SOCIETE GENERALE : Appointments within Societe Generale Corpoate & Investment Banking Executive Committee

London, 26 January 2012

APPOINTMENTS WITHIN SOCIETE GENERALE CORPORATE & INVESTMENT BANKING EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking announces the following appointments within its executive committee:

David Coxon, Deputy Head of Global Finance

Slawomir Krupa, named Deputy Head of Global Finance, in addition to his role of CEO of Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa. He is also appointed to the Group Management Committee.

Christophe Lattuada, is named Head of Strategy & Corporate Development,

Richard Paolantonacci, is named Project Advisor to evaluate the potential creation of a new Scarce Resources department, reporting to Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking's management.

Since 2009, the governance structure of Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking is composed of a core and an extended executive committee.

Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking's core Executive Committee comprises:

Didier Valet, CEO of Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking,

Christophe Mianné, Deputy CEO of Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking,

Thierry Aulagnon, Head of Coverage & Investment Banking,

Dan Fields, Head of Global Markets,

Christophe Leblanc, Chief Operating Officer. He is also appointed to the Group

Management Committee.

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Pierre Palmieri, Head of Global Finance,

Jean-Luc Parer, Advisor to Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking's management.

This core Committee is complemented by an extended Executive Committee including:

Heads of corporate functions:

Inès de Dinechin, Head of Human Resources,

Melody Jeannin, Head of Communications,

Hervé de Kerdrel, Head of Accounting & Finance,

Christophe Lattuada, Head of Strategy & Corporate Development

Richard Paolantonacci, Project Advisor to evaluate the potential creation of a new Scarce Resources department, reporting to Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking's management.

Representatives from business lines and regional heads:

Thierry d'Argent, Global Head of M&A,

David Coxon, Deputy Head of Global Finance,

Slawomir Krupa, Deputy Head of Global Finance, and CEO of Central and Eastern

Europe, Middle East and Africa,

Diony Lebot, CEO of Societe Generale Americas,

Hikaru Ogata, CEO of Asia-Pacific,

Craig Overlander, Deputy CEO of Societe Generale Americas.

Press contact:

Murray Parker [e-mail]. [phone]

Notes to editors

Biographies are available upon request

Societe Generale

Societe Generale is one of the largest European financial services groups. Based on a diversified universal banking model, the Group combines financial solidity with a strategy of sustainable growth, and aims to be the reference for relationship banking, recognised on its markets, close to clients, chosen for the quality and commitment of its teams.
Its 157,000 employees* based in 85 countries accompany more than 33 million clients throughout the world on a daily basis. Societe Generale' teams offer advice and services to individual, corporate and institutional customers in three core businesses:

- Retail banking in France with the Societe Generale branch network, Credit du Nord and Boursorama

- International retail banking, with a presence in Central and Eastern Europe and Russia, in the Mediterranean basin, in Sub-Saharan Africa, in Asia and in the French Overseas Territories

- Corporate and investment banking with a global expertise in investment banking, financing and global

markets.

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Societe Generale is also a significant player in specialised financing and insurance, private banking, asset management and securities services.
Societe Generale is included in the international socially-responsible investment indices: FTSE4good and ASPI. www.societegenerale.com

* including employees of Societe Marseillaise de Credit acquired in September 2010 by Credit du Nord

Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking

At the core of Société Générale's universal banking business model, the Corporate & Investment Bank is a well- diversified and leading player with nearly 12,000 professionals present in 33 countries across Europe, the Americas and Asia-Pacific.
Standing by its clients across sectors, the Corporate & Investment Bank tailors solutions for them by capitalising on its worldwide expertise in investment banking, global finance, and global markets.
- For Corporates, Financial Institutions and public sector: providing a global advisory approach (M&A, debt, equity transaction, capital structure, and asset & liability management), as well as quality capital raising solutions across the debt and equity spectrum, optimised financing and expert risk management responses notably in the realm of foreign exchange and rates derivatives.

- For investors: offering reliable and sound investment opportunities and risk management solutions through its integrated global markets platform delivering seamless access to markets (equity, rates, credit, currencies, commodities and derivatives), as well as advice and solid financial engineering, quality of execution and forward looking research across asset classes.

www.sgcib.com

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