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Societe Generale appoints Alain Fischer in charge of the digital office within its global banking & investors solutions division
April 2016 by Emmanuelle Lamandé
Societe Generale announces the creation of a Digital Office within its Global Banking & Investors Solutions division and appoints Alain Fischer as Chief Digital Officer.
He will be in charge of defining the digital strategy and stepping up the digital transformation of all the division’s businesses and will report to Didier Valet, Head of Global Banking & Investor Solutions.
The Digital Office will coordinate all projects related to digital transformation and collect market intelligence. It will also contribute to the division’s partnership and investment strategy in external platforms and ensure consistency among the various digital initiatives.
Alain Fischer began his career within Axa’s Life Insurance Actuary Department. He was appointed Project Manager within the Economic and Financial Research Department of Chevreux in 1997, before becoming Head of Research & Sales Technology. In 2007, he joined Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking’s (SG CIB) Cash Equity team as Global Head of Projects & Organization and then later became Global Head of Operations and Technology for the Research and Strategy department. In 2013, he was appointed Global Head of e-Business for Global Markets.
Alain Fischer is a graduate of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Informatique et de Mathématiques Appliquées, in France.
