Benoît de Juvigny, 60, a graduate of HEC and IEP in Paris and a former student at ENA, began his career as Inspector of Finances at the French Ministry of Economy and Finance in 1984. After different posts at the French Ministry of Economy and Finance, he joined Crédit Lyonnais in 1991 where he held various posts specialising in corporate banking and corporate finance in Paris and Brussels. In 2000 he joined Hervet Bank where he was a member of the Executive Committee. In 2001 he was responsible for developing the strategic plan for the CCF-HSBC group. He became CEO of Dewaay Bank –dedicated to asset management- in Brussels in 2002.
In October 2004 he joined the AMF as the Head of Investment Service Providers and Products. In 2006 he was appointed Managing Director of Corporate Finance and, as of 2011, was at the head of both Corporate Finance and Corporate Accounting and Auditing.
Benoît de Juvigny was appointed on December 1st, 2012 Secretary General of the AMF, Autorité des Marchés Financiers. He is also Chair of Esma Corporate Finance Standing Committee since September 2017.