Partner, Chief Client and Business Development Officer
Jean Raby joined Astorg in 2022 and is responsible for Investor Relations, Corporate Communications, and Business Development.
Jean spent nearly two decades at Goldman Sachs, which he joined in 1996 in Paris. He was named Managing Director in 2002, Partner in 2004, and later became Co-Head - then sole Head- of Investment Banking in France, Belgium, and Luxembourg. In 2011, he was appointed Co-Head of the firm’s operations in Russia. After retiring from Goldman Sachs in 2012, Jean became Executive Vice President and Chief Financial and Legal Officer of Alcatel-Lucent, a role he occupied until its acquisition in 2016.
From 2017 to 2021, he served as CEO of Natixis Investment Managers and Head of Asset and Wealth Management for Natixis. Immediately prior to joining Astorg, Jean was a Founding Sponsor and Co- CEO of Odyssey Acquisition, a special purpose acquisition company listed on Euronext Amsterdam, which merged with BenevolentAI in 2022.
Jean began his career as a corporate lawyer at Sullivan & Cromwell in New York and Paris. He is a retired member of the New York Bar.