Jacques Michel

Chairman of BNP Paribas Middle East and Africa for Corporate and Institutional Banking. He serves on several BNP Paribas boards, including BNP Paribas MEA, BNP Paribas Investment Company in Saudi Arabia and BNP Paribas Wealth Management subsidiary in Dubai. He was CEO and Country Head of BNP Paribas India, and a member of the Executive Committee of BNP Paribas Asia-Pacific. Prior to that, he was Deputy CEO/Chief Risk Officer of Fortis Bank Asia-Pacific in Hong Kong. Foreign Trade Advisor of France – Official representative of the French business community overseas, he was elected President of the French Foreign Trade Advisors’ Hong Kong Chapter and he is President of the Bahrain Chapter. He graduated from ESSEC.