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Claire Calmejane appointed Chief Innovation Officer at Societe Generale Group
Societe Generale announces today the appointment of Claire Calmejane as Chief Innovation Officer reporting to Frédéric Oudéa, Chief Executive Officer, from 3rd September 2018. She will also be a member of the Group Management Committee.
In line with Societe Generale’s digital transformation acceleration, Claire Calmejane’s mission will be to foster the innovation culture and identify new business developments and services for customers. She will be in charge of driving the venturing efforts in internal and external startups, identifying relevant market trends, developing partnerships with the external ecosystem, harnessing disruptive innovations, emerging technologies and data management to enable Societe Generale Group to offer its customers tomorrow’s banking services.
An IT engineer with a HEC master degree, Claire Calmejane has developed solid experience in the fields of new technologies and digital transformation of financial services, particularly in the United Kingdom at Capgemini Consulting and at Lloyds Banking Group. Her expertise in fintech and open banking and her involvement with the World Economic Forum on artificial intelligence and automation issues make Claire Calmejane a recognized specialist in digital transformation in the banking sector and the ecosystem of innovation.
The recruitment of Claire Calmejane is a natural fit with the Group’s “Transform to Grow” plan and Digital and Innovation strategy and will help reinforce the Group’s leadership in innovation*.
* Societe Generale Group ranked 2nd in the 2017 “eCAC 40” ranking in terms of digital maturity, achieved by the magazine Enjeux Les Echos
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