Mrs Ewa Brandt has joined the staff of Calyon as Head of Human Resources. In this capacity, she is a member of the Management Committee and reports directly to Chief Executive Officer Edouard Esparbès. She is replacing Mr Frédéric Goux who will join the Human Resources department of Crédit Agricole S.A. in June, where he will be appointed head of employee relations.

Mrs Brandt, 44, is a graduate of IEP Paris and has a master's degree in modern literature. She has spent her entire career at consulting firms in human resources, and in particular at Bossard Consultants where she was the head of human resources in 1996, moving the following year to Telecom Media Network S.A., part of Cap Gemini Ernst & Young. In March 2004, she moved to Cap Gemini Group as the Senior Executive in charge of human resources at international operations and continued in that function until joining Calyon.