Petra Salesny named CEO of Amundi’s private markets unit

Amundi has named Petra Salesny arsenic main enforcement of Amundi Alpha Associates, the firm's backstage markets multi-management business.

The part manages much than €24bn nether absorption crossed backstage equity, backstage debt, infrastructure and existent estate.

She volition stay main commercialized officer, a presumption she has held since Amundi bought Alpha Associates successful 2024.

Salesny was among the founders of Alpha Associates successful 2004.

Before the squad separated from Swiss Life Private Equity Partners, she was main operations serviceman astatine SLPEP.

Earlier, she worked arsenic ineligible advisor to the backstage equity squad astatine Bank Vontobel successful 2001. From 1999 to 2001, she was an M&A advisor astatine Helbling successful Düsseldorf and Zurich, wherever she worked connected structuring and co-ordinating cross-border transactions involving mid-sized companies.

Amundi said it serves 100 cardinal retail, organization and firm clients and provides savings and concern products crossed progressive and passive strategies successful accepted and existent assets.

The company, a subsidiary of Crédit Agricole and listed connected the banal exchange, manages much than €2.3tn successful assets. It has 5,600 employees successful 35 countries.

Earlier this year, Amundi disclosed a fig of elder absorption changes covering its existent assets and organisation operations, each effectual from 1 January 2026.

Under those changes, Alexandre Lefebvre became lawman caput of the group's existent and alternate assets division. Pierre-Adrien Domon was appointed main enforcement of Sabadell Asset Management, and Michaël Martineau was named main enforcement of Fund Channel.

Claire Chabrier was besides promoted to caput of nonstop investments – backstage markets wrong Amundi's existent and alternate assets division.

In March this year, Amundi SA, KKR, and Temasek Holdings' Seviora unit made non-binding bids for a involvement successful United Overseas Bank's plus absorption division, reported Bloomberg citing sources. 

Those adjacent to the talks accidental proposals person been submitted as portion of UOB's review of options for its plus absorption business. 

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