Press Release
9 September 2016 - N° 20



Appointments at SCOR

 

 

SCOR announces two appointments within the central Group functions.

 

Claire Le Gall-Robinson joins SCOR as Group General Secretary with effect from October 2016. Reporting to Romain Launay, Group Chief Operating Officer, she will notably be responsible for the secretariat of the Group's Board of Directors and Executive Committee, as well as being in charge of compliance and public affairs. The Legal department will report to her, and she will oversee regulatory affairs, which now fall under the responsibility of the Regulatory and Prudential Affairs department. Claire Le Gall-Robinson will be based in Paris.

 

Philippe Verdoire is appointed Head of Group Cost Control and Budgeting, reporting to Ian Kelly, Head of Group Financial Planning and Analysis, and to Romain Launay, Group Chief Operating Officer. His role will be to deliver strong performance in expense management with a view to further optimizing the cost base of the Group. Philippe Verdoire will be based in Paris.

  

 

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Biographies

Claire Le Gall-Robinson, 41, is a lawyer admitted the Paris and New York Bars. A graduate of Harvard Law School (Master of Laws) and the Paris II- Panthéon Assas University (Corporate and tax law), she has practiced for more than 17 years in leading US law firms Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. Prior to joining SCOR, she was a partner in the Corporate department of the international law firm Gowling WLG in Paris.

 

Philippe Verdoire, 48, is a graduate of the SKEMA Business School, Sophia Antipolis, France and of the University of Lyon, France. Having begun his career with Ernst & Young in an audit capacity, he subsequently joined ABB, a leading global power and automation technology company, in 2003. At ABB he occupied various roles, including Head of Internal Audit for Finance and Special Projects, Division Controller for Power Products, and Global Procurement Head for Indirect Goods and Services. In 2013 he became the Business Unit Controller for Industry Solutions, Mining and Minerals Processing.

 


 

Contact details

 

Marie-Laurence Bouchon

Group Head of Communications

+33 (0)1 58 44 76 10

mbouchon@scor.com

 

 

Bertrand Bougon

Head of Investor Relations

& Rating Agencies

+33 (0)1 58 44 71 68

bbougon@scor.com

 

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Forward-looking statements

 

SCOR does not communicate "profit forecasts" in the sense of Article 2 of (EC) Regulation n°809/2004 of the European Commission. Thus, any forward-.looking statements contained in this communication should not be held as corresponding to such profit forecasts. Information in this communication may include "forward-looking statements", including but not limited to statements that are predictions of or indicate future events, trends, plans or objectives, based on certain assumptions and include any statement which does not directly relate to a historical fact or current fact. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words or phrases such as, without limitation, "anticipate", "assume", "believe", "continue", "estimate", "expect", "foresee", "intend", "may increase" and "may fluctuate" and similar expressions or by future or conditional verbs such as, without limitations, "will", "should", "would" and "could." Undue reliance should not be placed on such statements, because, by their nature, they are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause actual results, on the one hand, to differ from any results expressed or implied by the present communication, on the other hand.

Please refer to the 2015 reference document filed on 4 March 2016 under number D.16-0108 with the French Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) posted on SCOR's website www.scor.com (the "Document de Référence"), for a description of certain important factors, risks and uncertainties that may affect the business of the SCOR Group. As a result of the extreme and unprecedented volatility and disruption of the current global financial crisis, SCOR is exposed to significant financial, capital market and other risks, including movements in interest rates, credit spreads, equity prices, and currency movements, changes in rating agency policies or practices, and the lowering or loss of financial strength or other ratings.

The Group's financial information is prepared on the basis of IFRS and interpretations issued and approved by the European Union. This financial information does not constitute a set of financial statements for an interim period as defined by IAS 34 "Interim Financial Reporting".The Group's financial information is prepared on the basis of IFRS and interpretations issued and approved by the European Union. This financial information does not constitute a set of financial statements for an interim period as defined by IAS 34 "Interim Financial Reporting".

 

 

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