Mr. Hervé Schricke, CEO of Sofia Fides, an Invesment Advisory company. He is the founding Chairman of the Club Afrique of the French Venture Capital and Private Equity Association AFIC.

Herve has 30 years of international experience at several financial institutions. Mr. Schricke is an expert in finance with a seasoned international experience in various financial groups. He served as President of XAnge Capital, SCR and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Board at XAnge Capital 2. Mr. Schricke founded Xange Private Equity in April 2003 and served as its Chief Executive Officer. As an Entrepreneur and Business Angel, he actively participated in the start up of Meilleurtaux SAS as an investor, Managing Director, then General Manager, and Director before dedicating himself to launching and raising funds for Xange Capital, SCR within Sofipost. He served as Director of Business Operations at Natixis and Chief Executive Officer at Natixis Private Equity. Until 1999, he was the Director, General Manager, and the Managing Director at Financière Natexis, managing about €1.2 billion in the various compartments including venture, expansion, and buyout. Previously, Mr. Schricke was employed at Natexis Group/Credit National as the Head of the Network of the Group and as the General Manager, Managing Director, and Chief Operating Officer at CSIA Bank. In the previous years, he had responsibilities at general management level in banking and financial markets and was active as a Corporate Officer and in capital markets for an international banking group. In parallel Chief Executive Officer of Finance Ingénierie Informatique (F2I) from 1989 to 1992, Mr. Schricke served as Chief Executive Officer of Initiative et Finance Investissement, SCR since 1997, before joining Omnigain in January 2000 as Partner, person in charge of partnerships development. In 1981, he joined Banque Internationale pour l'Afrique Occidentale (BIAO) where he was successively responsible for the oil and mines sectors, Founder and Deputy Managing Director of Banque Internationale du Congo (BIDC) in Brazzaville in1983. Mr. Schricke began his career as management attaché in Etoile Commerciale in 1973. He served as the Chairman of Association Française des Investisseurs pour la Croissance. Mr. Schricke became an authorized representative then Sub-Manager of the Société française d'escompte from 1974 to 1981. Mr. Schricke serves as a Director of FX Capital Securities Ltd. and Kiala S.A. He was also the Director of the Business Operation at Crédit National in 1992. He serves as Observer of the Board of Directors at Bpifrance Financement S.A. (formerly, OSEO SA) and served as its Non-Voting Member of The Board. He served as a Director at Servista Limited and KXEN, Inc. He was appointed Deputy Member of the Board of Directors of the Banque européenne commerciale et financière in 1990. He is the Chairman and President of Association Française des Investisseurs en Capital. Mr. Schricke was the President of the French Private Equity association, from 2010 to 2012. Mr. Schricke is a Jurist by training and holds a Master’s D.E.S.S (Diplome d'Etudes Supérieures spécialisées) in International Law. He is also a graduate of études supérieures de droit public, higher studies in Public Law, graduate of Comparative Law and European law.