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New Chairwoman and 2 new members join the Board of Directors

nANTERRE, dECEMBER 16 2020

On November 10, 2020, Béatrice Belorgey was appointed Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of BNP Paribas Lease Group SA and BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions SA. Béatrice Belorgey succeeds Geoffroy Bazin who decided to resign from his role as Chairman to follow a new career path.

Béatrice Belorgey is joined by two new board members: Mine Volle and Laurent Jansen who replace Luc Henrard and Mathilde Jahan respectively, both of whom have retired from the Board.

Béatrice Belorgey, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of BNP Paribas Lease Group SA and BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions SA

 

Béatrice Belorgey graduated from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris and is a Certified European Financial Analyst (CEFA). She joined the BNP Paribas French Retail Banking (FRB) in 1986 as a Credit Analyst. She then moved on to the Fixed Income in 1989, and later joined the Corporate Finance department within BNP Paribas Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB). In 2000, Béatrice Belorgey joined Wealth Management as Head of Financial Products at the Advisory Desk for Private Banking in Luxembourg. In 2005, she became Head of Group Financial Information before becoming the Head of Group Investor Relations & Financial Information in 2009. From 2013 until July 2020, Béatrice Belorgey held the position of Director of Private Banking, BNP Paribas France. As of July 2020 Béatrice Belorgey was appointed Chairwoman of the BGL BNP Paribas Executive Committee, and BNP Paribas Group Country Head, Luxembourg.

Mine Volle and Laurent Jansen, new members of the Board of Directors of BNP Paribas Lease Group SA and BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions SA

 

With more than 25 years of experience, Mine Volle joined BNP Paribas in 2006 and has held various roles since then, starting as Country Manager at the IRB Head Office where she participated in the merger of TEB & Fortis Turkey. She moved to the Risk department in 2011 as Chief Risk Officer (CRO) of BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions Turkey and then served as CRO of Arval Group from 2013 to 2017 before launching RISK Factoring at the end of 2017. Recently she co-led the Transformation Programme of Risk Domestic Markets. On August 1st, 2020 Mine was appointed CRO of BGL BNP Paribas and Country Chief Risk Officer.

She holds an MBA from Koç University and BA in Business Administration from METU.

 

 

 

Laurent Jansen, who was already a board member of BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions SA, was appointed member of the Board of Directors of BNP Paribas Lease Group SA on November 10, 2020.

Laurent Jansen graduated from HEC Liège as commercial engineer. He started his career in 1995 as external auditor before joining BGL BNP Paribas as Project Leader of the Euro project, responsible for coordinating the transition towards the Euro. In 2001, he became the Head of Bank Accounting. After various roles within the Finance department, Laurent was appointed Head of Financial Reporting & Business Intelligence of BGL BNP Paribas in 2013. In 2018, Laurent assumed the position of Chief Financial Officer of ABN AMRO Luxembourg S.A in the context of the purchase and merger into BGL BNP Paribas. Since May 2019, Laurent is the CFO of BGL BNP Paribas and on November 1, 2020 he was appointed member of the BGL BNP Paribas Executive Committee.

 

 

Charlotte Dennery, CEO of BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions, would like to thank Geoffroy, Luc and Mathilde for their valuable contribution to the Board of Leasing Solutions and warmly welcomes the new Board members.

 

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