Herve Francois

Hervé Francois (1978, French nationality) is a financial veteran with over twenty years of experience in the Investment Banking / Private Equity industry (as Quant, Trader, Digital Assets Lead and Partner) working for Investcorp, ING Bank, Natixis and Société Générale across the UAE, USA, Japan, Hong-Kong, the Netherlands, and France. Entrepreneur-minded and business-oriented, Hervé successfully launched different blockchain / digital assets initiatives from proof of concept into production, capitalizing on blockchain technology potential in order to unlock mass-scale value. Some examples of multi-million solutions include HQLAx and Pyctor, a digital assets post-trade market infrastructure, where he was CEO before a successful exit in 2022. He is currently Partner at Investcorp, a leading provider and manager of alternative investment products, where he is in charge of the Blockchain / Digital Assets fund out of the Abu Dhabi office. In parallel, Herve is an active leader in global consortia and regulatory working groups, envisioning the market impact of blockchain/DLT. He is also a lecturer at French university/business school, a mentor, and a regular speaker at diverse Blockchain Conferences. Hervé has a full-fledged education consisting of a Master’s Degree (Computer Science), a MSc (Finance) and an Executive MBA (Innovation and entrepreneurship) at HEC Paris.