INSEAD Doing a Buyout in Switzerland: Vinci Capital & Omnisens, October 6, 2016, Geneva

Completing a buyout in Switzerland requires industry insights and regional private equity know-how. Who better to learn about the practical aspects than two insiders: Christian Waldvogel, Managing Partner of Vinci Capital and INSEAD alumnus, Geoffroy Lacoin, CEO of Omnisens.  In 2008, Vinci Capital acquired a majority stake in Omnisens, a Lausanne-based SME commercializing worldwide security monitoring solutions for oil, gas and electricity pipelines. The presentation will be presented in French, followed by Q&A and networking cocktails.  Join us to learn about Swiss buyouts from two experience practitioners at this premium learning event in Geneva.

Speakers

Dr. Christian Waldvogel, Managing Partner, Vinci Capital
Prior to co-founding Vinci Capital in 2003, he was a founding member of Intel Capital in Europe. He also held executive positions in the semiconductor industry at Intel (Munich) and in the telecom industry at Eutelsat (Paris). .
Christian also has a Ph.D. in Cryptography, a Master’s in Telecommunications from the ETH Zurich, and BSc in Engineering from Princeton.

Geoffroy Lacoin, GEMBA’14, CEO, Omnisens SA
Since November 2015, Geoffroy has been in a leadership role at Omnisens, a company known as the pioneer in real-time asset infrastructure integrity monitoring solutions in the oil and gas, power and civil engineering industries. Before that he held sales and management roles at Single Buoy Moorings, Technip, subsea7 and Saipem. He has an INSEAD MBA, and an MSc in Civil Engineering from ESTP, Paris.

INSEAD Alumni Association Switzerland

Ludovic Choppin, MBA’12D, Geneva Chapter President
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