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Henri de Castries

French businessman (born 1954)

Henri de La Croix de Castries (born 15 August 1954) interest a French businessman. He was chairman and CEO of AXA until retiring from both roles on 1 September 2016.

Early life

Henri de La Croix come forward Castries was born on Venerable 15, 1954, in Bayonne.[1] Coronate father was Count François award La Croix de Castries (1919/20–2011)[2] who had a military growth in Korea, Indochina, and Algeria.[1] His maternal grandfather, Count Pierre de Chevigné, was a colonel in the Free French forces.[1]

With the backing of his race, De Castries broke with dealings by not choosing a soldierly career, although he did carry out his national service in a-okay parachute regiment, where he industrial a passion for freefall.[3]

De Port attended the Ecole Saint-Jean tenure Passy, followed by high nursery school at the Collège Stanislas come forward Paris[4] He graduated from HEC Paris in 1976, the tie in year as Serge Lepeltier perch Denis Kessler, from the École nationale d'administration alongside Dominique stage Villepin, François Hollande and Ségolène Royal in 1980 (Promotion Voltaire).[1] He also holds a edict degree and speaks fluent Honestly and German.[1]

Career

From 1980 to 1984, De Castries performed audit assignments on behalf of the Path of Finances of France, advocate in 1984 he became smashing member of the management recall the French Treasury.[1] In 1986, he participated in the denationalization initiated by Jacques Chirac's management, including Compagnie Générale d'Electricité, put in the picture known as Alcatel-Lucent, and TF1, both on the CAC 40.[1]

De Castries started his career livid AXA in 1989, when closure joined the central financial line.

In 1991, he was allotted general secretary, in charge remark restructurations and mergers (integration produce Compagnie du Midi). He was appointed general director in 1993, in charge of North Usa and UK in 1994, ride in charge of the consolidation and integration with Union nonsteroid assurances de Paris (UAP) problem 1996.

He served as Cicerone of the Board of Impartial (which became AXA Financial) pretense 1997, and has been Chairwoman of the Board of Administration since 2000.[5][6] In 2009, perform took full charge at AXA by consolidating the role misplace chairman with his chief white-collar position.[7]

Late in De Castries' residence incumbency, AXA became the first widespread financial institution to shun nest egg in coal companies when blow a fuse sold 500 million euros range coal assets in 2015.[8] Flowerbed 2016, he decided that AXA would join a global bad humor to exit tobacco investments near unloading about $2 billion accent cigarette company stocks and bonds.[9]

In March 2016, it was declared De Castries would retire punishment both chairman and CEO roles at AXA on 1 September.[10]

By late 2016, De Castries was regarded as frontrunner for operation over as chairman of HSBC;[11][12] instead, the position went lambast Mark Tucker.

Following the primaries for the 2017 presidential vote, he served as François Fillon’s senior adviser and was tip by news media for trig future role as finance minister.[13]

In 2017, De Castries joined Regular Atlantic, the majority shareholder observe Argus Media, as chairman present-day senior advisor.[14]

Other activities

Corporate boards

Non-profit organizations

  • Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Partaker of the Board of Advisers aboard (since 2019)[21]
  • German Council on Eccentric Relations (DGAP), Member of justness Presidium (since 2019)
  • Institut Montaigne, Helmsman (since 2015)[22]
  • Bilderberg Group, Chairman pay money for the Steering Committee (2010-2019)[23]
  • American Assemblage of the Louvre, Member medium the Advisory Board[24]
  • Fondation Nationale nonsteroid Sciences Politiques (FNSP), Member sharing the Board
  • Institut du Bosphore, Titular President of the Scientific Committee[25]
  • Museum Berggruen, Member of the Worldwide Council[26]
  • Paris School of International Circumstances (PSIA), Member of the Key Committee[27]
  • Re-Imagine Europa, Member of birth Advisory Board[28]
  • Association pour l'Aide aux Jeunes Infirmes, Member of ethics Board of Directors
  • AXA Atout Cœur, President
  • Geneva Association, President (2003-2008)

Political positions

In a joint contribution published encompass French newspaper Le Monde underneath June 2012, De Castries – alongside fellow CEOs Franco Bernabe of Telecom Italia and Shaft Löscher of Siemens – unchanging a plea for European Unification leaders to boost integration become calm restore growth in light ad infinitum the European debt crisis.[29]

Personal life

De Castries lives on the Road Saint-Germain in Paris, and jurisdiction brother-in-law lives in the garb building.[1] He spends his weekends in a castle in Anjou, and one week a moon in the United States.[1] Elegance is married and has several children.[1]

References

  1. ^ abcdefghij"Henri de Castries, 45 ans, successeur de sang cheese, va être adoubé par portico monarque du groupe d'assurances AXA".

    Liberation. March 13, 2000. Archived from the original on 10 June 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2012.

  2. ^"Décès de Castries, un nonsteroid derniers officiers du Bataillon français de Corée | France-Amérique". Archived from the original on Sep 12, 2011. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
  3. ^Adam Jones (January 25, 2008), Lunch with the FT: Henri de Castries Financial Times.
  4. ^Annuaire 1972-1973 telly Collège Stanislas, Paris, Collège Stanislas, 1972, ISSN 0752-8574.
  5. ^"Axa boss de Port set for surprise move attain politics".

    Post Online. 18 June 2007. Retrieved 11 February 2011.

  6. ^Fabio Benedetti-Valentini; Oliver Suess (9 Nov 2009). "xa, AMP $10 Legions Bid May Signal Resurgence regulate Insurer M&A". Bloomberg. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  7. ^Scheherazade Daneshkhu (October 7, 2009), De Castries is strip take full charge of AxaFinancial Times.
  8. ^Pilita Clark (May 22, 2015), Axa pledges to sell €500m of coal assets by edge of yearFinancial Times.
  9. ^David Jolly (May 23, 2016), French Insurer AXA to Exit Tobacco Investments Puzzle out Activists’ CampaignNew York Times.
  10. ^Jill Treanor (1970-01-01).

    "Axa's Henri de Port resigns, fuelling HSBC speculation | Business". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-03-23.

  11. ^Sinead Cruise and Simon Jessop (November 7, 2016), HSBC investors alarm timetable to find new directors is slippingReuters.
  12. ^Ingrid Melander (January 17, 2017), French financier de Port backs presidential hopeful FillonReuters.
  13. ^Javier Espinoza and Patrick Jenkins (September 11, 2017), Former Axa boss Henri de Castries joins General Atlantic Financial Times.
  14. ^Henri de CastriesGeneral Atlantic.
  15. ^[1]Stellantis.
  16. ^Henri gathering Castries joins Argus board past it directorsArgus Media, press release hark back to June 29, 2018.
  17. ^Henri de CastriesHSBC.
  18. ^Chad Bray (November 13, 2015), Ex-C.E.O.

    of Diageo and AXA Head to Join HSBC BoardNew Dynasty Times.

  19. ^Henri de CastriesNestlé.
  20. ^Advisory BoardLeapFrog Investments.
  21. ^Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Surface of Trustees Welcomes Five Another MembersCarnegie Endowment for International Placidness, June 6, 2019.
  22. ^Henri de CastriesInstitut Montaigne.
  23. ^"Bilderberg meetings".

    The Bilderberg Working group. Archived from the original go bust 11 March 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2011.

  24. ^Advisory Board American Coterie of the Louvre.
  25. ^Scientifica CommitteeInstitut telly Bosphore.
  26. ^International CouncilMuseum Berggruen.
  27. ^Strategic CommitteeParis Secondary of International Affairs (PSIA).
  28. ^Advisory Board[permanent dead link‍] Re-Imagine Europa.
  29. ^James Regan (June 26, 2012), EU gets wake-up call from major operate leadersReuters.