Diony Lebot supervises the Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking activities in the Americas region.
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Educational Background

• 1985: D.E.S.S. in Finance and Tax
- University of PARIS - Panthéon Sorbonne

• 1984: Masters in Business administration-Finance. University of Paris - Panthéon Sorbonne

• 1980: Baccalauréat Série C (Science) Lycée français d'Athènes.

Career summary

• Dec 2007: Chief Executive Officer, Americas Region SG Corporate & Investment Banking
- Responsible for overseeing Société Générale's activities in the United States, Canada and Latin America
- Member of SGCIB Executive Committee since 2006
- Member of SG CODIR since December 2007

• Sept 2004: Head of Europe - CORI SG Corporate & Investment Banking - Corporate & Institutions Division
- Responsible for global relationship with European corporates and supervision of SG CIB branches in EMEEA
- SG CIB - Corporates & Institutions
- Member of SGCIB Executive Committee since 2006

• 2001: Global Head of Asset Finance (4 divisions : Real Estate Finance, Aircraft Finance, shipping Finance and Structured Finance Leasing) Global responsibility of this business.
- Member of the Debt Finance Executive Committee SG CIB - Debt Finance

• 1998: Deputy head of Financial Engineering (3 divisions : Securitisation, Tax and Debt Advisory, Big Ticket Leasing). Direct responsibility of these activities in France, and member of the management team globally.
- SG CIB - Debt Finance division - Structured Finance Department

• 1997: Head of Big Ticket Leasing (global responsibility Paris, London, New-York) SG CIB - Debt Finance - Structured Finance Department

• 1995: Financial Controller : in charge of direct investments, acquisitions and supervision of SG direct investments (subsidiaries), and tax planning
- Financial Division of SG Group - DEVL

• 1991: Deputy head of Big Ticket leasing
- Societe Generale - Specialised Finance division

• 1987: Associate, VP and Director: Big Ticket leasing
- Societe Generale - Specialised Finance division

To show its commitment to diversity, Societe Generale has decided to let exemplary female staff have their say via the Group’s various media supports, through five videos. Having worked their way to the top, they will share their vision of a woman’s role within the company, how to make change happen and some of the hurdles they have encountered along the way, and will also talk about trying to balance life at home and at work.

Watch the interview with Françoise Mercadal-Delasalles, Group Head of Corporate Resources

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Watch the interview with Jennifer See, Head of Distribution and Institutional Sales, Taiwan

One other videos will be posted soon.

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