
Group Management Committee
The daily commitment of the Group Management Committee
The Group Management Committee is a forum for discussing Group strategy and other high-level matters of interest to the Group. It is composed of approximately 60 executives from the Bank's 14 Business Units and 10 Service Units. The Group Management Committee meets at least once every quarter.
As of 2018, the members of the Group Management Committee have adopted collective objectives in terms of CSR, staff commitment, customer satisfaction and financial performance, the meeting of which play a role in their compensation.
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62
members of the Group Management Committee
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29%
of the Group Management Committee are women
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Slawomir Krupa
Chief Executive Officer
Slawomir KrupaChief Executive Officer
Slawomir Krupa is Societe Generale Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors, having been appointed 23 May 2023.
Slawomir Krupa has over 26 years of experience in the international financial sector.
He joined the Societe Generale group in 1996 and began his career as an inspector at the General Inspection. In 1999, he left the Group to found and manage an e-finance start-up in eastern Europe. He returned to the Group in 2002 in the General Inspection department where he was made a member of its management team in 2005. During his time at the General Inspection, he acquired an extensive and in-depth knowledge of the operations and challenges of financial institutions around the world.
In 2007, he joined the Corporate and Investment Banking division, where he took on successive responsibilities that enabled him to broaden further his expertise and his knowledge of the bank’s businesses, serving its large international clients. In 2007, he was Director of Strategy and Development, head of Central and Eastern Europe, Middle-East and Africa (CEEMEA) in 2009, and Deputy Director of Financing in 2012, supervising in particular the primary markets business, securitisation and leveraged financing, while maintaining his regional responsibilities, which were extended in 2013 to include Private Banking, Asset Management, and Securities.
Appointed CEO of SG Americas in January 2016, he oversaw the turnaround of the Americas platform, both in terms of business performance and risk management, in a challenging regulatory environment.In January 2021, he joined the Group’s Executive Management team as Head of Global Banking and Investor Solutions. He strengthened the division by defining for its businesses a profitable and sustainable growth strategy, which he oversaw for 18 months. In doing so, he restored the trust of the stakeholders of this core business through an effective program of risk reduction, cost control, and diversification of the business portfolio to seize development opportunities. He has also initiated an in-depth transformation of the business lines towards a sustainable growth model “ESG by Design”.
Slawomir Krupa, 48, is a Franco-Polish citizen and a graduate of the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris.
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Philippe Aymerich
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Philippe AymerichDeputy Chief Executive Officer
Philippe Aymerich is Deputy Chief Executive Officer, member of the Group General Management team and of the Group Executive Committee, having been appointed 24 May 2023.
Philippe Aymerich joined Societe Generale's General Inspection Division in 1987, where he carried out various audit and advisory assignments before being appointed Chief Inspector in 1994.
In 1997, he joined Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking as Deputy Managing Director of SG Spain in Madrid. In 1999, Philippe became Deputy Chief Operating Officer, then, in 2000, Chief Operating Officer for the Americas region of Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking. In 2004, he was appointed Head of the of the Automotive, Chemicals & General Industries Group in the Corporate & Institutions Division.
In December 2006, he was appointed Deputy Chief Risk Officer for Societe Generale group. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Crédit du Nord in January 2012.
Philippe was previously Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Societe Generale from May 2018, supervising French Retail Banking activities and International Retail Banking activities.
Philippe Aymerich is a graduate of France’s École des hautes études commerciales (HEC).
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Pierre Palmieri
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Pierre PalmieriDeputy Chief Executive Officer
Pierre Palmieri is Deputy Chief Executive Officer, member of the Group General Management team and of the Group Executive Committee, having been appointed 24 May 2023.
Pierre Palmieri began his career at Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking in 1987 in the Export Finance department before heading the Finance Engineering team from 1989. He joined the Agence Internationale’s team in 1994, where he created the global Commodity Finance business line. He was appointed Global Head of Structured Commodity Finance in 2001. In 2006, he created and co-headed the Natural Resources and Energy Financing global business line. He was appointed Deputy Head of Global Finance in 2008, became Head of Global Finance in 2012 before extending his responsibilities to the whole Global Banking and Advisory activities in 2019.
Pierre was previously Head of Global Banking and Advisory from July 2019.
Pierre Palmieri is a graduate of the École Supérieure de Commerce in Tours.
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David Abitbol
Global Head of Societe Generale Securities Services
David AbitbolGlobal Head of Societe Generale Securities Services
David Abitbol was appointed Head of SGSS in January 2019.
David joined Societe Generale in 1992 within the Group Finance division as an Actuary before taking up the role as Head of Financial Studies and Funding Operations within the Asset and Liability Management department. In 1997, he moved to Operations in Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking (SG CIB) as Project Director for Interest Rate Derivatives and the Futures and Money Market activities. In 2000, David joined the Capital Market Fixed Income Business Line as Programme Director, where among others, he was the Bank’s representative for the SwapClear project which established the world’s first OTC clearing service with London Clearing House. In 2004, David moved back to Operations where he held various management positions and became Global Head of Operations of SG CIB in early 2010. He was appointed Chief Operating Officer for Societe Generale Asia Pacific and Chief Executive of Societe Generale Hong Kong Branch in March 2014.
David has a Masters Degree in Mathematics and Finance from Paris-Dauphine University and the Strastourg University Degree of Actuary.
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Stéphane About
Chief Executive Officer, Societe Generale Americas
Stéphane AboutChief Executive Officer, Societe Generale Americas
Stéphane About was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Societe Generale Americas on the 4 January 2021.
Stéphane About began his career in 1986 as a trader for Credit Lyonnais in Paris. He joined Deutsche Bank in London in 1988 as head of European Currencies Trading then UBS in 1989 as Syndicate Manager European Currencies. He moved to S.G. Warburg Bank in 1994, first as head of Fixed Income in Paris and then as head of European Bond Trading based in London.
He joined CDC IXIS Securities Broker Action in 1995 as CEO and member of Board of Directors, becoming head of Capital Markets for IXIS Capital Markets North America in 2001 then global head of Fixed Income at IXIS CIB in 2003. He was named global head of Fixed Income, Commodities & Treasury at Natixis in 2010. In 2012, he was named Natixis Americas CEO, holding that role until 2019 when he became CEO, CIB of EMEA (except France).
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Tim Albertsen
Chief Executive Officer of ALD Automotive
Tim AlbertsenChief Executive Officer of ALD Automotive
Manager of the Business Unit Fleet Management, ALD
Tim Albertsen has been serving as Deputy CEO of ALD since 2011. He has been active with ALD since 1997, the year he joined Hertz Lease (which was acquired by the Group in 2003). Tim Albertsen was Chief Operating Officer from 2008 until 2011 and Senior Vice President for the Group from 2005 until 2008. Prior to that, he was Regional Director for the Group in the Nordic & Baltic Countries and General Manager at Hertz Lease Denmark from 1997 until 2003. Previously to working at ALD, he was General Manager at Avis Leasing from 1995 until 1997 and Operations Manager at Avis Rent a Car from 1992 until 1995. Tim Albertsen holds an Economics Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of South Denmark. He also holds a Graduate Diploma in Business Administration from the Copenhagen Business School.
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Philippe Amestoy
Deputy Head of International Retail Banking for Africa, the Mediterranean Basin & Overseas
Philippe AmestoyDeputy Head of International Retail Banking for Africa, the Mediterranean Basin & Overseas
Philippe Amestoy began his career with Arthur Andersen before joining Societe Generale’s inspection in 1987. In 1998, he assumed responsibility for the vice presidency of Societe Generale’s Argentinian subsidiary, before being appointed, in 2002, Director General of the International Bank Union, in Tunisia, when it was privatized and acquired by Societe Generale. In 2007, he was promoted General Delegate of the Grand Sud-Ouest region within Societe Generale’s French network. From 2011 to 2015, he was Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Crédit du Nord, particularly in charge of marketing and business issues. In 2015, he was appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Crédit du Nord Group and Director of Operations and Transformation for the French network in 2017. In 2019, he was appointed Director of the Societe Generale Retail Banking Network in France. Philippe Amestoy was appointed Deputy Head of International Retail Banking for Africa, the Mediterranean Basin & Overseas in July 2021.
Philippe Amestoy is a graduate from IEP in Paris and the University Paris-Dauphine.
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Thierry d’Argent
Group Country Head for the United Kingdom and Ireland, and CEO of Societe Generale London Branch
Thierry d’ArgentGroup Country Head for the United Kingdom and Ireland, and CEO of Societe Generale London Branch
Thierry d’Argent is Group Country Head for the United Kingdom and Ireland, and CEO of Societe Generale London Branch since May 2023.
Thierry d’Argent began his career in 1988 at Oliver Wyman; he served as deputy Cabinet Director in the Brussels Federal Government between 1991 and 1992. He then joined Barings and JP Morgan in 1998, to develop its investment banking franchise in Europe; in 2001, he became Head of Mergers & Acquisition for JP Morgan in France. Thierry d’Argent joined the Mergers & Acquisitions’ team of Societe Generale in 2009 and was appointed Global Head of Mergers and Acquisitions in 2010. He became Global Head of Corporate Finance in 2012 and Co-Head, latterly Head, of the Coverage and Investment Banking division in 2015. Thierry d’Argent has been Deputy Head of Global Banking and Advisory since July 2019.
Thierry d’Argent graduated Summa cum laude from the Solvay Business School and the University of Brussels.
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Pascal Augé
Head of the Inspection and Audit division
Pascal AugéHead of the Inspection and Audit division
Head of the Inspection and Audit division
Pascal Augé began his career at Societe Generale Group in 1986. After working for eight years in the Group's internal auditing department, the "Inspection Generale", he joined Corporate and Investment Banking as deputy head of the media and telecom Group. In 1997 he became deputy head for Western Europe. In 1998, he took over as head of Corporate Banking in London, and was then country head for Germany in 2001 and then for Italy in 2005. In 2007, Pascal Augé was appointed Director of Human Resources and member of the Executive Committee at Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking, and in 2009 he became Head of Western Europe for SG CIB.
In 2012 Pascal Augé was appointed Deputy Head of Global Transaction Banking and a member of the Group’s General Management Committee on 1 January 2013. He became Head of Global Transaction and Payment Services in March 2013. In November 2019, Pascal Augé was appointed Head of the Inspection and Audit division.
Pascal Augé is a graduate of the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC).
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Cécile Bartenieff
CEO for Societe Generale Asia Pacific
Cécile BartenieffCEO for Societe Generale Asia Pacific
Cécile Bartenieff is appointed CEO for Societe Generale Asia Pacific on January 2022.
Cécile Bartenieff began her career in 1990 at Accenture's consulting division before joining BRED Banque Populaire in 1995 where she worked successively as an Arbitrage trader and then in sales for large Corporates. Cécile Bartenieff joined Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking in 2000. She held various managerial positions within the Finance and Operations Departments before joining the COO office of Global Markets. In 2014, Cécile Bartenieff was nominated Head of Operations of Global Banking & Investor Solutions. She was appointed Chief Operating Officer of Global Banking & Investor Solutions on 1st June 2017.
Cécile Bartenieff holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the ESSEC Business School.
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François Bloch
Chief Executive Officer of BRD
François BlochChief Executive Officer of BRD
François Bloch has been Chief Executive Officer of BRD, Societe Generale's subsidiary in Romania, since 2016. Prior to this, he was First Deputy Chairman of Rosbank from 2012 to 2016. He began his career at Societe Generale group in 1990 within Fimat, the brokerage subsidiary, working on Futures markets, where he has held various positions in France, Germany and in the USA. In 2008, François Bloch was appointed Head of Strategy and Integration at Newedge. In 2009 he joined Societe Generale's Risk division as Global Head of Credit Risk - Countries and Financial Institutions.
François Bloch is a graduate from Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Économique (ENSAE).
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Ingrid Bocris
Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Societe Generale Assurances
Ingrid BocrisDeputy Chief Executive Officer of Societe Generale Assurances
Ingrid Bocris is Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Societe Generale Assurances, heading Bancassurance and Digital Development since January 2022. She is also Chief Executive Officer of Sogessur, the property/casualty insurance subsidiary of Societe Generale Assurances since April 2022. She became a member of the Societe Generale group Management Committee in July 2022.
Ingrid Bocris joined the Group in 2005 as Head of Sogecap's Savings Life Insurance activities and then Head of Marketing. In 2013, she became Chief of staff for the Specialised Financial Services and Insurance division before being promoted to Head of Marketing and Digital for International Retail Banking in 2015. In 2018, Ingrid Bocris took responsibility for the Partnerships, Corporate and Innovation division of Societe Generale Assurances. Ingrid Bocris started her career in 1997 in management and strategic consulting at PriceWaterhouseCoopers, and from 1999 at Arthur Andersen Management.
Ingrid Bocris is a graduate of ESCP Europe in Strategy, Marketing and Finance and holds an MBA in Strategy and Management from Babson College.
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Gilles Briatta
Group General Secretary
Gilles BriattaGroup General Secretary
Manager of the Service Unit General Secretariat
Gilles Briatta served in various roles within the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, both in France and internationally, and has devoted most of his career to European issues. He was Technical Adviser to the Office of the French Deputy Minister of European Affairs from 1995 to 1997, Head of European Cooperation from 2004 to 2007 and General Secretary for European Affairs and European Union Advisor to the French Prime Minister François Fillon until 2011. Gilles Briatta joined Societe Generale as Deputy General Secretary on the 2 November 2011, before being appointed Group General Secretary the 1 September 2015.
Gilles Briatta is a graduate of the National School of Administration (École Nationale d'Administration – ENA).
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Claire Calmejane
Group Chief Innovation Officer
Claire CalmejaneGroup Chief Innovation Officer
Claire Calmejane began her career in 2006 in the Technology Transformation department of Capgemini Consulting, where she supported companies and especially financial institutions in their technological and digital transformation. Contributing to a study on the digital transformation of large companies led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2011, she joined the London office of Capgemini to lead the digital centre of the Financial Services sector. Recruited in 2012 by Lloyds Banking Group as Head of Digital Delivery in the Online Services Department, she was appointed Innovation Director and set up the Innovation Labs and the Digital Academy before being appointed Risk Transformation Director at Lloyds Banking Group.
In September 2018, Claire Calmejane joined Societe Generale as Group Chief Innovation Officer.Claire Calmejane studied IT Engineering with a degree from the École pour l'informatique et les techniques avancées (EPITA) and a Masters degree from the HEC French school of management.
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Sylvain Cartier
Co-Head of Global Markets activities
Sylvain CartierCo-Head of Global Markets activities
Sylvain Cartier is appointed co-Head of Global Markets activities on 22 June 2021, while retaining his position as Head of Fixed Income, Credit and Currencies, which he has held since Q3 2019.
Previously, Sylvain was Head of Global Markets for Americas since November 2017 and Head of Fixed Income and Currencies for Americas since 2014, both based in New-York. Prior to that, Sylvain was Head of Trading for Fixed Income and Currencies in Asia Pacific since 2012 and acted as Head of Treasury for Societe Generale in Asia, based in Hong-Kong. He held different positions in the region: he was Head of Emerging Markets Trading in Singapore since 2008 and Treasurer for Societe Generale in Tokyo in 2007. Sylvain spent three years in London from 2001 as a Senior Originator for financial institutions, and five years thereafter in Tokyo where he was a Trader on Japanese bond prior to moving to the bank side on the money market desk. He joined Societe Generale in 1993 as a trader.
Sylvain is a graduate of HEC Montreal.
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Anne-Christine Champion
Co-Head of Global Banking and Investor Solutions
Anne-Christine ChampionCo-Head of Global Banking and Investor Solutions
Anne-Christine Champion is Co-Head of Global Banking and Investor Solutions and a member of the Group Executive Committee, having been appointed 24 May 2023.
Anne-Christine Champion began her career in 2002 in the financial engineering department at Natixis where she provided advisory and arrangement services for the infrastructure sector. In 2012, she became Global Head of advisory activities and infrastructure & project financing. In 2016, Anne-Christine Champion was then appointed Global Head of the Corporate & Investment Bank’s newly created distribution (primary, secondary, direct and synthetic) and portfolio management business. In 2019, she became Global Head of Real Assets, in charge of origination in the energy, infrastructure, real estate and aviation sectors, within the Corporate & Investment Bank.
Anne-Christine was previously, from 2020, Co-Head of Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking and member of the Senior Management Committee of Natixis.
Anne-Christine Champion is a graduate of the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, of the Stanford Executive Program and of the Collège des Ingénieurs.
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Anne-Sophie Chauveau-Galas
Group Chief Human Resources Officer
Anne-Sophie Chauveau-GalasGroup Chief Human Resources Officer
Anne-Sophie Chauveau-Galas is Group Chief Human Resources Officer and a member of the Group Executive Committee, having been appointed 24 May 2023.
Anne-Sophie Chauveau-Galas started her career in 1998 with Alcatel and then BSN (Danone) in the field of Human Resources. Since 2001, Anne- Sophie has held various operational HR positions before becoming Talent Management Director in 2005 for the Alstom Power sector. She joined the HR department of the Transport sector in 2009 and subsequently became Vice President HR Europe and Social Relations of the ALSTOM Group in 2015.
Anne-Sophie Chauveau-Galas was previously Chief Human Resources Officer and member of the ALSTOM Group Executive Committee from May 2019. She has accompanied the transformation of the company since 2019, notably with the merger and integration of Bombardier Transportation.
Anne-Sophie holds a Master’s degree in Management from EDHEC Business School.
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Bertrand Cozzarolo
Head of Societe Generale Private Banking
Bertrand CozzaroloHead of Societe Generale Private Banking
Bertrand Cozzarolo started his career in 2000 as a General Inspector of Finance at the French Ministry of Economy and Finance. He joined Societe Generale in 2004 as a financial research officer. In 2006, he was appointed Chief Financial Officer of the Group's Egyptian retail banking subsidiary, before being appointed deputy General Manager of Societe Generale Expressbank (Bulgaria) in 2009. He returned to France in 2011 as Chief of Staff to Frédéric Oudéa, Chairman and CEO of the Group. From 2015 to 2021, he held different positions within Societe Generale French Retail Banking (BDDF) first as deputy Head of Strategy, Digital and Client Relationship, then as Deputy Head of Clients, Distribution and Marketing. In January 2021, he took over as Head of Corporate Department (SMEs) in addition to his functions.
Bertrand Cozzarolo is a graduate of Sciences Po Paris and the École Nationale d’Administration in France.
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Antoine Creux
Chief Security Officer
Antoine CreuxChief Security Officer
Antoine Creux was appointed Chief Security Officer for Societe Generale group in 2017, becoming a Member of the Group Management Committee.
A General in the French Airforce, Antoine Creux had previously spent his entire career, beginning in 1979, with the French Defence Ministry, where he was appointed Head of Protection and Security in 2010. Almost 3 years later, he became Deputy Chief of the French Air Force, notably in charge of conducting a large-scale transformation plan. Between 2015 and 2017, he was Chief Inspector of the Armed Services.
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Geoffroy Dallemagne
Global Head of Permanent Control and Internal Control Coordination
Geoffroy DallemagneGlobal Head of Permanent Control and Internal Control Coordination
Geoffroy Dallemagne has fifteen years of transformation and consulting experience as well as fifteen years of experience as an investment banker. He began his career in the United States in the field of artificial intelligence and consulting. Within Societe Generale for 25 years, he led the Strategic Acquisition Financing activity in London, then the Coverage activities of large customers in the energy sector. He then headed SG Consulting, the Group internal consulting firm, before being appointed Global Head of Permanent Control and Internal Control Coordination.
He is a graduate of École Centrale Paris and holds a TRIUM MBA.
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Bruno Delas
Chief Operating Officer of SG Retail Banking Network and Head of ITIM (Innovation, Technologies & IT)
Bruno DelasChief Operating Officer of SG Retail Banking Network and Head of ITIM (Innovation, Technologies & IT)
Manager of the Service Unit Innovation, Technology & IT (SG Retail Banking Network)
After working on several mergers between the regional banks of Crédit Agricole, Bruno Delas joined Caisses d’Epargne in 1997 as Head of the Euro Project. He then held several positions in project management and information systems before being appointed a member of the Executive Committee of ITCE, which manages the information systems of all Caisse d'Epargne regional banks. He joined Societe Generale at the end of 2010 as Head of IT Systems for the Group's central divisions with responsibility for setting up the Business Solution Centre. In January 2015 he was appointed Chief Operating Officer and Head of Innovation & Information Technology for French Retail Banking.
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Jean-François Despoux
Deputy Head of Risk
Jean-François DespouxDeputy Head of Risk
Jean-François was appointed Deputy Head of Risk for Societe Generale Group in January 2021.
Jean-François Despoux joined Societe Generale in 1995 to head the securitisation effort with European financial institutions. In 1997, he relocated to Asia to set-up the bank’s securitisation teams in Hong Kong and Tokyo. In 2001 he was appointed Head of European Securitisation and was named Global Head of this activity in 2007. He then was appointed deputy Global Head of Capital Market Finance and in 2008 Global Head of Societe Generale’s Real Estate & Lodging Finance business in Paris. In 2013, Jean-François was appointed Head of Global Banking and Advisory for the Americas.
Jean-François holds a Master in Applied Mathematics from ENSIMAG Grenoble and an MBA from ESCP in Paris.
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Marie-Christine Ducholet
Head of the SG French Retail Banking Network
Marie-Christine DucholetHead of the SG French Retail Banking Network
Marie-Christine Ducholet is Head of SG French Retail Banking Network, resulting from the merger of the Societe Generale and Crédit du Nord networks, having been appointed 1 January 2023, and a member of the Group Executive Committee since 24 May 2023.
Marie-Christine Ducholet joined Societe Generale in 1985. From 1990 to 2001, she held different commercial functions within Structured Finance, in Real Estate and Commodities. Joining the Strategic Acquisition and Finance department of the Corporate and Investment Bank in 2001 in charge of a portfolio of French and Spanish clients, she was subsequently given responsibility for all European activities. In 2008, she was appointed co-Head of Strategic Acquisition and Finance worldwide. In 2011 she joined the Management team of Societe Generale Equipment Finance and was appointed Chief Executive Officer in October 2011. In 2017, Marie-Christine Ducholet was appointed Head of Clients for Retail Banking activities in France. From June 2019 to the 1st of January 2023, Marie-Christine was Head of Societe Generale retail banking in France.
Marie-Christine Ducholet is a graduate of France’s École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC).
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Claire Dumas
Group Chief Financial Officer
Claire DumasGroup Chief Financial Officer
Claire Dumas is Group Chief Financial Officer, having been appointed December 2021, and a member of the Group Executive Committee since 24 May 2023.
Claire Dumas began her career at Deloitte as Audit & Advisory Manager in 1992. In 1998 she joined Societe Generale group, where she held various management positions within the support functions of Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking. In 2009, she joined the Risk division where she was successively promoted Deputy and Chief Operational Risk Officer for the Group. She has been Entreprise Risk Management Programme Director for Societe Generale since the programme's creation in 2011. In October 2014, Claire Dumas was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Retail Banking in France. From September 2017 to December 2021, Claire Dumas was Deputy Chief Financial Officer of the Group, in charge of supervising the French and international retail banking activities as well as financial services.
Claire Dumas is a graduate of the EDHEC business school and of the INSEAD Executive Programme.
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Alexandre Fleury
Co-Head of Global Banking & Investor Solutions
Alexandre FleuryCo-Head of Global Banking & Investor Solutions
Alexandre Fleury is Co-Head of Global Banking & Investor Solutions and a member of the Group Executive Committee, having been appointed 24 May 2023.
Alexandre Fleury started his career in California working on the development of portfolio optimization software. He then spent 10 years at Societe Generale being successively based in Tokyo, New York and Paris where he carried out responsibilities in Structured Equity Derivatives Trading and Structured Credit Derivatives Trading. In 2009, he joined Credit Suisse to become Head of Quantitative Futures Trading Strategies. In 2011, he moved to Morgan Stanley where he acted as Head of Equities Structured Products for Europe and Asia, Head of European Flow Index Trading and Global Head of Hybrids Trading. In 2016, he became Global Head of Equities Structured Products and Structured Financing at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, before returning at Societe Generale in June 2018.
Alexandre was previously Head of Equities and Equity Derivatives from June 2018 and Co-Head of Global Markets activities from June 2021.
Alexandre Fleury is a graduate of the École Centrale Paris in France and holds a Master of Science from the University of California, Berkeley, USA.
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Delphine Garcin-Meunier
Head of Mobility and International Retail Banking & Financial Services
Delphine Garcin-MeunierHead of Mobility and International Retail Banking & Financial Services
Delphine Garcin-Meunier is Head of Mobility and International Retail Banking & Financial Services and a member of the Group Executive Committee, having been appointed 24 May 2023.
Delphine Garcin-Meunier began her career in 2000 at ABN Amro Rothschild in the Equity Capital Markets teams. In 2001, she joined the Equity Capital Markets department of Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking (SG CIB) where for 13 years she had been in charge of the origination and execution of primary issues on the Equity and Equity-linked markets for a portfolio of large companies. In 2014, she joined the Strategy Department within the Finance and Development division, with a particular focus on French Retail Banking, Transaction Banking activities, the relationship model of the corporate & investment banking business, securities services and asset management. In 2017, she became Head of Financial Communication and Investor Relations for the Group and notably prepared the presentation of the "Transform to Grow" strategic plan to the financial markets.
Delphine was previously Head of Group Strategy from November 2020.
Delphine Garcin-Meunier holds a Master's degree in International Finance from HEC and a DEA in Econometrics from the University of Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne.
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Aurore Gaspar-Colson
Deputy Head of SG French Retail Banking Network
Aurore Gaspar-ColsonDeputy Head of SG French Retail Banking Network
Aurore Gaspar Colson started her career at Societe Generale group in 2002 within the General Inspection department, where she was an Inspector and then a Senior Inspector. In 2012, she became Deputy Head of the Payment and Cash Management division. In 2013, she was appointed Chief of Staff for the Group’s General Management.
From 2016, she served as Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the American subsidiary of Societe Generale Equipment Finance, until her appointment at the end of 2017 as Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Boursorama.
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Carlos Gonçalves
Global Chief Information Officer
Carlos GonçalvesGlobal Chief Information Officer
Carlos Gonçalves was appointed Global Chief Information Officer in 2022.
Carlos Gonçalves started his career in the Research and Development team of Portugal Telecom before joining Societe Generale in 1993 as part of the IT department of Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking (SG CIB). Carlos Gonçalves was initially in charge of the Treasury Management System, before contributing to the conception and development of a major trading program and becoming head of the team in 1997. In 2007, he was appointed Global Head of Technology for Equities Derivatives, and, from 2009, Deputy Global Chief Information Officer for SG CIB. In 2011, he became Global Chief Information Officer for SG CIB and, in 2013, Global Chief Information Officer for the Global Banking & Investor Solutions division and in 2016, Head of Global Technology Services.
Carlos Gonçalves studied at Lisbon University as an IT engineer specialised in Artificial Intelligence.
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Donato Gonzalez-Sanchez
Head of Corporate & Investment Banking, Securities Services and Group Country Head for Spain and Portugal
Donato Gonzalez-SanchezHead of Corporate & Investment Banking, Securities Services and Group Country Head for Spain and Portugal
Donato Gonzalez-Sanchez began his career in the Equities department at Banesto Bolsa. In 1994, he joined the Equity Department of Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking. In 1996, he became Chief Executive Officer of Societe Generale Securities Spain. He then became responsible for Equity Capital Markets and Mergers and Acquisitions in 2002, before being appointed Head of Coverage and Investment Banking for Spain and Portugal in 2006.
Donato Gonzalez-Sanchez graduated in Economics.
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Laurent Goutard
Head of International Retail Banking for Africa, the Mediterranean Basin & Overseas
Laurent GoutardHead of International Retail Banking for Africa, the Mediterranean Basin & Overseas
Head of International Retail Banking for Africa, the Mediterranean Basin & Overseas
Laurent Goutard joined Societe Generale group in 1986, working until 1993 in the General Inspection department. Between 1993 and 1998, he held various management positions within the retail network in France, first as Deputy Director of the Paris-Opéra Large Corporate Agency and then as Business Manager in the Large Clients Department. From 1998 to 2004, he held the position of Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Management Board of Société Générale Marocaine de Banques, Societe Generale’ subsidiary in Morocco. In 2004, he joined Komercni banka, the Group's subsidiary in the Czech Republic, as Vice-Chairman of the Executive Board and Deputy Chief Executive Officer. In 2005, he was appointed Chairman of the Management Board and Chief Executive Officer of Komercni banka. In 2009, he was appointed Head of Societe Generale Retail Banking in France. In 1 July 2019 ,je was appointed Head of International Retail Banking for Africa, the Mediterranean Basin & Overseas.
Laurent Goutard is a graduate of the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris and of the University of Paris Dauphine.
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Benoît Grisoni
Chief Executive Officer of Boursorama
Benoît GrisoniChief Executive Officer of Boursorama
Manager of the Business Unit Boursorama
Benoît Grisoni has spent most of his carrier at Boursorama. He started as a Customer Advisor at Fimatex in 1998, and was then responsible for managing a team before being appointed as Head of Customer Service. In 2003, he was appointed Head of Boursorama Invest and joined Boursorama's Executive Committee. He became Head of Boursorama Banque in 2009 after serving as its Deputy Head since 2006. Benoît Grisoni was appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Boursorama in 2016, and then Chief Executive Officer in November 2017.
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Éric Groven
Head of the Real Estate division of SG French Retail Banking Network
Éric GrovenHead of the Real Estate division of SG French Retail Banking Network
Éric Groven is a graduate of HEC and the École Nationale d’Administration.
Afters 4 years at the French Ministry of Finance, he joined Societe Generale group in 1993, working first at Crédit du Nord (as account manager for corporates then Head of Financial Management), then, from 1997, at Societe Generale (as Head of the Paris-Victor Hugo group of branches). Between 2000 and 2009 he worked outside the Group, first as a Partner at Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Consulting, then, from 2002, at HSBC France (as Head of Development for the CCF and then, in 2005, as Chef Financial Officer for HSBC France). At the end of 2009, he returned to Societe Generale group as Regional Delegate for the southern Ile-de-France region of the French retail banking network.
Éric Groven was appointed Deputy Head of Societe Generale Retail Banking in France in November 2012. He became a member of the Group’s Management Committee on 1 January 2013. In 2017 he was appointed Head of the Real Estate division of Retail Banking activities in France.
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Alvaro Huete
Deputy Head of Global Banking and Advisory
Alvaro HueteDeputy Head of Global Banking and Advisory
Deputy Head of Global Banking and Advisory
Alvaro Huete joined Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking in 1997 as Director of the Structured Finance department in Spain. He held several positions there before moving to London in 2007 as Deputy Head of Global Syndicate and was then appointed Global Head of Syndicate in 2010. In 2015, he was appointed Deputy Head of Global Finance and Head of Global Finance for the United Kingdom. Alvaro Huete was appointed Deputy Head of Global Banking and Advisory in July 2019.
Prior to joining the Group, Alvaro spent three years at Nomura, firstly in Madrid as Director of the Iberian Desk and then in London as Director of the Corporate Finance Group. He also previously held various roles in the investment banking division of Banco Urquijo.
Alvaro Huete has been a member of Societe Generale Group Management Committee since June 2016.Alvaro Huete holds a degree in Economics from CUNEF in Madrid and a Master in Business Administration from IESE in Madrid.
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Arnaud Jacquemin
Group Country Head for Luxembourg and CEO of Societe Generale Luxembourg
Arnaud JacqueminGroup Country Head for Luxembourg and CEO of Societe Generale Luxembourg
Arnaud Jacquemin joined Societe Generale Group in 1993 within SG CIB, where he worked in a number of positions both in France and the USA, notably in project finance then as head of strategy for SG CIB. In 2003, he joined the Finance and Development division as Deputy Head, then Head of Financial Management. In 2008, he was appointed Group Deputy Chief Financial Officer. In 2012 he joined the Risk division as Deputy Chief Risk Officer. He was appointed Group Deputy General Secretary in 2015, notably heading the transformation of the Compliance division, and Deputy Head of Group Compliance in 2017. In June 2018, he became Group Country Head for Luxembourg and CEO of Societe Generale Luxembourg, which conducts all Group businesses in Luxembourg.
Arnaud Jacquemin is a graduate of the École polytechnique and the Ecole nationale des ponts et chaussées.
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Jan Juchelka
Chairman of the Board and CEO of Komerční banka and Group Country Head for the Czech Republic and Slovakia
Jan JuchelkaChairman of the Board and CEO of Komerční banka and Group Country Head for the Czech Republic and Slovakia
Jan Juchelka was appointed Chairman of the Board and CEO of Komerční banka on 3rd August 2017. He joined Societe Generale Group (Komerčn banka) in 2006 as a director of business unit responsible for corporate clients. On July 1st, 2006 he was elected member of the Board of Directors in charge of Top Corporations and Investment Banking in Komerčn banka. Since 2012 he was responsible for Corporate clients business development in CEEMEA region within Coverage & Investment Banking division. From 1995 to 2005, Jan Juchelka worked at the National Property Fund of the Czech Republic where he served as Executive Chairman from 2002 to 2005. In August 2017, he became Chairman of the Board and CEO of Komerční banka, and Group Country Head for Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Jan Juchelka holds a Masters degree in Business and Management from Silesian University in Opava.
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Jean-Louis Klein
Head of Programme
Jean-Louis KleinHead of Programme
Jean-Louis Klein has been Group Chief Executive Officer of Crédit du Nord since June 2021. Previously, he was Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Crédit du Nord since May 2018 and Head of Corporate Accounts for Societe Generale Retail Banking in France since 2017. Prior to this, he was Deputy General Manager of Crédit du Nord group where he had previously spent his entire career and held numerous posts in the network and at the Head Office (including Head of the Corporate Department, Chief Operating Officer of Banque Laydernier and Banque Kolb). He was appointed as Head of Corporate Accounts for Retail Banking in France, Special Affairs and Litigations in June 2013.
Jean-Louis Klein is a graduate of the French école des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC).
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Stéphane Landon
Group Chief Risk Officer
Stéphane LandonGroup Chief Risk Officer
Stéphane Landon is Group Chief Risk Officer, having been appointed December 2022, and a member of the Group Executive Committee since 24 May 2023.
Stéphane Landon joined Societe Generale in 1989 and held several key positions within market activities and central functions. He spent the first 20 years of his career in the Fixed Income activities of the Corporate & Investment Bank in Paris and in Tokyo, notably as Head of Foreign Exchange activities, then Co-Head of Rates and Credit activities. In 2010, he joined the Group Finance Department and was subsequently appointed Group Treasurer in 2011 before becoming Chief Financial Officer of Societe Generale Americas in 2018, based in New York. From October 2020 to December 2022, Stéphane was Group Deputy Chief Risk Officer.
Stéphane Landon is a graduate of the École Polytechnique, of the French Engineering School ENPC and of the Collège des Ingénieurs.
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Christophe Lattuada
Chief Operating Officer of Global Banking & Investor Solutions
Christophe LattuadaChief Operating Officer of Global Banking & Investor Solutions
Chief Operating Officer of Global Banking & Investor Solutions (GBIS) since January 2022.
Christophe has been with Societe Generale for over 10 years, having joined in 2009 as Deputy Global Head of Strategy & Corporate Development, for its wholesale division. In 2012, he was promoted to Global Head of Strategy & Corporate Development where he led various acquisitions and strategic projects. He was then appointed Global Co-Head of Prime Services in 2015, and later Global Head of Prime Services in 2018.
Since late 2019 till early 2022, Christophe has been responsible for Societe Generale’s activities within the UK, where he led the significant transformation of its businesses ahead of Brexit and refocused efforts on sustainable developments.
Christophe started his career at Boston Consulting Group, where he worked as a Principal in the Paris office for 8 years leading numerous strategy assignments in the financial institution and energy sectors.
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Christophe Leblanc
Head of the Group Operational Resilience Mission
Christophe LeblancHead of the Group Operational Resilience Mission
Christophe Leblanc was appointed Head of the Group Operational Resilience Mission in 2022.
Christophe Leblanc started his career in the Inspection services of Societe Generale group, the internal auditing and consultancy unit reporting to the Chairman's Office. In 1998, he was named Deputy Chief Financial Officer of SG Cowen in New York, when Societe Generale acquired the US Broker. In 2000, he became Chief Financial Officer of Societe Generale Americas. In 2001, he became Deputy Chief Financial Officer of Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking. In 2005, he joined the equity derivatives business as Head of Resources and Sales organisation and in 2007 he became Chief Operating Officer of the Global Equities and Derivatives Solutions division. Christophe Leblanc was appointed Chief Operating Officer for Global Markets in 2009, Chief Operating Officer of Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking in 2012, and Group Head of Corporate Resources and Digital Transformation in 2017.
Christophe Leblanc is a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique.
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Diony Lebot
Advisor to the Group General Management
Diony LebotAdvisor to the Group General Management
From 1986 to 2004, Diony Lebot, held a range of positions within the Structured Finance businesses, the Financial Engineering Department before being appointed Head of Asset Finance.
In 2004, she moved to the Corporate Coverage Department as Head of Corporate Coverage in Europe for the Corporates & Institutions Division. She was named Chief Executive Officer of Societe Generale Americas in 2007 and became a member of the Societe Generale group Management Committee. In 2012, she became Deputy Head of Coverage and Investment Banking and Chief Executive Officer for Global Banking and Investor Solutions Western Europe.
In March 2015, she was appointed Deputy Chief Risk Officer before becoming Group Chief Risk Officer in July 2016.
She was previously Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Societe Generale from May 2018 to May 2023, supervising ESG policies, the Group's financial services (ALD & SGEF) and Insurance activities.
Diony Lebot holds a postgraduate degree (DESS) in Finance and Taxation from the University of Paris I - Panthéon Sorbonne.
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Véronique Loctin
Head of CSR Programme for SG French Retail Banking Network
Véronique LoctinHead of CSR Programme for SG French Retail Banking Network
Véronique Loctin has been Head of CSR for the SG banking network in France since 1 January, 2023, and Head of the CSR programme for the New Retail Banking in France since April 2022. Previously, Véronique was Co-Head of Coverage France on 1 January, 2021, and before that Head of Corporate Accounts for Societe Generale Retail Banking in France since 1 July, 2018, General Delegate of the Regional Direction of Lille, France, and between 2010 and 2014 she was Chief Operating Officer of Retail Banking activities in France. From 2007 to 2010, she was Director of Trade Services within Societe Generale Global Transaction & Payment Services. Between 1997 and 2007, she has held various positions within the Commercial department in Grenoble, Chambéry and then at the Group's headquarters in Paris as Commercial Director of Corporate Clients. Véronique Loctin joined Societe Generale in 1987 as Head of Multi-Source Export Financing and then Structured Financing for Oil and Metals.
Véronique Loctin is a graduate of the French business school EM Lyon.
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Xavier Lofficial
Deputy Chief Financial Officer of the Group
Xavier LofficialDeputy Chief Financial Officer of the Group
Xavier Lofficial joined Societe Generale’s Corporate and Investment Banking division in 1996 where he held various management positions in IT and project management for SG CIB’s main markets in France, the USA and, notably, Asia. Between 2007 and 2011, he was SG CIB’s Chief Information Officer for the Asia-Pacific zone, based in Hong Kong. Xavier Lofficial moved to the Societe Generale Global Solution Center in Bangalore in May 2011, taking up the position of Chief Delivery Officer and then CEO from January 2012. He was appointed Head of Transformation, Processes and Information Systems in July 2015 and was appointed Deputy Chief Financial Officer in September 2018.
Xavier Lofficial holds a Master in Information Systems from University Paris IX Dauphine, France.
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Michala Marcussen
Group Chief Economist and Head of Economic and Sector Research
Michala MarcussenGroup Chief Economist and Head of Economic and Sector Research
Michala Marcussen assumed the role of Societe Generale’s Group Chief Economist in September 2017 and leads a team of over 30 economists and sector engineer’s in her role as Head of Economic and Sector Research in the Risk Division. She is a member of Societe Generale’s Group Management Committee and has been with the Group since 1994.
With over 30 years of experience in the financial industry, she is a frequent commentator in the economic debate. Michala Marcussen holds a Master of Science in Economics from the University of Copenhagen and is a CFA charterholder. Michala Marcussen is also Vice President of the SUERF (European Money and Finance Forum) Council of Management.
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Anne Marion-Bouchacourt
Group Country Head for Switzerland and Chief Executive Officer of Societe Generale Zurich
Anne Marion-BouchacourtGroup Country Head for Switzerland and Chief Executive Officer of Societe Generale Zurich
Anne Marion-Bouchacourt was appointed Chair of the Board of Directors of Societe Generale Private Banking Switzerland in February 2019. She also acts as Group Country Head for Switzerland and CEO of Societe Generale Zurich - roles she has held since October 2018. She is a member of the Group Management Committee.
Anne Marion-Bouchacourt was Group Chief Country Officer for China since July 2012. She was previously Head of Group Human Resources, a position she held since 2006. Anne Marion-Bouchacourt joined Societe Generale in 2004 as Head of Human Resources for Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking. Anne Marion-Bouchacourt started her career as an auditor and then a consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). In 1990, she was appointed Director in PwC’s Financial Services sector. In 1999, she joined Gemini Consulting Financial Institutions Practice as Vice-President and in 2002 she became Vice-President and Head of the Banking practice with Solving International. She also holds several Non Executive Director and Director positions.
Anne Marion-Bouchacourt graduated from the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris, is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Master's degree in Financial Management on Capital Markets from Paris-Dauphine University.
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Laura Mather
Group Chief Operating Officer
Laura MatherGroup Chief Operating Officer
Laura Mather is Group Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Group Executive Committee, having been appointed 24 May 2023.
Laura Mather has an experience of close to 30 years within Credit Suisse, she joined in 1994. She held a number of senior positions in IT. In 2012, she was appointed Head of Information Technology for the EMEA zone and then Global Head of Production and Testing Group in 2013. In 2014, she became Chief Technology Officer, in charge of IT infrastructures and Chief Information Security Officer of Credit Suisse.
Laura was previously Global Chief Information Officer at Credit Suisse from 2019.
Laura Mather holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Witwatersrand, in South Africa.
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Laetitia Maurel
Group Chief Communication Officer
Laetitia MaurelGroup Chief Communication Officer
Laetitia Maurel is Group Chief Communication Officer and a member of the Group Executive Committee, having been appointed 24 May 2023.
Laetitia Maurel began her career at Rhône Poulenc (later Rhodia) where she held various internal and external communication positions for the chemical activity between 1990 and 1996. From 1997 to 1999, based in Brazil, she created the communication department of BNP Brazil. She joined Societe Generale group in 2000 as Head of Communications for Capital Markets and became Global Head of Communication for Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking in 2004. She became Head of Group Media Relations in 2010, a role she held until 2017.
Laetitia was previously Group Deputy Head of Communication from 2017.
Laetitia Maurel holds a Master’s degree in Communication from CELSA (a graduate school of reference in the information and communication sciences within the University of Paris Sorbonne).
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Alexandre Maymat
Head of Global Transaction and Payment Services
Alexandre MaymatHead of Global Transaction and Payment Services
Manager of the Business Unit Global Transaction and Payment Services
Alexandre Maymat began his career in the French Ministry of the Economy and Finance in 1992, and then worked at the European Union.
He joined Societe Generale group in 2001 in the General Inspection department, then moved to the French retail banking division heading the Corporate Business Centre of the Regional Directorate of Paris Bourse in 2004, then becoming in 2006 as Regional Head for Franche Comté. In 2009, he became Director and CEO of Société Générale de Banques au Cameroun.
In 2012, Alexandre Maymat was appointed Deputy Head of International Retail Banking before becoming Head of International Retail Banking for Africa, the Mediterranean Basin & Overseas in 2013.
Alexandre Maymat was appointed Head of Global Transaction and Payment Services in September 2019.
Alexandre Maymat is a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique and the École Nationale de Statistiques et d'Administration Économique.
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Hatem Mustapha
Co-Head of Global Markets activities
Hatem MustaphaCo-Head of Global Markets activities
Hatem Mustapha is Co-Head of Global Markets Activities and Head of Equities & Equity Derivatives since May 2023.
Hatem Mustapha joined Societe Generale in Paris 2000 in the Market Risk department, after 10 years of Interest Rate Options Trading in other banks. In 2003, he became Head of Market Risk for Equity Derivatives and then Global Head of Market Risk in 2005. In 2009, he relocated to New York where he was appointed Global Head of the Special Situations Group until 2014, then he became global Co-Head of Asset Backed Products. In 2016, he was appointed Head of Equities and Equity Derivatives for Americas. Hatem Mustapha has been Head of Global Markets for Americas since 2019.
Hatem Mustapha holds a degree in Engineering from Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris.
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Yann de Nanteuil
Deputy Head of SG French Retail Banking Network
Yann de NanteuilDeputy Head of SG French Retail Banking Network
After a few years in the French Navy and in the French administration, Yann de Nanteuil joined the General Inspectorate of Finance at the Ministry of the Economy and Finance, where he carried out various ministerial and interministerial control and audit missions. During his administrative career, he held positions in ministerial cabinets and was the general Manager of the Mediation of Credit to Businesses, before joining the Societe Generale group.
In 2009, he was appointed deputy Head of Paris Etoile corporate branch. In 2012, he took up the position of Board member and Chief executive officer of Societe Generale Senegal (SGBS) in Dakar. In 2016, he was appointed CEO’s advisor in charge of RISK at Komerčni Banka in the Czech Republic. Then, at the end of 2017, he joined the Africa, Mediterranean & Overseas department, where he became deputy Head.
Yann de Nanteuil is a Finance Inspector and holds a Master's degree in Management and Audit from the University of Paris IX Dauphine.
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Mai Nguyen
Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Societe Generale Assurances
Mai NguyenDeputy Chief Executive Officer of Societe Generale Assurances
Mai Nguyen is Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Societe Generale Assurances, heading Finance, Investments & Risks, since April 2018. She becomes a member of the Societe Generale group Management Committee in November 2022.
Mai was previously Deputy General Manager of Sogecap, the life insurance subsidiary of Societe Generale, where she was notably in charge of the Finance, Investments and Risks department. She joined Societe Generale group in 2002 as Head of Investments at Sogecap before being promoted to Head of Finance and Risks in 2005. Mai Nguyen started her career in 1988 as an Asset Manager with Natio-Vie, BNP Group’s insurance company, before being appointed Head of Investments in 1997. In 2000, she became Head of Investments of the Union des Assurances Federales, a subsidiary of Crédit Lyonnais.
Mai Nguyen is a graduate of the Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Economique (ENSAE), of the Institut des Techniques de Marché and is a qualified Actuary (IAF).
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Philippe Perret
Head of the Insurance businesses
Philippe PerretHead of the Insurance businesses
Manager of the Business Unit Insurance
Philippe Perret started his career in 1987 with Natio-Vie, the insurance company of BNP Group as a Financial Manager and became Chief Financial Officer in 1992. He joined Societe Generale group in 1997 as Deputy General Manager of Sogecap. In 2006, he was appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Board Member of Sogecap. In December 2009, Philippe Perret was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Société Générale Assurances and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sogecap. In June 2018, the Board of Directors separated the positions of Chairman of the Board of Directors and of Chief Executive Officer and confirmed Philippe Perret as Chief Executive Officer.
Philippe Perret is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Antarius, Sogessur and Oradéa Vie
Philippe Perret is a statistician-economist, is graduate of the Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l’Administration Economique (ENSAE). He has a Master’s degree in Macroeconomic and Conjuncture Analysis from Paris I Sorbonne University and is a qualified member of the Institute of French Actuaries.
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Ilya Polyakov
Deputy Head of Global Banking and Advisory
Ilya PolyakovDeputy Head of Global Banking and Advisory
Ilya Polyakov is Deputy Head of Global Banking and Advisory since May 2023.
Ilya Polyakov joined the Corporate & Investment Banking activities of Societe Generale in 2001. He was appointed global Co-Head of Metals & Mining within the Natural Resources and Energy Department in 2011 in addition to his responsibilities as Senior Banker in charge of global relationship and strategic advisory for Metals & Mining clients in Russia/CIS region. He joined Rosbank in 2012 as Head of its Corporate Block as well as Head of Corporate & Investment Banking for Russia/CIS region. In September 2016, Ilya became First Deputy CEO of Rosbank in charge of all Wholesale banking activities for the Group in Russia before being appointed as CEO and Chairman of Rosbank ‘s management board in April 2018 as well as Chief Country Officer for Russia/CIS for the Group’s corporate and investment banking activities. Ilya Polyakov has been advisor to the Group’s General Management since beginning of 2023.
Ilya Polyakov graduated from HEC School of Management in Paris and from Moscow University of International Relations (MGIMO).
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Hacina Py
Group Chief Sustainability Officer
Hacina PyGroup Chief Sustainability Officer
Hacina Py joined Societe Generale in 1995 and has developed as a seasoned banker through various positions, both in structured finance and in corporate roles.
Hacina was appointed Global Head of Export Finance in 2015. She led the transformation of the business line with a strong sustainability focus and took over the position of Head of Impact Finance Solutions in 2019.
Hacina Py graduated from the EM Strasbourg business school and studied finance at Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh.
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John Saffrett
Deputy Chief Executive Officer of ALD Automotive
John SaffrettDeputy Chief Executive Officer of ALD Automotive
John Saffrett has held various roles within ALD Automotive from 1997 to 2006, starting out in Sales Account Management for the Group’s subsidiary in the United Kingdom before being appointed IT Director UK from 2002. In 2006, he joined Fimat/Newedge UK, now Societe Generale Prime Services, as Europe Chief Information Officer and Global Head of Corporate IT Services and went on in 2011 to become Program Director of Fimat/Newedge UK. He returned to ALD Automotive in 2015 and was appointed Chief Administrative Officer, and in 2017 Chief Operating Officer of ALD Automotive. He is Deputy Chief Executive Officer of ALD Automotive since April 2019.
He holds a Bachelor degree in Computer Science from Hertfordshire University and an MBA from Nottingham Trent University.
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Demetrio Salorio
Head of Global Banking and Advisory
Demetrio SalorioHead of Global Banking and Advisory
Demetrio Salorio is Head of Global Banking and Advisory since May 2023.
Demetrio Salorio began his career at Societe Generale in Madrid in 1991, where he held different positions within the Markets and Global Finance activities in Spain. In 2004, he was appointed Global Head of Debt Capital Markets (DCM) Financial Origination in London, and subsequently Global Head of DCM in 2010. In 2019, Demetrio was appointed UK Head of the Global Banking and Advisory division. Demetrio Salorio has been Group Country Head for the United Kingdom and Ireland, and CEO of Societe Generale London Branch since January 2022.
Demetrio Salorio holds an Executive MBA from the Instituto de Empresa in Madrid.
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Odile de Saivre
Chief Executive Officer of Societe Generale Equipment Finance
Odile de SaivreChief Executive Officer of Societe Generale Equipment Finance
Manager of the Business Unit Equipment Finance
Odile de Saivre joined Societe Generale in 1997 in the Equity Capital Market team within Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking (SG CIB). She spent most of her career in SG CIB, notably in the Strategic and Acquisition Finance department as well as in Asset Based Finance. In 2010, she headed the Global Finance team in charge of credit risk monitoring before moving to Russia as Deputy Head of Rosbank’s Corporate Lending Department. In 2015, she was in charge of the Project Export Finance team within Global Finance’s Export Finance business line. She is appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Societe Generale Equipment Finance in 2017 and then Chief Executive Officer in 2022.
She holds a degree from Ecole Centrale Paris.
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Grégoire Simon-Barboux
Group Chief Compliance Officer
Grégoire Simon-BarbouxGroup Chief Compliance Officer
Grégoire Simon-Barboux is Group Chief Compliance Officer, having been appointed January 2021, and a member of the Group Executive Committee since 24 May 2023.
Grégoire Simon-Barboux joined Societe Generale in 1995 in the Corporate and Investment Banking division (CIB), working notably within asset-based finance activities and the securitisation group in Europe until 2003. He then joined Real Estate financing activities where he held several positions including as Deputy Global Head of Real Estate and Lodging. In 2011, he joined the Risk division as Global Head of Credit Assessment before being appointed Deputy Head of Credit Risk for CIB in 2013 and then Head of Risk for CIB in September 2014. From 2016 to January 2021, Grégoire was Deputy Group Chief Risk Officer.
Gregoire Simon-Barboux is a graduate from ESSEC and holds a DESS degree in Corporate Taxation from Paris Dauphine University.
Meet the Group Executive Committee
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Giovanni-Luca Soma
Head of International Retail Banking for Europe
Giovanni-Luca SomaHead of International Retail Banking for Europe
Manager of the Business Unit International Retail Banking for Europe
Gianluca Soma started his career in 1984 in management consulting with Ernst & Young and then Telos. From 1994 to 1997 he was Head of international business for Hyperion Software Group, prior to joining GE Capital in 1997. In 1999 he was appointed CEO of Dial Italy, a subsidiary of Barclays Group. He joined Hertz Lease Italy as CEO in 2000. Following the acquisition of Hertz Lease by Societe Generale in 2002, Gianluca Soma served as Group Regional Director and later Deputy CEO of ALD Automotive Group. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer of ALD International in March 2008. Gianluca Soma was appointed to the Societe Generale Group Management Committee on July 1 2010. In October 2010 he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Societe Generale Consumer Finance. In 2012, he was appointed Deputy Head of International Retail Banking & Financial Services Division before becoming Head of International Retail Banking for Europe. In July 2019, he was additionnally appointed Group Country Head for Russia.
An Italian national, he graduated from LUISS University in Rome with a degree in Business Administration and received an MBA from the Turin School of Business Administration.
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Mathieu Vedrenne
Head of Societe Generale Private Banking France
Mathieu VedrenneHead of Societe Generale Private Banking France
Mathieu Vedrenne began his career in 1998 as a consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers before joining Societe Generale’s Inspection Department in 2001. He joined the Group Strategy Division in 2005. Between 2008 and 2011 he was Chief of Staff for Frédéric Oudéa, Chief Executive Officer of Societe Generale. In 2012, he was appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Societe Generale Private Banking Switzerland and Secretary of the Board of Directors. In 2016, he joined Societe Generale Private Banking France as Head of Wealth Management Solutions, before being appointed Commercial Director in 2017. He is Head of Societe Generale Private Banking France since March 2019.
He holds a Master’s degree from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland.
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Alain Voiment
Chief Technology Officer for the Group
Alain VoimentChief Technology Officer for the Group
Alain Voiment is appointed Chief Technology Officer for the Group as of November 2022, thereby becoming a member of the Group Management Committee. Alain Voiment was previously Chief Information Officer for Corporate Functions, a position he held since 2018.
Since 2020, he was also Chief Information Officer for Group Digital and Data Foundations. Alain Voiment joined Societe Generale in 1991 as a Telecom and Networks Engineer, before going on to hold various roles within the teams responsible for the Bank’s IT infrastructure. In particular, he was Chief Technology Officer for Corporate and Investment Banking between 2009 and 2015. He actively contributed to setting up the Global Technology Services department, of which he became Deputy Head in 2015.
Alain is an engineer by training and a graduate of ESIGELEC engineering school.
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Georges Wega
Deputy Head of of International Retail Banking for Africa, the Mediterranean Basin & Overseas
Georges WegaDeputy Head of of International Retail Banking for Africa, the Mediterranean Basin & Overseas
Georges Wega has a long industrial and banking experience acquired during his career, first at Postes Canada (Ottawa), then General Electric (Brussels and Amsterdam), Barclays Bank PLC in London, and within United Bank for Africa (UBA) initially in Nigeria, then in Cameroon where he was during 4 years Chief Executive Officer of UBA Cameroon. He then joined Societe Generale in 2014 as Deputy CEO of Société Générale Cameroun, before being appointed Chief Executive Officer of Société Générale Sénégal in August 2016. Since July 2018, he has been Head of the Western Africa region.
Georges Wega holds an engineering degree and a master’s degree in industrial engineering from the University of Quebec, Canada.
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Guido Zoeller
Group Country Head for Germany and Austria and Head of Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking activities in Germany
Guido ZoellerGroup Country Head for Germany and Austria and Head of Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking activities in Germany
Guido Zoeller has held several management posts in corporate & investment banks (Commerzbank, Bankers Trust, Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch). He joined Societe Generale in 2010 as Head of Coverage & Investment Banking in Germany. He was appointed Country Head for Germany for SG CIB in 2012 and became Group Country Head for Germany and Austria on 1 January 2014.
Documents to download
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13.03.2023
Universal Registration Document 2023
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01.02.2023
Bylaws
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13.04.2023
Internal rules
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06.10.2020
Evaluation procedure for ordinary agreements
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24.05.2023
List of members of the Board of Directors
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24.05.2023
List of members of the Executive Committee
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24.05.2023
Group Management Committee member list