APAX Partners

Martine CLAVEL Partner

Martine Clavel joined Apax in 1994. While she has historically been focused on media and communication investments, she is now involved full time in providing support to Apax portfolio companies in the field of human resources.

She started her career with Colgate Palmolive as a Marketing Manager. After five years of experience in consumer products, she worked for ten years at American Express France, where she was successively Marketing and Sales Director and Vice-President. Her responsibilities covered the card and travel activities in France and included the management of the Travellers Cheques business.
In 1987, she became the CEO of a publishing company in which Apax Partners had just acquired a majority stake. She gained extensive line management and acquisition experience in the media sector and served as Chairman of the professional association of directory publishers.

Martine Clavel graduated from HEC business school.