Appointments at Wholesale Banking

Benjamin Sirgue began his career in 1997 in Russia at the Saint-Petersburg office of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. He then joined Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations in Paris to act as project finance advisor at CDC Projets. In 2004, he was put in charge of Europe, Middle East and Africa at IXIS CIB Project & Infrastructure Finance before being appointed Global Head of Project Finance of Natixis in 2009. Benjamin Sirgue, age 38, is a graduate of HEC.

Anne-Christine Champion is appointed Head of Global Infrastructure & Projects.

She will report to Benjamin Sirgue, Global Head of Aircraft, Export & Infrastructure Finance.

Anne-Christine Champion began her career in 2002 at CDC IXIS Financial Engineering, where she handled the execution and origination of infrastructure financial advisory and arranging mandates. In 2009, she was appointed Head of Project Finance for France, Germany and Benelux.

Anne-Christine Champion, age 37, is a graduate of Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, she holds a post-graduate teaching qualification in Physics and an MBA from Collège Des Ingénieurs.2