Paris, 2 April 2025: With €157 billion in assets under management , La Française, the multi-specialist asset management group of Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale, is proud to announce the promotion of three team members, effective March 2025. These promotions recognize their professionalism and longstanding contributions to the group’s development. In parallel, La Française is pleased to announce a strategic update to its distribution platform, designed to improve operational efficiency, boost agility and better serve its investor base.
Moving forward, all sales teams will be multi-expertise, regardless of client segment. As such, La Française will be better positioned to service investors who increasingly seek diversified portfolios that align with their investment objectives and risk profiles, while providing resilience across varying market cycles.
David Martin
Romain Gobert
Christophe Inizan
- David MARTIN has been appointed Country Head France, third-party distribution. With 23 years of experience within the group, David has successfully led numerous campaigns, contributing significantly to the growth of assets under management, while demonstrating strong managerial expertise. Supported by a team of 13 experienced professionals, David will be responsible for overseeing all operations, strategy and business development in France. He will report directly to Gerardo DUPLAT, Head of Business Development at La Française. In addition to his new responsibilities, David will continue to lead business development efforts in Switzerland.
- The responsibilities of Romain GOBERT, Head of Retail Sales France, have been expanded to encompass the full range of investment solutions, both listed and unlisted assets, distributed by La Française. Under Romain’s guidance, a team of 6 professionals dedicated to the third-party retail segment will provide clients with more comprehensive and integrated investment strategies. Romain will report directly to David MARTIN.
- Christophe INIZAN has been appointed Head of Real Estate Sales Strategy. With his unparalleled experience in real estate, Christophe will play a crucial role in driving the group’s ambitious development objectives both in France and internationally for its Real Estate expertise. He will be responsible for coordinating, across all client segments (retail, wholesale and institutional) and geographic regions, the strategic planning, development and management of open-ended Real Estate strategies. Christophe will report directly to Gerardo DUPLAT.µ
Gerardo DUPLAT, Head of Business Development, La Française, commented “This series of nominations marks a key step in the fine tuning of the organization of the development team, dedicated to third-party distribution in France. Under David’s leadership and with the contributions of Romain and Christophe, we will continue to expand our presence in France and strengthen our real estate footprint across Europe.”
Philippe LECOMTE, CEO of La Française Finance Services (the distribution platform of La Française) concluded, “After all the structural changes operated in 2024, La Française has turned a new page. With the support of our shareholder, Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale, our comprehensive product range covering both listed and unlisted assets and our experienced multi-expertise sales team, La Française has laid the foundation for successful business development in France and abroad.”
Professional backgrounds:
David Martin, Country Head France, has over thirty years of experience in the asset management industry, supporting and advising Institutional Investors with their allocation strategies (securities and real estate). He began his career in 1993 as a bond broker developing the Institutional client base of CPR London (Credit Agricole Group). During the next step in his career, from 1996 to 2002, David worked for CPR AM Paris and covered a full range of securities solutions tailor-made for the institutional investors. David joined La Française in 2002 as Sales Director - France. In 2021, David was promoted to Head of Business Development for Switzerland, in addition to his role as Sales Director for French institutional investors.
David Martin holds a graduate degree with a concentration in Corporate and Market Finance from NEOMA Rouen.
Romain Gobert, Director of Retail Sales France, has 15 years of experience in the asset management industry occupying various sales positions. After a short initiation with Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management in 2010, Romain joined CM-CIC Asset Management as a sales representative, dedicated to external investors (wholesale, independent financial advisors). In 2011, he transitioned to La Française where he has spent the greater part of his career, developing an expertise in namely listed assets. For ten years he was Sales Manager, dedicated to the retail segment, before being appointed Head of Retail Sales France, for listed assets.
Romain holds a master’s degree in Corporate Finance (European Business School) and a master's degree in Trading (ESLSCA).
Christophe Inizan, Head of Real Estate Sales Strategy, has nearly thirty years of expertise in the real estate sector and asset management, beginning in 1994 with the real estate developer SAGEC, as a program manager. He joined AXA in 1998 as a client relationship manager, where he developed the B2C business with private clients. In 2001, he joined the Union Française de Gestion, now known as La Française, as a Sales Manager responsible for developing the insurance and real estate product lines with financial advisors. Thereafter followed a series of promotions: in 2009, he was appointed Sales Manager for France, overseeing Network Relations. In 2015, his scope was expanded to include listed assets, and Christophe was appointed Sales Director - Retail Distribution. In 2020, he was appointed Sales Director in charge of the real estate offer for the retail segment.
Christophe has an undergraduate degree in Law from the University of Pau.
About La Française
La Française offers conviction-based management that combines performance targets and sustainability objectives across all asset classes. Organized by specialty, our portfolio managers focus on what passions them most within their own area of expertise.
Our shareholder, Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale, a mutualist group and the first bank to adopt the «benefit corporation» status, is at the very root of our commitment to responsible investing. Our teams have developed cutting edge expertise across many facets of ESG, an expertise that is integrated across all of our business activities and analyses.
Our approach to customer relationships, considered partnerships, and the creativity of our teams who place the client first enable us to develop innovative solutions and services tailored to your investments needs and time horizons.
La Française is the asset management business line of Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale. With 157 billion euros in assets under management (31/12/2024), we are a major player in the asset management landscape, in France and Europe. With over 1 000 employees, we are active in 10 countries, working alongside our client base and ensuring proximity with those markets in which we invest. Our niche areas of expertise cover listed and unlisted assets, including real estate.
More information on la-francaise.com
Contacts La Française :
Pascale Cheynet +33 1 43 12 64 25 | pcheynet@la-francaise.com
Debbie Marty +33 1 44 56 42 24 | debmartynull@nullla-francaise.com
Disclaimer
Issued by La Française Finance Services, whose registered office is located at 128 boulevard Raspail, 75006 Paris, France. It is regulated by the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR) as an investment service provider under number 18673 X, a subsidiary of La Française.