Biography

Cédric Bannel joined 3i in september 2007 as a Partner. He was prior, since 2000, the founder, President and CEO of Caradisiac.com, French leading automotive portal. Cedric began his career in the French Treasury department where he oversaw foreign investments in France and international financial sanctions against Libya and Irak. From 1994 to 1996 he worked on the privatisations of Renault, UAP, AGF, and Seita (Altadis). He then spent one year at the French Embassy in London as Financial Attaché before joining Renault in 1998 as Director for Financial relations and member of the finance executive committee. Cédric is graduated from the Institute for Political Studies of Paris and the Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA- 1992). He is also the author of three successful novels published by Robert Laffont and translated into several languages.