Bernard Oppetit
Business
Cnova
Brazil
Biography
Bernard Oppetit has served as one of our directors since November 19, 2014. He currently serves as the Chairman of Centaurus Capital Ltd, an asset management firm he created in 2000. Prior to founding Centaurus Capital, Mr. Oppetit held various positions at Paribas (now BNP Paribas). He started at Paribas in 1979, in Information Technology, worked in M&A from 1981 to 1987, joined the Risk Arbitrage Department in 1987, and was appointed global head of Equity Derivatives at Paribas in 1995 and served in this capacity until he resigned in 2000. He has been an independent director and Chairman of the audit committee of Natixis since 2009 and 2010, respectively. Mr. Oppetit is also a director of Centaurus Capital Holdings Limited, Centaurus Global Holding Limited, Centaurus Management Company Limited, Centaurus Capital International Limited and Emolument Ltd. In addition, he is an advisor to Fortress Investment Group. Mr. Oppetit graduated from École Polytechnique in Paris in 1978.
Research Interest
Business and Management
