19 March 2008, Paris

Sophie Dano is joining the Idia team as head of Investments and is in charge of Marketing.

After obtaining a postgraduate degree in management at Paris IAE, Sophie Dano began her career at Crédit Chimique, where she was head of Relations with Foreign Banks and was then successively responsible for corporate clients at a number of banks.

After experiences in corporate banking and structured finance, she joined IDI in 1998, where she held the position of marketing manager in charge of Origination of Investment Opportunities.

With the arrival of Sophie Dano, there will be 17 professionals working in venture capital in the Idia team.

About Idia

Within the Crédit Agricole Group's Venture Capital and Finance Division, Idia is the investment structure dedicated to the food production industries and agri-businesses.
Idia manages €1bn through dedicated capital development funds (Idia Participations, IDIA Développement, SOFIPAR). Idia also manages vinyards and land and forest holdings of the Crédit Agricole Group.

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