Socit Gnrale Securities Services (SGSS) has appointed Jean-Louis Bernardo as deputy head of securities services and head of business development for SGSS in Russia, where it operates within Socit Gnrale groups subsidiary, Rosbank.
Bernardo replaces Mathieu Maurier, who became SGSS global head of sales and relationship management in January.
Based in Moscow, Bernardo reports locally to Mikhail Bratanov, head of SGSS Russia (Rosbank), and Philippe Huerre, head of emerging markets for SGSS, in Paris. He will contribute toward developing the offering and growing SGSS activities in Russia.
Bernardo has a masters degree in economics and a post-graduate degree in banking finance and international trade from Bordeaux University. He started his career in 1995 with Citibank Capital Markets in Paris, where he occupied positions in operations. In 2000, he joined SGSS global sales and relationship management team as product manager. Bernardo became deputy head and head of operations of SGSS Spain in 2007. Beginning in August 2009, he managed the implementation of a complete securities services platform for SGSS in Egypt to cope with the rapid expansion of the securities services activity in that market.
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