Jean Laurent (31 July 1944 – 12 January 2023) was a French
banker
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and
businessman
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.
Biography
Born in
Mazamet
Mazamet (; Languedocien dialect, Languedocien: ''Masamet'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Tarn (department), Tarn Departments of France, department in southern France.
It is the second-largest component of the Castres-Mazamet metropolit ...
on 31 July 1944, Laurent earned a degree in engineering from the
Institut supérieur de l'aéronautique et de l'espace
The Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace (, ISAE-SUPAERO; ) is a French ''grande école'' of engineering, founded in 1909. It is the world's first dedicated institute of aerospace engineering. ISAE-SUPAERO is part of University ...
in 1967. He then earned a master's degree from
Wichita State University
Wichita State University (WSU) is a public research university in Wichita, Kansas, United States. It is governed by the Kansas Board of Regents. The university offers more than 60 undergraduate degree programs in more than 200 areas of study in ...
and began a long career with
Crédit Agricole
Crédit Agricole Group (), sometimes called La banque verte (, , due to its historical ties to farming), is a French international banking group and the world's largest cooperative financial institution. It is the second largest bank in France, ...
. He first worked in
Toulouse
Toulouse (, ; ; ) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and of the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania region. The city is on the banks of the Garonne, River Garonne, from ...
before moving to
Loiret
Loiret (; ) is a department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of north-central France. It takes its name from the river Loiret, which is contained wholly within the department. In 2019, Loiret had a population of 680,434. and
ÃŽle-de-France
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, where he was a supervisor. He then joined the corporate office of Crédit Agricole, serving as deputy managing director from 1993 to 1999 and managing director from 1999 to 2005. In this position, he oversaw the
initial public offering
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of Crédit Agricole SA in 2001 and the acquisition of
Crédit Lyonnais
The Crédit Lyonnais (, "Lyon Credit ompany) was a major French bank, created in 1863 and absorbed by former rival Crédit Agricole in 2003. Its head office was initially in Lyon but moved to Paris in 1882. In the early years of the 20th cen ...
in 2003. He was chairman of the board of directors of
Covivio from 2010 to 2022.
Laurent died on 12 January 2023, at the age of 78.
References
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1944 births
2023 deaths
French businesspeople
French bankers
Wichita State University alumni
People from Mazamet