Group Management Committee

Supervisor of the Service Units: Risk, Compliance, Audit & Inspection, Finance, General Secretary and Human Resources & Communication.

Biography
A French national, Frédéric Oudéa is a graduate of France’s École polytechnique and École nationale d’administration. From 1987 to 1995, he held a number of positions in the French senior civil service, the Audit Department of the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of the Economy and Finance, the Budget Ministry and the Cabinet of the Minister of the Treasury and Communication.

He joined Societe Generale in 1995, successively holding the positions of Deputy Head and Head of the Corporate Banking arm in London. In 1998, he was appointed Head of Global Supervision and Development of the Equities Department. He became Deputy Chief Financial Officer of Societe Generale group in May 2002 and later Chief Financial Officer in January 2003.

In 2008, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Group. He was both Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Societe Generale from May 2009 to May 2015. He has served as Chief Executive Officer since the separation in May 2015 of the functions of Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer. 

He is Chairman of the Foundation of École polytechnique and member of Board of Directors of École polytechnique.

Other mandates held in French listed companies
Director: Cap Gemini (since 2018)

Supervision of French Retail Banking activities, of the Innovation, Technology and IT and International Retail Banking activities

Biography
A French national, Philippe Aymerich is a graduate of France’s École des hautes études commerciales (HEC). He first joined Societe Generale's Inspection Division in 1987 where he performed audit and advisory work in a range of areas until 1994, at which time he was appointed Chief Inspector.

In 1997, he joined Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking as Deputy Managing Director of SG Spain, in Madrid. From 1999 until 2004, he served in New York, first as Deputy Chief Operating Officer and later, from 2000, as Chief Operating Officer for SG Americas’ Corporate & Investment Banking arm. In 2004, he was appointed Head 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. He has been Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Societe Generale since May 2018.

Supervision of ESG policies, the Group's financial services (ALD & SGEF) and Insurance activities

Biography
A French national, Diony Lebot holds a postgraduate degree (DESS) in Finance and Taxation from the University of Paris I - Panthéon Sorbonne. From 1986 to 2004, she 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 has been Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Societe Generale since May 2018.

Other mandates held in foreign listed companies
Director: EQT AB (Sweden) (since June 2020).

Biography
Slawomir Krupa was appointed Deputy General Manager, Head of the Global Banking and Investor Solutions activities in January 2021. Previously he was Chief Executive Officer for Societe Generale Americas since January 2016, in charge of Global Banking and Investors solutions activities for the region.

Slawomir Krupa began his career in 1996 as an Inspector within Societe Generale’s Inspection department. He left the Group in 1999 to found and run an internet start-up in the field of e-finance in Eastern Europe. He rejoined the Group in 2002 and continued his work within Societe Generale’s Inspection department. He was appointed to the Management Committee of the department in 2005 and in 2007 was appointed Chief of Staff for Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking. In 2009, he became Head of Strategy & Corporate Development and CEO of Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa for Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking. He also became Deputy Head of Global Finance in January 2012, notably in charge of primary bond activities, securitisation, leveraged finance in addition to his regional responsibilities, which were further enlarged in 2013 to include private banking, asset management and securities services.

Slawomir Krupa is a graduate of the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris.

Gaëlle Olivier is Deputy General Manager and Chief Operating Officer since January 2022.

Biography
Gaëlle Olivier has 25 years of experience in the financial services industry. She began her career at Crédit Lyonnais as a Financial Engineer for equity derivative products. In 1998, she joined AXA, where she held several senior executive roles at AXA over the following 20 years, 10 of which in Asia – across Japan, China, Hong-Kong, South-East Asia and India. Gaelle was appointed CEO of AXA Group Property & Casualty business, and member of the AXA Group Management Committee, in 2016. At the end of 2017, she decided to leave AXA to focus on the support of start-ups specialised in data and innovation. Gaëlle was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Societe Generale Asia Pacific in January 2020.

Gaëlle Olivier is a graduate of the École Polytechnique, ENSAE and a Chartered Actuary from the Institut des Actuaires.

Biography
Sébastien Proto was appointed Deputy General Manager in September 2020. He joined Societe Generale as Head of Group Strategy in September 2018.

Sébastien Proto started his career at the Inspectorate General of Finances (Inspection générale des finances), the French government’s interdepartemental auditing and supervisory body, in 2004, before becoming Deputy Chief of Staff and then Chief of Staff for the Minister of Budget, Public Accounts and Civil Service (2007-2009), Chief of Staff to the Minister of Labour, Solidarity and Public Service (2010) and Chief of Staff of the Minister of Budget, Public Accounts and State Reform (2011-2012). He was a Managing Partner at Rothschild & Cie between 2013 and 2018.

Sébastien Proto graduated from ESSEC in Political Science, and previously attended the École nationale d’administration. 

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.

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).

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.

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.

Deputy Head of Global Banking and Advisory 

Thierry d’Argent began his career in 1988 at Oliver Wyman and was 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 and he became in 2001 Head of Mergers & Acquisition for JP Morgan in France. Thierry d’Argent joined the Mergers & Acquisitions’ team of Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking in 2009 and was appointed Global Head of Mergers and Acquisitions in 2010. He became Global Head of Corporate Finance in 2012 and then Co-Head of the Coverage and Investment Banking division in 2015. Thierry d’Argent was appointed Deputy Head of Global Banking and Advisory in July 2019. Thierry d’Argent has been a member of Societe Generale Group Management Committee since January 2014.

Thierry d’Argent graduated Summa cum laude from the Solvay Business School and the University of Brussels.

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).

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.

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).

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).

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 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.

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.

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 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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Manager of the Service Unit Innovation, Technology & IT (French Retail Banking)

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.

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.

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 and became Head of Societe Generale retail banking in France in June 2019. 

Marie-Christine Ducholet is a graduate of HEC.

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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 SG CIB. In 2009, she joined the Risk division where she was successively promoted Deputy and Chief Operational Risk Officer for the Group. She has been ERM (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, then Deputy Chief Financial Officer of the Group in September 2017, before being appointed Group Chief Financial Officer in December 2021.

Alexandre Fleury is appointed co-Head of Global Markets activities on 22 June 2021, while retaining his position as Head of Equities and Equity Derivatives which he has held since June 2018. He was previously Global Head of Equities Structured Products and Structured Financing at Bank of America Merrill Lynch since 2016.

Alexandre 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.

Alexandre Fleury is a graduate of the Ecole Centrale Paris, France and has a Master of Science from the University of California, Berkeley, USA.                                    

Head of the Wealth Business Unit*

Patrick Folléa was appointed Head of the Wealth Business Unit in February 2019. 

Patrick Folléa joined BNP in 1984 as an economist before joining the Internal Audit Department in 1990. He then became Manager of Private Banking in Hong Kong and Managing Director of BNP Asset Management in Asia. He returned to Private Banking in 2000 as regional manager in charge of development. From 2003, he was in charge of BNP Paribas Private Bank in Italy and in 2007 joined Societe Generale group as Deputy CEO of Societe Generale Private Banking France, becoming CEO in 2009. In 2012, in addition to his existing responsibilities, he was appointed Deputy Head of Societe Generale Private Banking. He was appointed Head of Societe Generale Private Banking and supervisor of Lyxor in 2019. 

Patrick Folléa has a degree in Private International Law and Political Sociology from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques in Bordeaux and a Doctorate in International Finance from the University of Paris, Dauphine.

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Delphine Garcin-Meunier was appointed Head of Societe Generale Group Strategy in November 2020.

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 was 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 banking business, securities services and asset management. In 2017, she was appointed 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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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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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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Born in 1962

Educational background:
Eric Groven is a graduate of HEC and the École Nationale d’Administration.

Career summary:
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.

Eric Groven was appointed Deputy Head of Societe Generale Retail Banking in France in November 2012. He became a member of the Group’s General 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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Manager of the Service Unit Human Resources and Communication

Caroline Guillaumin began her career in 1989 in the high-tech sector, working for startups in France and the USA. In 1997, she joined Verity, the then leader in Internet search engines as Marketing and Communication Director for Europe. Between 1999 and 2009 she worked as Director of Communication and Sustainable Development at Alcatel, SFR then Alcatel-Lucent. In January 2010, she took up the role of Group Head of Communications at Societe Generale group and also became, in June 2017, Group Head of Human Resources. 

Caroline Guillaumin is a graduate of the Institut d'Études Politiques de Bordeaux and holds a Master of Arts in International Relations from Boston University.

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 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 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.

Jan Juchelka holds a Masters degree in Business and Management from Silesian University in Opava.

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Manager of the Business Unit Crédit du Nord

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 was appointed Deputy Head of Risk for Societe Generale Group in October 2020. 

Stéphane Landon started his career at Societe Generale in Paris in 1989. He spent the first 20 years of his career in the Fixed Income activities of the Corporate & Investment Bank both in Paris and Tokyo, including as Head of Foreign Exchange activities and Co-Head of Rates and Credit activities. In 2010, he joined the Group Finance Department and was subsequently appointed as Group Treasurer in 2011. In 2018, he moved to New York and became the Chief Financial Officer of SG Americas.

Stéphane Landon is a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique.

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.

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.

Véronique Loctin was appointed Head of CSR Programme for the New Retail Banking in France on April 2022. Before this, she was Co-Head of Coverage France on 4 January, 2021, and previously Head of Corporate Accounts for Societe Generale Retail Banking in France on 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. 

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 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 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.

Laetitia Maurel began her career at Rhône Poulenc (later Rhodia) and then moved to BNP Brazil, where she held various communications posts. She joined Societe Generale in 2000 as Head of Communications for Capital Markets, then Global Head of Communication at Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking. She became Head of Group Media Relations in 2010 and Group Deputy Head of Communication in 2017.

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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 effective from 1 September 2019, in transition with Pascal Augé until 1 November 2019.

Alexandre Maymat is a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique and the École Nationale de Statistiques et d'Administration Économique.

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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.

Head of Global Banking and Advisory

Pierre Palmieri began his career at Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking in 1987 in the Export Finance department where he became, in 1989, Head of the engineering team. He joined the Agence Internationale’s team in 1994, where he took part in the creation of the Commodity Finance global 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 before becoming Head of Global Finance in 2012. Pierre Palmieri was appointed Head of Global Banking and Advisory in July 2019. Pierre Palmieri has been a member of Societe Generale Group Management Committee since January 2011.

Pierre Palmieri is a graduate of the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce in Tours

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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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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.

Manager of the Service Unit Risks

Sadia Ricke began her career at Societe Generale in 1994 in the Financial Institutions Credit department. She has more than 13 years of structured finance experience in the Natural Resources and Energy Finance division where she was Co-Deputy Head, a position she held until 2010. Sadia Ricke was Head of Credit Risk for SG CIB in Paris before moving to Hong Kong to take on the role of Head of Global Finance for Asia Pacific in January 2015. She was appointed Group Country Head for the United Kingdom and Head of Coverage and Investment Banking in the United Kingdom in January 2017.

Sadia Ricke was appointed Deputy Chief Risk Officer for the Group in September 2019 and then Group Chief Risk Officer in January 2021.

Sadia Ricke graduated from HEC Paris (Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales).

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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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.

Manager of the Service Unit Compliance

Grégoire Simon-Barboux was appointed Group Head of Compliance on 1 January 2021. 

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 and Lodging Financing activities where he held several positions including 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. He was appointed Deputy Group Chief Risk Officer in 2016.

Gregoire Simon-Barboux is a graduate from ESSEC and holds a DESS in Corporate Taxation from Paris Dauphine University

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.

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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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.

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.

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