Board of Directors

A mathematician and specialist in financial techniques, Eric Charpentier is Deputy General Manager at Crédit Industriel et Commercial (CIC) in France, responsible for Corporate Banking, Investment Banking, Private Banking and Asset Management. He joined Crédit Mutuel Nord Europe in 1998 and was responsible for Finance and Corporate. In 2004, he was appointed Deputy General Manager. He has been General Manager of Crédit Mutuel Nord Europe since 2006 and a member of the Board of Directors of Crédit Industriel et Commercial, Paris since 2015. Numerous other mandates as a board member within and outside the financial sector testify to his versatility and experience in managing companies.

Roland Burger is partner and member of the Board of Directors and senior management of PKF Certifica AG and is responsible for the regions of German- and French-speaking Switzerland.
As a federally certified auditor and FINMA-accredited lead auditor for banks, securities traders and financial market infrastructures, he has broad-based experience in auditing and consulting. He was a long-standing partner at BDO, and as a member of senior management there he was responsible for the Financial Services product area, leading numerous international, national and regional auditing mandates. He served many years as a member of the commission for bank auditing of EXPERTsuisse.
In his spare time he likes to participate in sports and is interested in music and culture.

After completing completing his doctorate master's studies in natural sciences and geography at U.L.P. Strasbourg and obtaining a Master in Business Studies at the University of Essex in Great Britain, Luxembourg-borne Pierre Ahlborn began his banking career in 1988 at Banque de Luxem-bourg, where he has been Managing Director since 2000. He also holds a number of board of di-rector mandates, including at the European Fund Administration, the Luxembourg Bankers' Asso-ciation (ABBL), the Luxembourg Red Cross and the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra. In his free time, the father of four enjoys sailing, cooking, skiing, music and art.

Jean-Albert Chaffard has a degree in Finance and Business Administration from a University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration and the University of Panthéon-Assas in Paris. He has been the Director of International Activities at the CIC Group since April 2017. Previously, he was the Managing Director of CIC Nord Ouest. Jean-Albert Chaffard has been with the CIC Group since 1990 – initially as Regional Manager and Head of Business Clients at CIC Lyonnaise de Banque, and then at the Crédit Mutuel CM11 Group as Business Clients Director.

David Hérault graduated from the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce in Tours and holds a post-graduate diploma in banking and financial management. After 11 years as a general inspector at the Confédération Nationale du Crédit Mutuel he then worked on development projects on the board of the group's leasing subsidiary. Since 2012 he has been in charge of corporate development at Banque Fédérative du Crédit Mutuel; since 2017 he has been a director of Paysurf.

Sabine Schimel has a degree in engineering from Ecole Polytechnique and is an economic statistician. She started her career in the French Ministry of Finance, before moving on to management roles in various banks and insurance companies. In 2018 she joined Crédit Mutuel Nord Europe as a deputy general director, switching to Crédit Mutuel Equity in 2022, where she holds the rank of general director of Crédit Mutuel Capital with special responsibility for the international business. She also sits on the boards of Beobank in Belgium and Groupe La Française.