Sanso means « oxygen » in Japanese.
Our solutions respond to current and future societal challenges linked to sustainable development.
The experience of our team is fully dedicated to our search for financial results associated with a high level of service.
SANSO IS gives sense to your investments.
It is the new breath for your investments.
SANSO Investment Solutions is an asset management company with € 800 million in assets under management, that positions itself as a provider of investment solutions and a leading player in Socially Responsible Investment.
Our company embodies an entrepreneurial model in line with our values of proximity, service and information sharing with our customers.
SANSO Investment Solutions offers a range of open-ended funds, arbitration mandates, managed accounts, certificates, and dedicated investment vehicles.
The financial management of our portfolios fully integrates, in a totally innovative way, criteria related to social responsibility and major growth challenges linked to sustainable development.
Sanso Investment Solutions targets a wide clientele of private managers and advisors to important institutional investors.
2011
creation of the firm
925M€
under managment
25
managed funds
+250
private managment mandates

Institutional and Corporates.

Family Offices and Wealth Management.

Asset Managers.
Risk management
rova.andriamanga@sanso-is.comRova Faniry Andriamanga began his career with Talence Gestion as Middle Office Manager. In 2018, he joined Convictions Asset Management as Risk and Operations Controller. He has a Master 2 in Financial Markets from IAE Clermont Auvergne. Rova Andriamanga

Client relations & development
percilia.antunes@sanso-is.com20 years’ professional experience. Previously responsible for customer service at Convictions AM, Percilia has spent most of her career working in commercial development in various management companies. In 2003, she joined the sales department at La Française des Placements, working first with private management clients and then retail clients. In 2009, she took charge of commercial support for institutional investors at La Française AM before participating in the creation of NExT AM and then the merger with NewAlpha AM.

Quantitative Engineer
matthieu.barrailler@sanso-is.comA graduate in mathematical modelling, with specialisation in financial markets, from Polytech Nice Sophia, Matthieu started his career as a quantitative engineer at Convictions AM, where he worked for 4 years. He joined the Sanso Investment Solutions teams in January 2019. He is also a doctoral candidate in management sciences at Paris-Dauphine University.

Head of bond management
laurent.boudoin@sanso-is.comOver 30 years’ professional experience. Previously CEO and Head of Management at Global Investment Managers, Laurent was co-founder and Deputy CEO of Stelphia Asset Management from 2000 to 2013. A specialist in bond management, he began his career at JP Morgan in 1989, first in the trading room and then in the bond management team, before leaving for London, where he specialised in the international capital markets. Laurent Boudoin graduated from ESSEC (1987)

Head of management mandates
pierre.burnand@sanso-is.comMore than 10 years’ experience. Pierre began his career in Geneva, before joining Banque Hottinguer in Paris in 2009, where he successively held the positions of Junior Manager within the Mandate Management team, then Private Manager. In 2016, he took responsibility for Mandate Management at 360Hixance AM. Pierre is a graduate of Euromed Marseille (2008).

Portfolio manager
cyriaque.dailland@sanso-is.comMore than 10 years’ professional experience. Cyriaque started his career as a fund selector with La Française des Placements in 2008. In 2009, he joined Convictions Asset Management as an analyst-manager. He specialises in asset allocation. Cyriaque graduated from the Master 2 Finance programme with specialisation in Financial Markets at IAE Clermont Auvergne.

Bond management
philippe.douillet@sanso-is.comOver 25 years’ professional experience. Previously Chairman and portfolio manager at DÔM Finance, he was Director of Financial Markets within the ING group for nearly 15 years. He began his career as an auditor at Groupe PSA, then joined a trading room in the Indosuez group before taking responsibility for treasury and bond markets at ABN-Amro. He has comprehensive financial, economic, legal and tax training: ESC, Bachelor’s degree in Private Law, DECS, MBA from New York University-Stern, CFA, post-graduate degree in Wealth Management from AUREP (University of Clermont-Ferrand 1).

Strategic consulting
nicolas.duban@sanso-is.comNicolas Duban began his career in the bond markets in 1983, devoting more than 22 years to developing this expertise. He exercised his responsibilities within French and American institutions before joining BFT Gestion as Deputy CEO, Head of Fixed-income Management, in 1990. In 2001, he took part in the creation of La Française des Placements as Deputy CEO, notably developing that company’s bond management unit. In 2006, he took responsibility for Development and joined the LFP Executive Committee. Following the UFG-LFP merger in 2009, he was appointed to the Executive Boards of the La Française Group and continued his activity with institutional clients. He became Chairman of NExT AM in 2011, a company he created to develop La Française Group’s incubation activity. In 2013, he led the acquisition of New Alpha AM by NExT AM. In 2014, with the support of the Group, he took control of Convictions AM, a legacy NExT AM investment, and became Chairman in 2016. At the end of 2018, Convictions AM merged with SANSO IS. Partner of Sanso IS, he is a member of the Supervisory Board and Strategic Advisor to the General Management. Holder of a specialised Master’s degree from Institut des Techniques de Marché, he is a graduate of Institut Supérieur de Gestion.

Portfolio manager
francois.fontaine@sanso-is.comHolder of a Bachelor’s degree in Applied Mathematics in Social Sciences and a Master 2 in Financial Markets from NEOMA Business School, François began his training with the Multimanagement unit of Hamilton Asset Management, where he learned the business of asset management. He joined Sanso Investment solutions in July 2017 to help the management teams during the merger of the three entities. In January 2018, he joined the management team as a junior manager focusing on the quantitative aspects of the investment process.
25 ans d’expériences sur les marchés. Avant de rejoindre Sanso IS, Etienne Gorgeon a occupé la fonction de Directeur des Stratégies Liquides (actions et crédit) chez Tikehau Capital depuis 2012 et chez Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management en tant que CIO de l’activité obligataire qu’il rejoint en 2008. Il a débuté sa carrière en 1997 en tant qu'analyste crédit High Yield à la Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations puis rejoint AXA IM en qualité de responsable de la gamme Absolute Return et Investment Grade. Etienne est diplômé de Skema et titulaire d’une Maitrise de sciences économiques.
Compliance and internal control officer
shd@sanso-is.comNearly 30 years’ experience in asset management and financial markets. Before serving as Chairman of 360Hixance AM, Stéphane was CEO, in charge of management at Cedrus AM. Between 2002 and 2012, as part of the La Banque Postale group, he managed the trading room and then the online broker, EasyBourse. Previously, he was portfolio manager at Barclays AM, Alfi Gestion and Fimagest, after starting out on Le Matif at JP Pinatton in 1987. Holder of an M.Sc in Management from Paris IX Dauphine University.

Chairman
david.kalfon@sanso-is.comOver 25 years’ professional experience. Previously in charge of collective management and director of investments at EFG Asset Management France, David worked in the trading room of Morgan Stanley as Executive Director (2000-2009). After a career in auditing, he was a portfolio manager at Crédit Agricole (1998-2000) and JP Morgan (1994-1998). A graduate of Paris IX-Dauphine University and the London School of Economics (MSc International Accounting & Finance), he is a CFA Charterholder since 2000 and was Chairman of the CFA France association from 2001 to 2003.

Diplômée du Master Corporate Financial Management, spécialisée en Fund raising and innovative investment de SKEMA Business School, Yaël a effectué un premier stage chez AXA avant d’intégrer l’équipe de SANSO IS.
Portfolio manager
nicolas.lollioz@sanso-is.comNicolas is a graduate of Toulouse Business School (M2 – Banking and Financial Markets) where he followed the Advanced Finance Programme (AFP). After experience in equity derivatives at Crédit Agricole CIB and immersion in the management team of Advenis Investment Managers, he joined Amaïka Asset Management in January 2015.

CEO
michel.menigoz@sanso-is.comOver 25 years’ professional experience. Previously Head of International Equity Management at SG Asset Management, Michel managed portfolios on behalf of the Société Générale group from 1996. Previously, between 1991 and 1996, he successively held positions as equity analyst, strategist and quantitative analyst. Actuary graduate of the Paris Institute of Statistics, he also has a Master’s degree in Mathematics from the University of Paris VI (1991).

Près de 35 ans d’expérience sur les marchés financiers, et dans la gestion privée. Bernard commence par 10 années à la Société Générale en charge d’opérations financières de haut-de-bilan, puis de gestion privée. Puis son parcours s’est élargi vers la banque privée ( OBC de 1997-2005 ), puis une société de gestion innovantes, CCR Chevrillon Philippe (2005-2007), et enfin à nouveau la banque avec Leonardo ( 2007-2017 ) puis Hottinguer. Il aime le stock et le fund-picking, et met son expérience au service des clients Sanso. Bernard est diplômé de l’Essec (1985).
Administrative manager
sandra.royon@sanso-is.comMore than 5 years’ professional experience. Previously assistant to the team leader in the Sodexo group, she began her career with Danish humanitarian organisation Development Aid from People to People, where she worked for two years. She then joined Amaïka Asset Management in March 2013.

Portfolio manager
edmond.schaff@sanso-is.comMore than 10 years’ professional experience. Previously responsible for fund selection at Cedrus Asset Management from 2012 to 2017 and prior to that consultant specialising in manager and fund selection at Altedia Investment Consulting (2007-2010) then Cedrus Partners (2010-2012). Edmond is a graduate of Télécom Ecole de Management and holds a Master’s degree in Management Science from Paris Dauphine University.

Diplômé en ingénierie financière, Joan a débuté sa carrière à Londres au sein de la banque d’investissement Société Générale.
Il occupa des postes de Business Analyst et d’Ingénieur financier dans différentes équipes de trading.
C’est en 2020 qu’il rejoignit Sanso IS pour développer et maintenir des applications destinées aux opérations d’investissement.