Paris, 12 september 2012
Following yesterday's meeting of the Board of Directors of La Banque Postale Prévoyance, Tanguy Carré has been named as the company’s Chief Executive Officer.
He takes over from Danielle Wajsbrot, head of the Insurance Division and member of the Executive Committee of La Banque Postale, who was appointed acting Chief Executive Officer of La Banque Postale Prévoyance in January.
Prior to this appointment, Tanguy Carré was Markets & Client Strategy Director in La Banque Postale's Retail Banking Division, a position he had held since April 2009.
Set up in 1998, La Banque Postale Prévoyance is an insurance company owned 50% by La Banque Postale (through SF2) and 50% by CNP Assurances that manages the personal risk products distributed by the Banque Postale network. In 2011, La Banque Postale reported net profit of €33.6 million (up 11%) on revenue of €414.7 million (up 6.5%). At end-2011, it managed 2.4 million individual personal risk policies covering all types of protection.
Biographical details
Tanguy Carré has a master’s degree in Private Law and is a graduate of Institut Technique de Banque (1987).
He began his career in 1981 as a legal manager at Crédit Agricole. In 1985, he joined Sorefi Champagne Ardenne as Marketing Director, before becoming a partner of the Cybernis consulting firm in 1990. In 1995, he joined the Caisses d’Epargne savings bank group, starting with a local savings bank, Caisse d’Epargne Loire, Drôme, Ardèche, where he was Marketing Director from 1995 to 2000 and member of the Management Board responsible for business development from 2000 to 2005. In 2005, he moved to the network’s central body, Caisse Nationale des Caisses d’Epargne, where he was successively Personal Services Director and, from 2005, Insurance and Services Director. In April 2009, he took up a position as Markets & Client Strategy Director in La Banque Postale's Retail Banking Division.