Meet the team

Florence Gargaud has been Head of Operations and Risk Officer at Parus since 2009. From 2006 to 2009 Florence was a Prime Brokerage Client Service Representative at Morgan Stanley having previously worked with Morgan Stanley as a Middle Officer. Before joining Morgan Stanley, Florence worked as a Fund Manager Assistant for ING Ferri BBL. Florence graduated with a BA from Insee Bordeaux and MA in ESC Tours.

Jennie joined Parus in 2013 and has been working for investment management companies for over 25 years. Her experience covers financial, tax and legal matters. Jennie was CFO at Peloton Partners LLP ($2.7bn peak assets) and previously, was the Financial Controller at Soros in London. Jennie holds a BA Hons from Westminster University in Business Studies and is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.

Charles Verny is currently Financial Controller and has been with the company since 2001 holding various support functions involving operations, support, and compliance. Prior to Parus, Charles spent several years working at Upep Self Storage in Paris.

Mathias Legivre oversees the first level of risk control.

Mathias joined the Parus Operations team in 2021. He began his career in 1993 as a P&L & Risk Controller at JP Morgan for Capital Market activities. He then moved to Morgan Stanley in 1998 as an Equity Middle Officer and then became in charge of Investment services providers. In 2012, Mathias joined Alura Capital Partners, a new alternative investment Fund, to develop the operational processes. Mathias graduated from ISG, French Business school, with a specialisation in Finance.

Ancy Ligorin joined the Parus team in 2022. Prior to Parus, Ancy was the Executive Assistant to the Head of Aksia Europe since 2015. Prior to Aksia, Ancy held various positions as responsible for office administration for Veritas Asset Management, Growth Capital Partners and GDF Suez. Ancy holds a BA (Hons) in Business Administration from the University of Greenwich.