Carl Auffret began his career in 1999 at SG Securities in London as a sell-side analyst covering the consumer goods sector. In July 2003, he returned to France to become sector fund manager/analyst at CM-CIC Asset Management before taking over the Union Europe Growth pan-European growth equity fund in 2005. He joined the DNCA Finance management team in May 2012.

Carl Auffret is a CFA charterholder and also holds a master’s degree in Management and a postgraduate specialist diploma in Banking and Finance from Paris IX Dauphine University.