Nicolas MOREAU is Appointed Group Chief Executive of AXA UK and Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of AXA Investment Managers,
2006年3月24日 - 7:50PM
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PARIS, March 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Board of AXA UK, the
holding company of AXA Group's insurance operations in Great
Britain and Ireland, announces the decision of Dennis Holt to
retire from his executive role as Group chief executive of AXA UK
as of June 30, 2006. He will be replaced by Nicolas Moreau,
currently Chief Executive of AXA Investment Managers. Nicolas
Moreau remains on the AXA Group Executive Committee and will become
Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of AXA Investment Managers as
of 30 June 2006, in place of Donald Brydon. Donald Brydon will stay
on the Board of AXA Investment Managers as a Director. Dominique
Carrel-Billiard, currently Senior Vice-President in charge of
Business Support and Development for the asset management, the U.S.
insurance activities and the reinsurance activities of the AXA
Group becomes Chief Executive of AXA Investment Managers as of June
30, 2006. Anthony Hamilton, Chairman of the Board of AXA UK said,
"Under Dennis Holt's leadership, the UK & Ireland businesses
have been restructured successfully. He has significantly
contributed to positioning AXA on a clear path for profitable
growth." Henri de Castries, Chairman of the Management Board of AXA
added, "We are grateful to Dennis Holt for his achievements at AXA
UK over the past five years which strengthened AXA UK's operations
and clearly positioned it as a key component of our global strategy
in Europe. Nicolas Moreau's mission will be to build upon these
achievements and roll-out a profitable growth strategy in line with
our 2012 ambition to become the preferred company in our industry.
Dominique Carrel-Billiard will have to extend the growth dynamic
that AXA Investment Managers has shown since its creation thanks to
its successful multi-expert business model." Dennis Holt (57)
joined the Board of AXA UK and the AXA Group Executive Committee in
September 2001. Prior to AXA, he was the Group Executive Director
for the retail banking operations of Lloyds TSB, and a member of
their main Board. Nicolas Moreau (40) joined AXA in 1991 as
vice-president of the Finance department and was appointed senior
vice-president of the AXA Group finance department in 1994. In
March 2000, Nicolas Moreau became COO of AXA Investment Managers
and senior executive vice-president of AXA Rosenberg in January
2001. He also coordinated the private equity business as well as
the relationship between AXA Investment Managers and the insurance
companies of the AXA Group. In April 2002, he was promoted to Chief
Executive of AXA Investment Managers. Dominique Carrel-Billiard
(40) joined AXA Group in May 2004 as Senior Vice-President in
charge of Business Support and Development for the asset
management, the U.S. insurance and the reinsurance activities of
the AXA Group. Until 2004 he was a partner at McKinsey &
Company Inc. where he specialized in financial services. About AXA
AXA Group is a worldwide leader in Financial Protection. AXA's
operations are diverse geographically, with major operations in
Western Europe, North America and the Asia/Pacific area. AXA had
Euro 1,064 billion in assets under management as of December 31,
2005. For full year 2005, IFRS revenues amounted to Euro 72 billion
and IFRS underlying earnings amounted to Euro 3,258 million. The
AXA ordinary share is listed and trades under the symbol AXA on the
Paris Stock Exchange. The AXA American Depository Share is also
listed on the NYSE under the ticker symbol AXA. About AXA UK AXA
UK, a wholly owned subsidiary of AXA, operates in the UK and
Ireland, and occupies leading positions in providing life
insurance, investments, health insurance and general insurance to
personal and business customers. For more information please visit
http://www.axa.co.uk/. About AXA Investment Managers AXA Investment
Managers is a multi-expert asset management company within the AXA
Group, a worldwide leader in Financial Protection. AXA Investment
Managers is one of the largest European-based asset managers with
more than ?432 billion (as at 31 December 2005) under management.
AXA Investment Managers employs over 2,400 people and serves
clients in 16 countries. For more information please visit
http://www.axa-im.com/ . This press release is available on the AXA
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