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Benoît Claveranne is appointed Chief Transformation & Development Officer
Paris, 1st July 2021.
Committed to a new stage in its development, ODDO BHF is recruiting Benoît Claveranne as Chief Transformation & Development Officer. He will be responsible for Operations, IT, Marketing and Innovation and will also be in charge of supporting the Group's development in Asia.
Benoît Claveranne has acquired extensive experience in distribution, management of fast-growing businesses, corporate transformation and the development of new business models, notably through the combination of technology and data to serve the client, in various financial institutions, in different geographies and in different business lines. Until recently, he was a senior executive at AXA, where his responsibilities included transformation, new market development and innovation.
Philippe Oddo, Managing Partner of ODDO BHF, said: "We are very pleased that Benoît has agreed to join our Group as Chief Transformation & Development Officer to help us structure the future steps of our development. His wealth of experience, energy and openness are in line with our values and our ambitions to help build one of Europe's leading financial players.”
Benoît Claveranne, Chief Transformation & Development Officer of ODDO BHF, added: "I am delighted to join ODDO BHF and to be associated with the continued development of this unique entrepreneurial Group, to support its growth and ambition.”
About Benoît Claveranne
Born on March 2, 1975, Benoît Claveranne is a graduate of the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, an alumnus of the Ecole Normale Supérieure (Paris-Saclay) and the Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA) and holds a degree in economics and management. He began his career at the French Treasury in 2002. He then became an advisor to the World Bank and then Alternate Executive Director for France at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In 2009, he joined the AXA Group as Director of European and Public Affairs. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer of AXA Prévoyance & Patrimoine in 2011, before becoming Chief Executive Officer of the Life, Savings and Pensions business in the Asia region in 2014. In 2016, Benoît Claveranne joined the group's executive committee and was appointed Chief Transformation Officer of the AXA Group, responsible for distribution, data, technology, operational excellence and procurement. In 2017, he became Chief Executive Officer International and New Markets and oversees the Group's innovation ecosystem from 2020. On July 1st, 2021, Benoît Claveranne joins the ODDO BHF Group as Chief Transformation & Development Officer (CT&DO), responsible for operations, IT, marketing and innovation, and in charge of the Group's development in Asia.
About ODDO BHF
ODDO BHF is an independent Franco-German financial services group, with a history stretching back over 170 years. It was created from the alliance of a French family-owned business built up by five generations of stockbrokers and a German bank specialising in Mittelstand companies. With 2,500 employees (1,300 in Germany and Switzerland and 1,200 in France and Tunisia), and more than 125 billion euros in assets under management, ODDO BHF operates in three main businesses, based on significant investment in market expertise: private banking, asset management and corporate and investment banking. The Group has a specific ownership structure as 65% of its capital is held by the Oddo family and 25 % by employees. This “partnership” ethos guarantees the long-term involvement of its teams. In 2020, ODDO BHF generated net banking income of 624 million euros, and at 31 December 2020, the Group had over 940 million euros of shareholders' equity. www.oddo-bhf.com
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