Profile

Astorg is a global private equity firm with €13 billion of assets under management. With offices in London, Paris, New York, Milan, Frankfurt and Luxembourg, Astorg's investment team comprises of 66 professionals. Creating value starts with a clear investment strategy, supported by a disciplined investment process. Our investment process ensures we fully understand the strength of the strategic fundamentals of the companies we invest in, and chart the right path for future value creation. We get this understanding from our ability to carefully listen to founders and management teams of businesses we are interested in, and from the uncompromising market research that we conduct in parallel. We can then move quickly, thanks to simple, local decision making. The success of the Astorg process is shown by the long-term value we have created over the last 20 years. And it’s only when we understand what the goals and ambitions of management teams are that we act. We want to invest alongside business leaders driven by a long-term vision and aware of the high cost of capital. Our involvement as shareholders is to ensure that the right human resources are deployed, that capital employment is optimised and that a clear strategic roadmap is executed. We concentrate on deals where we can develop a competitive advantage – this can come from our in-depth knowledge of a sector or industry or our ability to deliver a complex transaction. And by focusing on a limited number of companies per fund we can: Share our experience to optimise key performance drivers Identify, unlock and execute complementary acquisitionsActively participate in key strategic decisionsInitiate and support performance improvement initiatives Support the management team as needed