Francis Forton

Francis Forton is a business administration graduate from KU Leuven and studied abroad in Canada.
He started his career as a consultant at Kearney in 2015, with a focus on large scale transformation, private equity and mergers & acquisitions in Europe and North America. From 2020 to 2023, Francis worked as COO at CED Belux, a local branch of the PE-owned (initially Blackfin, currently Rivean Capital) CED Group.

Francis has a track record of assembling various acquisitions into effective organizations geared on customer satisfaction.

He is married with two young children and currently based in Ghent.

As a Fellow, Francis will support Strada and its portfolio companies on topics related to healthcare, B2B services and buy & build.