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Co–chief executive officer, Société Générale

Born: 1949.

Education: Ecole Centrale de Paris, undergraduate degree in economics, graduate degree in mathematics.

Career: INSEE (French national statistical bureau), 1972–1974, project manager; French Ministry of Finance, Forecast Department, 1974–1979, project manager, then bureau chief of energy, transport, and equipment; Société Générale: 1979–1984, Economic Research Service staff, then 1984–1986, director; 1986–1990, director of financial management; 1990–1995, director of human resources; 1995–1997, Resources and Services Division, deputy chief...