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Jean-Francois Seznec is a founding member and managing partner of the Lafayette Group, a U.S.-based private investment company. Seznec has 25 years of experience in international banking and finance, of which 10 years were spent in the Middle East, including two years in Riyadh at SIDF and six years in Bahrain covering Saudi Arabia. He uses his knowledge of business in the Middle East and the United States to further his analysis of the Arab-Persian Gulf. Previously, Seznec served as a visiting associate professor at Georgetown University's Center for Contemporary Arab Studies. His research centered on the influence of the Arab-Persian Gulf political and social variables on the financial and oil markets in the region. He focused on the industrialization of the Gulf and in particular the growth of the petrochemical industry. He is senior adviser to PFC Energy in Washington. Seznec holds master's degree from Columbia University (1963), and a master's degree and Ph.D. from Yale Univers
Position in the VCSift Database
- • 3 investors at Lafayette Group are tracked.
- • 113 investors hold the Co-Founder & Managing Director role in VCSift. Jean-Francois Seznec is one of them.
- • 38 investors are based in Annapolis, Maryland, United States.
Data sourced from 410,343 investor profiles. Updated July 2026.
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- Annapolis, US
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