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    Nathalie Le Roy

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    Portrait of Nathalie Le Roy

    Portrait of Nathalie Le Roy

    i. Biography

    Business and governance training at Audencia Business School gave Nathalie Le Roy a base in structure, oversight, and operating discipline. In practice, that meant moving between executive responsibility and board-level judgment with the same steady register. At CHATEAU LE BERNAT, as associée gerant from 1999 to 2014, she was part of the day-to-day, year-on-year work that serious estates demand. At Perl, as co fondatrice et presidente du conseil de surveillance from 2000 to 2014, she worked on both sides of the table: founding a business while also carrying supervisory responsibility. The same split between building and overseeing ran through the next phase of her work. At Nickel, as membre du conseil de surveillance, du comite des nominations from 2015 to 2017, Nathalie Le Roy brought board judgment to questions of governance and appointments. At Popchef, as membre du conseil from 2019 to 2022, she stayed close to companies that depend on operational pace matched with clear framing from above. Across these posts, the through-line is not spectacle but durability: a career shaped by structure, discretion, and the ability to help guide institutions from within. That pattern continues across her current portfolio. As fondatrice et presidente of INFI since 1989 and Fondatrice Presidente of NLR since 1994, Nathalie Le Roy has maintained two long-running entrepreneurial platforms of her own. Alongside those, she serves as membre du conseil de surveillance of TWIL - The Wine I Love since 2014, membre du conseil of Ines De La Fressange since 2015, membre du conseil of Le Collectionist since 2018, and membre du comite strategique of Technofounders Participations since 2019. The range is broad, but the function is consistent: governance, continuity, and long-range thinking applied across different operating contexts.

    Today

    The present shape of this portfolio is one of sustained activity rather than a fixed endpoint. The companies and institutions around Nathalie Le Roy span different sectors, but her contribution in each remains legible: oversight, continuity, and perspective. That kind of work does not rely on noise. It accrues through time, through judgment repeated, and through being present where decisions are made and carried forward.

    Career - Fondatrice et Presidente, INFI (1989–present) - Fondatrice Presidente, NLR (1994–present) - Membre du conseil de surveillance, TWIL - The Wine I Love (2014–present) - Membre du conseil, Ines De La Fressange (2015–present) - Membre du conseil, Le Collectionist (2018–present) - Membre du comite strategique, Technofounders Participations (2019–present) - associée gerant, CHATEAU LE BERNAT (1999–2014) - Co fondatrice et Presidente du conseil de surveillance, Perl (2000–2014) - Membre du conseil de surveillance, du comite des nominations, Nickel (2015–2017) - Membre du conseil, Popchef (2019–2022) Education: Audencia Business School

    Recognition

    The wines associated with the estate are Merlot-led reds from clay-limestone soils, with structure, fruit, and tannin built for aging. Those markers align with the broader shape of Nathalie Le Roy’s work: depth over display, framework over flourish, and staying power over short-term effect. Recognition here is also a matter of duration. INFI dates to its founding, and her management role at CHATEAU LE BERNAT placed her inside the exacting work of a family-run Right Bank domaine.

    FAQ Where did Nathalie Le Roy train or study? Nathalie Le Roy trained at Audencia Business School.

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