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Dr André Lévy-Lang

Major Career Roles:

  • Previously CEO of Paribas Group
  • Vice Chair of the Supervisory Board of Rothschild & Co.
  • Board Member of Rothschild Martin Maurel
  • Member of the Executive Board of the French Banks Association

 

Other Career Highlights: 

  • Chair of the Finance Committee of the French Employers Association.
  • Board Director Péchiney SA
  • Board Director of Elf Aquitaine SA
  • Director of Finaxa
  • Schlumberger Limited
  • Director of Dexia SA
  • Director of Assurances Générales de France

André is a highly experienced Chair and CEO of Public and Private companies. This is due to the fact that he has over 40 years of international senior leadership experience and over the course of that time has gained a multi-industry knowledge in financial services, engineering, private equity, government, media.

 

Dr André Lévy-Lang was previously CEO of Paribas Group, Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board of Rothschild & Co, a Board Member of Rothschild Martin Maurel, a member of the Executive Board of the French Banks Association and Chair of the Finance Committee of the French Employers Association.

 

Dr André Lévy-Lang was the CEO of the Paribas Group, a position he held until 1999 when Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP) acquired Paribas to create BNP-Paribas. He was also Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board of Rothschild & Co, a member of the Executive Board of the French Banks Association and was Chair of the Finance Committee of the French Employers Association (MEDEF). He has held Directorships on the Boards of Péchiney SA, Elf Aquitaine SA, Finaxa, Schlumberger Limited, Dexia SA and Assurances Générales de France (AGF, now part of Allianz SE) and SCOR SE.

 

André began his career with the Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique (CEA – the French atomic energy commission) then joined Schlumberger Limited where he held various engineering, marketing and management positions in France and the United States.