Societe Generale Appoints Evelyne Collin as Chief Executive and Country Officer for India

Société Générale announces the appointment of Evelyne Collin as Chief Executive and Country Officer in India. In her new position, Evelyne Collin will oversee the development of Société Générale in India.

Based in Mumbai, Evelyn reports to Pascal Lambert, Group Country Head,Singapore and Head of Corporate & Investment Banking for Southeast Asia.

Societe Generale is well placed to support Indian clients who want to capture the growth opportunities in the country with its expertise in varied products and services leveraging its network globally. At the same time, the bank will also continue to focus on large international Indian groups doing business in Europe, China and Africa.

Evelyne Collin is a seasoned banking executive with more than 30 years of extensive experience in risk, structured finance and the commodities markets. With India undergoing a new phase of economic and financial development, Evelyne’s strong banking knowledge and expertise will make a great contribution to the bank’s development in India.

Biography

Evelyne Collin joined Société Générale Corporate and Investment Banking (SG CIB) in 1986 in Hamburg. In her most recent role as Deputy Head of Corporate Commodity and Trade Finance in Paris, she was responsible for managing the International Traders Financing teams in Europe with a particular focus on financing major oil traders’ coverage and on business development in Africa. Prior to that, Evelyne was Deputy Head of Structured Commodity and Mining Financing within SGCIB’s Natural Resource Group from 2008 to 2011, and Global Head of Trade Finance within SGCIB’s Natural Resource Group from 2003 to 2008.

Evelyne is a graduate of Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) in Paris. She has a Diploma of Advanced Studies (DEA) in Economics of Development from the University of Paris-Sorbonne.

Societe Generale

Societe Generale is one of the largest European financial services groups. Based on a diversified universal banking model, the Group combines financial solidity with a strategy of sustainable growth, and aims to be the reference for relationship banking, recognised on its markets, close to clients, chosen for the quality and commitment of its teams.

Societe Generale has been playing a vital role in the economy for 150 years. With more than 148,000 employees, based in 76 countries, we accompany 30 million clients throughout the world on a daily basis. Societe Generale’s teams offer advice and services to individual, corporate and institutional customers in three core businesses:

• Retail banking in France with the Societe Generale branch network, Credit du Nord and Boursorama, offering a comprehensive range of multichannel financial services on the leading edge of digital innovation;

• International retail banking, financial services and insurance with a presence in emerging economies and leading specialised businesses;

• Corporate and investment banking, private banking, asset management and securities services, with recognized expertise, top international rankings and integrated solutions.

Societe Generale is included in the main socially responsible investment indices: FTSE4Good (Global and Europe), Euronext Vigeo (Global, Europe, Eurozone and France),  ESI Excellence (Europe) from Ethibel and 4 of the STOXX ESG Leaders indices.

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