Pierre Valentin elected Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Groupe BPCE
The Ordinary Shareholders Meeting of Groupe BPCE, convened today, approved there newal of all 19 members of its Supervisory Board. The Board members then elected Pierre Valentin, who is also Chairman of the Steering and Supervisory Board of theCaisse d'Epargne de Languedoc Roussillon, to the position of Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Groupe BPCE, and appointed Steve Gentili, who also serves asChairman of the Board of Directors of BRED-Banque Populaire, to the position of Vice-Chairman. The Management Board of Groupe BPCE, whose mandate runs until May 2017, remains unchanged.
The Supervisory Board of Groupe BPCE is comprised of 19 directors, elected for a term of 6years.In addition to its Chairman, Pierre Valentin, the other 6 members nominated by the Fédération Nationale des Caisses d’Epargne are:
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Chairmen/women of Caisse d’Epargne Steering and Supervisory Boards
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Catherine Amin-Garde – Caisse d'Epargne Loire Drôme Ardèche
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Astrid Boos – Caisse d'Epargne Alsace
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Françoise Lemalle – Caisse d'Epargne Côte d'Azur
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Nicolas Plantrou – Caisse d'Epargne Normandie
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Chairmen/women of Caisse d’Epargne Management Boards:
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Stephanie Paix – Caisse d'Epargne Rhône-Alpes
- Didier Patault – Caisse d'Epargne Ile de France
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Chairmen of Banque Populaire Boards of Directors:
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Thierry Cahn – Banque Populaire Alsace Lorraine Champagne
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Pierre Desvergnes – CASDEN Banque Populaire
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Michel Grass – Banque Populaire Bourgogne Franche-Comté
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André Joffre – Banque Populaire du Sud
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Chief Executive Officers of Banque Populaire banks:
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Catherine Halberstadt – Banque Populaire Massif Central
- Yves Gevin – Banque Populaire Rives de Paris
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In addition to the Vice-Chairman, Steve Gentili, the other 6 members nominated by the Fédération Nationale des Banques Populaires are:
- The three independent directors appointed on the proposal of the Appointments Committee,remain unchanged. These are:
- Maryse Aulagnon, Chairwoman and CEO
- Affine Group- Marwan Lahoud, Chief Strategy and International Marketing Officer
- Airbus GROUP- Marie-Christine Lombard, Chairwoman of the Executive Board - GEODIS
The two employees’ representatives, appointed by the trade unions representing Group employees are:
- Vincent Gontier, CFDT- Frédéric Hassaine, CFE-CGC
The following were also appointed as censeurs (non-voting members):
- Gonzague de Villèle – Chief Executive Officer of Banque Populaire Val de France
- Pascal Marchetti – Chief Executive Officer of Banque Populaire des Alpes- Pierre Carli – Chairman of the Management Board of Caisse d'Epargne Midi-Pyrenees
- Alain Lacroix – Chairman of the Management Board of Caisse d'Epargne Provence-Alpes-Corse
On this occasion, Pierre Valentin said: “I am both pleased and proud to be appointed Chairman of the Supervisory Board at a time when the Group – which has significantly strengthened itsfinancial structures in recent years – has yet to meet new challenges of a regulatory,commercial and technological nature. I am deeply confident in the ability of our managementteams to continue to take full advantage of the cooperative strengths of our banks boastingstrong roots at a local and regional level and working exclusively for the benefit of our clienteleof individual customers, companies and local authorities.”
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About Groupe BPCE
Groupe BPCE is the second-largest banking group in France. Through its 100,000 staff, the group serves 35 million customers – individuals, professionals, companies, investors and local government bodies – around the world. It operates in the retail banking and insurance fields in France via its two major networks, Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Epargne, along with Banque Palatine and Oney. It also pursues its activities worldwide with the asset & wealth management services provided by Natixis Investment Managers and the wholesale banking expertise of Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking. The Group's financial strength is recognized by four credit rating agencies with the following senior preferred LT ratings: Moody's (A1, stable outlook), Standard & Poor's (A, stable outlook), Fitch (AA-, negative outlook) and R&I (A+, stable outlook).
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