Our GOVERNANCE

Financi’Elles has adopted a structured organisation: a non-profit association, led by an Executive Committee whose members are elected by a Board of Directors.

The work of Financi’Elles is organised into themed commissions, led by members of the Executive Committee, each with its own area of responsibilities.

Under the patronage of Christine Lagarde, the Honorary Committee features four iconic women who are committed to promoting gender diversity alongside Financi’Elles: Clara Gaymard, Anne Guillaumat de Blignières, Arielle Malard de Rothschild and Nathalie Rachou. Financi’Elles also works with ambassadors and a committee of partners offering their skills and expertise.

CHRISTINE LAGARDE

Sponsor of Financi’Elles

“I think that Financi’Elles will have an instrumental role in transforming financial professions, and I hope that together we succeed in improving the position of women in this sector; women engaged in professional life, women who believe in a number of fundamental values.”

Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund

HONORARY MEMBERS

Marie-Claire Capobianco
Director of the French Networks of BNP Paribas

Anne Guillaumat de Blignières
Mediator of the Caisse des Dépôts Group

The four honorary members, Clara Gaymard, Arielle Malard de Rothschild, Nathalie Rachou, and Anne Guillaumat de Blignières help support the work of Financi’Elles.

More about Marie-Claire

Marie-Claire Capobianco is a member of the Executive Committee of BNP Paribas and Director of French Networks (Retail Banking division in France) since 2011.
Joining BNP Paribas Group in 1976, Marie-Claire Capobianco began her career in the Business sector near Marseille. After a four-year stint at the bank’s general inspectorate as an inspector and head of mission, she took responsibility for several groups of agencies in France. In November 2002, the bank entrusted her with the management of Banque Privée in France. From 2007, she also has a governance function for Private Banking in Italy and is also responsible for leading the development of Private Banking in international networks.
In parallel, Marie-Claire Capobianco supports many projects that highlight entrepreneurship and innovation. She is the author of “Entrepreneuriat féminin, mode d’emploi” with Martine Liautaud.
Marie-Claire Capobianco is a member of the Executive Board of Medef, the ADIE Board of Directors and President of the INRC – National Institute of Customer Relations.
She is a Chevalier in the National Order of Merit.

More about Anne

Anne Guillaumat de Blignières is the Mediator of the Caisse des Dépôts Group, after being Senior advisor to the Board as Head of promoting Gender Equity and Women’s empowerment. She has previously been in charge of the Institutional relations Division and Senior executive career Management.
She has held several governance positions since the beginning of her career : President of the board of Tudor France (Norwegian Shipping company), member of the board of Nacco SA (railcar lessor in Europe), and of the board of 15.Montaigne (Théâtre des Champs Elysées). She was appointed to the state’s Economic, Social and Environmental Council during 5 years.
Anne is a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor and of the Order of Merit.
Caisse des Dépôts is a long term investor serving France’s public interest and economic development. Widely recognised for its expertise in managing its areas of competence, the group focuses its efforts on four major areas of transition strategically vital to France’s long-term development : territorial, ecology and energy, digital, demographic and social.

More about Arielle

Arielle Malard de Rothschild is Managing Director, and member of the Board of Directors of Rothschild & Co, where she founded the Emerging Markets department in Paris in 1999.

She earned a PhD in International Economics from the Paris Institute of Political Studies. Between 1989 and 1999, while at Lazard Frères & Cie, she was an investment banker on the foreign government advisory team and was subsequently involved in mergers and acquisitions in emerging countries. She has served as a member of the Board of Directors and a member of the Appointments and Remuneration Committee of Imerys from 2011 to 2017.

She his also member of the Board of Directors of the Lucien Barrière Group since 2010, of the Board of Directors and a member of the Audit and Appointments Committee of Electrica SA (a company listed on the LSE and BVB) since 2014.

Arielle Malard de Rothschild has always been committed to community life. Thus, she is Chair of CARE France since 2007, and member of the Supervisory Board and Treasurer of CARE International since 2004. She is also Director of the Rothschild Foundation since 1996.

Arielle Malard de Rothschild is the author of a book entitled “Co-financements Banque Mondiale – Banques Commerciales” (University Press of France, 1986) and co-author of “Et la confiance, bordel?” (Ed. Eyrolles, 2014).

Arielle Malard de Rothschild is a Knight of the Legion of Honour.

More about Nathalie

A 1978 graduate of HEC, she joined Banque Indosuez where she held various positions in Capital Markets before creating the MATIF subsidiary, Carr Futures International. She became Corporate Secretary in 1991 and then returned to Markets in 1996 to take over the Currency and Options global product range. In 1999, she founded Topiary Finance, a London-based asset management company, which she has led ever since. She serves as a director and member of the Audit and Risk Committee for Societe Generale (since 2008), Veolia (since 2012), and Altran (since 2012). She has served as Foreign Trade Advisor for France since 2001.