Leadership
RENÉ PROGLIO
Partner of Ceres Industries Capital
Sectors : Business services and Light industrials
René Proglio and Renaud Besançon met at Arthur Andersen in 1992 when they were both working in the Paris office. René has co-invested in many LBOs led by Ceres including our first LBO in 2004 on Exeol (formerly Finipar).
Mr. Proglio is also a Partner in the Paris office of PJT Partners, a US listed Investment Bank.
Mr. Proglio was previously Vice-Chairman and the Country Head for France at Morgan Stanley in Paris. He spent 18 years at Morgan Stanley as a Managing Director in the Investment Banking group and led Morgan Stanley’s advisory group in Paris before taking on global responsibility for the French businesses.
Mr. Proglio started his career at Arthur Andersen in the Audit and Advisory group, where was a Partner for 20 years and was Country Head for France.
Mr. Proglio spent 2 years as an Officer in the French Navy.
Mr. Proglio is an HEC Paris alumnus and holds a CPA degree (Expert comptable).
René is a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur.