Philippe Donnet is to Take a Wider Role Within the AXA Group and is Appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of AXA Japan H
2006年3月31日 - 5:25PM
PRニュース・ワイアー (英語)
PARIS, March 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Boards of AXA Japan
Holding and AXA Life Japan met on March 14, 2006 to take important
organizational decisions following AXA decision to have Philippe
Donnet play a larger role within the AXA Group. * Philippe Donnet
quits his current positions of President and Representative
Director (Chief Executive Officer) of AXA Life Japan and AXA Japan
Holding. * Philippe Donnet remains in charge of the development and
success of AXA in Japan, as he has been appointed to the position
of Chairman of the Board of Directors of AXA Japan Holding by the
Board. * Paul Sampson, currently Deputy Chief Executive Officer of
AXA Life Japan, is appointed Chief Executive Officer of AXA Life
Japan. * Frederic de Courtois, currently Chief Financial Officer of
AXA Life Japan becomes Chief Executive Officer of AXA Japan
Holding, supervising non life business, and Deputy Chief Executive
Officer of AXA Life Japan. * Susumu Yabe, currently head of AXA
Advisors, the main salaried sales force at AXA Life Japan, becomes
Deputy Chief Executive Officer of AXA Life Japan in charge of
distribution with responsibility over all AXA Life Japan sales
channels. 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
billion. 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 Japan AXA operates in Japan mainly through its subsidiary AXA
Japan Holding which provides life and non-life insurance services.
AXA Life Insurance is the principal subsidiary of AXA Japan Holding
providing life insurance, medical insurance, savings and other
financial protection-related products. AXA Life Insurance employs
over 7,300 employees and salaried sales force. This press release
is available on the AXA Group web site: http://www.axa.com/
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