Groupe Burrus-led Consortium to Acquire Siaci Saint Honoré from Charterhouse

Charterhouse and Siaci Saint Honore Management Agree Deal; Ardian and Edmond de Rothschild to Sell

June 7, 2018

Insurance

Charterhouse Capital Partners, together with the management team led by CEO Pierre Donnersberg, has agreed to acquire the Siaci Saint Honore Group from Ardian and Edmond de Rothschild in a management buyout. Charterhouse will be the main shareholder alongside management to support the Group’s development as an independent European insurance consulting and brokerage leader; the transaction was expected to complete in September 2018 and is subject to regulatory and works council approvals.

Cathay Capital Sells Minority Stake in Diot-Siaci

November 20, 2025

Insurance

Cathay Capital has completed the sale of its approximately 5% minority stake in the Diot-Siaci Group, closing the ownership restructuring that was announced earlier in 2025. The buyer for Cathay's stake was not disclosed in the announcement; the group's shareholder base includes the Burrus Group and management as majority holders and institutional investors such as Ontario Teachers', Bpifrance and Mubadala, with Ardian named as a lead investor in the broader ownership reorganisation.

Charterhouse Capital Partners Acquires Controlling Stake in Novetude Santé

November 12, 2020

Education

Charterhouse Capital Partners has acquired a controlling stake in Novetude Santé, a France-based specialist provider of higher education and continuing professional development for healthcare professionals, from BIM. Charterhouse invested alongside Novetude Santé’s management, which retains a shareholding, and intends to support the company’s growth through internationalisation and buy-and-build add-on activity.

Charterhouse Brings Peugeot Invest and Hayfin Capital as Minority Investors in Novétude Group

May 9, 2025

Education

Charterhouse Capital Partners has welcomed Peugeot Invest and Hayfin Capital as minority investors in the newly formed Novétude Group, a European healthcare education platform built around Novétude Santé. Charterhouse will retain a majority stake while the new investors provide growth capital to support international expansion and platform development across healthcare education programs.

Charterhouse Capital Partners Invests in Funecap Groupe

August 3, 2018

Healthcare Services

Charterhouse Capital Partners has made an investment in Funecap Groupe, the second-largest funerals company in France, alongside founders Thierry Gisserot and Xavier Thoumieux and the company's management team. The capital will support Funecap's buy-and-build strategy and further consolidation of the fragmented French funeral services market as the business continues its organic and inorganic growth.

USI Insurance Services Acquires The Gaudreau Group

September 10, 2018

Financial Services

USI Insurance Services has acquired Wilbraham, Massachusetts–based The Gaudreau Group; terms were not disclosed. The Gaudreau Group, a nearly century-old commercial insurance, employee benefits and personal risk firm that insures more than 6,000 businesses and families across 14 states, will join USI's New England operations and its president Jules O. Gaudreau will join USI's New England regional management team.