Dr. Jean-Christophe Renondin
General Partner

Before joining CDC Innovation in 2005, Jean-Christophe was for 5 years Managing Director at MDS Capital, a leading North American venture capital firm with $1.3bn under management dedicated to private investments in the biotech and life sciences areas.

Previously, Jean-Christophe was Vice-President at Sofinov, a subsidiary of the Caisse de Dépôts et Placement du Quebec, one of the largest pension funds in Canada. His activities included both direct investments and the management of fund-of-funds in the life sciences sector.

Jean-Christophe held various international operational positions at Servier , a privately-owned French pharmaceutical company, first in Paris, and then Dublin and Johannesburg as General Manager. He also worked at JP Morgan as an Associate in the Merger & Acquisitions and Equity Research departments in the bank’s Healthcare Practice in New York and London.

Prior to his MBA, Jean-Christophe worked in the research and development department of Roussel UCLAF in London.

Jean-Christophe holds a Medical Degree from Université René Descartes in Paris, is an Ancien Interne des Hôpitaux de Paris (residency in Clinical Pharmacology) and holds a MBA from the Dartmouth Amos Tuck School of Business Administration (Tuck 91).