Sunday, June 7, 2015

Laurent Mignon: Natixis CEO

Laurent Mignon was born on December 28, 1963. He is a graduate of the elite French Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) business school as well as the Stanford Executive Program.  Laurent worked at Banque Indosuez for more than 10 years in a number of positions including on the trading floor to corporate banking. 
He joined Schroeders Bank in London in 1996 then the following year joined AGF as Chief Financial Officer. In 1998 he was  appointed to the Executive Committee, then became Deputy CEO in charge of Banque AGF, AGF Asset Management and AGF Immobilier in 2002. Luarent was promoted to CEO in charge of the Life and Financial Services and Credit Insurance divisions in 2003 and Chairman of the Executive Committee in 2006. Laurent was associate Manager at Oddo et Cie alongside Philippe Oddo from September 2007 to May 2009. 
Laurent was appointed Chief Executive Officer at Natixis on May 14, 2009, and became a member of BPCE’S Management Board on August 6, 2013. 
In November 2006 the asset management and investment banking operations of Natexis Banque Populaire (Banque Populaire group) and IXIS (Groupe Caisse d’Epargne) merged to form Natixis, a French corporate and investment bank. 
Over 70 percent of Natixis is owned by Groupe BPCE and the remaining stake is listed in the Paris Stock Exchange. As it stands Natixis is the corporate, investment, insurance and financial services arm of Groupe BPCE, the second-largest banking group in France. 
The firm provides customized solutions to meet the specific needs of companies, financial institutions and institutional investors. It also designs products and services tailored to the client base of Groupe BPCE’s two retail networks. Natixis has three  core businesses with complementary expertise namely: Wholesale Banking (Coverage & Advisory, Financing & Market Solutions; Investment Solutions (Asset Management, Private Banking) & Insurance; and Specialized Financial Services. 
Natixis is present mainly in three geographic zones: The Americas, Asia-Pacific, and EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa). 

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