Bertrand Jean Pivin

Alcatel Alsthom Cie Generale D'Electricite SA is an international group whose core businesses are telecommunications systems & railroad and energy transportation systems. The group's cable subsidiaryis the largest producer of power transmission cables in the world. The company also produces batteries and has electrical engineering activities. Telecommunications accounted for 44% of 1996 revenues; telecommunication cables, 21%; energy and transportation, 18%; electrical systems, 13%; batteries, 3%, and other, 1%.

Capio AB provides medical, surgical, and psychiatric healthcare services. It operates through the following segments: Capio Nordic, Capio France, and Capio Germany. The Capio Nordic segment includes Capio Sweden, Capio Norway and Capio Denmark which consists of emergency, local and specialist hospitals, primary care and radiology centers. The Capio France segment comprises of emergency and local hospitals. The Capio Germany segment consists of general hospitals and outpatient clinics. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Unilabs SA engages in the provision of outsourced diagnostic services. Its services include laboratory, imaging, pathology, and advanced diagnostics. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

Apax Partners SA operates as a private equity firm. It invests in technology, media, telecom, retail, healthcare, and business and financial services industries. The company was founded by Maurice Tchenio and Ronald Cohen in 1972 and is headquartered in France.

IEE International Electronics & Engineering SA develops and manufactures automotive safety sensing systems. It offers products for transportation and automotive markets, such as automotive safety sensing systems for car occupants and pedestrians, customized input sensing systems for the car interior, and active safety sensing systems. The firm also provides people counters, tailgate detectors, volumetric object surveillors, and seat occupant detectors for the public and commercial infrastructure market. The company was founded by Michel Witte in 1989 and is headquartered in Luxembourg.

Amplitude SAS develops and markets products for orthopedic surgery, which is covering the main disorders affecting the hip, knee and extremities, and notably foot and ankle surgery. The firm develops, in close collaboration with surgeons, numerous innovations in order to meet the needs of patients, surgeons and healthcare facilities. Its products include hip, knee, extremities, cements, computer assisted surgery, and sports medicine. The company was founded by Olivier Jallabert in 1997 and is headquartered in Valence, France.

Apax Partners AB (AP-SE) is a private equity firm located in Stockholm, Sweden. AP-SE is a subsidiary of London-based Apax Partners Holdings Ltd. with the ultimate parent firm being UK-based Apax Partners Worldwide LLP which can trace their history to 1972. In 1972, Ronald Cohen and Maurice Tchenio co-founded the Multinational Management Group (MMG). In 1976, the Alan Patricof Associates firm joined forces with MMG to form Apax Partners. In 2002, the European and the US operating firms merged to become Apax Partners Worldwide LLP, headquartered in London. They also operate through offices in New York, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Paris, Tel Aviv, Mumbai and Hong Kong. AP-SE generally raises funds through investors such as financial institutions, foundations and endowments, banks and insurance companies in addition to pension funds. AP-SE's management typically invests a significant proportion of their own capital in the firms' investments. In 2005, the Apax Foundation was established for the group's charitable donations. The foundation supports entrepreneurial endeavors, social investment and educational initiatives aimed at alleviating poverty worldwide.

Capio Holding AB operates as a holding company with interests in managing and operating hospitals. The company is headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden.