Jean-Claude Seys, born November 13, 1938, is a French business leader who has mainly worked in the banking and insurance sectors. Since 2009, he has been president of the Institut Diderot[1], a think tank created as an endowment fund, whose mission is to promote reflection between the disciplines and spheres of our society to better understand the future.[2]
Jean-Claude Seys | |
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| Born | 13 November 1938 Vanves, France |
| Alma mater | HEC Paris INSEAD |
| Occupation | Founder of Covéa |
Biography
editA graduate of HEC Paris (1961) and INSEAD (1967), Jean-Claude Seys successively held the positions of deputy managing director of Crédit Agricole (1969-1987), then chairman of the executive board of Bank Brussels Lambert, then chairman and CEO of the mutual group MAAF Assurances (1990-2005), chairman of the Ofivalmo group (1998), and chairman, from 1998, of MMA.[3]
In 2003, he founded the mutual insurance group company Covéa, which initially brought together MAAF and MMA, joined by the Azur-GMF group in November 2005. In October 2006, he was elected chairman of the Agence régionale de développement d’Ile-de-France (ARD).[4]
In 2009, he co-founded the Institut Diderot with philosopher Dominique Lecourt and became the first president of this think tank whose mission is to provide opinion leaders with forward-looking information on major societal developments.[5]
In 2013, he initiated the Association for the Development of French Insurance (Adaf), bringing together the fourteen largest French mutual insurance companies and insurance companies.[6]
Books
edit- Richard Mekouar, Risques et assurances de la PME, Paris, Dunod, 2006.
- Abécédaire impertinent du management, (illustrations of Nicolas Vial), Paris, Le Cherche midi, 2008.
- Les Maximes du management, Paris, PUF, 2009.
- Gagnants et perdants, ou les challenges de la réussite, Paris, PUF, 2011.
- L'Avenir de l'économie sociale, Paris, Institut Diderot, 2014.
References
edit- ^ "Redonner sens au progrès". Le Figaro. January 9, 2010.
- ^ "Jean-Claude Seys". Les Echos. October 5, 2006.
- ^ "Jean-Claude Seys". Les Echos. March 30, 1998.
- ^ "Portrait Jean-Claude Seys, deux fois président". Le Monde. April 11, 2002.
- ^ "Jean-Claude Seys". www.institutdiderot.fr.
- ^ "L'ADAF, le club des dirigeants de l'assurance, devient un think tank". argusdelassurance.com. January 8, 2021.