Yves PERRIER

About Yves PERRIER

Yves Perrier is a leading French executive in finance, asset management, and corporate governance. A graduate of ESSEC and a chartered accountant, he began his career in audit and consulting before joining Société Générale in 1987. There, he held senior financial positions, including Chief Financial Officer from 1995 to 1999. In 1999, he joined Crédit Lyonnais as a member of the Executive Committee, responsible for finance, risk, and general inspection. His career then took on a major strategic dimension as he played a key role in reshaping the Crédit Agricole group’s investment banking and asset management activities. He oversaw the creation of Calyon, later renamed CACIB, and subsequently served in its top operational management. From 2007 onward, he led the Crédit Agricole group’s asset management businesses. In 2009, he was the architect of the creation of Amundi, formed by the merger of Crédit Agricole Asset Management and Société Générale Asset Management. He became Amundi’s Chief Executive Officer in 2010, then Chairman of the Board in 2021, and was appointed Honorary Chairman in 2023. Under his leadership, Amundi experienced strong growth through both organic expansion and major acquisitions, notably Pioneer in 2017 and Lyxor in 2021. The company was listed in Paris in 2015 in one of the most significant French market listings of that period. Yves Perrier also held senior positions at Crédit Agricole S.A., where he served as Deputy Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Executive Committee, overseeing the Savings and Real Estate division and the group’s societal project. In the French financial ecosystem, he has also played prominent institutional roles, including Chairman of AFG, Vice-Chairman of Paris Europlace, and Chairman of the Institut de la Finance Durable, which he created in 2022. Since April 2023, he has been Chairman of Edmond de Rothschild Group. At Kaufman & Broad SA, he serves as an independent director, bringing deep expertise in strategy, finance, risk management, and listed-company governance.