140+ years of combined leadership experience across semiconductor industry and investment
Our Leadership Team
Paul Boudre
Paul Boudre, Partner & Co-Founder, brings 35 years of semiconductor experience. As Chief Executive Officer of Soitec from 2015 to 2022, he successfully led the company through a restructuring and positioned it as a global leader in engineered semiconductor materials. Prior to Soitec, he held senior positions in semiconductor equipment and manufacturing with KLA, STMicroelectronics, IBM Microelectronics, Motorola Semiconductor and Atmel.
Christophe Duverne
Christophe Duverne, Partner & Co-Founder, has been a semiconductor and electronics executive for the past 30 years. He was President and Chief Executive Officer of Linxens from 2010 to 2020, which he founded from a corporate carve-out, and led through two successful buyout transactions sponsored by CVC, Astorg and Bain Capital, to create a global leader in smart card components manufacturing. Prior to founding Linxens, he worked for over 10 years at NXP Semiconductors where he was Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Identification business unit.
Dr. Helmut Gassel
Dr Helmut Gassel, Partner & Co-Founder, contributes 30 years of semiconductor industry experience. He served as a member of Infineon’s Management Board as Chief Marketing Officer from 2016 to 2022 with responsibilities encompassing marketing, sales, strategy, and M&A. In this capacity, he led the €9bn acquisition and integration of Cypress Semiconductor and contributed to transform Infineon into a global top 10 semiconductor company. Prior to joining Infineon in 1995 as a semiconductor design engineer, he worked in semiconductor research at Fraunhofer Institute.
Thomas Pebay-Peyroula
Thomas Pebay-Peyroula, Partner & Co-Founder, brings c. 15 years of investment banking experience and has amongst other things advised many European semiconductor companies on strategic, M&A and financing matters. He has joined from Rothschild & Co, and started his career with Lazard.
Dr. Bernard Aspar
Bernard Aspar, Partner, contributes over 30 years of industry experience and is a recognized world expert in semiconductor materials. He entered Silian Partners coming from his COO position at Soitec which he joined in 2006 during the acquisition of Tracit Technologies, a company he founded in 2003. Tracit Technologies was a spin-off of CEA-Leti, where he spent 10 years in semiconductor research.
The Founders
Christophe Duverne – Dr. Helmut Gassel – Thomas Pebay-Peyroula – Paul Boudre
Locations
Silian Partners is headquartered in Luxembourg and covers the global semiconductor space operating out of important industry regions.
- Luxembourg (HQ)
- Doha
- Munich
- Paris
- Singapore
Appointed directors of the company:
Paul Boudre, Christophe Duverne, Jean-François Gramain, Fernando Sousa