Jean-Francois Berenguer

Partner

Madrid

Mr. Jean-François Berenguer joined Boyden Spain in Madrid as a partner at the beginning of 2003.

Mr. Berenguer's career began after graduating from HEC. Jean-François served two years at the Spanish Ministry of Finance in the Economics Planning Area. Next, he joined Arthur Young in Madrid as a specialized consultant in Finance, Planning/Control and Risk Management. After two years with AY, he was hired by Rhône Poulenc (now Aventis) where he worked for twelve years starting as Financial Controller of the Spanish operations, then at the HQ in Paris as a specialist in Mergers and Acquisitions and finally as General Manager of RP Chemicals Spain. He then joined the AXA insurance group as CEO of its Spanish operations and subsidiaries. At that time, he also served as a Board Member of Banco Popular(one of the top five banks in Spain), representing Axa. At the beginning of the 90's he was appointed Managing Director of Avenir España a subsidiary of the media group Havas.

Since 1994, he has been working in the executive search business. A generalist, he is a member of the Financial Services, Management Assessment and Life Sciences Practices.

A French-Spanish citizen, Jean-François Berenguer earned a Business Administration degree from HEC (Paris, France) and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business (Ca,USA). He speaks French, Spanish and English.