July 2006
Can Daniel Bouton’s unique vision drive SG forward?
Allons enfants de la SG!
“Our CIB has a very entrepreneurial spirit, which is also the explanation of our development in retail banking”
From public service to private banking
A BANKER CLOSE to Daniel Bouton sums him up as follows: “It’s hard to know what he’s thinking. He likes to keep you guessing.”
So those who know Société Générale’s chairman and co-CEO best would not have shared the surprise of the rest of the market when, in early June, he announced that SG had taken a 10% stake in Rosbank, Russia’s second-largest banking group.
The fact that Société Générale was making a cross-border acquisition surprised no one. M&A bankers say Bouton has been under pressure for some time to add to his bank’s overseas portfolio. SG was recently outbid when attempting...
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