NARRATIVE – He will succeed Frédéric Oudéa as head of the bank on Tuesday. This financial market expert with an international and direct profile has many challenges to overcome.
A new era begins this Tuesday at the Societe Generale. Barring a dramatic change, Slawomir Krupa will succeed Frederic Oudea after the general meeting of shareholders. The latter, a veteran of finance, had held the position of managing director since 2008 and held, in Europe, a record of longevity at the helm of a banking group. On May 25, he will take over the presidency of Sanofi.
Slawomir Krupa, who turns 49 in June, also knows the Societe Generale group very well. Pure “homemade product”the Franco-Polish, who until now was deputy managing director of the bank, in charge from New York of the activities of corporate and investment bank (BFI), has spent his entire career there. The consecration arrived on September 30. Slawomir Krupa was unanimously appointed by the board of directors, chaired by Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, as the future managing director. In the home stretch, he was in competition with Sébastien Proto, the other director…
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