Denis Kessler (born 25 March 1952) is a French businessman. He has served as the chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer of

SCOR SE SCOR SE is a France, French tier 1 reinsurance company providing Property and Casualty (P&C) and Life reinsurance solutions to its clients. It is one of the leading reinsurers in the world. Created in 1970 with the backing of the French governmen ...

since 2002.SCOR Executive committee
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/ref> Prior to this, he served as Vice-Chairman of

MEDEF The Mouvement des entreprises de France (MEDEF), or the Movement of the Enterprises of France, is the largest employer federation in France. Established in 1998, it replaced the Conseil national du patronat Français ( CNPF), or the "National Cou ...

and CEO of AXA.Invesco Board of Directors
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Biography

He graduated from HEC Paris, and received a PhD in Economics from the

University of Paris , image_name = Coat of arms of the University of Paris.svg , image_size = 150px , caption = Coat of Arms , latin_name = Universitas magistrorum et scholarium Parisiensis , motto = ''Hic et ubique terrarum'' (Latin) , mottoeng = Here and a ...

. He is a board member of BNP Paribas,

Bolloré Bolloré SE () is a French conglomerate headquartered in Puteaux, on the western outskirts of Paris, France. Founded in 1822, the company has interests in Vivendi, international freight forwarding, oil storage and pipelines in France, solid sta ...

, Dassault Aviation,

Invesco Invesco Ltd. is an American independent investment management company that is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with additional branch offices in 20 countries. Its common stock is a constituent of the S&P 500 and trades on the New York stock exc ...

, and

Fonds stratégique d'investissement ''Banque publique d'investissement'' (literally ''renchPublic Investment Bank'', also known as Bpifrance, BPI Groupe S.A.) is a French public investment bank. It is a joint venture of two public entities: the Caisse des dépôts et consignation ...

. He is member of the Supervisory Board of Yam Invest N.V. He served as the President of

Le Siècle ''Le Siècle'' ("''The Age''") is a daily newspaper that was published from 1836 to 1932 in France. History In 1836, ''Le Siècle'' was founded as a paper that supported constitutional monarchism. However, when the July Monarchy came to an end ...

from 2007 to 2010.AFP, '"Le Siècle": Nicole Notat présidente', in ''

Le Figaro ''Le Figaro'' () is a French daily morning newspaper founded in 1826. It is headquartered on Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. The oldest national newspaper in France, ''Le Figaro'' is one of three French newspapers of r ...

'', 12 November 201

/ref> He has criticized the

Keynesian Keynesian economics ( ; sometimes Keynesianism, named after British economist John Maynard Keynes) are the various macroeconomic theories and models of how aggregate demand (total spending in the economy) strongly influences economic output an ...

reaction to the 2008 financial crisis, and he has suggested the end of the Euro currency is a real possibility.Daniel Roland, 'Denis Kessler: "nous n'avons plus de munitions", la zone euro peut exploser', in '' L'Express'', 12 September 201

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References

1952 births Living people Businesspeople from Mulhouse French chief executives HEC Paris alumni Pantheon-Sorbonne University alumni Officiers of the Légion d'honneur {{France-business-bio-stub