Appointments to the Board of Directors of Natixis

Paris, France, June 1, 2012

Natixis’ Shareholders’ meeting of May 29, 2012 appointed Stéphanie Paix, Catherine Halberstadt and Alain Condaminas to the Board of Directors for a period of 6 years. They are replacing Jean-Bernard Mateu, Jean Criton, and Bernard Jeannin, who resigned.

At the end of the Meeting, the Board of Directors of Natixis appointed Alain Condaminas to the Appointment and Compensation Committee and Catherine Halberstadt to the Audit Committee.

 

Alain Condaminas, 54, Chief Executive Officer of Banque Populaire Occitane. With a Master’s degree in Economics and a Post-Graduate diploma in Banking Techniques and Finance, Alain Condaminas joined Groupe Banque Populaire in 1984. In 1992, he joined Banque Populaire Toulouse-Pyrénées as Production Manager, supervising Human Resources, and then as Chief Operating Officer. In 2001, Alain Condaminas was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Banque Populaire Quercy-Agenais. In 2003, he managed the merger with Banque Populaire du Tarn et de l’Aveyron and, in 2006 a second merger with Banque Populaire Toulouse-Pyrénées to create today’s Banque Populaire Occitane.

 

Catherine Halberstadt, 53, Chief Executive Officer of Banque Populaire du Massif Central. With a Post-graduate diploma in Accounting and another one in Commerce, Administration and Finance from Clermont-Ferrand, Catherine Halberstadt joined Banque Populaire du Massif Central in 1982, and held the positions of Chief Human Resources Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer and, as of 2000, deputy-Chief Executive Officer. In 2008, Catherine Halberstadt was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Natixis Factor. Since 2010, Catherine Halberstadt has held the position of Chief Executive Officer of Banque Populaire du Massif Central.

 

Stéphanie Paix, 47, Chairman of the Management Board of Caisse d’Epargne Rhône-Alpes. She is a graduate of IEP de Paris and holder of a Post-Graduate diploma in Corporate Tax from Université Dauphine. Stéphanie Paix’s has always worked within Groupe BPCE, first at Banque Fédérale des Banques Populaires as Inspector and Project Manager, then at Banque Populaire Rives de Paris as Manager of fifteen branches or so, and then as Production and Organization Manager. After holding several positions at Natixis, Stéphanie Paix was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Natixis Factor. Since 2008, she has held the position of Chief Executive Officer of Banque Populaire Atlantique.

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