Paris, 9 June 2008

Christopher Underwood joins Mezzanis, the mezzanine business unit of Crédit Agricole Private Equity, as Director.

Mr Underwood began his career in 1995 at SV&GM, the former consulting entity of the Salustro Reydel group, where he was in charge of financial valuations and post-merger reorganisations.
In 1999, he joined PricewaterhouseCoopers as a confirmed manager within the Transaction Services practice, where he performed financial and operational due diligence assignments.
From 2003 until 2008, he served as senior project officer within the Leverage Finance department of IXIS CIB (now Natixis), where he originated, structured and distributed LBO deals.

Christopher Underwood, age 37, is a graduate of Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Rouen and holds an MBA degree from the University of Toronto.

About Crédit Agricole Private Equity
Crédit Agricole Private Equity, an AMF-authorised investment management company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Crédit Agricole S.A., specializes in direct private equity investment in unlisted companies. A multi-specialist, Crédit Agricole Private Equity has 50 investment teams focusing on different segments of the private equity market (LBO & Expansion, Venture Capital, Mezzanine, Renewable Energy, PPP Infrastructure, Liquidity Solutions, Co-investment) and manages a total of €2 billion in various types of private equity vehicle (FCPR, SICAR, FCPI and SCR). www.ca-privateequity.com