AXA Announces CEO Appointments in the Mediterranean and Japan Asia Pacific Regions Prior to the Integration of Winterthur Into t
2006年10月2日 - 5:02PM
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PARIS, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The preparation for the
integration of Winterthur operations into the AXA Group continues
to be on course. Following AXA's announcement on Sept. 7, 2006, AXA
announces today other CEO appointments in the Mediterranean and
Japan Asia Pacific regions. Jean-Raymond Abat, Group Regional CEO
for the AXA Mediterranean Region (Spain, Italy, Portugal, Morocco,
Turkey, the Gulf and Lebanon), will take the chairmanship of
insurance activities in Spain. Javier de Agustin, currently CEO of
AXA Seguros, will be appointed CEO of insurance activities in
Spain. AXA will operate from two sites (Madrid and Barcelona) as
its headquarters for the Spanish market. In the Japan Asia Pacific
Region under the supervision of Philippe Donnet as Group Regional
CEO, Paul Sampson, currently CEO of AXA Life Insurance Japan will
be appointed CEO of the life insurance activities in Japan.
Jean-Raymond Abat and Philippe Donnet are both members of the AXA
Group's Executive Committee. The CEO appointments in other Asian
countries (Hong Kong, Taiwan, Indonesia) will be decided and
communicated in the coming weeks upon completion of the strategic
review of Winterthur's operations in these countries by AXA Asia
Pacific Holdings, a 51.6% subsidiary of AXA. The above mentioned
appointments will be effective on January 1, 2007 and are subject
to the consummation of the acquisition of Winterthur by AXA
expected on December 31, 2006 and to obtaining the necessary
corporate governance approvals. Jean-Raymond Abat (57) was
appointed Group Regional CEO for the Mediterranean region in
February 2003. He started his career at UAP in 1993 in Madrid and
has held various executive positions within the UAP Group in South
America as well as in France. In 1997 he was appointed CEO of AXA
Seguros following the AXA/UAP merger. Javier de Agustin (54)
started his career in 1979 at L'Abeille in Paris and moved to
Madrid to hold various executive positions at L'Abeille in Spain.
From 1994 to 1998, following the integration of L'Abeille into UAP
he was responsible for controlling, non-life actuary, reinsurance
and IT at UAP Iberica. In 1998 he becomes CFO of AXA Seguros
following the AXA/UAP merger and was appointed director and senior
executive vice-president of AXA Seguros in 2003. Paul Sampson (50)
joined AXA in 1998 as Senior Vice President of Asia Pacific for AXA
Global IT organization. In 2000 he was appointed CIO of AXA
Nichidan Life Insurance (later renamed AXA Life Insurance Japan).
In May 2005 he was appointed Deputy President and COO of AXA Life
and President and Representative Director in April 2006. 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 1,091 billion in assets under management as of June 30, 2006,
and reported total revenues of Euro 41 billion and underlying
earnings of Euro 2,090 million for the first half of 2006. 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. This press release
is available on the AXA Group web site: http://www.axa.com/
Investor Relations: Etienne Bouas Laurent: +33.1.40.75.46.85
Emmanuel Touzeau: +33.1.40.45.49.05 Sophie Bourlanges:
+33.1.40.75.56.07 Kevin Molloy: +1.212.314.2893 Media Relations:
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forward-looking statements including, but not limited to,
statements that are predications of or indicate future events,
trends, plans or objectives. Undue reliance should not be placed on
such statements because, by their nature, they are subject to known
and unknown risks and uncertainties and can be affected by other
factors that could cause actual results and AXA's plans and
objectives to differ materially from those expressed or implied in
the forward looking statements (or from past results). These risks
and uncertainties include, without limitation, timely execution and
closing of the Winterthur acquisition. Please refer to AXA's Annual
Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2005 and AXA's
Document de Reference for the year ended December 31, 2005, for a
description of certain important factors, risks and uncertainties
that may affect AXA's business. AXA undertakes no obligation to
publicly update or revise any of these forward-looking statements,
whether to reflect new information, future events or circumstances
or otherwise. DATASOURCE: AXA CONTACT: Investor Relations: Etienne
Bouas Laurent, +33-1-40-75-46-85, Emmanuel Touzeau,
+33-1-40-45-49-05, Sophie Bourlanges, +33-1-40-75-56-07, Kevin
Molloy, +1-212-314-2893, Media Relations: Christophe Dufraux,
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