Crédit Agricole
Crédit Agricole Group (), sometimes called La banque verte ( en, The green bank) due to its historical ties to farming, is a French international banking group and the world's largest cooperative financial institution. It is France's second lar ...
and
LCL S.A.
LCL S.A. is a major France, French banking network that is part of the Crédit Agricole group, with registered office in Lyon and administrative head office in Paris, France. It was established in 2005 from its predecessor the Crédit Lyonnais, a ...
from 2005 to 2010.Valeo /ref>
Biography
Pauget was born in
Rumilly, Haute-Savoie
Rumilly () is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. In 2019, the commune had a population of 15,768.Challenges /ref> He received an M.A. in
Economics
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Economics focuses on the behaviour and intera ...
Ph.D.
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Crédit Agricole
Crédit Agricole Group (), sometimes called La banque verte ( en, The green bank) due to its historical ties to farming, is a French international banking group and the world's largest cooperative financial institution. It is France's second lar ...
in 1973.CA Finance /ref> He worked both in the provinces and in Paris. In 2005 he became the CEO of Crédit Agricole and
LCL S.A.
LCL S.A. is a major France, French banking network that is part of the Crédit Agricole group, with registered office in Lyon and administrative head office in Paris, France. It was established in 2005 from its predecessor the Crédit Lyonnais, a ...
He also became the Chairman of Calyon in 2007.
In 2008 he became the Chairman of the
French Banking Federation
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. He also represents permanently
Crédit Lyonnais
The Crédit Lyonnais (, "Lyon Credit ompany) was a major French bank, created in 1863 and absorbed by former rival Crédit Agricole in 2003. Its head office was initially in Lyon but moved to Paris in 1882. In the early years of the 20th cent ...
for the
Fondation de France
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and Crédit Agricole SA on the Supervisory Board of Fonds de Garantie des Depôts. He has been decorated Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur.
In January 2009, he was publicly reluctant to relinquish his bonuses. In December 2009, he published a book about the financial crisis, ''Faut-il brûler les banquiers?''. He blames the crunch on the
Clinton administration
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, banking regulators and overseers,
central banks
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and oversees their commercial banking system. In contrast to a commercial bank, a central ba ...
, and financial markets. He will step down as CEO in February 2010.WSJ /ref>
Bibliography
*''Faut-il brûler les banquiers?'' (2009)
*'' Banque: Le grand saut?'' (2012)