User:Cbannel

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Cedric Bannel is the founder and ex CEO of Caradisiac, French leading automotive portal. Created in 2000, Caradisiac.com is one of the largest French Internet sites, ahead of all information and classified automotive sites. Its automotive newsletter ranks first in Europe and its Forum are among the 5th more popular automotive forums in the world. Prior to creating Caradisiac, Cedric Bannel was Director for Financial Relations for Renault-Nissan Group. Graduated from IEP Paris and ENA (the matrix of the majority of French elites), Cedric Bannel started his career as a Civil Administrateur at French Treasury, in the Unit in Charge of controlling foreign investments in France and managing international financial sanctions against Iraq and Libya. He also worked in the Unit in charge of Privatizations and was appointed Financial Attache at the French Embassy in London, just before joining Renault-Nissan. He sold Caradisiac.com to Spir, the Media company, and joined end 2007 3i, the UK listed Private Equity firm, as a partner in the LBO team.

Cedric Bannel is also a successful novelist, he wrote 3 thrillers, published by French leading publishing company Robert Laffont. His books have been translated in several languages but not yet in English.

Source : www.caradsiac.com, www.laffont.fr, www.bigboard.com, www.journaldunet.fr