Portrait: Hélène Sauvan, KEDGE graduate and Human Resources Director at Crédit du Nord

After having received her diploma from KEDGE, Hélène Sauvan started her career in a business and marketing position in Lyon, for the Messageries Lyonnaises de Presse.

She joined the Crédit du Nord in 1995 in its marketing department, then successively held various positions in its operating network in the Paris region: Director of the Paris Est Group in 2005, Deputy Regional Director of the Ile-de-France Division in 2010, Assistant Regional Director of the Corporate Division in 2014, and Chairman of the Managing Board of Banque Kolb, and Member of the Group Management Committee in 2016. 

After more than 23 years with the Credit du Nord, Hélène was promoted in October 2019 to Human Resources Director, replacing Philippe Calmels.               

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About the Crédit du Nord group:

The Crédit du Nord Group is made up of nine banks – Courtois, Kolb, Laydernier, Nuger, Rhône-Alpes, Société de Banque Monaco, Société Marseillaise de Crédit, Tarneaud and Crédit du Nord. It also has an investment company, la Société de Bourse Gilbert Dupont. 

With more than 8,400 employees and a network of 789 agencies, Crédit du Nord serves 1.8 million individual customers, 159,000 professionals, and 43,200 businesses. 

The Group's different entities have a high degree of autonomy in the management of their businesses, which translates in particular to rapid decision-making and responsiveness to their customers' demands. 

The Crédit du Nord Group's motives are simple and challenging - to be the leading bank for entrepreneurs throughout France, and to play a lasting role in the economic development of the regions where its regional banks are located.

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