Governance

Born in 1972, Sébastien Fraisse is a graduate of the École Polytechnique and the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées. He began his career at the French Ministry of Public Works as head of a major works district in Moselle (1998-2001), in charge of studies and implementation of road projects.

In 2001, he joined Autoroutes du Sud de la France (ASF), where he held the positions of Deputy Regional Manager Provence-Camargue and then Regional Manager West-Atlantic. In 2006, ASF became part of the VINCI Group, and he was appointed Project Director in charge of synergies at VINCI Concessions. He then rejoined ASF to take charge of operations: first of all support services, then the South-East network until 2010, when he was appointed Deputy Managing Director. In October 2012, he left VINCI Autoroutes for VINCI Park, where he took up the position of Executive Vice-President for France, responsible for development and operation of the French network.

In June 2014, VINCI Park became INDIGO and Sébastien Fraisse was appointed member of the INDIGO Group Management Board.

In November 2022, he became Managing Director of the INDIGO Group, before being appointed President of the INDIGO Group Management Board in April 2023.

Born in 1986, Edouard Risso is a graduate of Paris Dauphine University and holds a Specialized Masters in Finance from ESCP. He began his career with Crédit Agricole in real estate structured finance. He spent a year in Athens with the Emporiki Bank subsidiary. In 2010, he joined Rothschild & Cie in the Debt Advisory team.

In January 2012, he joined INDIGO as a financial analyst, before being appointed Group Finance & Treasury Director in 2014. In January 2018, he took up the position of CFO France.

Edouard Risso was appointed Group CFO and member of INDIGO’s Management Board in 2020.

In November 2022, he became Deputy Managing Director, in charge of the Americas region, in addition to his duties as CFO.

Born in 1973, Xavier Heulin is a graduate of the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Métiers (ENSAM) and holds a Master’s degree from the École Supérieure des Travaux Publics, du Bâtiment et de l’Industrie (ESTP). He began his career in 1996 with the Bouygues group, then as Works Engineer in Lille and Sales Department Manager in the Île-de-France region.

In 2006, he founded Urbis Park, a parking operator that he managed for 15 years, successively on behalf of shareholders Covivio (formerly Foncière des Régions) and Crédit Agricole Assurances, then Transdev. In 2016, he led the transformation of Urbis Park’s business model by separating operations, sold to the Transdev group and renamed Transdev Park, from asset ownership, sold in part to Vauban Infrastructure Partners. In addition to traditional on-street parking activities, he is developing on-street parking management activities, in particular thanks to the decriminalization reform that came into force in 2018.
In 2021, he will lead the sale of Transdev Park’s on-street parking activities to the INDIGO group.

In December 2021, Xavier Heulin joined INDIGO as Group Chief Technology and Marketing Officer and member of the Management Board.

In November 2022, he took over as head of a new entity, Urban Shift, dedicated to supporting the transformation of cities, including road management.

Valérie Ohannessian is a graduate of the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris, with a bachelor’s degree in public law, a master’s degree in private law and a Master 2 in business law from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. She became a member of the Paris Bar in March 2018.

She began her career in insurance, as Director of Public Affairs at the Fédération française des sociétés d’assurance, before joining GAN as Project Manager for privatization, then Director of Strategy and Communications. In 2001, she joined the French Banking Federation, where she was appointed Deputy General Manager in 2009, with particular responsibility for retail banking and means of payment. In January 2021, she became Managing Director of the French Society of Financial Analysts (SFAF).

Valérie Ohannessian joined the INDIGO Group in December 2022 as a member of the Management Board, in the position of General Secretary.

Belgian-English nationality, born in 1971, Thomas Bimson trained as a Sales Engineer and also holds a degree in Philosophy (Université Catholique de Louvain 1994). After holding various sales and management positions with the PetroFina Group (Total Group), he joined CityParking in 2000 as Sales Director.

He developed the company first in Belgium through organic growth and then in Norway through acquisitions. Promoted to Managing Director in 2004, he continued the company’s growth and accompanied 3 changes of shareholders. Thomas joined the INDIGO group in 2008 as Managing Director for Belgium, a subsidiary he and his team developed strongly over 10 years. Since January 2018, in addition to his duties in Belgium, Thomas has held the position of Director of the Central Europe zone (Belgium-Luxembourg-Switzerland) where he established INDIGO in Poland in 2020.

In November 2022, it will include France and Spain within its scope.

A graduate of the École Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Saint-Etienne (ENISE/Centrale Lyon), Wilfried began his career in the Vinci Group’s Construction division before joining VINCI Park’s UK subsidiary in 2002 to develop the concession business.

Promoted to International Director in 2005, he is responsible for expansion in Central Europe and North America. In this capacity, he oversaw several mergers and acquisitions, including the acquisition of a stake in the American company LAZ Parking, where he became Senior Vice-President in charge of operations in 2010.

In 2012, he was asked to head up European activities before being appointed, in 2015, to head up the Group’s North American and UK activities, now known as INDIGO. Appointed Director of Digital and Customer Experience in November 2022, he is responsible for the worldwide management of the Digital, Customer Experience and e-Mobility divisions, with the ambition of accelerating the Group’s transformation in these areas.

Magali Chessé has been Head of Equity Investment Strategies at Crédit Agricole Assurances since 2010.

Magali Chessé is graduated in economics and management (Universities of Strasbourg and Paris – Dauphine) and from the Société Française des Analystes Financiers. Magali Chessé began her career in private equity in 1999 (venture capital / development capital).

She was Investment Director at Crédit Agricole Private Equity before joining Predica where she was responsible for managing and monitoring the equity, private equity and infrastructure asset classes.

Magali Chessé is an administrator of RGDS, the Frey property company, the airport hub 2i Aeroporti and a member of the Supervisory Board of Elis.

She also represents Predica on the Board of Directors of Siparex Associés (observer) and on the Supervisory Board of Tivana France Holdings – TDF Group (observer).

Magali Chessé is member of the Supervisory Committee of Infra Foch Topco, of the Supervisory board of INDIGO Group and of the audit and risks as well as Nominations and Remunerations committees.

Timothée Pradier is an Investment Manager within Crédit Agricole Assurances. He has been with CAA since January 2023 and currently focuses on direct infrastructure investments across various sectors (Transportation & Mobility, Telecommunications, Renewable Energies).

Before joining CAA, he worked in the M&A team of the TDF Group and was previously manager within the PwC Valuation & Business modelling practice in Paris.

Timothée also represents CAA as an active board member of Eolia Renovables, European Locomotive Leasing (ELL), Inwit and TDF.

He graduated with a Master’s degree from CentraleSupélec.

Timothée Pradier is a member of the Supervisory Committee of Infra Foch Topco, the Supervisory Board of Indigo Group, the Investment Committee, the Audit and Risks Committee as well as the Nomination and Remuneration Committee.

Manuela Rath is a Senior Investment Manager within MEAG’s Infrastructure Equity team. She has been with MEAG since 2017 and currently focuses on direct infrastructure investments across sectors. Before joining MEAG she worked at Crédit Agricole’s Energy and Infrastructure Group in New York as well as the credit-arm of Tetragon in New York and London.

She graduated with a Master’s degree from the Vienna University of Business and Economics.

She also represents MEAG at the board of Autobahn Tank & Rast Group.

Manuela Rath is member of the Supervisory committee of Infra Foch TopCo, the Supervisory Board of INDIGO Group and the Audit and Risks, Nominations and Remunerations as well as Investments committees.

Alexandre de Juniac (X, ENA) is an expert in air transport, healthcare and consulting sectors. Alexandre de Juniac was until the end of 2022 Senior Advisor of Morgan, a role he carried out while also being the chairman of Europcar, the European car rental leader following the end of his mandate in July 2021 as Director General and CEO of IATA, which he held for 5 years. Previously, de Juniac served as Chairman and CEO of Air France-KLM (2013-2016) and prior to that as Chairman and CEO of Air France (2011-2013). Under de Juniac’s leadership Air France and Air France-KLM underwent a successful restructuring that improved efficiency and strengthened performance. De Juniac has broad aviation sector experience, including 14 years at French aerospace, space, defense, security and transportation company Thales.

De Juniac has also held positions in the French government. His career began with the Conseil d’Etat (State Council) from 1988 to 1993. Subsequently, he served as deputy chief of staff of Nicolas Sarkozy then minister of Budget (1993-1995); and in the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Employment as Chief of Staff to then Minister Christine Lagarde (2009-2011). He is a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique de Paris and Ecole Nationale de l’Administration.

Romain Uthurriague joined Vauban Infrastructure Partners in 2010, where he is Investment Director. He has successfully took part in the development of its Infrastructure activity and played a key role in Mirova‘s major transactions such as Indigo Group, Metro of Malaga and the refinancing of Alis

Prior to joining Vauban Infrastructure Partners, he started his career at Natixis in the Project Finance activities. He is graduated from both Ecole Supérieure d’Electronique de Paris and EM Lyon.

Romain Uthurriague is notably board member of Alis (concessionaire of the A28 motorway).

Romain Uthurriague is member of the Supervisory Board of IINDIGO Group and of the Investments committee.