Groupe BPCE Announces Nicolas Namias as Chairman

Groupe BPCE Management Board announces Nicolas Namias as Chairman. Nicolas Namias began his career in 2004 in the Treasury department of France’s Ministry for the Economy and Finance. He was initially in charge of preparing international financial summits before being appointed as the government’s substitute commissioner to the French financial market regulator AMF. In 2008, he joined Groupe BPCE, where he became the Group’s Head of Steering for Commercial Banking and Insurance. In 2012, he was appointed Advisor to the Prime Minister for financing the economy, corporates, and international economic affairs. He returned to Groupe BPCE in 2014 as Head of Strategy and, subsequently, Chief Financial Officer of Natixis and member of the Senior Management Committee.

Groupe BPCE provides a range of banking and insurance services in France.