The Swiss subsidiary of Société Générale promoted two people to its executive committee, underlining its wealth management ambitions in the country.
Société Générale Private Banking Switzerland (SGPBS) has appointed Maxime Sabiaux as deputy chief executive officer and chief operating officer and Valérie Bokobza as head of wealth management solutions, expanding its executive committee, according to a statement Tuesday.
As part of his role as deputy CEO which he assumed on April 1, Sabiaux will be based in Geneva and assist the unit's CEO, Franck Bonin, in the strategic and operational management of the bank, while in the COO role assumes responsibility for all of the bank's operations.
Sabiaux joined Société Générale Group in 2009 in the General Inspectorate, heading various units including retail banking in France and abroad and investment banking. From 2015 he co-managed the department as chief inspector. In September 2018, he was named Global COO of Société Générale Private Banking, joining the Group's private bank.
Wealth Management Solutions
As head of Wealth Management Solutions, Bokobza will manage the bank's investment solutions offering, overseeing a team of 30 specialists. She is also based in Geneva and reports to Bonin, with her appointment taking effect on the same day as Sabiaux's.
Before joining Société Générale Private Banking France in 2007 as a consultant, she worked for ten years in Investment Banking at HSBC France, responsible at first for international institutional clients and later for French corporate clients.
She developed the different segments of the financial offering and took responsibility for the Advisory team. In 2017, she became Head of Business Development for France, responsible for specialized teams such as Third Party Managers, Foundations and Associations, and International Clients, and developing offerings for specific client groups, including CEOs of fast-growing companies, seniors, and female opinion leaders.
