Laurent Mignon
Non-Executive Independent Director
Chemicals
Arkema Group
France
Biography
Laurent Mignon, born in 1963, is a graduate of France’s HEC business school and the Stanford Executive Program. He has been Chief Executive Officer of Natixis since May 2009. From September 2007 to May 2009 he was Managing Partner of Oddo & Cie, alongside Philippe Oddo, in charge in particular of asset management (Oddo Asset Management), corporate finance (Oddo Corporate Finance), and financial control. Prior to this, Laurent Mignon was Chief Executive of the AGF group, and President of the Executive Committee and a member of the International Executive Committee of Allianz from January 2006 to June 2007. He joined AGF in 1997 as Finance Director, and was appointed member of the Executive Committee in 1998. Later in 2002, he was given responsibility for investments at AGF Bank, AGF Asset Management and AGF Real Estate successively, and, in 2003, the Life and Financial Services department (asset management, banking activities, real estate) as well as Credit Insurance (Euler & Hermes Group). Before joining the AGF group, for over 10 years he held a number of positions in the banking sector at Indosuez Bank and Schroders Bank.
Research Interest
Chemical Technology
