Laurent Mignon is Wendel’s Group CEO since December 2nd, 2022, and Chairman of the Board of Bureau Veritas since June 22nd, 2023. He is Chairman of Monroe Capital’s Board of Managers and Chairman of IK Partners’ Supervisory Committee.
Before joining Wendel, Laurent Mignon served at Groupe BPCE from 2009 to 2022, where he was Chief Executive Officer of Natixis and a member of the Executive Management Committee of BPCE (including a member of the Management Board since 2013) from 2009 to May 2018, and Chairman of the Executive Board of Groupe BPCE from May 2018 to December 2022. He was also Chairman of the Board of Directors of Natixis, Director of CNP Assurances and Censor of Fimalac.
Laurent Mignon worked for Banque lndosuez for over ten years, first in capital markets, then in corporate and investment banking. In 1996, he joined Banque Schroders in London, then AGF (Assurances Générales de France) in 1997 as Chief Financial Officer. He was appointed to the AGF Executive Committee in 1998, then as Deputy Chief Executive Officer in charge of Banque AGF, AGF Asset Management and AGF lmmobilier in 2002, then in charge of life insurance and financial services and credit insurance in 2003. In 2006, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee. From 2007 to 2009, he was a Managing Partner at Oddo & Cie.
In addition to his functions within the Wendel Group, Laurent Mignon has sat on the Boards of Directors of LVMH since 2024 and TotalEnergies since 2025. He is a non-voting member of the Board of Oddo BHF. Previously, he has been serving as a Director of Arkema from 2008 to 2024.
Laurent graduated from HEC in 1986 and from the Stanford Executive Program.
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