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His career started at Crédit Lyonnais (later merged into Credit Agricole CIB) as a financial analyst in London before moving to Paris, New York, Seoul and Hong Kong as head of various business units in commercial and investment banking. 

In 2008, he joined Natixis to identify and organize the assets to be run off by the bank. One year later, he was appointed Chief Risk Officer of Natixis and, from 2015 onwards, of the entire BPCE Group. From 2016, his responsibilities were expanded to Risk, Compliance and Permanent Control with the title of Deputy CEO.

He has been appointed as Group Secretary General in November 2018.

His expertise in financial crisis management is shared in 3 books: The legacy of the Global Financial Crisis (I.B. Tauris, 2021, collective book) and Maintenant le XXIe siècle peut vraiment commencer (Eyrolles, 2021, with Cristina Peicuti) and Of Banks and Crises (World Scientific, 2024, with Cristina Peicuti).

Aside from his banking career, Jacques Beyssade is a Foreign Trade Advisor to the French government and a Deputy Mayor of his village of Chouvigny.

Alexandre joined the Private Debt team in Paris in 2022 to strengthen and lead Muzinich’s direct lending activity in France. Alexandre previously worked at LGT Private Debt as an Associate Director. Alexandre holds a Master’s in Management from ESCP Europe, and speaks French, English, Spanish, Italian and Serbian.

• As a Global Head of ETNR, Frank manages a team of c.20 senior bankers worldwide in charge of developing advisory and financing business with Energy players (Power and Renewables, Metals & Mining, Hydrogen, Bio energies, Oil and Gas players in transition)
• 30 years of experience in the banking industry, including 25 years as an Energy Banker.
• Frank started his career at Natixis in 1992 before joining Credit Agricole CIB as Global Head of Oil & Gas Structured Finance and then Standard Chartered Bank in London as Global Co-Head of Oil & Gas Corporate Finance, combining Structured Finance and Corporate Advisory. He joins Natixis again in 2018 to develop its Energy Franchise. In his current responsibility, Frank is leading the Energy Transition strategy of Natixis.
• Said Business School, University of Oxford, Executive Leadership Programme
• Universite Henri Poincare Master of Law
• Toulouse Business School Master in Management

Barbara oversees the offices in Dubai, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, managing the bank’s activities with primary focus on sustainability and transition impact.

Barbara began her career in 1997 as a field engineer at Schlumberger Oilfield Services, working in Latin America and Southeast Asia, before moving to Shell Capital and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London and Baku as an analyst. She joined WestLB in 2003 as an originator in the Energy team, and in 2007 moved to DZ Bank in the Structured finance team.

She joined Natixis in 2010 in Dubai and then New York and was appointed to her current role in 2020. Barbara is a Certified Board Member by GCC BDI: she sits on the Natixis subsidiary Board and chairs the Audit and Risk Committee. She is a graduate of master’s in chemical engineering at La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.

Jean-François advises Natixis' key accounts and is one of the experts called on by the European Central Bank’s Market Contact Groups, the European Commission and the European Parliament. As such, he is a keen observer of the economy and the markets, writing regularly for the French and international press.

 A graduate of Sciences Po and holder of a Master 2 in Applied Economics and a Master 2 in Market Finance, Jean-François began his career in 1996 at the Banque de France as Deputy Director. In 2001, he joined Natixis as a Fixed Income Trader before taking charge of strategy within Global Markets Research in 2007. 

He now leads a team of around sixty experts worldwide, economists, strategists and specialists in major sectors (energy transition, commodities, real estate, digital technology, mobility, etc.). Jean-François is also a teacher at Sorbonne University (Master 2 in Banking and Finance)