About us

Patrick Folléa was appointed Head of Societe Generale Group’s  Wealth and Asset Management division in February 2019. Previous to this role, he was Deputy Head of Societe Generale Private Banking (2012-2019) and Head of Societe Generale Private Banking France (2009-2019).

Prior to Societe Generale, Patrick Folléa worked at BNP as an economist, before joining its Internal Audit Department in 1990. He was then Head of Private Banking Hong Kong (1995-1997) and CEO of BNP Asset Management Asia (1997-2000).  He returned to BNP Private Bank in 2000 as Head of Development Asia, before becoming Head of BNP Paribas Private Banking Italy from 2003.

He joined Societe Generale in 2007 as Deputy Head of Private Banking France, becoming its Head in 2009.

Patrick Folléa graduated from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Bordeaux and Panthéon-Sorbonne University in Paris, and has Masters Degrees in Private International Law and Political Sociology. He also holds a PhD in Economics and International Finance from Paris Dauphine University.

Mathieu Vedrenne is appointed Head of Societe Generale Private Banking France in March 2019. He was previously its Commercial Director, since 2017.
Mathieu Vedrenne began his career in 1998 as a Consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers before joining Societe Generale’s Inspection Department in 2001. He joined the Group Strategy Division in 2005 and between 2008 and 2011 was Chief of Staff for Frederic Oudéa, in his role as Chairman and CEO of Societe Generale, managing the launch and implementation of the Group’s transformation programme. In 2012, Mathieu Vedrenne was appointed Deputy CEO of Societe Generale Private Banking Switzerland and Secretary of the Board of Directors, holding the role of Chief Operating Officer. In 2016, he joined Societe Generale Private Banking France as Head of Wealth Management Solutions.

Since September 2019, Olivier Lecler is Head of Private Banking activities Luxembourg.

Olivier Lecler started his career in 1992 at INSEE (French National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies) as editor of the INSEE Bulletin on the macro-economic situation. In 1996, he joined Societe Generale group as Strategic Studies Manager in the Finance and Development Division. In 1999, he was appointed Finance and Development Director of Fimatex, subsidiary which is Boursorama today, of which he became Deputy Managing Director in 2003. Olivier Lecler then joined SGAM group in 2006, firstly as Head of Finance and Operations, then as deputy to the Deputy General Manager, Operations. Until May 2008, he was Chairman & CEO of SGAM Banque, specialised in structuring for alternative investments. In June 2008, Olivier Lecler became Chief Operating Officer of SGAM and CEO of SGAM AI, before being appointed Chief Operating Officer of the Global Investment Management & Services division in 2009. In January 2011, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Societe Generale Private Banking Monaco, then Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Societe Generale Luxembourg in charge of private banking activities in Luxembourg in January 2013.

He was appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Societe Generale Private Banking Switzerland in 2015 and Chief Executive Officer in March 2016.

Olivier Lecler is a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique and ENSAE (Paris Graduate School of Economics, Statistics and Finance).

Mouhammed (Mo) Choukeir has recently been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of SG Kleinwort Hambros Bank Limited. Mo, who joined Kleinwort Benson in 2011, transferred to Kleinwort Hambros as part of an acquisition in 2016 and was previously Deputy CEO and Chief Investment Officer (CIO) at the firm.

As Chief Executive Officer, Mo will be responsible for overseeing the implementation of Kleinwort Hambros’ strategy to grow and transform its business across target markets.

In his new role, Mo will continue to build on our long-standing foundations to lead our strategy to invest in our digital proposition, client solutions and talented and diverse pool of employees to deliver exceptional client service. Mo is also a member of the Societe Generale Private Banking Executive Committee and the SG Kleinwort Hambros Bank Limited Board.

He is a frequent speaker at conferences and events, and a regular contributor with the BBC, Bloomberg and CNBC. Under his leadership as CIO, the investment team secured a number of industry awards and accolades for excellence and investment performance including Investment Team of the Year.

Previously, Mo was Head of Multi-Asset Class Investing at Morgan Stanley for Europe, Middle East and Asia, where he was responsible for managing portfolios for private (UHNW individuals and family offices) and institutional (endowments, charities) clients. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley in 2002, Mo spent his early career in the fixed income division of Citigroup’s Investment Bank in New York, London and Madrid.

Mo has a Master’s Degree in Finance with distinction from London Business School, and a Bachelor’s Degree with first class honours from the University of London, King’s College. He is also a CFA charter holder and a member of the CFA Institute.  Mo is a Board Member for several charities, including the King’s College London University endowment and Tangled Feet, a performing arts charity tackling social issues. Mo enjoys taking part in long-distance triathlons and Ironman challenges.

Franck Bonin started his career in 1993 in real estate development. He joined the Strategy and Marketing Direction of Societe Generale group in 1997 as Head of the wealth planning offering dedicated to CEOs. In 2001, he joined the private bank in France as Associate Director of Wealth Planning. He was appointed Head of Customer Management in 2006, in charge of a team of dedicated advisors. In 2010, Franck Bonin became Head of the client segment dedicated to private individuals in French regions.

In 2012, he was appointed Commercial Director of Societe Generale Private Banking France.

In September 2017, Franck Bonin was appointed Commercial Director of Societe Generale Private Banking, in charge of the entity's commercial strategy and the supervision of the sales and marketing teams.

Il became CEO of  Societe Generale Private Banking Switzerland in September 2019.

Franck Bonin holds a Master's degree in Finance specialising in international asset management.

Nicolas Feit began his career in 1999 in the retail banking division of the Societe Generale goup.

In January 2004, he joined Societe Generale Private Banking France as Wealth Engineer, then Head of Wealth Engineering and Development in 2010.

In March 2012, he joined Societe Generale Private Banking Monaco, first as Deputy Chief Commercial Officer and then Chief Commercial Officer in charge of private banking and retail banking activities.

In October 2017, he joined Societe Generale Private Banking Switzerland as Head of Sales and Marketing, before being appointed in 2018 as Head of Sales and Marketing for international private banking in the financial centres of Luxembourg, Monaco and Switzerland.

Nicolas Feit holds a Master 2 in financial engineering.

Olivier Paccalin began his career in 1998 at the Head Office of SGPB where he contributed to the creation of the Business Line.

In 2005 he joined SGPB France as Marketing Manager for Portfolio Management Solutions. In 2007 he developed the entity’s Investment Advisory team, becoming head of the team which joined Advisory Managed in 2009. In 2011 he was appointed local head of Investment Solutions (now WMS) with responsibility for financing, life insurance and real estate before being appointed Chief Investment Officer for SGPB France in 2012.

In September 2015, he was appointed Head of Wealth Management Solutions for Societe Generale Private Banking and joined the Executive Committee of the private bank. In summer 2019, he extended his prerogatives by taking over the sales management in addition to investment solutions.

Olivier Paccalin is a graduate of the Paris Dauphine University, member of the SFAF and is a certified by the Certified International Investment Analysts.

Stéphane Gomis started his career in 2003 at Société Générale within the Mergers and Acquisitions division. In 2007, he joined the Media And Telecom Structured Finance team still within the Group investment banking division. In 2009, he joined the Finance and Development Division of the Group within the Strategy team where he has in particular participated to the creation of Amundi, before becoming in 2013 Chief of staff to Société Générale Group CFO.

He joined Société Générale Private Banking in 2017 as deputy CFO before becoming in 2019 head of business development and joined the Executive Committee of the private bank.

Stéphane is graduated from EM Lyon business school and from the Insead.

Maxime Sabiaux joined Société Générale Group in 2009 within the General Inspection department where he led several projects (retail bank in France and abroad, investment banking) and from 2015 co-ran as an Inspecteur Principal.

Maxime graduated from ESSEC and holds a Master degree in Business Law from Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne University.

Anne Tourneix joined Societe Generale in February 2009 as HR Business Partner with the investment bank, in charge of the Global Research, Client Management Unit and Treasury perimeters. Since April 2012, Anne has been Global HR Business Partner for Fixed Income activities.
Prior to joining Societe Generale, Anne was Head of Recruitment and then Head of Human Resources within Team Trade Group, an IT financial consultancy company, where she worked during 7 years.

Anne holds a Master's Degree in Business Administration from the Montpellier Business School.

Alexandra Mazières joined Societe Generale’s Inspection department in 2003. In 2012, she was appointed Business Development Manager for the wealth planning activity of Societe Generale Private Banking (SGPB). In 2015, she became Deputy Head of the division in charge of the development of the Private Banking expertise in the SG international retail networks.

Alexandra has been Chief Compliance Officer for SGPB since July 2017.

Pierre-Yves started his career at CACIB in New York City in Risk and Finance roles on market activities. He joined the Societe Generale group in 2004 within Finance Control, becoming Head of Finance Control on Equity perimeter in 2006. In 2009, he joined the newly established Product Control department and participated to the development of the function within SG Group. London-based starting 2011, he creates the MARK Product Control for the UK-based activities, and spreads the coverage to EMEA, excluding France beginning of 2012. Mid 2012, he was appointed worldwide Head of Product Control FICC, first based in England, then in France. Since 2015, he is the CFO of Private Banking in France, keeping that role. Pierre-Yves is an ESSEC alumni.