Hans Breda

Hans de Breda is a Lyon-based finance professional best known for leading Crédit Agricole Régions Investissement, also known as Carvest. CFNEWS reported in November 2021 that he had spent fifteen years in Carvest’s general management before moving toward M&A advisory. CB Insights lists him as a former Chief Executive Officer of Carvest, and Talhunt describes him as “ex-DG du Crédit Agricole Régions Investissement, actuellement M&A consultant.”

His LinkedIn profile identifies him with Mû-Impact in Lyon and lists his education as a Maîtrise AES in Lyon plus a Master in Financial Engineering from emlyon, covering 1984–1990. Public company records list Hans-Nicolas de Berg de Breda as president of Petradeve, a Lyon-based SAS created in July 2021 whose declared activity is business, financing, acquisition, disposal, management, and business-development advisory.

At Carvest, de Breda worked within the Crédit Agricole regional private-equity platform, backing minority investments in regional SMEs and ETIs. Public deal records place him on Carvest teams for transactions including Innov’SA, La Buvette / Sofilab, Vivalto Santé, and IMI / Cheval Frères.

Since leaving Carvest, his activity appears to have shifted from investing directly to M&A and corporate-finance advisory. Mû-Impact’s public LinkedIn page describes the firm as an investment bank for growth entrepreneurs with impact, advising on balance-sheet and ownership transactions.

• Carvest’s stated investment criteria are: “un plan d’affaires traduisant une vision stratégique, un projet de création de valeur, une implantation sur le territoire, une vision à long terme et un projet humain.”
• Carvest invests as a minority shareholder, alone or in syndication, with direct equity capacity of €300K–€15M.
• Carvest focuses on development, transmission / takeover, LBOs, and shareholder reorganization, using patient capital from Crédit Agricole regional banks.
• Carvest’s target companies have revenue from €2M upward, operate in value-added markets, need organic or acquisition-led growth capital, and contribute to maintaining decision centers in the regions.
• Mû-Impact positions itself around “entrepreneurs de croissance à impact” and upper-balance-sheet transactions, integrating strategy, model deployment, and management into a growth plan.