Bernard Poignant, Conseiller du Président , Comité France Chine

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Bernard Poignant is a graduate of the Institute of Political Science of Paris (Sciences Po Paris).

He started his career at BNP in 1967 where he worked in particular for the General Inspection (1971-1978), and then for the International Finances Department (1978-1987). In 1987 he was appointed Managing Director of BNP Capital Markets in London. In 1994 he joined Lazard Frères where he was in charge of the Equity Capital Markets department. Since January 1999, he was Director of International Project Financing at Veolia Environnement. He joined The Royal Bank of Scotland in June 2005.

He retired in June 2011.

Bernard is Treasurer, Board Member and Advisor to the president of the Comite France Chine and China Advisor to Paris EUROPLACE, the organization in charge to promote the Paris financial marketplace.