Franoise Debrus began her career in 1984 as head of farm production and economics at the French Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. She joined the Crdit Agricole Group in 1987, starting out at Unicredit, a subsidiary of Caisse Nationale de Crdit Agricole, where she served as inspector and then assignment leader at the General Inspection and Audit Division before taking over as head of financial management and management audit.
Moving to Crdit Agricole S.A. in 1997, she was appointed head of organisation at the Capital Markets Division, and then head of deposits and loans at the Finance Division. In 2001, she joined Fdration Nationale du Crdit Agricole as head of finance and tax.
In 2005, she was appointed chief financial officer at Ile de France Regional Bank.
Franoise Debrus, 48, is a graduate of Ecole Nationale du Gnie Rural des Eaux et des Forts and of Institut National Agronomique Paris-Grignon.
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