Description
Loïc Fery is a renowned financial markets investor and a seasoned entrepreneur. As founder, CEO and Co-CIO of Chenavari Investment Managers (www.chenavari.com), Loïc Fery is highly regarded for his investment track-record in European markets. On a personal basis, he has also been involved in professional sports in the past 17 years, mainly as owner of top-league professional football clubs.
Alternative Investments
Founded in 2008, Chenavari Investment Managers has become a leading alternative fixed income investment firm with $5.6 billion AUM. With offices in London, Abu Dhabi, Paris and Luxembourg, Chenavari pursues investment strategies across credit, structured finance and asset-based finance private credit serving over 200 institutional investors globally. Chenavari flag ship fund boosts a 17-year track-record with an impressive 21.2% net annualised return since 2009. Prior to launching Chenavari, Loïc Fery held several senior credit trading roles, in particular at Calyon from 2002 to 2007 when he was Global Head of Credit Markets. He started his career in Hong Kong around the Asian crisis. Loïc Fery is regarded as one of the pioneers in the development of non-US credit markets and has co-authored several publications on credit markets and securitization.
Private Investments & Professional Sports
In the past 25 years, Loïc Fery has been an active private investor in early stage companies, directly backing over 50 start-ups worldwide such as Spotify, PremiaLab or OpenAI. His private investments span diverse industries with a strong focus on tech, biotech and professional sports. Since 2009, Loïc Fery has - on a personal basis - been the sole owner & President of FC Lorient professional football club which competed 15 seasons in top French professional football league Ligue 1 under his leadership. He also served over a decade on the Board of the French Professional Football League (LFP) being instrumental in securing a 1.5bn Euros investment from CVC in the French professional football league. In 2026, he sold FC Lorient and became a co-owner of the holding company of AFC Bournemouth football club competing in UK Premier League.
Personal
Loïc Fery has 3 children (Maxime 19, Albane 22 and Arthur 24, a professional tennis ranked #1 British player and semi-finalist of Wimbledon in 2026). He is also actively engaged in philanthropy, supporting several organizations, including the HEC Foundation and the ChampSeed Foundation, which nurtures young tennis talents.
