Georges Chodron de Courcel

Director of Bouygues

COO of BNP Paribas

Date of birth: 20/05/1950

Education and career

Georges Chodron de Courcel is a graduate of École Centrale de Paris and holds a degree in economics. He joined Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP) in 1972, where he became head of financial research in the finance department in 1978, then executive secretary of Banexi in 1982.

He then became director of securities management and director of financial and industrial investment.

In 1989, he was appointed Chairman of Banexi, then central director of BNP in 1990. In 1995, he became executive vice-president then COO of BNP from 1996 to 1999.

After the merger with Paribas in August 1999, Georges Chodron de Courcel was head of the corporate and investment banking arm of BNP Paribas from 1999 to 2003.

He has been Chief Operating Officer of BNP Paribas since June 2003.

Georges Chodron de Courcel is a member of the Bouygues Board of Directors.

Georges Chodron de Courcel is a member of the Accounts Committee at Bouygues.

• Date of first appointment: Director of Bouygues since 30 January 1996
• Expiry date of current term of office: 2012
• Number of shares in the company: 930 (at 31/12/09)

Other positions and functions outside the Group
 

Chairman of Compagnie d'Investissement de Paris, Financière BNP Paribas, BNP Paribas SA (Switzerland). Vice Chairman of Fortis Bank SA/NV (Belgium). Director of Nexans, Alstom, FFP (Foncière Financière Participations), Erbé SA (Belgium), Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA (Belgium), Scor Holding (Switzerland) AG (Switzerland), Scor Global Life Rückversicherung Schweiz AG (Switzerland), Scor Switzerland AG (Switzerland) and Verner Investissements. Member of the Supervisory Board of Lagardère SCA. Non-voting director of Exane, Scor and Safran.
 

(Updated: March 2010)

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