Laurent Mignon

Laurent Mignon (born 28 December 1963 in Paris) is a French investment banker and the chairman of Wendel's board of directors.

Early life and education

Laurent Mignon graduated from HEC Paris in 1986 and completed the Stanford Executive Program.

Career

From 1986 to 1996, he worked at Banque Indosuez in markets, investment banking and financing. In 1996 he joined Schroders in London, then in 1997 became Chief Financial Officer at Assurances Générales de France (AGF). He was appointed to AGF’s Executive Committee in 1998, became Deputy CEO in charge of AGF Bank, AGF Asset Management and AGF Real Estate in 2002, and in 2003 took on oversight of Life Insurance and Financial Services and Credit Insurance. In 2006 he was named CEO and Chairman of AGF’s Executive Committee.

From mid-2007 to 2009, he was Managing Partner at Oddo & Cie. In 2009 he became CEO of Natixis, and on 1 June 2018 succeeded François Pérol as CEO of Groupe BPCE. On 1 September 2022 he was appointed President of the French Banking Federation. He left BPCE in December 2022 to become Chairman of Wendel’s Board of Directors. Since 2023 he has served on the board of LVMH.

Honors

• Knight of the Legion of Honour