Thierry Flecchia, 52, is the founder of the French asset management company Flinvest and served as its president from 2003 until 2013. During that time, he co-managed Entrepreneurs, the European equity fund ranked number 1 in the European Equities Flex Cap category over a 10-year period (until 28/02/2014, source: Morningstar). Entrepreneurs has posted a performance of 342.30% since its inception on 1 October 2003, representing a compound annual yield of 15.4% (until 28/02/2014). Mr Flecchia is a graduate of HEC, holds a law degree and is a member of the French Society of Financial Analysts. He began his career at the Paribas group as a private equity fund manager for Paribas Affaires Industrielles (now PAI Partners). He joined the Oddo group in 1995 as a mid-cap fund manager and co-managed the funds Oddo Avenir (ranked 4th out of 236 funds in five years) and Oddo Europe Mid Caps (ranked 10th out of 111 funds over three years).