Baudouin Prot

Baudouin Prot
Born (1951-05-24) 24 May 1951 (age 73)
Paris, France
Alma materHEC Paris, ÉNA
Occupation(s)Senior Advisor at Boston Consulting Group
Former CEO of BNP Paribas

Baudouin Prot (born 24 May 1951) is a French economist who was chairman of BNP Paribas' board of directors until December 2014. He is now a senior advisor at Boston Consulting Group and Partners Group.[1]

Early life

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Prot was born 24 May 1951. He graduated from HEC Paris in 1972, and from the École nationale d'administration in 1976.[2]

Career

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Public sector

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From 1974 to 1983 Prot was successively the Deputy Prefect of the Franche-Comté region of France, French General Inspector of Finance, and the deputy director of Energy and Raw Materials of the Ministry of Industry.

Private banking

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Prot joined Banque Nationale de Paris in 1983. After BNP merged with Paribas in 2000, he was appointed CEO in 2003.[3] Together with his mentor Michel Pébereau, he built BNP into one of the eurozone’s biggest banks with €1.8 trillion in assets and more than 185,000 employees in 75 countries.[4] He stepped down in 2011 to become chairman of the bank's Board of Directors.

When BNP had to pay $8.9 billion fine to US regulators for sanctions violations – the bank had illegally processed more than $30 billion of transactions for groups in Sudan, Iran and Cuba between 2002 and 2012[5] –, Prot was replaced by Jean Lemierre.[6]

Other activities

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Corporate boards

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  • Veolia, Independent Member of the Board of Directors (since 2003)[7]
  • Lafarge, Independent Member of the Board of Directors (2011-2015)
  • Accor, Member of the Board of Directors (2004-2009)
  • Pargesa Holding, Member of the Board of Directors (2004-2014)
  • Pinault-Printemps-Redoute, Member of the Board of Directors (1998-2005)

Non-profit organizations

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Recognition

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In 2006 Prot was awarded ‘Financier of the Year’, primarily in acknowledgement of the successful acquisition of Italian bank Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, which was executed in a record time. In 2007 Prot also picked up the ‘Social and Corporate Responsibility’ award by the Foreign Policy Association (FPA).[8]

In April 2010, Prot became an Officer of the Légion d'honneur.[9]

References

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  1. ^ Board of Directors Veolia.
  2. ^ "At a Glance: Baudouin Prot". Forbes. Archived from the original on April 10, 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  3. ^ "Executive profile-Baudouin Prot". Businessweek. Archived from the original on June 3, 2010. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  4. ^ Martin Arnold (September 23, 2014), BNP Paribas chairman Baudouin Prot to step down Financial Times.
  5. ^ Martin Arnold and Michael Stothard (February 6, 2015), BNP chiefs lose bonuses after $8.9bn fine Financial Times.
  6. ^ Martin Arnold (September 23, 2014), BNP Paribas chairman Baudouin Prot to step down Financial Times.
  7. ^ Board of Directors Veolia.
  8. ^ "Baudouin Prot". European CEO. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  9. ^ Le Figaro

See also

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