Euronext Annual Conference

Stéphane Boujnah
CEO and Chairman of the Managing Board
Euronext

Nicolai Tangen
CEO
Norges Bank Investment Management

Eelco Heinen
Dutch Minister of Finance

Eelco Heinen has served as Minister of Finance of the Netherlands since July 2024. His responsibilities include among others the national budget, treasury and financial markets and European and international monetary policy. 

Heinen holds MSc degrees in Economics and an MSc degree in International Relations from the University of Amsterdam, and completed postgraduate programmes in financial and economic policy at Erasmus University Rotterdam and the London School of Economics. 

Previously, Heinen was a Member of Parliament for the VVD (2021–2024). From 2011 to 2021, he held several positions within the VVD parliamentary group. He worked as a financial inspector at the Ministry of Finance’s Inspectorate of the Budget (2008–2011). 

Kyriakos Pierrakakis
Greek Minister of National Economy and Finance, President of the Eurogroup

Kyriakos Pierrakakis serves as Minister of Economy and Finance of the Hellenic Republic in Prime Minister Mitsotakis’ Cabinet since March 2025 and is a Member of Parliament. He was elected President of the Eurogroup in December 2025. Previously, he was Minister of Education, Religious Affairs, and Sports (2023–2025), where he initiated a series of reforms of Greece’s education system, most notably establishing a framework for private universities to formally operate in Greece for the first time and banning mobile phones in classrooms. As Minister of Digital Governance (2019–2023), he led Greece’s digital transformation, with the creation of the government portal gov.gr being the most notable initiative and one of the most popular reforms initiated in Greece. He has chaired the OECD Global Strategy Group since 2021, a position to which he was reappointed in 2024. 

Pierrakakis holds degrees from MIT (M.S. Technology and Policy), Harvard Kennedy School (Master in Public Policy), and Athens University of Economics and Business (B.S. Computer Science). Born in Athens in 1983, he is married with three children and speaks English and French. 

Marie-Anne Barbat-Layani
Chair
AMF

A graduate of the Paris Institut d’Études Politiques and the Ecole Nationale d’Administration, as well as an alumnus of the Master in Politics at New York University, Marie-Anne Barbat-Layani has served as a senior civil servant for more than 20 years. She began her career in 1993 at the French Treasury as Deputy to the Secretary General of the Club de Paris and later Deputy to the Head of the Energy, Mines and Telecoms Office of the State Investments Department.
In 1997, she joined the French Permanent Representation to the European Union in Brussels as Financial Attaché in charge of competition, state aid and financial services. Three years later, she joined the cabinet of the Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry as a technical adviser in charge of European Affairs. From 2000 to 2007, she worked at the Treasury, first as Head of the Office of Credit Institutions and Investment Firms and Secretary General of the National Euro Committee, in the Financial Sector Department. She was later appointed Deputy Director of Banks and General Interest Financing.
In 2007, Marie-Anne Barbat-Layani became Deputy CEO of the National Federation of the Crédit Agricole. In 2010, she joined the Office of the Prime Minister as Deputy Chief of Staff. 
From 2012 to 2014, she was an Inspector General of Finance and from 2014 to 2019, became  Chief Executive Officer of the French Banking Federation and the Association of French Banks.
In 2019, she was appointed General Secretary of the Ministry of the Economy and Finance, where she also served as Senior Defence and Security Official.
On 26th October 2022, Marie-Anne Barbat-Layani was appointed Chair of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers.
Marie-Anne Barbat-Layani chairs the Investor Protection Standing Committee (IPSC) of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), and co-chairs, with Nikhil Rathi, CEO of the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the Financial Stability Engagement Group (FSEG) of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO).
Marie-Anne Barbat-Layani is Chevalier of the Légion d’Honneur and Officier of the Ordre
National du Mérite.

Fabrice Croppi
Global Head of Investment Banking & Real Assets
Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking

Fabrice Croppi is Global Head of the Investment Banking & Real Assets business line of Natixis since June 2025. 
Fabrice Croppi started his career in the ECM & M&A department at Société Générale (1987-1988) and was then appointed economic adviser to the French Minister in charge of strategic planning (1988-1991). From 1991 to 1992, he was deputy editor of The European. From 1992 to 2004, Fabrice Croppi held various positions at Crédit Lyonnais/Calyon: deputy head manager of the large corporate business centre, director at Clinvest M&A, and managing director of Financial Engineering. 
He joined Natixis in 2005 to set up the Financial Engineering department within Structured Finance and was appointed Global Head of Acquisition & Strategic Finance (2010-2020). In 2020, Fabrice Croppi became Global Head of Investment Banking. 
Fabrice Croppi holds a degree from ESCP Business School, a DEA from Paris Dauphine and a PhD in Economic Sciences. 

Nicholas Levy 
Partner
Cleary Gottlieb

Nicholas Levy is a partner of the London and Brussels offices of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton. His practice focuses on EU and UK antitrust law.  

Mr Levy has extensive experience in notifying mergers and joint ventures under the EU Merger Regulation and UK Enterprise Act, coordinating the notification of international transactions, and advising on all aspects of antitrust law, including anti-cartel enforcement, collaborative arrangements, vertical agreements, and unilateral conduct.  Over the past 30 years, he has been involved in numerous matters before the European Commission, the UK Competition & Markets Authority, the EU Courts in Luxembourg, and the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal. 

Consistently recognised by Chambers as one of the leading antitrust lawyers in Europe and ranked in the Hall of Fame by the Legal 500 for EU & Competition, he has twice been a finalist in Global Competition Review’s “Lawyer of the Year Award” and has been named Global Competition Review’s “Dealmaker of the Year”, “Competition Lawyer of the Year” at the ILO Client Choice Awards, and “Competition Lawyer of the Year” by International Who’s Who Legal.   

Mr Levy has written on a broad array of European competition law issues and has authored a two-volume treatise on the European Merger Regulation entitled European Merger Control Law: A Guide to the Merger Regulation, published by LexisNexis.  In 2023, he authored, together with Ioannis Kokkoris, the Research Handbook on Global Merger Control.     

Mr Levy is a frequent speaker at conferences and has taught classes at, among others, Columbia Law School, King’s College London, and the Universities of Oxford, Fordham, New York, and Queen Mary University of London.  Since 2010, he has delivered each year a three-part graduate course on European merger control as part of the Brussels School of Competition LL.M. in Competition Law organised with the University of Liege and Saint-Louis University.  In 2022, he launched Antitrust Review, a series of podcast interviews with leading figures from the world of antitrust that has over 50,000 listeners in more than 100 countries. 

Mr Levy joined Cleary Gottlieb in 1990 and became a partner in 1999.  He is a graduate of Oxford University and the City University of London.  Mr Levy is a member of the Bar of England and Wales and a solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales.   

Verena Ross
Chair
ESMA

Verena Ross is the Chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). She took up the role on 1 November 2021 and is responsible for representing the Authority as well as preparing the work of and chairing its Board of Supervisors and Management Board.
Between 2011 and 2021 Verena Ross served as ESMA’s first Executive Director, when she was responsible for building up the organisation and overseeing its day to day running.
Prior to this, Verena held a number of senior posts in the UK's Financial Services Authority (FSA) and was a member of the FSA's Executive Committee. Verena joined the FSA in 1998 to run the Executive Chairman’s office during the regulator’s start-up phase and was briefly a seconded advisor to the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission in 2000. She held various positions in the FSA’s Markets Division and was Director of Strategy & Risk Division before becoming Director of the International Division.
Verena is a German national. Following studies in Sinology and Economics in Hamburg, Taipei and London (SOAS) she began her career at the Bank of England in 1994, where she worked as an economist and banking supervisor.

Andrea Sironi
Chair
Generali

Andrea Sironi has been a member of the Board of Directors of Assicurazioni Generali since 28 February 2022. 

He graduated in Economics from the Bocconi University in Milan. In addition to being Rector of Bocconi University, he also held the role of Vice Rector for International Relations, Dean of the Graduate School and director of the research division of SDA Bocconi. His research activity has so far mainly concerned the measurement and management of risks in financial institutions and the regulation of markets and financial institutions. He has published numerous articles in national and international scientific journals and numerous Italian and international books. 

He was a financial analyst at Chase Manhattan Bank in London, Chair of CEMS, the global alliance of management schools, member of the board of directors of London Stock Exchange Group, Banco Popolare, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, Unicredit Group and Intesa Sanpaolo. He was Vice-chair of Banca Aletti and Chair of Borsa Italiana. 

Andrea Sironi is currently President and Professor of Economics of Financial Intermediaries at Bocconi University in Milan. 

Sophie Javary
Vice Chairman CIB EMEA
BNP Paribas

Sophie Javary possesses more than 30 years’ experience in investment banking, having worked over a broad spectrum of transactions from privatisations and equity capital markets transactions to M&A and complex debt deals as well as restructurings.

A graduate of HEC with a year abroad (Brazil, NY), she started her professional career in 1981 at Bank of America in Paris and then at Banque Indosuez.

She joined Rothschild in 1994 to head equity capital markets, which was her specialty until 2008. She became a General Partner of Rothschild in 2002 and managed ABN AMRO Rothschild in Paris from 2001 to 2008. She then became joint head of European restructuring and joint head of debt advisory in Paris from 2008 to 2011.

In February 2011, she joined BNP Paribas as Senior Banker for a portfolio of very large clients for whom she has since been coordinating the Bank’s global relationship. From January 2014 to the end of 2018, Sophie Javary has been in charge of all corporate finance activities (M&A advisory and equity capital markets) in EMEA. She has been appointed Vice-Chairman CIB EMEA in December 2018 and now focuses, as an executive sponsor, on providing strategic advice and developing overall investment banking business with major strategic corporate clients and private equity funds.

She is a member of the G100 (100 top executives of BNP Paribas Group).

Sophie Javary is a director of Société Des Lecteurs Le Monde, Portzamparc and Turenne Capital and a member of the board of directors of the very active NGO Europa Nova, which promotes the idea of Europe through a non–political agenda. She has been director of the Elior Group from 2015 to 2022, of Euroclear from 2019 to 2022 and of Adevinta from 2019 to 2024.

She has been lecturing in Corporate Finance at HEC since 2011.

She has been decorated with the French “Légion d’Honneur” and is the mother of three children.

Dominique Senequier
CEO & Founder
Ardian

Dominique Senequier is the CEO & Founder of  Ardian, a world-leading private investment house. Supported by her teams, she has been instrumental in  every phase of the company’s development. She founded  the company in 1996, when Claude Bébéar asked her to  create a private equity arm for AXA. In 2013, AXA Private  Equity became Ardian, when, under the leadership of Ms Senequier, the management and staff acquired the company. After achieving independence, Dominique Senequier established Ardian as an employee-owned company where most employees are shareholders. Ms Senequier has surrounded herself with a talented team that has enabled Ardian to grow into a European leader and a global private investment house.
Dominique Senequier has long recognised that finance must operate as a force for good in society. Over time, she has ensured that the company puts its core values and ideals into practice by experimenting and innovating to create a comprehensive and effective approach to sustainability. 
Ardian’s first step on this journey was in 2008, with Dominique Senequier’s belief that shared responsibilities should bring shared rewards. She pioneered the practice of sharing the value realised on exit with all employees of portfolio companies, not just the management.
The vision she pursues is to be ‘Architects of Lasting Change’. This emphasises the role she sees for finance
as a powerful agent of change that should generate enduring economic and social value. 
Ardian’s vision of sustainability is to empower individuals to collectively create sustainable value for all 
stakeholders. Over the past decade her conviction that Ardian must be a leader in sustainability has touched 
every aspect of its activities. It has changed the way Ardian invests and how the company measures the 
performance of its portfolio companies and the GPs in its Secondaries and Primaries portfolio.
In 2010, at the request of Dominique Senequier, the Ardian Foundation was created by Ardian employees 
to support important social causes. The Foundation aims to help talented children and young people from 
unprivileged backgrounds achieve their potential through education at school and university.
Dominique Senequier has won recognition internationally for her contribution to the finance industry, 
regularly appearing at the top of the rankings of the most powerful personalities in the world. In 2021, she 
was promoted Officier de la Légion d’Honneur by the President of France, Emmanuel Macron. She was also 
elected a member of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques in Political Economy, Statistics and 
Finance in 2023.
Ms Senequier serves as a Vice-President of the Supervisory Board of Hermès, the French luxury goods 
manufacturer. In addition, she is a member of the French Actuarial Institute.
Prior to founding Ardian in 1996, Ms Senequier was “Directeur Général de GAN Participations” at GAN 
Group, the insurance company, which she joined in 1980, working in reinsurance and international 
development. She began her career as an insurance commissioner at the French Ministry of Economy.
 

Alain Gallois
Global Head of Advisory & Coverage and Head of EMEA
Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking

Alain Gallois started his career in 1992 in the Financing and Treasury Department of SNCF.  In 1994, he then joined Compagnie Parisienne de Réescompte (CPR) as a trader on money market products, before becoming Head of Corporate Investor Relations on Fixed Income Products then UCITS and then Head of Bond Origination. In 1999, he moved to Natexis Banques Populaires (today Natixis) with responsibility for Bond Origination. 
In 2003, he became Chief Origination Coordinator for Debt and Equity business and in 2009 he was named Head of Primary Markets within Natixis’ Fixed Income & Commodities business. In 2012, he became Global Head of the Debt Platform and Head of Fixed Income & Treasury Sales. In 2015, he took up the position of Global Head of Fixed Income before being named CEO, Asia Pacific, Corporate & Investment Banking in 2016. 

He was appointed as Global Head of Investment Banking at Natixis’ Corporate & Investment Banking division in May 2020 and took up his current role as Global Head of Advisory & Coverage and Head of EMEA in January 2021. Alain Gallois is Member of the BPCE Executive Committee.

Alexis Kohler
Executive Vice President, Chairman of Investment Banking
Societe Generale

In June 2025, Alexis Kohler joined Societe Generale as Executive Vice President, Chairman of Investment Banking, also in charge of the Group General Secretary, Group Human Resources, Group Communication and the coordination of transformation programmes. Prior to joining Societe Generale, Alexis Kohler has been the General Secretary of the Presidency of the French Republic since 2017, after holding various senior positions at the French Ministry of Economy and Finance in Paris, with the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Washington and the Finance Department of MSC. 

Alexis Kohler is a graduate of Sciences Po Paris, ESSEC and the École nationale d’administration. 

Isabelle Mateos y Lago
Chief Economist
BNP Paribas

Isabelle Mateos y Lago is Group Chief Economist at BNP Paribas.  She has over 25 years’ experience in international economics, finance and public policy. Isabelle began her career in France at the Inspection Générale des Finances before joining the International Monetary Fund (IMF), where she held key positions in the Asia, Europe and Strategy departments, as well as at the Executive Board and as advisor to IMF Management. In 2015, she joined BlackRock where she stayed until 2024 serving in different roles notably Chief Macro Investment Strategist at the BlackRock Investment Institute, Global Head of the Official Institutions Group, and Chief Markets Strategist in the Financial and Strategic Investors Group, alongside serving as a member of the firm’s Geopolitical Risk Steering Committee. 
 

Isabelle is a member of the Board of the Euro 50 think tank, and associate fellow of the Center For Economic Policy Research (CEPR), both leading European economic think tanks. She earned degrees from Sciences Po Paris and Cambridge University (Economics) and is an alumna of École Nationale d’Administration (ENA).

Dorothée Rouzet
Chief Economist
Direction générale du Trésor

A graduate of the École Normale Supérieure (Ulm) and the École Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Économique (ENSAE), Dorothée Rouzet holds a doctorate in economics from Harvard University. She began her career as an economic analyst for the Danube-Balkans region at the French Treasury, assigned to the Sofia Economic Mission (2006-2007), before becoming a lecturer in macroeconomic theory and capital markets at Harvard University (2008-2011).

An economist in the Trade in Services Division of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) from (2012-2017), she became senior economist in the office of Laurence Boone, then Chief Economist of the OECD (2017- 2020).

In March 2020, she was appointed macroeconomic adviser in the office of Bruno Le Maire, Minister for the Economy and Finance. Since June 2022, Dorothée Rouzet has been Chief Economist France at Citigroup. She was also a guest lecturer at ESCP Europe (2015-2017) and the University of Paris I (2017-2018). She was appointed Chief Economist of the French Treasury on 19 June 2023.

Martin Wagner Toftdahl
Director and Head of Department, Banking and Markets
Danmarks Nationalbank

Martin Wagner Toftdahl is Director and Head of the Banking and Markets Department at the central bank of Denmark, Danmarks Nationalbank. He is responsible for the implementation of monetary policy, management of foreign exchange reserves, government debt management on behalf of the Ministry of Finance, and the operation and ongoing development of the central bank’s payment and settlement infrastructure.

Prior to his current role, Martin held several senior positions within Nordea’s Group Treasury & Asset and Liability Management (ALM) function, most recently serving as Head of Funding and Liquidity. He has also worked as an economist at the European Central Bank.

Dimitrios Tsakonas
Director General
Greek Public Debt Management Agency

Career History

Previous Positions

Alternate Director General, Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA), Jan 2018 – July 2019

Director of Funding & Portfolio Management Directorate, PDMA, Feb 2015 – Jan 2018

Expert and Head of Department A’, Public Debt Directorate, Ministry of Finance (MoF), March 2009 – Feb 2015

Expert, Portfolio Management Department, PDMA, Oct 1999 – March 2009

Expert, Department A’, Public Debt Directorate, May 1995 – Oct 1999

National School of Public Administration, Dec 1992 – May 1995

Mobil Oil Hellas S.A.: June 1989 – March 1992

Greek Army: Officer, June 1986 – Oct 1988

Studies

MSc in Banking and Finance, Athens University of Economics and Business, Sept 1998 – June 1999

Greek National School of Public Administration, Dec 1992 – May 1995

Mathematics, University of Ioannina, Oct 1981 – Feb 1986

Emmanuelle Trochu
Global Head of Official Institutions Coverage
Crédit Agricole CIB

Emmanuelle Trochu started her career in 1994 in Banque de France as a forex trader and then Foreign Exchange Reserves Portfolio Manager. She participated in several European working groups to prepare the ECB foreign exchange reserves setup.

She joined Credit Agricole group in 2000 as a Central Banks Sales. She became Global Head of the central bank sales team in 2006 and has worked in Paris and  in London. In 2016,  she was appointed Head of Sales for Financial Institutions in France and Belgium,  on top of her role as Head of the Central banks sales team.  

She joined CA-CIB coverage in 2020, as Head of the Official Institutions sector. In this capacity,  she oversees the activity of Crédit Agricole CIB with Sovereigns, Supranationals, State Agencies, Sovereign Wealth Funds and Central Banks, across geographies.

Emmanuelle Trochu holds a master in French Literature, she graduated from Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris and Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (Master in Finance). She is an Eisenhower Fellow (2015 global programme) and Vice Chair of ICMA  France and Monaco Committee.

Nadia Calviño
President
EIB

Nadia Calviño is the President of the European Investment Bank Group since 1 January 2024. She served as First Vice President of Spain and Minister for Economy and Digitalisation (2018-2023), and as Chair of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) of the IMF (2022-2023). Before joining the Spanish government, Mrs. Calviño had a 12-year tenure at the European Commission as Deputy Director General for Competition, Deputy Director General for Financial Services, and Director General for the EU Budget. She holds degrees in Economics (1991) and Law (2001).  

Fannie Wurtz
Deputy CEO
Amundi Asset Management

Prior to assuming her current role in 2021, Fannie led the growth of Amundi’s ETF, Indexing &  Smart Beta business line for 5 years following her promotion from Global Head of ETF, Indexing & Smart Beta Sales.

Earlier in her career, she held a variety of roles at Fidelity Investment, Schroders Investment Management, State Street and KPMG.

She holds a Master’s Degree from ESC Bordeaux and is a certified Independent Corporate Board Director (Sciences Po 2019).  She is a member of the Board of Directors of CA Indosuez Wealth (Europe) and Vice-President of the Association Française de la Gestion Financière (AFG).  Fannie has been named one of Financial News’ 100 most influential women in European finance. 

Delphine d’Amarzit
CEO
Euronext Paris

Admiral Pierre Vandier
Supreme Allied Commander Transformation
NATO

On 20 June 2024, the North Atlantic Council approved the appointment of Admiral Pierre Vandier as Supreme Allied Commander Transformation. A graduate of the French Naval Academy in 1987, he chose naval aviation and began his career aboard the frigate Commandant Bory during the First Gulf War. After qualifying as a fighter pilot, he flew Super-Étendard missions over Bosnia and Kosovo before transitioning to Rafale and commanding Squadron 12F in Afghanistan. He later served aboard aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, which he commanded during deployments to the Indian Ocean and in support of operations in Iraq. He also held staff roles overseeing programmes including Rafale, NH90 and Tiger, and directed operations such as Serval and Chammal. He was appointed head of the Military Cabinet of the French Minister of Defence in 2018 before being appointed Chief of the French Navy and in 2023 Vice Chief of Defence of the French Armed Forces.

Petr Formánek
Director of Acquisitions
CSG Group

Petr Formánek has been heading the corporate finance activity at Czechoslovak Group for 10 years, where he led the teams that successfully executed most of the larger external growth projects and capital market transaction.

He is a passionate horse rider with over 30 years of experience in investment banking, capital and financial markets in CEE who worked on a large number of regional high profile transaction in roles spanning from a junior associate to the team leader.

Petr holds a university degree in economics.

Christian Hadjiminas
CEO
Theon International

Christian Hadjiminas graduated Magna Cum Laude from Columbia University in 1981 with a B.A. in Economics and earned an MBA in Business and Finance from Wharton in 1983. After serving as Senior Trader at Phibro-Salomon Inc., he founded his first company in New York in 1987 and, in 1989, relocated to Greece to establish EFA VENTURES in Athens, which quickly became a leading global industrial cooperation services provider.
 

He is the Founder and CEO of THEON GROUP, a global leader in Night Vision, Thermal Imaging, and Electro-Optical ISR systems for defence and security. Established in 1997 in Greece, THEON now operates subsidiaries and production facilities across Europe, the United States, the Gulf, and Asia. The company employs over 600 professionals worldwide, with more than 220,000 systems in service in 71 countries, including 26 NATO members. THEON INTERNATIONAL PLC has been listed on Euronext Amsterdam (AMS: THEON) since  February 2024. The company has received multiple distinctions, including the Kouros Award 2024, the Growth Awards “Growth Winner” recognition, and inclusion in the Financial Times & Statista list of Europe’s 1,000 Fastest Growing Companies (2024–2025).
 

Mr Hadjiminas also founded EFA GROUP, active in Aerospace, Security, Defence, and Industrial Cooperation, employing over 220 experts across six regions. He serves as President of the Hellenic Entrepreneurs Association (EENE) and was named EY Entrepreneur of the Year™ 2023 “Internationally Growing Entrepreneur."

Eirik Lie
CEO
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace

Eirik Lie is Executive Vice President of Kongsberg Gruppen ASA (KONGSBERG) and President of Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS, a business area within KONGSBERG. Prior to his current positions, Lie was the Executive Vice President of Integrated Defence Systems division for Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace. In this role he was responsible for Air Defence Programmes, Integrated Naval Combat Programmes, air- and land based C4ISR, and Ninox Remote Tower Programmes.

Since joining KONGSBERG in 1990, Lie held different positions of increasing responsibility, including software development, systems engineering and several projects and departmental management positions. He has also been head of the communication division located in Asker, Norway.

Lie is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT), a company jointly owned between KONGSBERG and Space Norway. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Patria Oyj, a defence and technology company in Finland, where KONGSBERG owns 49.9% of the shares.

Lie holds a degree from Kongsberg College of Engineering, Data Engineering and has attended the Royal Norwegian Navy Officer Candidate School.

Henri Marcoux
Deputy CEO
Tikehau Capital

Henri Marcoux joined Tikehau Capital in 2016 and serves as Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Tikehau Capital and Chairman of Tikehau IM. Prior to joining Tikehau Capital, Henri worked for 11 years at EPI Group as Chief Financial Officer, a member of the Group’s Executive Committee, and a member of the Strategic Committees of its subsidiaries.

Henri began his career in 1995 as a Management Controller within the Bouygues Group in Indonesia, before joining KPMG as a Financial Auditor in 1997. In 2000, he joined Nokia (formerly the Alcatel Group), first as Head of the Internal Audit team, and then as Divisional Finance Director in 2003.

Ramona Bloj
Co-Founder
Le Grand Continent

Emmanuelle Assouan
Secretary General
Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution

Emmanuelle Assouan is Secretary General of The Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (French financial supervisory body). 

From 2023 to early 2026, she was Director General for Financial Stability and Operations at the Banque de France and Chair of the Banque de France Centre for Climate and Nature.  

She was previously delegated Director General in charge of Financial Stability within the Banque de France and the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution. Her areas of responsibility also covered activities related to prudential regulation of credit institutions and insurers. 

Prior to financial stability, she held several positions in relation to payments and market infrastructures, but also management of foreign exchange reserves of Banque de France and implementation of monetary policy. 

Emmanuelle Assouan joined the Banque de France in 1997. She is a graduate from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris.

Sean Ballard
Strategic Partnerships/High Frequency trading LATAM and EMEA
Jump Trading

Samara Cohen
Senior Managing Director, Global Head of Market Development
BlackRock

Pierre-Olivier Pagnon
Member of the Executive Committee, Head of Information Systems & Risks IT
Crédit Agricole CIB

Pierre-Olivier Pagnon is a member of the Executive Committee of Crédit Agricole CIB, where he heads information systems for Crédit Agricole CIB and Crédit Agricole S.A. He oversees IT teams, IT risk management and control, as well as IT operations.

With 25 years of experience in banking IT management, he began his career at Société Générale in 2001 on Equity Derivatives Markets. Since 2010, he has held leadership positions in technology and transformation within Crédit Agricole Group. He notably served 5 years as Deputy CEO and Global Head of Information Systems at Crédit Agricole Technologies et Services, after spending 10 years as Head of IT Lines at Crédit Agricole CIB.

Andrea Prampolini
Head of Financial, Digital and Markets Technology - IMI CIB Division
Intesa Sanpaolo

Andrea Prampolini is Head of Financial, Digital & Markets Tech in the IMI Corporate & Investment Banking Division of Intesa Sanpaolo. For 20 years he held positions in cash and derivatives trading on various asset classes in London and Milan, including as head of the XVA trading desk of Intesa Sanpaolo. Since 2018 his responsibilities include software and model development for pricing & risk analytics, portfolio management, trading algorithms and tokenisation solutions. Graduated with honours in Physics from the University of Milan, he teaches algorithmic trading at the International Master in Fintech, Finance & Digital Innovation in the Graduate School of Management of Politecnico di Milano. He heads the Fintech and Digitalisation Committee of Assiom Forex, the Italian financial association, and represents Intesa Sanpaolo in the Eurosystem PONTES Market Contact Group.

Anthony Attia
Global Head of Derivatives and Post-Trade
Euronext 

Anthony Attia is the Global Head of Derivatives and Post-Trade of Euronext. He was appointed in this position in 2023. Prior to that, from 2021 to 2023, he was Global Head of Primary Markets and Post Trade. He served as Chairman and CEO of Euronext Paris from 2014 to 2020 while also in charge of the listing and post trade businesses for the Group. In addition, he has led the successful development of Euronext’s Optiq® trading platform from 2017 to 2019.

Before the IPO of Euronext in 2014, Mr Attia was Chief of Staff to the President and Deputy CEO at NYSE Euronext based in New York from 2009 to 2013. Areas of responsibilities included strategy, technology, and integration. Mr Attia was Executive Director, Head of Business Change at NYSE Euronext from 2008 to 2009 and Executive Director, Head of Operations from 2003 to 2007 at Euronext in Paris. At the creation of Euronext in 2000, he was the Programme Director for the integration of the French, Belgian and Dutch exchanges, and from 2001 to 2003 the Head of Market Services. Mr Attia began his career in the Paris Stock Exchange in 1997.

Mr Attia is Chairman of the Board of Euronext Clearing and Chairman of the Board of Euronext Dublin. He is the Vice President of FESE, the Federation of European Securities Exchanges.

He was the Chairman of the Board of Elite from 2021 to 2023. He also served as Board Director at Euroclear from 2019 to 2021 and at LCH SA from 2014 to 2022.

Mr Attia holds an Engineering degree in computer science, applied mathematics and finance.

Mathieu Caron
Head of Primary Markets
Euronext 

Jean-Marc Chéry
President & CEO
STMicroelectronics 

Jean-Marc is STMicroelectronics’ President and Chief Executive Officer and has held this position since May 2018. He chairs ST’s Managing Board and Executive Committee.
Jean-Marc also chairs the Board of Directors at the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA). He sits on the Board of Directors at France Industrie, Legrand and Capgemini. Previously, Jean-Marc was President of the European microelectronics R&D programme AENEAS and served as President of the European Semiconductor Industry Association (ESIA) in 2019-2021.
He was promoted Knight of the Legion of Honour by the French Ministry of Economy and Finance in July 2019.
Jean-Marc was born in Orleans, France, in 1960, and graduated with a degree in Engineering from the ENSAM engineering school in Paris, France.

Jean Lemierre
Chairman
BNP Paribas

Jean Lemierre has a long and recognised career in international finance. In the 1980s he held various posts within the French Tax Administration, including Head of Tax Legislation and Director General of Taxes. 
In May 1995, he was appointed Chief of Cabinet of the French Ministry of Economy and Finances and become Head of Treasury in October later that year. Before being appointed at the helm of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development 
in 2000, he was a member of the European Monetary Committee (1995-1998), President of the European Economic and Financial Committee (1999-2000) and Chairman of the Paris Club (1999-2000). He served as President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development until 2008. 
En 2009, Jean Lemierre became a member of the International Advisory Council of the China Investment Corporation (CIC) and the International Advisory Council of the China Development Bank (CDB). He is member of the International Advisory Panel (IAP) for the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). 
He was Senior Advisor to the Chairman of BNP Paribas between 1 September 2008 and 30 November 2014. 
On 1 December 2014, Jean Lemierre became Chairman of BNP Paribas. He is also Chairman of the main French institute for research into international economics (CEPII), a member of the Institute of International Finance (IIF) and in May 2016, he was elected Member of the Board of Directors of TOTAL Energies.

Florent Menegaux
CEO
Michelin

After graduating with a degree in finance, management and economics, Florent Menegaux joined Price Waterhouse in 1986 as a consultant. He was soon appointed manager, specialising in interest rate risk control and management for banks. 

In 1991, Exel Logistics France, a logistics and transport company, offered him the position of Finance Director. Six months later, he was promoted General Manager. From 1995 to 1996, Florent Menegaux was General Manager of the General Cargo Transport division for the Norbert Dentressangle Group. 

In 1997, Florent Menegaux joined Michelin as Commercial Director for truck tires in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. In 2000, Michelin appointed him Sales Director for Truck Tires Original Equipment and Replacement markets for North America. In 2003, he became head of Truck Tires for South America. 

In 2005, he was appointed head of the Africa – Middle East Zone. 

In January 2006, Florent Menegaux became responsible for the Group’s Passenger Car and Light Truck Tire Replacement Business Unit for Europe, before being appointed Executive Vice President for the Passenger Car and Light Truck worldwide activities, becoming a member of the Group Executive Committee, in 2008. He also oversees Michelin’s Motorsports activities and Materials business. 

In December 2014, he was appointed Chief Operating Officer and then Senior Executive Vice President of the Michelin Group in 2017. 

In January 2018, he also supervises the Group’s Business Directions, and the Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Customer Experience Operational Directions. 

On May 18, 2018, Florent Menegaux was named Managing General Partner of the Group. 

On May 17, 2019, Florent Menegaux was named Chief Executive Officer. 

Florence Parly
Chair of the Board of Directors
Air France-KLM Group

Born in Boulogne Billancourt on 8 May 1963, Florence Parly is a graduate of Sciences Po and ENA (Fernand Braudel alumnus).
In 1997, she joined the Prime Minister's cabinet as advisor on budgetary affairs. In 2000, she was appointed Secretary of State for the Budget, a position she held until 2002.
From 2003 to 2004, Florence Parly was a Project Manager at Agence France Trésor, then Chairman of the Executive Board of the Agence Régionale de Développement de l'Ile de France until 2006.
In 2006, she joined the Air France-KLM Group, where she held the positions of Investment Strategy Director (2006-08), Executive Vice-President, Cargo (2008-12) and Executive Vice-President, Short-Haul (2013).
In 2014, Florence Parly joined SNCF as Deputy CEO before becoming CEO of SNCF Voyageurs in 2016.
In June 2017, Florence Parly was appointed Minister of the French Armed Forces, an office she held until May 2022.
Florence Parly has been appointed Chair of the Air France-KLM Board of Directors in June 2025.

Paul du Saillant
Deputy CEO
EssilorLuxottica

Paul du Saillant joined Essilor in 2008, after 20 years at Air Liquide holding global operational and strategic leadership roles. He served as Chief Operating Officer of Belgian Group Lhoist between 2002 and 2007. 

At Essilor, Paul du Saillant was consecutively responsible for key corporate functions and geographies. In July 2010, he was appointed co-Chief Operating Officer, and went on to become Essilor’s Chief Executive Officer in March 2020.  

Paul du Saillant was involved in the business combination between Essilor and Luxottica. In close collaboration with Francesco Milleri and his teams, he worked on advancing the two companies’ integration and the synergy plans. He joined EssilorLuxottica’s Board of Directors in 2020 and was appointed Deputy CEO in the same year. 

In 2024, Paul du Saillant was presented with the insignia of the “Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur” by French president Emmanuel Macron. A keen sailor, he was the navigator of the French team in the 1983 America's Cup.  

Luis Vaz Pinto
Chairman of Equity Capital Markets
Societe Generale 

Luis Vaz Pinto is a Managing Director and the Chairman of Equity Capital Markets. He joined SG in 2010 from Troika Dialog where he was Head of Syndicate and Corporate Broking from 2008. Luis graduated from Bristol University with a BEng in Engineering with honours, and holds an MBA from INSEAD, where he was on the Dean’s list and graduated with distinction.   

Prior to SG and Troika, Luis spent three years at JPMorgan where he was Head of EMEA Equity Syndicate and Corporate Broking. Luis started his career in 1991 in London at Baring Securities as Head of Portuguese Sales and Research. In 1996, he joined Merrill Lynch where he spent 10 years, holding positions in Equity Syndicate, Mergers and Acquisitions and Corporate Finance. He was notably Head of ECM and EQL for France, Belgium and Iberia. 

Roland Lescure
French Minister of Economy, Finance, Energy and Industrial Digital Sovereignty
 

Roland Lescure is the French Minister for the Economy, Finance and Industrial, Energy and Digital Sovereignty. He began his career in the French public sector, working at the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE). He then transitioned to the financial industry, holding senior executive roles. In 2009, he moved to Canada to serve as the Chief Investment Officer at the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ). In 2017, Roland Lescure joined Emmanuel Macron’s movement and was later elected to the French National Assembly, representing the First Constituency for French residents overseas, which includes Canada and the United States. During his tenure, he served as Chairman of the Economic Affairs Committee, where he was instrumental in shaping economic policy. Lescure was appointed Minister for the Industry in 2022. After the 2024 by-election, Lescure was elected vice-president of the National Assembly.