Paris, 2 September 2009

Jean-François Dupouy has been appointed Marketing, Clients and Products Director for Predica, the life insurance arm of Crédit Agricole Assurances. Reporting to Nicole Gourmelon, Predica's Deputy CEO, he will replace Isabelle Steinmann, who has been named Director of Payment Systems Marketing and Development of Crédit Agricole S.A..

Jean-François Dupouy, 41, began his career with the Crédit Agricole Group in 1993 at the Aquitaine Regional Bank, where he served, among other positions, as branch manager and private banking adviser. In 2002 he joined the Charente-Maritime Deux-Sèvres Regional Bank as head of private banking before taking up the post of assistant marketing director and helping to set up Square Habitat, a nationwide network of real estate agents.
From 2006 to the present he was in charge of relations with Regional Banks for Predica.
Jean-François Dupouy is a graduate of ESIC and holds qualifications from CETCA and ITB.