Charles-Édouard Bouée

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Charles-Édouard Bouée (born 17 May 1969 in France) is a French businessman. He is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Adagia Partners,[1] a European MidCap Private Equity firm which he co-founded with Nicolas Holzman and Sylvain Berger-Duquene.[2] Adagia focuses on midcap buyouts in Healthcare, Business Services and Tech.

He is also Co-Founder, with Antoine Blondeau, of Artificial Intelligence Quartermaster (AIQ),[3] a global platform for Artificial Intelligence Investment, Advisory and Innovation. The AIQ platform company comprises Alpha Intelligence Capital (AIC),[4] one of the first global venture capital funds investing in deep tech/deep algorithmic science-based AI companies globally.

From 28 June 2014 until 10 September 2019,[5] he was the Chief Executive Officer of Roland Berger; he announced his resignation on 7 June 2019.[6][7] He remains affiliated with the firm as a Strategic Advisor.[8][9]

Biography[]

Education[]

He studied at the lycée Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague, from which he graduated in 1986. He also holds a master's degree in engineering from École centrale Paris (ECP), a law degree from the Paris-Sud University, and in 1995, he earned an MBA from Harvard Business School.[10][11]

Career[]

Charles-Edouard Bouée started his professional career as an investment banker at Société Générale in Paris and London, focussing on M&A and Corporate Finance. He then became an Associate at Booz Allen & Hamilton. Between 1997 and 2001, Charles-Edouard Bouée acted as vice president at the strategy consultancy AT Kearney.

In 2001, Charles-Edouard Bouée joined Roland Berger as a Senior Partner in the Paris office where he managed the Financial Services and Energy competence centres.[12] From 2006, he was responsible for the group's activities in China, and in 2009, he was appointed president of the group in Asia. He became a member of Roland Berger's Executive Committee in 2010 where he was responsible for France, Belgium, Italy, Spain and Morocco. In July 2013, he was appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO), and in June 2014 he was elected global CEO of the group.[10] In June 2018, he was re-elected by firms’ partners to lead Roland Berger for a 4-year term, after transforming the firm[13][14] and leading it to a record year in terms of revenue.[15] He resigned from his position on 7 June 2019.[6][16] Today, he acts as a Senior Advisor for the company.[17][18]

During his more than 20-year tenure in the consulting industry, Charles-Edouard has become a seasoned expert in large-scale strategy and reorganization projects, as well as performance improvement. He specializes in disruptive innovation, new technologies and digital transformation, and has developed particular expertise in Artificial Intelligence and algorithmic science.[19][20]

Moreover, he is a seasoned expert in real economy investing: back in 2016, when he was CEO of Roland Berger, he initiated and co-founded B & Capital,[21] an independent fund dedicated to supporting French SMEs, raising over €200 million[22] from institutional investors such as Bpifrance and Ardian, family offices and private investors.[23] He has also been an Advisor[24] to the venture capital fund Balderton Capital since 2017.[25]

Finally, his years spent in Shanghai have allowed him to become an expert on Asian markets and his thoughts are often quoted by the press. In 2012, he was awarded the "Golden Magnolia" by the Mayor of Shanghai.[26]

Other activities[]

Charles-Édouard Bouée is engaged in various professional and civil society organizations in Europe as well as in China or the United States; for example, he is involved in the Global Artificial Intelligence Council of the World Economic Forum since June 2019,[27] and in the China Europe International Business School.[28] He has been a member of the Harvard Business School Alumni Board from 2015 to 2019, as well as a member of the Advisory Council of the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB).[29] From 2017 until 2021, he was also a member of the BMW Foundation's "Refocusing Europe" Advisory Board.[19]

He has written numerous books on management, China, and Artificial Intelligence; these are seen as references in economic and international circles. Charles-Edouard Bouée is regularly interviewed in the media and is consulted as an expert on these subjects.[30][31][32][33][34] He is also a regular contributor and commentator on global economy news for the newspaper Les Echos.[35]

Mandates[]

Co-chair of the Positive AI Economic Futures project, Global AI Council, World Economic Forum since June 2019.[27]

Member of the International Advisory Board of China Europe International Business School since April 2018.[28]

French Foreign Trade Advisor (Conseiller du commerce extérieur de la France) for Hong Kong since 2018.[36]

Former Board member of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China.[37]

Honors[]

Knight of the Legion of Honor (Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur), 2017.[38]

Shanghai Magnolia Gold Award, 2012.[26]

Books[]

  • China's Management Revolution – Spirit, Land, Energy, Éditions Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.[39]
  • Light Footprint Management: Leadership in Times of Change , Éditions Bloomsbury , 2013.[40]
  • Comment la Chine a changé le monde, Éditions Dialogues, 2013.[41]
  • Confucius et les automates, Grasset, 2014.[42]
  • La chute de l'Empire humain: Mémoires d'un robot, Grasset, 2017.[43]
  • Re-entrepreneuring: How Organizations Can Reignite Their Entrepreneurial Spirit, Bloomsbury, 2018.[44]
  • The Fall of the Human Empire, Memoirs of a Robot, Éditions Bloomsbury, 2019, (English translation of "La Chute de l’empire Humain").[45][46]
  • L’ère des nouveaux Titans : Le capitalisme en apesanteur, Grasset, 2020.[47]

References[]

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  3. ^ "AIQ".
  4. ^ "Equipe AIC".
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  7. ^ "Charles-Édouard Bouée : récit d'une démission surprise". consultor.fr. 13 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Charles-Edouard Bouée steps down as CEO of Roland Berger". www.consultancy.eu. 2 July 2019.
  9. ^ "Leadership change at Roland Berger: Charles-Edouard Bouée hands over management responsibility". rolandberger-com/.
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b "Charles-Edouard Bouée prend la direction générale de Roland Berger". L'Opinion.
  11. ^ "Charles-Edouard Bouée, un Français dans le temple du conseil allemand". lesechos.fr.
  12. ^ "Roland Berger : la méthode Bouée". lesechos.fr.
  13. ^ "Der erzwungene Abgang von Charles-Edouard Bouée". www.manager-magazin.de/.
  14. ^ "Olivier de Panafieu, le super-consultant qui dirige le géant du conseil Roland Berger". www.challenges.fr.
  15. ^ "Roland Berger on growth path, electing twelve new Partners and promoting six to Senior Partner". www.rolandberger.com.
  16. ^ "Charles-Édouard Bouée : récit d'une démission surprise". consultor.fr.
  17. ^ "Charles-Edouard Bouée steps down as CEO of Roland Berger". www.consultancy.eu.
  18. ^ "Leadership change at Roland Berger: Charles-Edouard Bouée hands over management responsibility". rolandberger-com/.
  19. ^ Jump up to: a b "Profil Linkedin Charles-Edouard Bouée". Linkedin.com.
  20. ^ "Charles-Edouard Bouée: Owning the future". rolandberger.com.
  21. ^ "B & Capital, a new private equity concept" (PDF).
  22. ^ "B& Capital".
  23. ^ "B & Capital annonce le 1er closing de son fonds". www.rolandberger.com.
  24. ^ "Charles-Edouard Bouée Balderton".
  25. ^ "Balderton Executive Council".
  26. ^ Jump up to: a b "French China Foundation".
  27. ^ Jump up to: a b "The secret to designing a positive future with AI? Imagination". www.weforum.org.
  28. ^ Jump up to: a b "CEIBS".
  29. ^ "Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business".
  30. ^ "Charles-Edouard Bouée: «Les titans technologiques ont engendré des titans géopolitiques". www.lopinion.fr/.
  31. ^ "Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon… Pourquoi le système financier crée des Titans". www.nouvelobs.com.
  32. ^ "Économie – Le règne des Titans»". www.lepoint.fr.
  33. ^ "Charles-Edouard Bouée : «Les titans technologiques ont été absents dans cette crise". www.lefigaro.fr.
  34. ^ ""L'intelligence artificielle va être un énorme tsunami"". www.latribune.fr.
  35. ^ "Charles-Édouard Bouée cofondateur et cogérant de Alpha Intelligence Capital". www.lesechos.fr.
  36. ^ "Décret du 28 août 2018 portant nomination de conseillers du commerce extérieur de la France". www.legifrance.gouv.fr.
  37. ^ "Chine : les entreprises européennes ont retrouvé le chemin de la rentabilité". www.lesechos.fr.
  38. ^ "Décret du 30 décembre 2016 portant promotion et nomination". www.legifrance.gouv.fr.
  39. ^ Charles Édouard Bouée (2011). Palgrave Macmillan (ed.). China's Management Revolution – Spirit, Land, Energy. p. 216. ISBN 978-0-230-28545-3.
  40. ^ CHARLES-EDOUARD BOUEE (2013). Bloomsbury (ed.). Light Footprint Management. p. 208. ISBN 978-1-4729-0005-0.
  41. ^ Charles-Edouard Bouée. Dialogues.fr (ed.). Comment la Chine change le monde (in French). p. 216. ISBN 978-2-918135-77-7.
  42. ^ François Roche; Charles-Edouard Bouée. Grasset (ed.). Confucius et les automates (in French). p. 220. ISBN 978-2-246-85162-2.
  43. ^ Charles-Edouard Bouée; François Roche (2017). Grasset (ed.). La chute de l'Empire humain, Mémoires d'un robot (in French). p. 208. ISBN 978-2-246-86013-6.
  44. ^ Charles-Edouard Bouée; Stefan Schaible (2018). Bloomsbury (ed.). Re-entrepreneuring: How Organizations Can Reignite Their Entrepreneurial Spirit. p. 184. ISBN 9781472948236.
  45. ^ Charles Édouard Bouée (2019). Bloomsbury (ed.). "The Fall of the Human Empire, Memoirs of a Robot". p. 136. ISBN 9781472970039.
  46. ^ Charles Édouard Bouée (2019). Grasset (ed.). "La Chute de l’Empire humain" (in French). p. 136.
  47. ^ Charles-Edouard Bouée; François Roche. Grasset (ed.). L’ère des nouveaux Titans : Le capitalisme en apesanteur (in French). p. 180. ISBN 9782246821755.
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