Societe Generale announces the nomination of Marie-Christine Ducholet as Head of the New Retail Bank in France, created from the merger of the Crédit du Nord and Societe Generale retail banking networks. She will report to Sébastien Proto, Deputy General Manager in charge of the Societe Generale, Crédit du Nord, Private Banking networks and their Innovation, Technology and IT division.
As Head of the Societe Generale French Retail Bank, Marie-Christine Ducholet participated in the VISION 2025 project since its inception and helped build its target model. Her experience, personality, and knowledge of retail and private banking will be invaluable assets for setting up and developing the new bank and achieving its objectives: creating an institution that is rooted in the regions, efficient, responsive and responsible, and ranked among the Top 3 when it comes to satisfaction among the major client categories.
She will be assisted in this role by Aurore Gaspar Colson and Yann de Nanteuil, both of whom have been nominated Deputy Heads of the New Retail Bank in France.
These appointments will take effect from 1 January 2023.
Jean-Louis Klein will remain CEO of Crédit du Nord until the end of 2022. On 1 January 2023, he will join the management team of the Vision 2025 project alongside Sebastien Proto.