Completude-Kinougarde and Biobank. The group’s strategy is built around four complementary pillars — fund LP positions, co-investments, direct investments and sponsored funds — reflecting a flexible and diversified approach tailored to management teams. In practice, François Lombard stands out as an investor-executive combining patrimonial vision, market experience and the ability to structure complex capital transactions.