Olivier Klein

Olivier Klein is the CEO of BRED since September 2012. He was previously CEO of Banque Commerciale & Assurances and a Board Member of BPCE since April 2010. He is also an administrator for Natixis Asset Management and Nexity.

He first held several high-ranking positions at BFCE (Banque Française du Commerce Extérieur), for whom he created and managed the investment bank specialized in mergers & acquisitions and private equity.

He then joined the Caisse d'Epargne Group in 1998, and served as Chairman of the Board of Caisse d'Epargne Ile-de-France Ouest from 2000 to 2007, then of Caisse d'Epargne Rhône Alpes until 2010.

He graduated from the Ecole Nationale de Statistiques et de l'Administration Economique (ENSAE) and the advanced finance cycle at HEC. He is an Affiliate Professor of economics and finance at HEC and co-manages the Economics Major and the « Managerial and Financial Economics » Master's program.

EDUCATION

• 1984 Postgraduate degree in Finance, HEC Paris - France
• 1980 Master of Science/Grande Ecole, Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Economique (ENSAE) - France
• 1978 Bachelor's degree in Economics, Université Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne - France

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Academic responsabilities at HEC

• 1993- Affiliate Professor HEC Paris
• 1985- Co-Manager of the Major and the Master in Managerial & Financial Economics HEC Paris

SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Membership in Academic or Professional Organisation

• Member of Le Siecle (club of influential persons)
• Board Member of Natixis Global Asset Management
• Board Member of Natixis Asset Management
• Member of the Scientific Committee of the Doctoral School in Management Sciences (HEC Pantheon-Sorbonne School of management)