Patrice Molinari, MBA

With a focus on ESG/impact investing, Patrice Molinari is a private equity professional with a 20-year experience in PE/VC, business startup and business operations.

For the past two decades he has been deeply interested in ESG/impact investments and by the potential of innovative market based business models to solve environmental and social development challenges. His main themes of interest are poverty alleviation, inclusion, climate action and more generally, disruptive models (technologically, financially and operationally) that support the attainment of UNSDGs, such as the monetization of impact, result based finance and the democratization of VC.

His PE/VC experience covers both direct (GP) and indirect (LP) investments as well as the establishment of custom PE investment funds for HNWI and institutional investors. Patrice led investments worth ~USD2bn, both in companies and VC/PE funds, across  North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. He invested USD500m in 34 direct transactions in ICT, transportation/logistics, retail, education and healthcare. He also has experience in consulting (strategy and implementation), business operations, scale ups and complex project management.

Patrice worked for the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Investment Fund (EIF) in a senior economist role on the establishment of innovative financial structures, and in a senior investment manager role, investing USD1.4bn in 23 private equity funds. Prior to that, as an investment officer at the International Finance Corporation (IFC, World Bank Group) he was in charge of developing IFC’s outreach and investment portfolio in social sectors in Francophone Africa (23 countries). While at IFC, he also advised the ECOWAS commission on investment policy issues and the implementation of law/regulation to facilitate cross border investment flows to and within West Africa.

In his prior positions, Patrice worked for institutional investors and HNWI and families in the middle-east and established PE/VC investment funds to help them invest in their themes, stages and geographies of interest. Over a ten-year period, Patrice Molinari established five investment funds and two investment companies and was actively involved with devising investment strategies, setting-up deal sourcing networks, recruiting teams, leading transactions and raising funds.

Patrice is a CFA charter holder, holds an M.Sc. in Aeronautical Engineering and Computer Science from the French Civil Aviation Academy, a MBA in finance from the Wharton Business School and a MA in international studies from the Lauder Institute of Management, University of Pennsylvania.