Slawomir Krupa, who will take up his post at the helm of Société Générale in May, unveiled the composition of his future management team on Thursday, including the recruitment of Anne-Christine Champion as co-director of the investment bank.

The management team will comprise 13 members, compared with 27 previously, seven of whom will be women, said Slawomir Krupa during a conference call with journalists.

"There is value in trying to be exemplary in this area," said Slawomir Krupa in response to a question about gender equality, believing that the team's diversity contributes to its performance.

Aged 48, Société Générale's new CEO currently heads the group's corporate and investment banking division. In this position, he will be replaced by Anne-Christine Champion and Alexandre Fleury, who will both co-direct the Group's corporate banking and investor solutions activities.

Anne-Christine Champion has been co-head of Natixis' investment banking business and a member of its management committee since 2020.

The future Executive Committee will comprise 13 members around Slawomir Krupa and two Deputy Managing Directors, Philippe Aymerich and Pierre Palmieri.

Claire Dumas will retain her position as CFO. Marie-Christine Ducholet joins the management team as head of the bank's French retail banking network.

SocGen's French retail banking activities are currently under the supervision of departing Deputy General Manager Sébastien Proto, who is also responsible for private banking. He will not be replaced on a job-for-job basis in the new management structure.

The new team, which will take office on May 23, will present the Group's new strategic roadmap in the third quarter.

(Written by Tassilo Hummel and Mathieu Rosemain, French version by Dina Kartit, Blandine Hénault and Victor Goury-Laffont, edited by Jean-Stéphane Brosse and Matthieu Protard)