(AOF) – Meeting on December 17, 2024, the Board of Directors of Crédit Agricole SA, under the chairmanship of Dominique Lefebvre, and on the proposal of the Appointments and Governance Committee, decided to appoint Olivier Gavalda as Chief Executive Officer of Crédit Agricole SA, following the General Meeting of May 14, 2025. The transition within the general management of Crédit Agricole SA will be organized over the coming month.
Olivier Gavalda has spent his entire career at Crédit Agricole. He joined Crédit Agricole du Midi in 1988 where he successively held the responsibilities of organizational project manager, branch director, training manager and finally marketing director.
He joined Crédit Agricole d’Ile-de-France in 1998 as regional director then, in 2002, he was appointed deputy general manager of Crédit Agricole Sud Rhône-Alpes, in charge of development and human resources.
In 2007, he became general director of Crédit Agricole de Champagne-Bourgogne. He joined Crédit Agricole SA in 2010 as director of the Regional Banks division, then in 2015 he was appointed deputy general manager in charge of the development, customer and innovation division.
In 2016, he became general manager of Crédit Agricole d’Ile-de-France. Olivier Gavalda has been Deputy Managing Director of Crédit Agricole SA in charge of Universal Bank since November 2022.
Olivier Gavalda holds a master’s degree in econometrics and a DESS in organization/computer science from Arts et Métiers.
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