Dominique LAFONT
Senior Advisor | France | KKR
Dominique LAFONT, born on March 29, 1961, is a French corporate leader. Dominique Lafont holds degrees from Paris’ IEP Institute of Political Science, the ESSEC Business School and a University degree in business law. In 2006, he became the Managing Director for Africa in the Bolloré Group. On January 1, 2012, he was named President of Bolloré Africa Logistics, the Group subsidiary combining all of the Group’s infrastructure and logistic activities both within Africa and outside the continent, across the major emerging countries trading with Africa. Mr. Lafont began his professional career in 1987 with the Arthur Andersen audit firm. In 1995, he worked as the Director of Industrial Participations of the Rivaud Group, before joining the Bolloré Group following its friendly takeover of the Rivaud Group in 1997. KKR, a leading global investment firm, announced in 2015, his appointment as a Senior Advisor to the firm.