Céline André

Managing Director - Eiffel Essentiel / Growth Equity

📍 Greater Paris Metropolitan Region, France🔄 Updated September 2026💼 7 investments📅 12 years investing🗓 Last invested Oct 2017
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Vice President (at Bpifrance Investissement)
Jan 2016
Bpifrance, Banque publique dinvestissement, accompagne les entreprises, de lamorçage jusquà la cotation en bourse, du crédit aux fonds propres. Interlocuteur privilégié, Bpifrance propose dans chaque région des solutions de financement ou d’investissement adaptées à chaque étape de la vie des entreprises. Banque partenaire des entrepreneurs, Bpifrance les accompagne durablement pour soutenir leur croissance et leur compétitivité. Les équipes sont au cœur des régions, sur l’ensemble du territoire, à travers plus de 50 implantations régionales.
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Board Member
Oct 2014
Founded in 2008, Neoen is one of the world’s leading independent producers of exclusively renewable energy. With expertise in solar power, wind power and storage, the company plays an active role in the energy transition by producing competitive, green, local energy on four continents. After a six-fold increase in the last six years, its capacity in operation and under construction stands at 8.0 GW. Neoen’s flagship operations are France’s most powerful solar farm (300 MWp) in Cestas, Finland’s largest wind farm (404 MW) in Mutkalampi, one of the world’s most competitive solar plants in Mexico (El Llano, 375 MWp) and two of the world’s most powerful large-scale storage plants, both in Australia: Hornsdale Power Reserve (150 MW/193.5 MWh storage capacity) and the Victorian Big Battery (300 MW/450 MWh). A high-growth company, Neoen is targeting 10 GW in operation or under construction in the course of 2025. Neoen is listed in Compartment A of Euronext’s regulated market in Paris (ISIN code: FR0011675362, Ticker: NEOEN) on the SBF 120 and CAC Mid 60 indexes.
Administratrice (représentant permanent de Bpifrance Investissement)
Jul 2014
Fabricant de papier kraft naturel
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2022
Membre commission Sustainability
Jan 2022
Founded in 1984, France Invest is the industry association representing French private equity professionals. Its role is to promote this asset class to institutional investors, this funding method and support to entrepreneurs, and this leading economic sector to opinion leaders and public authorities. The association itself is home to 359 asset management companies and nearly 200 associate members from all the business lines that support and advise investors and entrepreneurs in setting up and managing their partnerships. Our membership supports and finances more than 7,700 of the most dynamic startups, SMEs and mid-caps, employing more than 1.3 million people in France.
2021
Director Eiffel Essentiel
Oct 2021
Eiffel Investment Group is a third-party asset manager with ca €7 billion under management* with a focus on positive impact strategies and the financing of the ecological and energy transition. Eiffel Investment Group’s investor base consists of large institutional investors (insurance companies, mutual insurers, pension funds, banks, family offices, public investors, etc.) as well as retail investors via intermediated distribution. Backed by the Impala group founded by entrepreneur Jacques Veyrat, Eiffel Investment Group cultivates a strong industrial expertise, in particular in the field of the energy transition, but also in the life sciences, agri-food and digital sectors. Eiffel finances companies and their assets through four main strategies: private debt, private equity, energy transition infrastructures and listed equities and credit. Eiffel Investment Group invests for a sustainable world. Its investment strategies aim to generate not only a strong financial performance but also positive social and environmental impacts. Eiffel Investment Group’s team counts more than 100 talented professionals*, in France (Paris), BeNeLux (Amsterdam), the United States of America (New York) and the UAE (Abu Dhabi). * as of 12/2024 ; for AUM, including uncalled commitments.
2017
Member of the Board (censeur)
Oct 2017
De la gestion de restaurants traditionnels à celle de restaurants d’entreprises, scolaires ou hospitaliers ainsi que la livraison de plateaux repas et un service traiteur, Dupont Restauration est un intervenant majeur sur le marché de la restauration collective. Avec près de 500 restaurants, il est aujourd’hui le 5ème acteur national de restauration collective en France. Entreprise humaine à l’esprit familial, les valeurs de produit de qualité, de proximité, d’enthousiasme et de résultat nous animent dans nos missions au quotidien. Venez découvrir un restaurateur familial à la recherche permanente de la satisfaction de ses clients.
Investment Director (Bpifrance Investissement Mid & Large Cap)
Oct 2017
Bpifrance, Banque publique dinvestissement, accompagne les entreprises, de lamorçage jusquà la cotation en bourse, du crédit aux fonds propres. Interlocuteur privilégié, Bpifrance propose dans chaque région des solutions de financement ou d’investissement adaptées à chaque étape de la vie des entreprises. Banque partenaire des entrepreneurs, Bpifrance les accompagne durablement pour soutenir leur croissance et leur compétitivité. Les équipes sont au cœur des régions, sur l’ensemble du territoire, à travers plus de 50 implantations régionales.
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Member of the board
Jul 2017
Sermeta is the world leading manufacturer of stainless steel heat exchanger for gas condensing boilers. Founded in 1993, the company has 2 production sites in Morlaix and Lannion (France) and employs more than 500 people. INNOVATE TO OPTIMIZE THE ENERGY A steady investment in research and development allows Sermeta to create high energy efficient products, generating energy savings for the boiler end user and reducing pollutant emissions in the atmosphere. With more than 22 million heat exchangers sold since its creation, the company is a key contributor to energy savings and environmental footprint reduction. Available for space heating and domestic water heating, Sermeta’s product range covers domestic and commercial needs from 15kw to more than 500 kW. Launched in 2013, the Bluejet® burner, is a cutting edge product with a broad modulation range, reducing significantly CO and NOx emissions.
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