Jean-François Mouney

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Jean-François Mouney, 52, Chairman of the Management Board since its creation, holds a Business Degree from the Paris Business School (ESCP), and a postgraduate degree in economics from the University of Lille. From 1979, he has created, managed and developed several companies specialised in high performance materials and in particular in the aeronautical industry. In 1992, he founded M&M, a consultancy firm specialised in healthcare economy. He was responsible for carrying out a public feasibility study for an economic development agency in biology-healthcare in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region, and was appointed Managing Director of the agency when it was launched in 1995. Over seventy companies have been created as part of this venture, making Eurasanté one of the top European bio-incubators.

In 1999, he created GENFIT together with Pr. Jean-Charles Fruchart. Chairman of the Management Board since that date, he received, in 2003 and again in 2004, the ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ award, organised internationally by Ernst & Young, in the ‘New Technology’ category.

Jean-François Mouney is also President of Naturalpha, a company created in 2001 and specialised in clinical studies, and Vice-President of the Fondation Cœur et Artères (Heart and Arteries Foundation), an officially recognised research body. He is also Vice-President of the research hub ‘Nutrition, Health and Longevity’.