Co-founder of SouthBridge. Former Prime Minister of Benin (2015-2016). Lionel Zinsou was a member of the Executive Committee of Danone, Managing Partner of Rothschild & Cie and Chairman of PAI Partners. He began his career as an academic before joining the Cabinets of the Minister of Industry (1980-1984) and the Prime Minister (1983-1986), Laurent Fabius. He is a member of the Board of Directors of several institutions and companies, including Terra Nova, Domaines Baron de Rothschild Lafite, Fondation R&Co 4 Generations Fund, Attijariwafa Bank, Eurazeo and Shelter Afrique. He studied at the Ecole Normale Supérieure and the universities of Paris IV and Paris VII (history of economics). He is also a graduate of Sciences Po Paris and was a researcher at the London School of Economics.