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30-05-2023
Crédit Agricole CIB appoints Laurent Chenain Head of Corporate & Leveraged Finance
Laurent Chenain has been appointed Head of Corporate & Leveraged Finance, effective 1st June 2023. He replaces Jamie Mabilat, who joined Italy as a Senior Country Officer in February 2023. Laurent reports to Jean-François Balaÿ, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Crédit Agricole CIB, and remains a member of the Management Committee.
Corporate & Leveraged Finance brings the Leveraged & Telecom finance activities, as well as the origination of Corporate debt.
Biography
Laurent Chenain began his career in 1988 at the Corporate Finance Department of Banque Indosuez in London. In 1989, he joined the Project Finance Division of the Bank in Paris where he held various positions, first in the Infrastructure team and then in the Energy Team. In 1997 he was appointed Head of the Oil & Gas team. In 2000, Laurent joined the Leverage Finance Division of Crédit Agricole Indosuez and took over the responsibility of the French Team in 2003. He became Global Head of Real Estate and Hotel Group in 2012. Since 2018, Laurent has held the position of Head of International Trade & Transaction Banking.
Laurent Chenain holds a Master’s degree in Management (Panthéon-Sorbonne University) and a postgraduate Specialised Master diploma in Strategy & Organisation from ESCP.
Crédit Agricole CIB is the corporate and investment banking arm of Credit Agricole Group, the 10th largest banking group worldwide in terms of balance sheet size (The Banker, July 2022). More than 8,900 employees across Europe, the Americas, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa support the Bank's clients, meeting their financial needs throughout the world. Crédit Agricole CIB offers its large corporate and institutional clients a range of products and services in capital markets activities, investment banking, structured finance, commercial banking and international trade. The Bank is a pioneer in the area of climate finance, and is currently a market leader in this segment with a complete offer for all its clients.
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