Appointments Within Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking
PARIS, Feb. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking announces the appointment of Diony Lebot as Chief Executive Officer for Western Europe. In this position, she replaces Pascal Auge who joined Global Transaction & Payment Services at the end of 2011. Diony Lebot is also appointed Deputy Head of the Coverage and Investment Banking division, as of April 2nd 2012. Diony reports to Thierry Aulagnon, Head of Coverage and Investment Banking.
Craig Overlander, Deputy CEO for Societe Generale Americas since March 2010, replaces Diony Lebot as CEO for Societe Generale Americas as of February 22nd 2012.
Craig Overlander's more than thirty years of investment banking experience will continue to benefit Societe Generale in his new role. His extensive experience includes over twenty-six years at Bear Stearns where he was co-head of the firm's fixed income division as well as a member of its management committee. Prior to joining Societe Generale, he was the Global Head of Fixed Income at Wachovia Securities and Vice Chairman of JP Morgan during the acquisition and integration of Bear Stearns.
Diony Lebot has been CEO of Societe Generale Americas since 2007. She previously had responsibilities within the Coverage and Investment Banking division as Head of Corporate Coverage in Europe, and within the financing business as Global Head of Asset Finance in 2001 after being Deputy Head of the Financial Engineering department.
Biographies
Diony Lebot
Diony Lebot first joined Societe Generale in 1986 and has spent most of her career in the bank's structured finance businesses. In 1997 she was appointed Deputy Head of the Financial Engineering department (covering securitization, financial engineering and leasing) before being appointed Global Head of Asset Finance in 2001. She was appointed Head of Corporate Coverage in Europe for the firm's Corporates & Institutions division in September 2004. She became a member of Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking's Executive Committee at the end of 2006 and a member of the Societe Generale Group Management Committee in 2007. She graduated from the University Pantheon Sorbonne in Paris, and holds a Masters in Finance and Tax.
Craig Overlander
Craig Overlander joined Societe Generale in March 2010 as Deputy CEO for Societe Generale Americas, capitalizing on his experience of more than 30 years in investment banking. Over the span of his career he has held the following senior positions: Global Head of Fixed Income at Wachovia Securities prior to joining SG and Vice Chairman at JP Morgan during the acquisition and integration of Bear Stearns. Craig held numerous management positions at Bear Stearns over his twenty-six years including Head of Fixed Income Global Sales, and then was appointed Co-Head of Global Fixed Income in 2002 and joined the Management Committee in 2007. He has been a member of Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking's Executive Committee since 2010 and a member of the Societe Generale Group Management Committee since 2011.
Societe Generale
Societe Generale is one of the largest European financial services groups. Based on a diversified universal banking model, the Group combines financial solidity with a strategy of sustainable growth, and aims to be the reference for relationship banking, recognised on its markets, close to clients, chosen for the quality and commitment of its teams.
Its 157,000 employees* based in 85 countries accompany more than 33 million clients throughout the world on a daily basis. Societe Generale' teams offer advice and services to individual, corporate and institutional customers in three core businesses:
- Retail banking in France with the Societe Generale branch network, Credit du Nord and Boursorama
- International retail banking, with a presence in Central and Eastern Europe and Russia, in the Mediterranean basin, in Sub-Saharan Africa, in Asia and in the French Overseas Territories
- Corporate and investment banking with a global expertise in investment banking, financing and global markets.
Societe Generale is also a significant player in specialised financing and insurance, private banking, asset management and securities services.
Societe Generale is included in the international socially-responsible investment indices: FTSE4good and ASPI. www.societegenerale.com
* including employees of Societe Marseillaise de Credit acquired in September 2010 by Credit du Nord
Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking
At the core of Societe Generale's universal banking business model, the Corporate & Investment Bank is a well-diversified and leading player with nearly 12,000 professionals present in 33 countries across Europe, the Americas and Asia-Pacific.
Standing by its clients across sectors, the Corporate & Investment Bank tailors solutions for them by capitalising on its worldwide expertise in investment banking, global finance, and global markets.
- For Corporates, Financial Institutions and public sector: providing a global advisory approach (M&A, debt, equity transaction, capital structure, and asset & liability management), as well as quality capital raising solutions across the debt and equity spectrum, optimised financing and expert risk management responses notably in the realm of foreign exchange and rates derivatives.
- For investors: offering reliable and sound investment opportunities and risk management solutions through its integrated global markets platform delivering seamless access to markets (equity, rates, credit, currencies, commodities and derivatives), as well as advice and solid financial engineering, quality of execution and forward looking research across asset classes.
SOURCE Societe Generale
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