Societe Generale unveils the composition of its Scientific Advisory Council

The purpose of the Scientific Advisory Council is to provide Societe Generale’s General Management with science-based advice on key emerging trends that will influence the Group’s business and activities in the future. This consultative body combines complementary expertise to provide holistic and long-term views on the opportunities and challenges of the future.

Chaired by Subra Suresh, the Scientific Advisory Council includes eight members with complementary skills in the areas of technology, AI, climate and nature, international and urban economics, social behavior, human rights and international relations:

• Subra Suresh, Vannevar Bush Professor Emeritus at MIT, Professor at Large at Brown University
  He was successively Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), President of Carnegie Mellon University, and President of Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
• Gilles Duranton, Real estate Professor and Economist, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania
  His research focuses on urban economics and covers topics such as land use, the effects of transportation infrastructure on urban growth, and local policies.
• Christina Gravert,  Associate Professor of behavioral economics at the University of Copenhagen
  Her research uses experiments to uncover behavioral and psychological barriers to sustainable choices and inform evidence-based environmental and climate policy.
• Yann LeCun, Professor of artificial intelligence (AI) and data sciences, New York University, Chief AI scientist at META
  Expert in artificial intelligence and machine learning, his work focuses on applications in computer vision, natural language processing, robotics, and neuroscience.
• Enrico Letta, Dean of the IE School of Politics, Economics and Global Affairs, IE University of Madrid, International and European affairs specialist
  Former Prime Minister of the Republic of Italy and former Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs at Sciences Po, he is also the author of the report ‘Much more than a Market’ in 2024.
• Corinne Le Quéré, Royal Society Research Professor of Climate Change Science, University of East Anglia
  She conducts research on the interactions between climate change and the carbon cycle, on the drivers of CO2 emissions, and on the effects of climate variability on carbon sinks.  
• Kenneth Roth, Charles and Marie Robertson Visiting Professor at the Princeton School for Public and International Affairs
  For three decades, he led and developed Human Rights Watch, one of the world’s leading international human rights organizations. He just published “Righting Wrongs,” his memoir on his mission to promote human rights. 
• Beatrice Weder di Mauro, André Hoffmann Chair at the Geneva Graduate Institute, Visiting Professor at INSEAD, and President of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)
  She has served as high-level advisor on economic policy to governments and international institutions for three decades. Her research focuses on international macroeconomics, financial crises, as well as on climate and nature finance.

Slawomir Krupa, Chief Executive Officer, Societe Generale, comments:
"I am pleased to announce the final composition of our Scientific Advisory Council, assembling under the leadership of its Chairman Subra Suresh a team of eight exceptionally accomplished individuals, widely recognized for their expertise and vision. Our economies and industries are facing multiple challenges, technologically, environmentally and socially. Navigating these complex dynamics requires perspective and anticipation. I am grateful to our Council Members for their insights informed by science, and I look forward to their further contributions helping us better understand and prepare for the emerging trends and strategic questions that will influence our activities in the years to come."
 

From left to right: Corinne Le Quéré, Enrico Letta, Beatrice Weder di Mauro, Slawomir Krupa, Subra Suresh, Kenneth Roth, Yann LeCun, Gilles Duranton, Christina Gravert.
 

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