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Please join Toronto’s financial community on Thursday, December 18, when Frédéric Oudéa, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Société Générale discusses adapting the banking model to the 21st century followed by a conversation with Victor G. Dodig, President and Chief Executive Officer of CIBC.
A leading European bank, Société Générale is headquartered in Paris with operations in 76 countries and counting over 148,300 employees. Société Générale services over 32 million clients worldwide and its universal banking model is based on 3 complementary pillars: French Retail Banking, International Retail Banking & Financial Services and Global Banking & Investor Solutions. Société Générale is best known for its expertise in equity derivatives, natural resource financing, commodity trading, export and project financing with expanding roles over the past 5 years in Debt Capital Markets and Infrastructure.
Société Générale is celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2014 and the 40th year of its presence in Canada. The bank recently concluded the purchase of Newedge , a futures and options broker, making it one of the most active participants in the TMX derivatives market.
Frédéric Oudéa has served as Chairman and CEO since May of 2009. His remarks will focus on European economic recovery, the ongoing and expanding role of the European banking union, managing in a time of increased regulatory scrutiny and, imagining the banking industry in an increasingly digitized world.
Mark your schedule and enjoy an update on Europe from one of Europe’s top business leaders.
Bio
Born in 1963. Frédéric Oudéa is a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique and the Ecole Nationale d’Administration.
From 1987 to 1995, Frédéric Oudéa held various positions in the French senior civil service (Audit department of the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Budget Ministry, Private Office of the Minister of Budget and Communication). In 1995, he joined Societe Generale and in 1996 he was appointed Deputy Head then Head of the bank’s Corporate Banking arm in London. In 1998, he became Head of Global Supervisory and Development of the Equities division. In May 2002, he was named Deputy Chief Financial Officer of Societe Generale Group. He became Chief Financial Officer of the Group in January 2003. In 2008 he was appointed CEO of the Group. In May 2009, he was named Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Societe Generale Group. In 2010 he was named Chairman of the Steering Committee on Regulatory Capital (“SCRC”) at the Institute of International Finance (“IIF”). In January 2013, he was named
Vice-President of the Federation of European Banks (“EBF”). In January 2013, he was named President of the Institut International d’Etudes Bancaires (IIEB).
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