Nationality French Occupation CEO of AXA | Name Henri Castries | |
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Full Name Henri de Castries Born 15 August 1954 (age 69) ( 1954-08-15 ) Bayonne, France | ||
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Henri de La Croix de Castries (born 15 August 1954) is a French businessman. He has been chairman and CEO of AXA. In March 2016, it was announced that he would retire from both roles on 1 September.
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- Henri de Castries ancien PDG AXA Fragilits et Entreprise
- Early life
- Career
- Other roles
- Personal life
- References
Henri de Castries, ancien PDG AXA - "Fragilités et Entreprise"
Early life
Henri de La Croix de Castries was born on August 15, 1954 in Bayonne. His father was Comte François de La Croix de Castries (1919/20–2011) who had a military career in Korea, Indochina, and Algeria. His maternal grandfather, Count Pierre de Chevigné, was a colonel in the Free French forces.
Castries attended the Ecole Saint-Jean-de-Passy, followed by high school at the Collège Stanislas de Paris He graduated from HEC Paris in 1976, the same year as Serge Lepeltier and Denis Kessler, from the École nationale d'administration alongside Dominique de Villepin, François Hollande and Ségolène Royal in 1980 (Promotion Voltaire). He also holds a law degree and speaks fluent English and German.
Career
From 1980 to 1984, he audited on behalf of the Minister of Finances of France, and in 1984 he became a member of the French Treasury. In 1986, he participated in the privatisation initiated by Jacques Chirac's government, including Compagnie Générale d'Electricité, now known as Alcatel-Lucent, and TF1, both on the CAC 40.
He started his career at AXA in 1989, when he joined the central financial direction. In 1991, he was appointed general secretary, in charge of restructurations and mergers (integration of Compagnie du Midi). He was appointed general director in 1993, in charge of North America and UK in 1994, and in charge of the merger and integration with Union des assurances de Paris (UAP) in 1996. He served as President of the Board of Equitable (which became AXA Financial) in 1997, and has been Chairman of the Board of Directors since 2000.
In March 2016, it was announced that he would retire from both chairman and CEO roles at AXA on 1 September.
Other roles
In 2010, he served as chairman of the Bilderberg Group's steering committee and again in 2017.
He is also an administrator of the Association pour l'Aide aux Jeunes Infirmes (an NGO aiming to support young handicapped people) and is President of AXA Atout Cœur.
Personal life
He lives on the Boulevard Saint-Germain in Paris, and his brother-in-law lives in the same building. He spends his weekends in a castle in Anjou, and one week a month in the United States. He is married and has three children.