Societe Generale Names Jerome Niddam CEO of Asia Pacific Operations

Societe Generale Names Jerome Niddam CEO of Asia Pacific Operations

(IN BRIEF) Societe Generale will elevate Jerome Niddam to CEO of its Asia Pacific business on 1 September 2025, subject to regulatory clearance. Reporting to Co-Heads Anne-Christine Champion and Alexandre Fleury, Niddam joins the Group’s Management Committee and follows Cecile Bartenieff’s move to head Mobility and International Retail Banking & Financial Services. Niddam brings over two decades of leadership within Societe Generale, including roles in Paris, New York, Tokyo, and Hong Kong, and has overseen Global Markets in Asia Pacific since 2018. His engineering and actuarial academic background underpins his deep expertise in financial engineering and cross-asset solutions.

(PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 3-Aug-2025 — /EuropaWire/ — Societe Generale has appointed Jerome Niddam as Chief Executive Officer for its Asia Pacific operations, effective 1 September 2025, pending regulatory approval. Based in Hong Kong, Niddam will report to Anne-Christine Champion and Alexandre Fleury, Co-Heads of Global Banking and Investor Solutions, and will join the Group’s Management Committee. He succeeds Cecile Bartenieff, who will assume the role of Head of Mobility and International Retail Banking & Financial Services.

Anne-Christine Champion and Alexandre Fleury remarked, “The Asia-Pacific region is central to Societe Generale’s growth ambitions. Leveraging our global network, we facilitate cross-border access for corporates and financial institutions while deepening our local expertise. Jerome’s distinguished track record and in-depth understanding of the Asia Pacific market will be instrumental in executing our strategic roadmap and accelerating the expansion of our franchise.”

Jerome Niddam’s Biography
Jerome Niddam began his career at Societe Generale Paris in 2004 as a Financial Engineer within the Equity Derivatives Department. He relocated to New York in 2006, then in 2008 became Head of Financial Engineering for Japan. In 2011, he was named Head of Pricing and New Products for Cross Asset Solutions, Asia Pacific, and in 2015 advanced to Head of Financial Engineering, Global Markets, Asia Pacific. Since 2018, Niddam has served as Head of Global Markets, Asia Pacific. He holds an engineering degree from École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Étienne, a Master’s in Actuarial Science from the Institut de Science Financière et d’Assurances (ISFA), and a Master’s in Probability & Finance from Paris VI University / École Polytechnique.

Societe Generale
Societe Generale is a top tier European Bank with around 119,000 employees serving more than 26 million clients in 62 countries across the world. We have been supporting the development of our economies for 160 years, providing our corporate, institutional, and individual clients with a wide array of value-added advisory and financial solutions. Our long-lasting and
trusted relationships with the clients, our cutting-edge expertise, our unique innovation, our ESG capabilities and leading franchises are part of our DNA and serve our most essential objective – to deliver sustainable value creation for all our
stakeholders.

The Group runs three complementary sets of businesses, embedding ESG offerings for all its clients: • French Retail, Private Banking and Insurance, with leading retail bank SG and insurance franchise, premium private banking services, and the leading digital bank BoursoBank.
• Global Banking and Investor Solutions, a top tier wholesale bank offering tailored-made solutions with distinctive global leadership in equity derivatives, structured finance and ESG.
• Mobility, International Retail Banking and Financial Services, comprising well-established universal banks (in Czech Republic, Romania and several African countries), Ayvens (the new ALD I LeasePlan brand), a global player in sustainable mobility, as well as specialized financing activities.

Committed to building together with its clients a better and sustainable future, Societe Generale aims to be a leading partner in the environmental transition and sustainability overall. The Group is included in the principal socially responsible investment indices: DJSI (Europe), FTSE4Good (Global and Europe), Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index, Refinitiv Diversity and Inclusion Index, Euronext Vigeo (Europe and Eurozone), STOXX Global ESG Leaders indexes, and the MSCI Low Carbon Leaders Index (World and Europe).

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SOURCE: Societe Generale