Bertrand Diard
Bertrand Diard is Talend's cofounder and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to Talend, he managed a Business Unit for one of Europe's largest systems integrators. In 1999 he cofounded a software company specializing in real-time 3D animation. He began his career in business development at Manpower Europe. Bertrand has extensive experience managing large integration projects.

Fabrice Bonan
Fabrice Bonan is cofounder and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to Talend, as Technical Director of the integration practice for a large European systems integrator, he managed complex projects for large clients. Fabrice also cofounded an IT Asset Management software company, based in France with offices in Silicon Valley. Fabrice holds a degree in Computer Science from EPITA in Paris.

Bernard Liautaud
Bernard Liautaud founded Business Objects in 1990 and was CEO and then Chairman until January 2008. With 6,700 employees, 45,000 customers, and $1.5 billion in revenue in 2007, Business Objects was the world leader in Business Intelligence and one of the 15 largest software companies in the world. Business Objects was the first European software IPO on Nasdaq in 1994. In January 2008, Business Objects was acquired by SAP for $6.7 billion, making it the third largest software acquisition at the time. Bernard is now a member of the SAP Supervisory Board.

Matthieu Baret
Matthieu Baret joined AGF Private Equity in 2005 and operates mainly in the sectors of telecommunications/media and cleantech. Before joining AGF Private Equity, he was VP for corporate development and strategic planning at Italtel, a Milan-based subsidiary of Cisco and Telecom Italia and a leading triple-play solutions provider for carriers.

Gilles André
Gilles André founded Leonard's Logic, the maker of the Genio ETL, later acquired by Hummingbird. He is now the CEO, and co-founder of Augure, a specialist in corporate communications solutions for reputation and media management. He began his career in MIS with Ernst & Young and later served as Vice President of Finance and Information Systems in Thomson Multimedia's Enterprise Division until 1997.