Gérard Worms

Gérard Worms

October 2009
Born August 1, 1936
Paris, France
Nationality French
Education École Polytechnique
Mines ParisTech
Occupation Banker
Businessman
Religion Jewish

Gérard Worms is a French banker and businessman. He serves as the Vice Chairman of Rothschild Europe and Senior Advisor of Rothschild & Cie Banque.

Biography

Early life

Gérard Worms was born on August 1, 1936 in Paris.[1][2] He graduated from the École Polytechnique and Mines ParisTech.[1][2][3]

Career

He started his career as a technical adviser in the French civil service.[4] He served as an Advisor to Olivier Guichard (1920–2004), Minister of Industry from 1967 to 1968, and to Jacques Chaban-Delmas (1915–2000), Prime Minister from 1969 to 1972.[2][3] Since 1972, he has worked at the Hachette Group, the Rhône-Poulenc group, the Société Générale de Belgique and Telecom Italia.[4][5] He served as Deputy Chairman of Supervisory Board and Vice President of M6.[4] From 1990 to 1995, he served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Compagnie de Suez.[3][4][5] From 1995 to 1999, he served as the Chairman of the Compagnie de Suez and Indosuez Private Banking.[3][4][5]

He has been a Member of the Supervisory Board of Publicis from 1998 to 2013.[4] He has served on the Boards of Directors of Saatchi & Saatchi, Mercapital, Éditions Atlas, Paris Orléans, Financière Saint Merri and Cofide.[4] He served as the Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) from 2011 to 2013.[6] He has also served on the Board of Advisors of Degrémont.[4] Additionally, he has been a member of Le Siècle, a French think tank.[7] He also sits on the Board of Directors of the Fondation Ensemble and on the Ethics Committee of Fondapol.[8]

He has taught at the HEC Paris, the University of Paris and his alma mater, the École Polytechnique.[1][2] He has also co-written a book.

He served as the Chairman of Rothschild & Cie Banque (Paris) from 1995 to 1999.[3][4] He served as Vice Chairman of the European subsidiary of Banque privée Edmond de Rothschild.[3][4] He also served as Chief Executive Officer of N M Rothschild & Sons.[7] He currently serves as Vice Chairman of Rothschild Europe and Senior Advisor of Rothschild & Cie Banque.[4][5] Additionally, he serves on the Audit Committee of Publicis.[5]

Bibliography

References

  1. 1 2 3 Association Georges Pompidou
  2. 1 2 3 4 Archives Nationales
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Gérard Worms est élu président mondial de la Chambre de commerce internationale, Les Échos, April 05, 2011
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Bloomberg BusinessWeek
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Public Groupe: Audit Committee
  6. ↑ International Chamber of Commerce
  7. 1 2 Rachida Dati, Fille de M'Barek et de Fatim-Zhora: Ministre de la Justice, Paris: XO Editions, 2011, pp. 197-199
  8. ↑ Fondapol
  9. ↑ Google Books
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