[May 05, 2016]

Societe Generale Appoints Harrington Jones Chief Culture and Conduct Officer for the Americas

Societe Generale has named Nancy Harrington Jones Chief Culture & Conduct Officer for the Americas, effective May 3, 2016. In this newly created position, Ms. Harrington Jones will lead the management and drive the implementation of the Bank's regional Culture & Conduct program, reporting directly to Societe Generale's CEO for the Americas, Slawomir Krupa.

Ms. Harrington Jones was previously Chief Human Resources Officer for the Americas, a position she held since 2007.

"The primary objective of our culture and conduct program - which is central to our Bank's ambitions - is to secure a safe, sound and profitable business that will inspire long-lasting, confident relationships with our clients, peers and employees," said Mr. Krupa. "Nancy, with her substantial expertise, knowledge of the organization and its businesses, is the ideal person to lead the effort to promote and enforce the behaviors that embody our company's values."

Succeeding Ms. Harrington Jones in Human Resources, John Fitzgerald has been appointed Chief Human Resources Officer for the Americas and will report to the CEO for the Americas, Mr. Krupa. Mr. Fitzgerald began at Societe Generale in 2000 and has held several key human resources positions over his career at the Bank.

Biographies

Nancy Harrington Jones is a Managing Director and the Chief Culture and Conduct Officer for the Americas. Previously, she was Head of Human Resources for SG Americas. She also serves as a member of the U.S. Executive Committee.

Ms. Harrington Jones was the Chief Human Resources Officer for the Americas beginning in 2007, and prior to that was the Global Director of Human Resources for Information Technology based in Paris. She spent several years in the Information Technology Division in various management positions, in addition to working for the CFO and managing the Internal Technology Audit Team. She holds a degree from Manhattan College with a major in Computer Information Systems and a minor in Accounting.

John Fitzgerald is a Managing Director and Head of Human Resources for the Americas. Mr. Fitzgerald started his career at Societe Generale in August 2000 as the HR Business Partner for Information Technology and has held several senior Human Resources positions. Most recently, he was the Human Resources Manager of Career Advisory, Compensation and Talent Acquisition. Mr. Fitzgerald has a master's degree in Management Information Systems from NYU and an undergraduate degree in Finance from Salisbury University.

Societe Generale

Societe Generale is one of the largest European financial services groups. Based on a diversified universal banking model, the Group combines financial solidity with a strategy of sustainable growth, and aims to be the reference for relationship banking, recognised on its markets, close to clients, chosen for the quality and commitment of its teams.

Societe Generale has been playing a vital role in the economy for 150 years. With more than 145,000 employees, based in 66 countries, we accompany 31 million clients throughout the world on a daily basis. Societe Generale's teams offer advice and services to individual, corporate and institutional customers in three core businesses:

• Retail banking in France with the Societe Generale branch network, Credit du Nord and Boursorama, offering a comprehensive range of omnichannel financial services on the leading edge of digital innovation;
• International retail banking, insurance and financial services to corporates with a presence in developing economies and leading specialised businesses;
• Corporate and investment banking, private banking, asset management and securities services, with recognised expertise, top international rankings and integrated solutions.

Societe Generale is included in the main socially responsible investment indices: DJSI (World and Europe), FTSE4Good (Global and Europe), Euronext Vigeo (Europe, Eurozone and France), ESI (News - Alert) Excellence (Europe) from Ethibel and 4 of the STOXX ESG Leaders indices.

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Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking

At the core of Societe Generale's universal banking business model, the Corporate & Investment Bank is a well-diversified and leading player with nearly 10 500 professionals present in more than 31 countries across Europe, the Americas and Asia-Pacific.

Standing by its clients across sectors, the Corporate & Investment Bank tailors solutions for them by capitalising on its worldwide expertise in investment banking, global finance, and global markets.

• For Corporates, Financial Institutions and Public Sector: providing a global advisory approach (M&A, debt, equity transaction, capital structure, and asset & liability management), as well as quality capital raising solutions across the debt and equity spectrum, optimised financing and expert risk management responses notably in the realm of foreign exchange and rates derivatives.
• For Investors: offering reliable and sound investment opportunities and risk management solutions through its integrated global markets platform delivering seamless access to markets (equity, rates, credit, currencies, commodities and derivatives), as well as advice and solid financial engineering, quality of execution - both Agency and principal-, forward-looking research across asset classes, an industry-leading clearing proposition and prime brokerage services. www.sgcib.com

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