Mrs Rajna Gibson Brandon was co-opted on 28 November 2018 at BNP Paribas’ Board of Directors, replacing Mrs Laurence Parisot. This decision will be submitted for ratification at the next Annual General Meeting.
Of Swiss nationality, Mrs Rajna Gibson Brandon has a PhD in Economic and Social Sciences from the University of Geneva and was postdoctoral researcher at UCLA and New York University in the United States. She has a far-reaching academic and research career and taught Finance in particular at the universities of Geneva, Zurich and Lausanne and she has also been Head of Research at the Swiss Finance Institute. She set up the Geneva Finance Research Institute (GFRI) at the University of Genève and participated to the creation of the Foundation “Geneva Institute for Wealth Management“ of which she is also a member of the Board. She has been member of the Swiss Takeover Panel and of the Swiss Federal Banking Commission and director of Swiss Re from 2000 to 2018. She has been co-organising for some years The Geneva Summit on Sustainable Finance, which is a major annual conference in Europe on sustainable finance.
BNP Paribas is a leading bank in Europe with an international reach. It has a presence in 73 countries, with more than 196,000 employees, including around 149,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main activities: Domestic Markets and International Financial Services (whose retail-banking networks and financial services are covered by Retail Banking & Services) and Corporate & Institutional Banking, which serves two client franchises: corporate clients and institutional investors. The Group helps all its clients (individuals, community associations, entrepreneurs, SMEs, corporates and institutional clients) to realise their projects through solutions spanning financing, investment, savings and protection insurance.
In Europe, the Group has four domestic markets (Belgium, France, Italy and Luxembourg) and BNP Paribas Personal Finance is the European leader in consumer lending.
BNP Paribas is rolling out its integrated retail-banking model in Mediterranean countries, in Turkey, in Eastern Europe and a large network in the western part of the United States. In its Corporate & Institutional Banking and International Financial Services activities, BNP Paribas also enjoys top positions in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas as well as a solid and fast-growing business in Asia-Pacific.
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