Our Management

French
A graduate of the École Polytechnique, Yves Mactrenchar joined the BNP Group in 1980; he spent his entire career within BNP and then BNP Paribas, initially in the France network. He later became notably responsible for BDDF Retail (Retail Banking in France) and then COO of BNP Paribas Retail Banking.

From September 2012 to October 2020, he was Group Human Resources Director and a member of the Executive Committee of BNP Paribas Group.

Retired since mid-2021, he is a member of the board of two other BNP Paribas Group subsidiaries: BNL in Italy and BMCI in Morocco. He was also Chairman of Crédit Logement from 2005 to 2010.

Swiss
After studying law at the University of Fribourg and at the Columbia University School of Law, Christian Bovet practiced as an associate lawyer, then as a professor of law. He joined the Federal Commission of Communication (ComCom) in 1999 and served until 2011, during which he held the position of Vice Chairman for several years. He was Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Geneva from 2007 to 2012, and was also a member of the Management Committee of the University’s Center for Banking and Financial Law until 2024. Christian Bovet is the editor of the book “Finanzmarktaufsicht / Surveillance des marchés financiers” (Helbing Lichtenhahn) and the co-editor of the Commentaires romands on competition law and the anti-money laundering law (Helbing Lichtenhahn). Since July 2024, he has chaired the Société académique de Genève.

In 2014, he joined the BNP Paribas (Suisse) SA Board of Directors.

Swiss
Alumni from the University of St. Gallen, Carole Ackermann graduated with a PhD in marketing. She is now a senior lecturer for business administration and integration projects. After more than 12 years working in various companies as a consultant, project manager and then director, she co.founded and became CEO of Diamondscull AG in 2007.

Carole Ackermann invests early in companies in the technology/ICT field. She is also non-executive director of several companies such as Allianz Suisse, BKW, BVZ Holding, or Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley, co-president of the Female Innovation Forum and a jury member of Venture Kick. She has an entrepreneurial spirit with an integrative mind-set and down-to-earth behaviour. She is eager to identify, discuss and promote new ideas and help transferring them into concrete projects and results. She also participates on panels or as speaker at conferences on entrepreneurship, start-ups and women in this field.

French
Xavier Boissinot graduated with an MBA from the IAE Business School of Aix-en-Provence (1988) and from the ESIGELEC engineering school of Rouen (1987). He began his career as Financial Controller for W.R. Grace in New York, before joining the BNP Paribas Group in Paris in 1990 at the IT Department and then at the General Inspection. Between 1998 and 2008, he held several management positions as COO in international subsidiaries in Luxembourg, Asia and Switzerland, mainly for Wealth Management activities. In 2008, he joined Group Human Resources in Paris, then was appointed COO of Corporate Real Estate before joining the General Inspection in 2016 as Deputy Head.

Since September 2022, he is Regional COO Wealth Management for International Markets.

Danish
After graduating from Cambridge University with a Masters of Engineering, Simon Larsen joined HSBC in 1997, where he led a 22-year international career with leadership roles in banking, wealth management and insurance businesses across Europe and Asia. From 2013-2018, he was COO of HSBC’s Private Banking business in EMEA, based in Switzerland.

Since 2020, he has been an entrepreneur and senior advisor to technology / fintech companies including Accenture and RegData S.A.

French
Graduated from Business School (Europe ESCP), Vincent Lecomte joined BNP Paribas in 1992. He joined BNP Paribas Wealth Management in 2010 as Chief Operating Officer before being appointed as co-Chief Executive Officer in 2011. Since 2022, Vincent Lecomte occupies the position of Chief Executive Officer of BNP Paribas Wealth Management.

Belgian
As a graduate of the University of Ghent in applied economics, Geert Lippens has been over 30 years in banking. He started his banking career in 1994 and held till 2008 various positions in structured finance at Generale Bank and after the take-over at Fortis Bank Mees Pierson both in Europe and Asia. As from 2004 he was leading the global acquisition and leveraged finance group based in Rotterdam.

After joining BNP Paribas in 2009, Geert led the Leveraged Finance activities and was as from 2015 also responsible for the Energy, Resources and infrastructure finance group in EMEA. From 2019 till early 2024, he was CEO & Country Head of BNP Paribas The Netherlands, leading the Corporate & Institutional Banking team and overseeing all entities of BNP Paribas in The Netherlands while developing and managing a country growth plan. He is currently acting as Head of Corporate and Institutional Banking EMEA countries.

Swiss
After a law degree at the University of Zurich, followed by a lawyer and a notary licence, Marina Masoni joined the law offices of Masoni-Fontana in Lugano. She has been MP of the Great Council, then State Counsellor, Minister of Finance and Economy for the Canton of Tessin. In 1998, 2000 and 2005, Marina Masoni was President of the cantonal government. In 2007, she joined the general management team for Wegelin & Co. in Saint-Gall, then became director of the Lugano branch from 2008 to 2010. Since 2010, she has been a consultant at the law offices of Masoni-Fontana.

Belgian
Thomas Mennicken graduated from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (Solvay Business School) in 1990.

At the beginning of his career, he was trader at JP Morgan in Brussels and New York.

He joined BNP Paribas in 1994 to become Head of the Bond Option Desk in Paris.  In 1997, he moved to London to head up the Market Risk Analytics in Group Risk Management.  In 2000, he became Head of Market & Counterparty Risk Analytics and in 2007, Head of Risk Architecture. In 2009, he was appointed member of the Executive Board and Chief Risk Officer of BNP Paribas Fortis. In 2014, he took the position of Head of Corporate & Institutional Banking (CIB) of BNP Paribas Fortis and Head of CIB Corporate Clients Financing & Advisory EMEA at the BNP Paribas Group level.

In October 2016, he has joined RISK to become Chief Risk Officer for CIB.

Swiss & French
A graduate of the École Centrale de Paris and the University of Wisconsin, Yves Serra started his career working in France and Asia for Sulzer Brothers. In 1992, he joined Charmilles Technologies in Tokyo as Regional CEO for Asia before being appointed as CEO of the Geneva-based subsidiary. He moved to Georg Fischer in 2003 as CEO of the Piping Systems subsidiary and became CEO of the group in 2008. He joined the Board of Directors of BNP Paribas (Suisse) SA in 2019.