Annual full-day summit in Paris organised by the Club Operating Partners of France Invest and Option Finance, convening operating partners, value creation professionals, and private equity fund teams to examine the strategic and operational role of operating partners in PE-backed company transformation, in its fourth edition in 2026.
The Operating Partners Summit is an annual conference organised by the Club Operating Partners of France Invest, the French private capital association, in partnership with Option Finance. It brings together operating partners, value creation teams, and private equity fund professionals to address the strategic role of operating partners in portfolio company performance. The summit covers both the financial and non-financial dimensions of value creation in PE-backed businesses. The 2026 edition is the fourth in the series.
The 2026 Operating Partners Summit takes place on 25 June 2026 in Paris. The specific venue has not been disclosed as of verification; the 2024 edition was held at Hôtel de Pomereu in central Paris. Registration is handled through the Option Finance events platform at evenements.optionfinance.fr/e/operating-partner-summit-2026. The 2026 edition introduces an enriched format that includes a dedicated session for Club Operating Partners members alongside the main programme open to registered delegates. Programme details, confirmed speakers, and pricing have not been publicly disclosed as of verification.
The summit falls in the final days of June, at the close of the spring private capital season before the summer pause. In the Paris private capital calendar, late June concentrates a cluster of specialist professional events, including the Forum des Investisseurs Institutionnels (Institutional Day, also on 30 June 2026) and roundtables tied to mid-year performance reviews. The Operating Partners Summit occupies a distinct position in this cluster: it is the only event on the Paris circuit dedicated specifically to the operating partner function, rather than to LP and GP fundraising dynamics.
Most private capital events in France and EMEA centre on capital allocation: fundraising, LP and GP relationships, secondaries, and deal sourcing. The Operating Partners Summit is built around a different axis, the transformation of PE-backed companies after acquisition. Its audience is not primarily composed of allocators or fund managers assessing investment opportunities, but of professionals whose work begins once a deal is closed. This positioning makes it a peer forum for operating partners rather than a marketplace, with content weighted toward operational methodology, change management, and the mechanics of value creation.
Full programme details, including session titles, speaker names, and workshop formats, are not publicly disclosed as of verification. Registration is processed via Option Finance's event platform.
The 2026 programme, partly disclosed ahead of the event, is built around five thematic areas:
These five areas build on the recurring content of previous editions, which covered EBITDA improvement, working capital optimisation, governance, talent, and ESG integration at portfolio company level. Confirmed speaker names have not been released as of verification.
The Operating Partners Summit is the annual gathering of the Club Operating Partners, a specialist professional group within France Invest dedicated to the operating partner function in private equity. The Club brings together operating partners and value creation professionals from French PE funds for peer exchange, training, and advocacy on issues specific to their role. The summit is the club's principal annual event, co-produced with Option Finance, the French financial media group.
An operating partner is a professional, typically with an executive or functional background outside finance, who is brought into a PE-backed company to drive operational improvement during the fund's holding period. The role has grown in prominence as GPs seek to generate returns through operational transformation rather than financial engineering alone. The Club Operating Partners and its summit exist because operating partners have distinct professional needs, methodological questions, and peer community requirements that are not served by events focused on fundraising or deal sourcing.
Registration is available through the Option Finance platform, which suggests the event is not restricted exclusively to France Invest members. The embedded Club Operating Partners members session within the 2026 programme is reserved for club members, but the main summit programme appears accessible to registered external delegates. Pricing and specific access conditions are not publicly disclosed; the Option Finance platform at evenements.optionfinance.fr/e/operating-partner-summit-2026 is the registration and information point.
Two distinct events for operating partners are active in the Paris calendar for 2026. The Operating Partners Summit (25 June) is organised by the Club Operating Partners of France Invest and Option Finance. The Operating Partners Day (30 June, Salons de l'Hôtel des Arts et Métiers) is organised separately, by Les Rebondisseurs Français and associated parties. They share a thematic focus on the operating partner function but are independent events with different organisers, formats, and communities.
The 2026 Operating Partners Summit takes place in Paris; the specific venue has not been disclosed as of verification. The 2024 edition was held at Hôtel de Pomereu, a private mansion-style event venue located in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, at 7 rue de Pomereu. The 2023 edition took place at a separate Paris venue. Venue details for 2026 will be communicated to registered participants through the Option Finance platform.
The Club Operating Partners is a specialist group within France Invest, created to address the specific professional needs of operating partners in French private equity. France Invest is the national professional association for the French private capital industry, representing management companies in private equity, venture capital, infrastructure, and private debt. Option Finance is a French financial media group publishing coverage of financial markets, corporate finance, and asset management; its events arm produces professional conferences for the finance sector, of which the Operating Partners Summit is one. The co-production model, a professional association providing the community and the content, a financial media group providing logistics and reach, is the same architecture used for other France Invest specialist summits.
The Operating Partners Summit is the only event on the French private capital circuit built for the people who manage companies after the deal closes rather than the people who close the deal: a specialist peer forum that reflects the growing professionalisation of the operating partner function within French PE.
Registration for the Operating Partners Summit is processed through the Option Finance events platform at evenements.optionfinance.fr/e/operating-partner-summit-2026. Delegate pricing and sponsor package rates are not publicly disclosed as of verification. The France Invest Club Operating Partners members session is reserved for club members. For pricing information, contacting Option Finance or France Invest directly is the recommended route. The main summit programme is open to professional delegates beyond France Invest membership, based on the public-facing registration platform.
Registration is available through the Option Finance events platform: evenements.optionfinance.fr/e/operating-partner-summit-2026. This is the primary registration and information channel for the event. The France Invest website at franceinvest.eu/evenement/operating-partners-summit-2026/ provides contextual information and links to the registration platform.
The confirmed date for the 2026 edition is 25 June 2026. Both the main programme and the Club Operating Partners members session take place on the same day. No separate date has been indicated for the members-only session.
Networking is embedded in the summit format, consistent with France Invest specialist events. No dedicated matchmaking platform or pre-scheduled meeting system has been documented for the Operating Partners Summit. Contact time is structured around the programme sessions and breaks rather than through a bilateral scheduling tool.
| Official event page (France Invest) | https://www.franceinvest.eu/evenement/operating-partners-summit-2026/ |
| Registration (Option Finance) | https://evenements.optionfinance.fr/e/operating-partner-summit-2026 |
| Club Operating Partners | https://www.franceinvest.eu/club/club-operating-partners/ |