François Pérol (born 6 November 1963) is a French banker and high-ranking official and is the current chairman of

Natixis Natixis is a French corporate and investment bank created in November 2006 from the merger of the asset management and investment banking operations of ''Natexis Banques Populaires'' (Banque Populaire group) and ''IXIS'' (Groupe Caisse d'Epargne ...

Education

Pérol graduated from

HEC Paris HEC Paris (french: École des hautes études commerciales de Paris) is a business school, and one of the most prestigious and selective grandes écoles, located in Jouy-en-Josas, France. HEC offers Master in Management, MSc International Fi ...

in 1985,

Sciences Po , motto_lang = fr , mottoeng = Roots of the Future , type = Public university, Public research university''Grande école'' , established = , founder = Émile Boutmy , a ...

and the École nationale d'administration.

Career

In 1994, he was appointed rapporteur then Secretary General of the Interministerial Committee for Industrial Restructuring. Then he was Head of the office of financial markets to the Treasury from 1996 to 1999 and secretary general of the

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. In 2001, he was promoted as director of finance and business development of the

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. In 2002, he became director of Francis Mer's staff and

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, the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry at that time. he was in charge of the rescue of Alcatel, Bull, France Telecom (playing a role in the denial to the latter, against the advice of the Treasury, an increase of capital from the state and the departure of its

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, Michel Bon) and the recapitalization of

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, negotiated with the European Commission. It also follows the birth of Sanofi-Aventis, the French Government is negotiating with the U.S. court for the conclusion of the case Executive Life2, and organizes the sale of Ixis by the Caisse des dépôts et consignations aux Caisses d'Epargne. Following his collaboration with

at the ministry of Economy, he was enrolled at the UMP in 2004. From 2005 to 2007, he was managing partner of Rothschild Bank. As such, he advises Philippe Dupont, CEO of Banque Populaire in the creation of Natixis. In May 2007, he was appointed deputy secretary general of the Presidency of the French Republic, where he became the "great architect of the economic program of Nicolas Sarkozy". In the Clearstream affair he was accused by businessman Imad Lahoud for having organized a meeting with Nicolas Sarkozy, which he denies. In 2009, he became CEO of Groupe BPCE, and in November 2012, he was re-elected for a further 4 years as Chairman of the management board. He has also been president of the

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since 1 September 2009.

References

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