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AXA — Board/Management Information 2017
Jan 12, 2017
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Board/Management Information
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AXA PRESS RELEASE
PARIS, JANUARY 12, 2017
Véronique Weill to leave the AXA Group
After 10 years at AXA, Véronique Weill, CEO of AXA Global Asset Management, Group Chief Customer Officer and a Member of the Management Committee of the AXA Group, has decided to leave the Group.
"I would like to very warmly thank Véronique for her many contributions to the Group since she joined in 2006, including her energy and leadership to strengthen AXA's position as a leading global brand" said Thomas Buberl, CEO of AXA.
"I am personally grateful to have benefitted from her support during the leadership transition through 2016 and, with the other members of the Management Committee, I wish her the best in her future professional endeavors."
Commenting on her decision, Véronique Weill said: "It is now time for me to focus on new professional challenges. I know I will be inspired by 10 fantastic years with AXA, and I feel proud of what we have built together with my teams. I wish them all the best."
Véronique Weill joined AXA in 2006, as Chief Executive Officer of AXA Business Services and Group Executive Vice President of Operational Excellence. In 2009, she became Group Chief Operating Officer, in charge of Group Marketing, Distribution, Data Innovation Lab, IT, Operational Excellence and Procurement. In 2013, she joined the Management Committee of the AXA Group. As of July 2016, she was appointed Group Chief Customer Officer, in charge of Customer, Brand and Digital and CEO of AXA Global Asset Management.
Véronique Weill executive responsibilities are reassigned to other members of the Management Committee, including Customer, Marketing and Digital teams, who will report directly to Thomas Buberl, and AXA Global Asset Management, which will now report to Paul Evans, CEO of AXA Global Life & Savings and Health.
ABOUT THE AXA GROUP
The AXA Group is a worldwide leader in insurance and asset management, with 166,000 employees serving 103 million clients in 64 countries. In 2015, IFRS revenues amounted to Euro 99.0 billion and IFRS underlying earnings to Euro 5.6 billion. AXA had Euro 1,363 billion assets under management as of December 31, 2015.
The AXA ordinary share is listed on compartment A of Euronext Paris under the ticker symbol CS (ISN FR 0000120628 – Bloomberg: CS FP – Reuters: AXAF.PA). AXA's American Depository Share is also quoted on the OTC QX platform under the ticker symbol AXAHY.
The AXA Group is included in the main international SRI indexes, such as Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) and FTSE4GOOD.
It is a founding member of the UN Environment Programme's Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) Principles for Sustainable Insurance and a signatory of the UN Principles for Responsible Investment.
This press release and the regulated information made public by AXA pursuant to article L. 451-1-2 of the French Monetary and Financial Code and articles 222-1 et seq. of the Autorité des marchés financiers' General Regulation are available on the AXA Group website (www.axa.com).
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IMPORTANT LEGAL INFORMATION AND CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
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