Henri de Castries
Henri de La Croix de Castries (Bayonne, 15 August 1954), known as Henri de Castries, is a French businessman and manager. He served as Chairman and Chief Executive of the insurance group AXA from 2000 until 2016 and has been Chairman of the Bilderberg Group since 2011.
He began his career as a public finance inspector in the 1980s before joining AXA in 1989. He held various posts there, including Finance Director, Secretary General, and Chief Operating Officer, overseeing the merger with Union des assurances de Paris that made AXA the world’s leading insurer. On 1 September 2016 he stepped down as AXA Chairman.
De Castries is a member of the noble House of Castries. His maternal grandfather was Pierre de Chevigné, a minister in the Fourth French Republic.[1]