31/10/2012
Amundi: four appointments to third-party investors and distributors unit
Amundi on 30 October announced the appointment of Patricia Bouchard, previously CFO, as chief operating officer (COO). In this role, she will oversee all support functions and co-ordinate projects for the IDT unit. Since 2002, Bouchard had been chief financial officer of Crédit Agricole Asset Management, and then of Amundi from 2010. She will be replaced in this position by Nicolas Calcoen, who since July 2010 had been director of strategy and development at Amundi, in charge of strategy, strategic marketing and regulatory affairs. He will continue to be responsible for strategy and regulatory affairs. Bouchard and Calcoen are members of the executive board at Amundi. Meanwhile, Thierry Ancona becomes head of the Corproate client segment for France and internationally. He will be responsible for the commercial development of Amundi serving major corporate clients. Since 2010, Ancona had been deputy CEO of Ca Cheuvreux, in charge of Coverage for Major Clients. Jean Sorasio becomes head of the management team dedicated to insurance solutions. He joins from the AXA group, where he worked first at chief investment officer at Axa Life Japan, and then as chief investment officer of the Axa Group. Lastly, Christiam Lemaire becomes head of commercial development at Amundi for external insurers. He had previously been a special adviser to the General Management at CA-CIB. The appointments are all in the third-party investors and distributors unit at Amundi.
