- Jean-Paul Votron
Jean-Paul Votron (b.1950) is a Belgian businessman, he is previously
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and member of the Board of Fortis, a leading European financial group. He has been replaced by Herman Verwilst as of 11/07/2008.Education
He graduated in Commercial and Financial Sciences at the
Institut Catholique des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (ICHEC) inBrussels in 1973, in addition he obtained a special degree in Business Strategies and International Management.Career
In 1975 he started his career at
Unilever , where he had management responsibilities in international sales, marketing and general management. He joinedCitibank in 1991, where he worked in different positions inEurope and theUSA . At Citibank he was President of Citibank Belgium andMarketing Director for Europe, Director ofMarketing and technology USA and EuropeConsumer Bank, DirectorInsurance in the USA, Head of USA Investment Business (Chicago), and Chairman and CEO of Citibank FSB, a branch network in the USA. He left Citibank in 1997 and joinedABN-AMRO as Senior Executive Vice-President International Consumer Banking and E-Commerce until 2001 when he rejoined Citigroup. In 2002, he was appointed as a member of the Management Committee ofCitigroup and until 2004 Jean-Paul Votron was its CEO Retail Bank forWestern Europe ,Central Europe ,Russia ,Middle East andAfrica .On 11 October 2004, he joined Fortis as its CEO and was responsible for the day-to-day management of the group and proposing strategic proposals to the Board. He succeeded
Anton van Rossum .ource
* [http://images.businessweek.com/ss/05/06/0526eubw50/6.htm Leaders of Europe's BW50]
* [http://www.fortis.com/Governance/cvs_executive_management.asp Fortis Executive Management]
* [http://www.future.abnamro.com/nl/what-happens-next/hear-from/jpv-interview/index.html Interview met Jean-Paul Votron] (Dutch)
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