Frederic Gilghas worked for the past 15 years with prominent private equity groups exclusively focused on fast growing consumer brands – most notably L Catterton and TSG Consumer Partners with a global origination role focused on Europe and spanning across all consumer verticals (beauty, healthcare, wellness, retail, fashion, consumer services, consumer tech). As an entrepreneur, he cofounded / was an early investor in several high impact/disruptive companies including among others Cellprothera, a global leader in regenerative medicine; Babo Botanicals, a US organic digitally native babycare brand; PR Group, a pioneer of renewable energies in South East Asia; Biofuture, a European organic food and supplements brand.
Frederic started his career in Foreign Affairs (NATO) and has lived and worked in Singapore, Paris, New York, Brussels, Hong Kong and Madrid. He is a graduate of IEP Paris (Sciences Po) and HEC (MS), speaks French, English, Spanish and German.
He believes supporting genuine, uniquely differentiated and responsible brands bringing together communities can help shape the world we live in as they spontaneously align talent, purpose and conviction.