Sébastien Wetter

Biography

Sébastien holds a Masters of Fundamental Physics and graduated from the Lyon Business School (EM Lyon). He began his career at Societe Generale in 1997 in the Strategy & Marketing division of Societe Generale’s retail bank.

From 2002 onwards, as part of the Group’s Organisation Consulting department, he led various assignments within the Corporate & Investment Banking activities and contributed to the roll-out of the Group-wide participatory Innovation programme.

At the end of 2005, he joined the commodities market department as Chief Operating Officer with a global remit, before becoming Head of business development in 2008. 

From 2010 until 2014, he was the General Secretary of the Group’s General Inspection and Audit.

In 2014, he joined the Coverage Division of the Corporate & Investment Bank where he held a number of positions: Head of the Client Management Unit for major French and international clients, then in 2016, Global Chief Operating Officer for the Financial Institutions coverage teams. Since the beginning of 2020, as a banker, he manages Societe Generale’s coverage with international financial institutions.

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Substitute: Emmanuelle Petelle

Emmanuelle Petelle has worked for 14 years with Societe Generale. Since 2020, she has been Deputy Head Trade Services.

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Mission Statement

Resolution #21: Societe Generale our enthusiasm makes a difference!

Conviction – Dialogue – Independence

7 reasons to confirm the clear choice expressed by employee-shareholders in October 2020:

1. Finished 1st, among 14 candidate pairs, with 32% of employee-shareholders’ votes in the October 2020 election. We have since been joined by four other candidate teams. Together our teams won 58% of the votes cast in October.
2. An in-depth knowledge of the bank's client and business issues, both in France and internationally.
3. A duo representing corporate clients (from SMEs to large accounts), financial institutions, and individual clients, complementing the two employees already elected to the Board of Directors.
4. Strong personalities to assert the interests of employees in the Board of Directors.
5. The desire to establish a constructive dialogue with all stakeholders - employees, shareholders, board members, trade unions, associations, etc. - independently and free from any ties.
6. Deep convictions:
   • environmental and social issues must be at the heart of all our development strategies;
   • as the European banking industry faces a wave of consolidation, every employee shareholder has a role to play in shaping our future;
   • our Group’s necessary transformation must take on board the concerns of both shareholders AND employees, in particular reinforcing training and mobility;
   • employee motivation depends on our ability to grow our business, achieve a strong share price, and capital increases reserved for employees;
   • Societe Generale’s universal banking model – global reach, diversity of expertise, and customer franchise – is a genuine strength to leverage;
   • to succeed we need to differentiate ourselves through innovation and deliver added value to clients, above and beyond the constant drive to improve efficiency. 
7. Supported by a close team of 25 employees rich in its diversity, through a network of ambassadors in each profession and each country of the Group and by personalities who have given us their support (Territories, Justice, International Financial Sector and Large corporates, CSR, Consulting Firms, Education and Research, etc.).

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Sébastien Wetter et Emmanuelle Petelle

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