Jean de Puybaudet has an extensive experience in international development and Private Equity Investment

Thanks to his experience and conviction that People and Planet Commitments are powerful leverages growth for SMEs, Jean launched, with Carlos Verkaeren Cap Autrement , very first Impact Fund in the LBO majority led in the French Small Cap Arena.

Prior to Cap Autrement, Jean co-founded Capital Export added value fund in the international development arena.

Jean is married with 4 kids and is 58 year old. He received a MSc in Electronics from Institut Supérieur d’Electronique de Paris and graduated with a MBA from HEC. Jean de Puybaudet’s experience includes business development (over 70 countries visited), project finance, operational controlling, restructuring, LBO structuring, and M&As in various countries and industries. Before founding Cap Autrement Capital Export, Jean worked in France and South-Africa for firms such as Thales, Rand Merchant Bank, Barclays Private Equity France and Mellenthin&Co.

Jean chairs Agriwatt Supervisory Board.