David Cognasse

Société Générale Capital Partenaires SAS is a Private Equity firm, a subsidiary of Société Générale SA founded in 1973. Société Générale Capital Partenaires is headquartered in Puteaux.

Grand Sud-Ouest Capital Gestion SAS (GSO Capital) is a regional private equity firm wholly-owned by several regional banks, all part of Paris-based Crédit Agricole SA (XP: ACA). GSO Capital originated in 1988 and is located in Bordeaux with a representative office in Toulouse. In 2002 Compagnie Financière du Midi-Toulousain and Société Financière d'Aquitaine et du Grand Sud-Ouest, both private equity structures within the same regional banks, merged. The current firm was established in 2006.