Appointment

Jean-Christophe Kiren, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Crédit Agricole Nord Est regional bank since 2009, has been appointed Head of Payment Systems and Services, effective 1 August 2011. He will report to Bruno de Laage, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Crédit Agricole SA and Head of Retail Banking, Payment Systems and Services and Specialised Financial Services.

Jean-Christophe began his career in 1981 with a consulting firm. In 1983, he joined Crédit Agricole du Sud Est regional bank where he held management positions in Organisation and Information Systems and then Financial Control until 1994, when he became head of GIE informatique Dialog. In 2000, Jean-Christophe was appointed Head of Human Resources and Communications at Crédit Agricole Anjou Maine regional bank. In 2004, he was appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Crédit Agricole Calvados regional bank and of Crédit Agricole Normand and then of Crédit Agricole Normandie regional bank in 2005.

In 2007, Jean-Christophe joined LCL as Head of Technology and Processing. He has been Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Crédit Agricole Nord-Est regional bank since 2009.

Jean-Christophe was born in 1957 and is a graduate of the ESSEC business school.