Thomas de Villeneuve

About Thomas de Villeneuve

Thomas de Villeneuve is an experienced private equity and listed-company governance executive, closely associated with Wendel through his role on the company’s Supervisory Board. A graduate of HEC Paris, he began his career in 1994 as a consultant at Boston Consulting Group before joining Apax Partners, now Seven2, one of Europe’s best-known mid-market private equity firms. At Apax, he focused primarily on technology-related investments and built a strong reputation across the digital, media, and telecommunications sectors. Over the course of his career, Thomas de Villeneuve has served on several boards of directors and supervisory bodies, including Altran Technologies. This board-level experience gave him a broad understanding of value creation, strategic oversight, executive support, and governance in both growth companies and listed businesses. Wendel has also highlighted his international exposure, which strengthens his perspective on market dynamics and cross-border investment opportunities. Within Wendel, he first served as a director of Wendel-Participations SE, the group’s principal shareholder, before joining Wendel’s Supervisory Board in 2020. He currently serves as an independent member of the Supervisory Board, as well as a member of the Audit, Risks and Compliance Committee and the Governance and Sustainability Committee, which he chairs. These responsibilities place him at the center of key governance topics such as internal control, risk oversight, compliance, sustainability, and long-term shareholder stewardship. Thomas de Villeneuve’s profile is that of an investor-governor: someone who combines strategic vision, financial rigor, and board discipline. His deep sector expertise in technology and his experience with listed-company oversight are particularly relevant to Wendel’s long-term investment model, where active governance and patient capital are central to value creation. For a company like Wendel, his background supports a careful balance between performance, control, and sustainable development across the portfolio.