Jean-Paul Chifflet | |
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Born | |
Died | 25 May 2017 67) Saint-Jean-de-Muzols, France | (aged
Nationality | French |
Occupation | Banker |
Known for | CEO of Crédit Agricole |
Children | 2 |
Awards | Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur National Order of Merit (France) Order of Agricultural Merit |
Jean-Paul Chifflet (3 September 1949 – 25 May 2017) was a French banker. [1] [2] He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Crédit Agricole. [1] [3]
Jean-Paul Chifflet was born in 1949 in Tournon-sur-Rhône, Ardèche, France. [2] [3] He grew up on a farm. [2] He failed his Baccalauréat twice and passed it the third time. [2] He graduated from the Institut des Hautes Finances de Paris. [1] He played rugby union for FC Tournon-Tain. [2]
In 1973, at the age of twenty-four, he joined Crédit Agricole. [2] On 1 March 2010 he became its CEO, replacing Georges Pauget. [1] [2] As a result, he also became Chairman of Amundi and Pacifica. [1]
Chifflet died on 25 May 2017 when he fell from his self-propelled tractor while mowing his lawn. [4] [5]
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