Jean-Yves Forel

• Chief Executive Officer - Transformation and Business Efficiency

Jean-Yves Forel, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer, responsible for Transformation and Operational Excellence.

A graduate of Sciences Po Grenoble with a degree in economics, he began his career in 1983 at Banque Populaire des Alpes. In 1992, after working in retail banking, he was appointed Director of Operations and subsequently, in 1995, General Manager. In 1997, he joined Banque Populaire Bretagne-Atlantique as a General Manager in charge of business development and responsible for managing the business line subsidiaries. In 2000, he was appointed Director of Business Development at Banque Fédérale des Banques Populaires, and became a member of the General Management Committee in 2001. In 2003, he moved to Natexis Banques Populaires where he was appointed to the General Management Committee and nominated Director of the banking, financial and technological services function. In 2005, he was appointed Director of the Specialized Financial Services division.In November 2006, he became a member of the Executive Management Committee and Director of the Specialized Financial Services division of Natixis.

Since December 2012, Jean-Yves Forel served as a member of the Management Board and Chief Executive Officer in charge of Commercial Banking and Insurance of Groupe BPCE.