ICC TESTIMONY

A graduate of HEC and a degree in cinema and audiovisual (Sorbonne Nouvelle University - Paris 3), Nicolas Parpex has been working as an investor for fifteen years. At Bpifrance, he manages the FrenchTouch Capital division, which invests in equity from seed to LBO, and manages all of Bpifrance's actions in French Touch. He has carried out around twenty transactions mainly in ICCs and served on the governance bodies of companies such as Federation Entertainment, Brut, MédiaParticipations (Dargaud, Dupuis...), Nacon, FLCP, Playtime, Buffet Crampon, Buffet Crampon, Dubbing Brothers, Dubbing Brothers, Dubbing Brothers, Dubbing Brothers, Cap Brothers, Cap Cinéma, Galatée Films, Paule Ka, Finsbury, L'IFCIC or Kepler Financials Partners (Kepler Cheuvreux)). He is also a curator at the National Cinema Center, sits on the Pictanovo expert committee, on the steering committee of the MS/MC Media, Art and Creation at HEC, and teaches at HEC, EDHEC, EDHEC, Sciences Po and Sorbonne.

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In the performing arts sector since 1982, Olivier Darbois joined Co-Pro Sa in 1987, which became CORIDA SA in 1991.

In thirty-five years, CORIDA and its four main subsidiaries - The Talent Boutique, Pi-Pole, Super and La Cigale (Parisian concert hall) - have become a major independent group in the production and hosting of shows in France. Olivier is the General Manager.

In 2018 and then in 2021, Olivier Darbois was elected President of PRODISS, the National Syndicate of Musical and Variety Shows, which became in January 2024, Ekhoscenes — The voice of private performing arts entrepreneurs - following the merger between PRODISS, SNDTP (private theaters) and CAMULC (cabarets).

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