New CEO at SocGen Private Banking Middle East
Societe Generale Private Banking has promoted Gonzague de Cerval to CEO and commercial director of Societe Generale Private Banking Middle East. He replaces Eddy Abramo, who has left the group to take on external career opportunities.
He was more recently deputy head of private banking in Abu Dhabi for the bank.
Based in Dubai, de Cerval will be responsible for pursuing the overall growth strategy of the private bank in the Middle East, which serves high and ultra-high-net-worth clients of the Gulf Cooperation Countries from its Dubai and Abu Dhabi offices.
As CEO, he reports to Yves Thieffry, CEO of Societe Generale Private Banking and member of the executive committee with responsibility for supervising these activities in the Middle East.
Previously head of the Societe Generale Representative Office in Abu Dhabi from 2010 to 2011, the bank said that de Cerval’s extensive knowledge of the region and would contribute to further strengthen the business, which it said had a “high development potential” for the private bank.
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