The Supervisory Board of BPCE expresses its confidence in François Pérol
Paris, February 7, 2014
The Supervisory Board of BPCE, chaired by Stève Gentili, convened a meeting today as requested by François Pérol, Chairman of the Management Board, who informed it that he had been put under judicial investigation within the context of the proceedings initiated in 2009 regarding the conditions of his appointment as head of the Caisse d'Epargne and Banque Populaire groups. The Supervisory Board of BPCE took note of this information and made a point of reasserting unanimously its confidence in François Pérol, whose term as Chairman of the Management Board of BPCE was renewed in November 2012.
About Groupe BPCE
Groupe BPCE, the 2nd-largest banking group in France, includes two independent and complementary commercial banking networks: the network of 19 Banque Populaire banks and the network of 17 Caisses d'Epargne. It also works through Crédit Foncier de France in the area of real estate financing. It is a major player in wholesale banking, asset management and financial services with Natixis. Groupe BPCE serves more than 36 million customers and enjoys a strong presence in France with 8,000 branches, 115,000 employees and more than 8.7 million cooperative shareholders.
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