Philippe Wahl

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Philippe Wahl
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Wahl in 2017
Born (1956-03-11) 11 March 1956 (age 65)
Sarralbe, Moselle, France
NationalityFrench
OccupationChairman & CEO, La Poste Chairman, French ASP Investment Group
Spouse(s)Sylvie Schwob
Children3 children

Philippe Wahl is a French business executive. Having previously been a government advisor and bank executive, in September 2013 he was appointed president and chief executive officer of La Poste, the group which includes the French postal service.

Early life and education[]

Wahl's parents are Adrien Wahl, a human resources director, and Georgette Meyer, a teacher.[1] He graduated from the Paris Institute of Political Studies in 1978 and has a Master of Advanced Studies degree in economics from Pantheon-Sorbonne University. In 1982–84 he earned a degree from the École nationale d'administration.[2][3]

Career[]

Wahl began his career in government in 1984 at the Council of State as an auditor and Master of Requests; in 1986 he also became an advisor to the president of the Commission des opérations de bourse, the French stock market regulator. In 1989, he became cabinet director to Tony Dreyfus when Dreyfus was Secretary of State under Michel Rocard, then became Rocard's technical advisor on economic, financial and fiscal matters.[2][3] Under Rocard he was able to achieve the passage of the , a social benefits tax, despite the opposition of the then Minister of Finance, Pierre Bérégovoy.[1]

In private business, he worked for beginning in 1991, as advisor to the CEO, from 1992 as a member of the board, and from 1994 as assistant CEO, and in 1997 became director of the specialist financial services arm and a member of the executive committee at Banque Paribas, with which Compagnie bancaire merged. In 1999 he became CEO of the French directorate of savings banks, CNCE (now Groupe BPCE). This position carried with it the presidency of the holding group and of the board of the insurer Écureuil assurances IARD and membership of the governing board of CDC Ixis and CNP Assurances.[2][3] In 2005 he became CEO of Havas and in 2006 vice president of Bolloré. In January 2007 he returned to banking at The Royal Bank of Scotland Group, initially as CEO for France, in March 2008 becoming advisor to the RBS Global Banking and Markets Board and in December 2008, CEO for France, Belgium and Luxembourg.[2][3]

In January 2011, Wahl was appointed chairman of the board of the Banque postale division of La Poste and adjunct CEO of the La Poste group. On 25 September 2013, the President of France appointed him president and chief executive of La Poste, succeeding .[2][3] He has promised to pursue three goals: economic health, good working conditions, and above all customer satisfaction,[4] which he has developed in his 2014 strategic plan, La Poste 2020.[5]

He implements a diversification strategy for La Poste's activities, developing amongst others : home-care services for seniors,[6] sessions of driving licence written exam.[7] In 2016, he signed a contract to take majority stakes in Axeo, a large network of local branches specialized in neighbourhood services.[8] He also expands Geopost activities in Italy, Russia,[9] Brazil[10] and Vietnam.

Other activities[]

  • La France s’engage Foundation, Member of the Board[11]

Personal life[]

Philippe Wahl is married to Sylvie Schwob, a human resources executive at Sanofi whom he met at university,[12] and has three children.[1] He is a member of the board of the Institut Montaigne, a liberal think tank.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Agence France-Presse, "Philippe Wahl, une carrière menée d'une banque à l'autre", La Libre Belgique, 1 August 2013 (in French).
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Philippe Wahl est nommé président-directeur général", Groupe La Poste, 25 September 2013 (in French).
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Philippe Wahl has been appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer", PostEurop, retrieved 18 August 2014.
  4. ^ Alice Mérieux, "Le banquier Philippe Wahl promet du sang et des larmes à La Poste", Challenges.fr, 18 September 2013 (in French).
  5. ^ Laurent Martinet, Agence France-Presse, "Comment Philippe Wahl veut sauver La Poste", l'Express, 28 January 2014 (in French).
  6. ^ "La Poste accélère dans le business des seniors". lesechos.fr. 2016-10-11. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
  7. ^ "La Poste sees 11.5% jump in profits «  Post & Parcel". postandparcel.info. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
  8. ^ "La Poste takes majority stake in AXEO Service «  Post & Parcel". postandparcel.info. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
  9. ^ News, East-West Digital (2017-01-31). "GeoPost acquires majority stake in Russia's SPSR Express as local shipping market consolidates". East-West Digital News. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
  10. ^ "BRAZIL > GeoPost acquires 60% stake in Brazilian logistics company JadLog". fdianalytics.com. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
  11. ^ Board La France s’engage Foundation.
  12. ^ Étienne Gingembre, "Les petits secrets du nouveau P-DG de La Poste, Philippe Wahl", Capital.fr, 30 December 2013 (in French),

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