Michel Pébereau
Michel Pébereau

Michel Pébereau was Chairman of the Board of BNP Paribas between 2003 and 2011. He presided over the merger that created BNP Paribas in 2000, becoming Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). In 1993, he was appointed Chairman and CEO of the Banque Nationale de Paris and privatised it. Previously, he was Chairman and CEO of the Crédit Commercial de France. He started his career in 1967 at the Inspection Générale des Finances. In 1970 he joined the French Treasury, where he held various high ranking posts. Mr Pébereau is an alumnus of the École Nationale d’Administration and of the École Polytechnique.

Principal occupation:
Honorary President of BNP Paribas
Chairman of BNP Paribas Foundation
 

Current mandates:

  • Member of the Board of Directors of BNP Paribas
  • Member of the Board of Directors of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain
  • Member of the Board of Directors of Total
  • Member of the Board of Directors of EADS NV
  • Member of the Board of Directors of Pargesa Holding S.A., Switzerland
  • Member of the Board of Directors of BNP Paribas S.A., Switerland
  • Member of the Board of Directors of Axa
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of Banque Marocaine pour le Commerce et l’Industrie, Morocco
  • Censor of Galeries Lafayette S.A
  • Chairman of the Management Board of Institut d’études Politiques de Paris
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of Institut Aspen France
  • Member of the Executive Committee of the Institut de l’Entreprise
  • Member of the Executive Committee of Mouvement des Entreprises en France
  • Member of the “Académie des sciences morales et politiques”
  • Member of the board of « Fondation ARC pour la Recherche sur le cancer »
  • Member of « Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques »

Past mandates over the five past years (≥2008):

  • Member of the Board of Directors of Lafarge (resigned 12 May 2011)
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors of BNP Paribas (resigned 1 December 2011).