Société Générale Côte d’Ivoire Announces New Management Team

Abidjan, ‌September 19, 2024 -⁤ The Board⁤ of Directors‌ of Société Générale Côte d’Ivoire is pleased to announce the⁢ new team that will ensure the General Management of the bank alongside Mr. Patrick BLAS, Managing Director of Société Générale Côte d’Ivoire.

The new management team includes:

• Mr. Baptiste HARTZ: Deputy⁢ General​ Manager in charge of Individual and Professional Customers and Innovation;
• Mr. Magloire N’GUESSAN: Deputy Director General in charge of the General Secretariat, Finance and Resources;
• Mr. Brice OBLE: Deputy General Manager in charge of​ Customers and Corporate Payments.

The⁣ Board of Directors expresses its full confidence in this new management team, to continue⁢ and strengthen the growth dynamics of Société Générale⁣ Côte d’Ivoire, in accordance with the ⁢strategy ‍of the ⁣Société Générale group.

Biographies

Mr.⁢ Baptiste Hartz

With more than 17 years of experience within the Société Générale ‌Group, Mr. Hartz began his career ⁤in the Audit and Inspection department where he ⁤spent ten‌ years in every profession and geography of the Group.

Between 2015 and 2023, he held sales management positions within BRD,​ a subsidiary of‍ the ​Société Générale ⁢Group in Romania with strong expertise in private and professional customers, ‌and ⁤digital transformation. Graduated from⁤ Marseille Business School (Kedge Business School).

Mr. Magloire N’Guessan

With more than 17 years‌ of experience‌ within the Société Générale ⁣Group,‍ Magloire ‍began his career in derivatives​ trading at BNP⁢ Paribas ⁢in Paris before joining SG Group General Inspection.⁢ In 2017, he became Managing Director of Société Générale Capital Securities and vice-president of the association of management company professionals, before taking the helm of Société Générale Tchad as Managing Director from 2019 to 2022. The last two years, he held the‍ position of Regional Resources Director-⁣ COO for the ‍West Africa ​region. Magloire is a graduate of ENSEA, EM Lyon Business School in France ‍and the⁤ IMD (Executive Leadership Programme).

Mr. Brice⁤ Oble

With more than ⁤20 years ⁣of experience in large international banking groups. He ⁣worked at Société Générale in Paris and at the⁢ investment banks⁣ Natixis and ​UBS in Switzerland, where he held various positions: Senior Credit Risk Analyst, Executive⁢ Director‍ of Structured Finance and Trade Finance. Before joining Société ⁣Générale⁣ Côte ⁤d’Ivoire, Mr. OBLE is Deputy General Manager Commercial (Corporate​ Client, Private and Professional Clients, Specialist Financing⁣ and ⁢Digital​ Banking) within Société Ivoirienne de Banque (SIB)⁢ since 2022.

He has ‍a Public Works engineering⁢ diploma obtained from the Ecole Supérieure des⁢ Travaux Publics de Yamoussoukro‍ (ESTP/INPHB ⁣–‌ Ivory Coast). He is also a graduate of EM Lyon Business School (France) and Harvard Business School (Advanced Africa Executive ⁤Program – USA).

About Société Générale Côte​ d’Ivoire

Société ​Générale Côte d’Ivoire is the Ivorian ‌subsidiary of the international financial group Société Générale. ⁢Present for more than 60 years in Ivory Coast, it has established itself as⁣ the benchmark bank, a leader in the Ivorian ‌and⁣ sub-regional banking market. It is aimed at all economic players, especially​ individuals, businesses and​ organizations through a range of diverse products and services intended to ‍support them at every stage of their development, locally and internationally. Société Générale Côte d’Ivoire is present throughout the Ivorian territory with an extensive network⁢ of agencies and self-service areas. The bank ‌has a trading room that integrates the foreign ‍exchange activities of Société Générale subsidiaries in the UEMOA zone, ‍and a Structured ⁢Finance department with a regional focus for large syndication or financing operations. It‍ also operates in the financial market, through its subsidiaries: Société‌ Générale Capital ​Securities-West Africa ‍and Société Générale Asset Management West Africa. The ‍bank is listed on the⁣ Regional Securities Exchange (BRVM).‍ To strengthen its roots as a responsible bank,​ Société Générale Côte d’Ivoire created its Foundation in 2022: Société Générale Côte d’Ivoire Foundation. It operates mainly in⁣ the fields of contemporary art, education and professional integration.