Gérard Worms (1 August 1936 – 31 August 2020) was a French banker and businessman. He served as the Vice Chairman of Rothschild Europe and Senior Advisor of Rothschild & Cie Banque.

Gérard Worms
October 2009
Born(1936-08-01)1 August 1936
Paris, France
Died31 August 2020(2020-08-31) (aged 84)
EducationÉcole Polytechnique
Mines ParisTech
Occupation(s)Banker, Businessman

Early life and education

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Gérard Worms was born on 1 August 1936, in Paris.[1][2] He graduated from the École Polytechnique and Mines ParisTech.[1][2][3]

Career

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He started his career as a technical adviser in the French civil service.[4] He served as an advisor to Olivier Guichard (1920–2004), Minister of Industry from 1967 to 1968, and to Jacques Chaban-Delmas (1915–2000), Prime Minister from 1969 to 1972.[2][3] Since 1972, he has worked at the Hachette Group, the Rhône-Poulenc Group, the Société Générale de Belgique, and Telecom Italia.[4][5] He served as Deputy Chairman of the supervisory board and Vice President of M6.[4] From 1990 to 1995, he served as the chief executive officer of the Compagnie de Suez.[3][4][5] From 1995 to 1999, he served as Chairman of the Compagnie de Suez and Indosuez Private Banking.[3][4][5]

He was a member of the supervisory board of Publicis from 1998 to 2013.[4] He served on the Boards of Directors of Saatchi & Saatchi, Mercapital, Éditions Atlas, Paris Orléans, Financière Saint Merri, and Cofide.[4] He served as the Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) from 2011 to 2013.[6] He also served on the Board of Advisors of Degrémont.[4] Additionally, he was a member of Le Siècle, a French think tank.[7] He also sat on the Board of Directors of the Fondation Ensemble and on the Ethics Committee of Fondapol.[8]

He taught at the HEC Paris, the University of Paris, and his alma mater, the École Polytechnique.[9][2] He also co-wrote a book.

He served as the Chairman of Rothschild & Cie Banque (Paris) from 1995 to 1999.[3][4] He served as Vice Chairman of the European subsidiary of Banque privée Edmond de Rothschild.[3][4] He also served as chief executive officer of N. M. Rothschild & Sons.[7] He served as Vice Chairman of Rothschild Europe and Senior Advisor of Rothschild & Cie Banque.[4][5] Additionally, he served on the Audit Committee of Publicis.[5]

Death

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Worms passed away on 31 August 2020.[10]

Bibliography

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  • Gérard Worms, Jean Mothes, Méthodes modernes de l'économie appliquée (Dunod, 1974, 259 pages).[11]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Association Georges Pompidou". Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2013-12-13.
  2. ^ a b c d Archives Nationales
  3. ^ a b c d e f Gérard Worms est élu président mondial de la Chambre de commerce internationale, Les Échos, April 05, 2011
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Bloomberg BusinessWeek
  5. ^ a b c d e Public Groupe: Audit Committee
  6. ^ International Chamber of Commerce
  7. ^ a b Rachida Dati, Fille de M'Barek et de Fatim-Zhora: Ministre de la Justice, Paris: XO Editions, 2011, pp. 197-199
  8. ^ Fondapol
  9. ^ "Association Georges Pompidou". Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2013-12-13.
  10. ^ La mort de Gérard Worms, industriel et figure de la finance (in French)
  11. ^ Google Books