Clara Gaymard is a French entrepreneur and businessperson who founded Raise Partner SA, RAISE Investissement SAS and Raise Conseil SAS and who has been the head of 9 different companies. Ms. Gaymard holds the position of Chairman for Raise Endowment Fund, Chairman of Pabafajamet SAS, Chairman at Raise Caras SAS, Chief Executive Officer for Raise Conseil SAS and Chief Executive Officer for Le Ponton SAS. Ms. Gaymard is also on the board of 6 other companies.

In her past career Clara Gaymard occupied the position of Chairman of Agence Française pour les Investissements Internationaux, Auditor for Cour des Comptes, Vice President-Sales & Government Strategy at General Electric Co. Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer of GE France SAS, Member of GE Industrial France SA and Vice Chairman-Government Sales & Strategy at GE International, Inc. (which are all subsidiaries of General Electric Co.), Chairman of The Women’s Forum For The Economy & Society, Head-European Union at Ministère de l'Economie, des Finances, et de l'Industrie, Deputy Head-Economic Expansion Services at Cairo Investissements SAS and Chairman at American Chamber of Commerce in France.

She received an undergraduate degree and a graduate degree from Sciences Po and an undergraduate degree from Ecole Nationale d'Administration.