Laurent Mignon

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Laurent Mignon
Born (1963-12-28) 28 December 1963 (age 60)
Paris, France
Alma mater HEC Paris
Stanford Executive Program
OccupationCEO of Wendel

Laurent Mignon (born December 28, 1963, in Paris) is an investment banker and current chairman of the management board of Wendel.

Biography

Laurent Mignon was born on December 28, 1963, in Paris. He graduated from HEC Paris in 1986 and from the Stanford Executive Program. [1]

From 1986 to 1996, he worked at Banque Indosuez, in market activities then in investment banking and financing. In 1996, he joined Schroders in London, then AGF (Assurances Générales de France) in 1997 as financial director. [2]

He was appointed member of the executive committee in 1998, Deputy Managing Director in charge of AGF Bank, AGF Asset Management and AGF Immobilier in 2002, then Deputy Managing Director in charge of the Life and Financial Services division and credit insurance in 2003. In 2006, he was appointed managing director and chairman of the executive committee. [3]

From mid-2007 to 2009, he was managing partner of Oddo & Cie. [4]

Managing Director of Natixis since 2009, he took over as head of BPCE on June 1, 2018, [5] succeeding François Pérol, who resigned. [6]

On September 1, 2022, he was appointed president of the Fédération Bancaire Française (FBF). [7]

On September 19, 2022, his departure from BPCE was announced. He is in fact appointed to the presidency of the management board of Wendel. He succeeds André François-Poncet, taking office on December 2, 2022. [8]

He has been a director of LVMH since 2023.

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References

  1. ↑ rédaction, La (April 8, 2019). "BPCE par Laurent Mignon (H.86)". HEC Stories.
  2. ↑ Pinson, Grégoire (April 27, 2018). "Qui est Laurent Mignon, nouveau patron de BPCE ?". Challenges.
  3. ↑ "Laurent Mignon le caméléon de la finance".
  4. ↑ "Qui est Laurent Mignon ? - Histoires Vraies". April 12, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Laurent Mignon, nouvel homme fort de BPCE". Les Echos. April 27, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Le patron de la BPCE François Pérol démissionne". Le HuffPost. April 27, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Laurent Mignon devient, à compter du 1er septembre 2022, président de la Fédération bancaire française".
  8. ↑ "Laurent Mignon quitte BPCE pour la présidence de Wendel". BFM BUSINESS.
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