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Monique Cohen
Group Lead Independent Director, Member and Chair of the Appointments and Compensation Committee

Monique Cohen

Group Lead Independent Director, Member and Chair of the Appointments and Compensation Committee

Expertise and experience

Born in 1956 and of French Nationality, Monique Cohen started her career at Paribas where she worked as Assistant Finance Manager from 1980 to 1987.

At Paribas, which later became BNP Paribas, Monique Cohen successively held the positions of Administrative Officer of Courcoux-Bouvet – a brokerage firm and subsidiary of Paribas – between 1987 and 1990, Head of Equity Syndication and Brokerage Activities from 1990 to 1999, and Global Head of Equity Business from 1999 to 2000.

Since 2000, Monique Cohen has been an Executive Partner of Seven2 (now Apax Partners) in Paris, which specializes in investments in the business and financial services sector. Between June 2011 and September 2014, she was a member of the Board of Directors of the French financial markets authority (Autorité des marchés financiers – AMF).

Monique Cohen brings to the Board of Directors her experience as a manager and director of international groups, her knowledge of financial and banking markets, her expertise in investment management and her financial vision as a shareholder.

Monique Cohen is a graduate of École polytechnique (class of 1976) and has a Master's degree in mathematics.

Current offices

  • Safran(1): Lead Director and Chair of the Appointments and Compensation Committee
  • Non-Group:
    • Proxima Investissement (Luxembourg): Chair of the Board of Directors 
    • Hermès International(1): Vice-Chair, member of the Supervisory Board and Chair of the Audit Committee
    • BNP Paribas(1): Director, Chair of the Internal Control, Risk Management and Compliance Committee, and member of the Governance, Ethics, Nomination and CSR Committee
    • Fides Holdings: Chair of the Board of Directors
    • Fides Acquisitions: Chair of the Supervisory Board
    • Société civile Fabadari: Managing Partner

 

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