Supervisory Board of Credit Agricole Ukraine appointed new Chairman of the Board

Starting from April, 2020 Carlos de Cordoue is appointed as a Chairman of the Management Board of Credit Agricole Ukraine. He is the successor of Jean-Paul Piotrowski, who has been leading the bank since 2015.

Carlos de Cordue is an experienced and highly professional banker, who dedicated to Group Credit Agricole over 30 years of his career. Before joining the bank in Ukraine, Carlos was leading Crédit Agricole Srbija as the President of the Executive Board since April 2016. He was responsible for all business operations of Credit Agricole Bank in Serbia, which accounts 80 branches and employs over 1000 people. Prior to this Carlos was managing business cooperation between CA-CIB and Crédit Agricole Group for 5 years.  He was also engaged in Asia at highly responsible financial positions since 2007 in CA-CIB in Hong Kong, and afterwards at CA-CIB Thailand company.

“It is a privilege and honor to join Credit Agricole Ukraine – solid and reputable bank, which was built by experiences team under Jean-Paul’s lead. The bank is well known on the Group’s level due to its increasing financial results from year to year, leading position on the Ukrainian banking market and highly professional team. And I appreciate the opportunity to contribute for further improvement of CAU’s position as one of the reference banks in Ukraine. I want to thank Jean-Paul for holding the helm until the end of his journey with the discernment of a great captain. We face the storm now, but due to the efforts of the whole team CAU is absolutely ready to cope with this storm and continues to serve its customers with great professionalism and courage. For sure, it will be a great challenge for all. But, we have a common mission – working every day in the interests of our customers and society. That’s why, I am sure that together we will overcome all difficulties, we will be ready to seize the opportunities that will arise tomorrow and strengthen our position on the market” - comments Carlos de Cordoue, the new Chairman of the Board of Credit Agricole Ukraine.

Carlos de Cordoue will lead Credit Agricole Ukraine, which has 150 branches and employs over 2400 people.

About Credit Agricole: 

JSC “Credit Agricole Bank” is a modern universal bank owned by the leading financial group in Europe – Credit Agricole Group (France). The Group is a major partner of the French economy and one of the largest banking groups in Europe. It is a leading retail bank in Europe, having the largest portfolio of assets under management, being first in the field of ban insurance and third - in project financing in Europe. Credit Agricole has been operating in the financial market of Ukraine since 1993 and renders the entire range of banking services to private individuals, including premium-clients, and business. The bank pays special attention to cooperation with agricultural enterprises. Reliability and business reputation of Credit Agricole in Ukraine is confirmed by the highest possible FITCH ratings, leading positions in bank sustainability, bank deposit reliability and bank profitability rankings, as well as by 280 000 active private and 17 000 corporate customers, including international corporations, large Ukrainian companies and representatives of small and medium business. Credit Agricole Bank is a socially responsible bank that confirms its status by the large number of projects implemented under the Corporate Social Responsibility Program “We Care!”. 

Contacts:

Viktoriia Torianyk, Head of PR and internal communications division of Credit Agricole Bank.

E-mail: Viktoriia.TORIANYK@credit-agricole.ua