A graduate of Ecole Polytechnique and Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, and an actuary, Sarah Bouquerel began her career in 2002 as insurance supervisor and commissioner with the French Prudential Supervision Authority (today the French Prudential Supervision and Resolution Authority).
In 2007, she joined the AXA Group’s Financial Division, taking charge of Corporate Finance for the Asia/United States region in 2009. In 2012, she was appointed as Management Control Director for Life Insurance, Personal Insurance and Banking at AXA France. In 2015, she was appointed as Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Natio Assurance (a general insurance joint venture between AXA and BNP Paribas Cardif), a position she combined from 2016 onwards with that of Sales and Customer Relations Manager for AXA Direct France.
In 2018, she became Chief Executive Officer of La Banque Postale Assurances IARD and a member of La Banque Postale's General Management Committee. In 2020, she was named Director of the La Banque Postale business unit and a member of CNP Assurances' Executive Committee.
In addition to her duties at CNP Assurances, on 11 March 2024 she was appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer of La Banque Postale’s retail banking division and joined its Executive Committee.
Since September 2025, Sarah Bouquerel has been Group Chief Financial and Extra-Financial Officer and Deputy Chief Executive Officer of CNP Assurances. She has also become the second most senior executive at CNP Assurances. She is currently acting as interim head of CNP Assurances' La Banque Postale business unit.
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