Gilles began his career in 1997 as a private banker at BNP Paribas and joined the VC practice of Société Générale Asset Management in 2001 were he was a partner in the Biotech and Environment team from 2003 to 2011 and led a dozen of investments in companies like Adocia, Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Celzome or Metabolic Explorer. He joined Bpifrance Investment in 2012. Gilles is graduated from the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Tours (ESCEM) and the University of Clermont-Ferrand.