© HJBC/Adobe Stock – Surprise departure of the director of the “Commercial Banking in France” (BCEF) division, Marguerite Bérard.
It’s a surprise, a bolt from the blue even. After six years in the company, Marguerite Bérard is leaving the French banking group BNP Paribas, we have learned The echoes. This ENA graduate, in the same class as Emmanuel Macron, has headed the “Commercial Bank in France” (BCEF) division for five years. A sudden departure, but undoubtedly linked to the announcements of the bank which expressed its desire to cut out certain expenses. Two days ago, BNP Paribas announced that it wanted to make 400 million savings by 2025.
To achieve this objective, BNP Paribas announced that it would make cuts in its CPBS branch, which covers retail networks in France, but also in Belgium and Italy, as well as consumer credit. A laconic press release accompanied this departure: “After five years at the helm of the bank commercial in France, Marguerite Bérard is leaving her position within the group to devote herself to new professional projects.we can read, while the management “sends his best wishes in his future projects”.
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«900 millions d’interactions»
No specific reason was therefore mentioned, but the main interested party wanted to defend her record on the professional social network LinkedIn. Displaying his “emotion” and his “honor” having worked within the BCEF, Marguerite Bérard listed what has been accomplished in recent years: “Private banking centers have […] widened the gap », while retail banking, “under the BNP Paribas and Hello bank! brands, is the profession that has changed the most,” she highlighted. Also citing applications that “have reached the highest standards”the enarque underlined the «900 millions d’interactions» and the “links established with customers, [qui] have never been so dense”.
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If BNP Paribas posted a record result in 2023, close to 11 billion euros, the bank has revised its objectives downward. To succeed him, the name that circulates the most is that of Isabelle Loc, we learned The echoes. A graduate of Polytechnique and Columbia University, she currently manages the group’s Leasing Solutions subsidiary. While she was announced as a possible successor to Jean-Laurent Bonnafé (62 years old), Marguerite Bérard must now bounce back elsewhere.
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