Crédit Agricole CIB appoints Laurent Capes Head of Global Investment Banking

Laurent Capes is appointed Head of Global Investment Banking, effective date 1st September 2022.

He replaces Hélène Combe-Guillemet who is retiring, and reports to Didier Gaffinel, Deputy General Manager in charge of Global Coverage and Investment Banking. Based in Paris, he is a member of the Bank’s Management Committee.

Biography

Laurent Capes has strong expertise in investment banking with extensive experience in the Coverage of Large Clients in France and abroad.

Laurent started his career at the World Bank in 1997. In 1999, he joined the French Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry in the Treasury Department, where he worked on several privatisation transactions. After joining Deutsche Bank in 2003 in the Investment Banking department, he became a Senior Banker in 2011 at Natixis. He joined Crédit Agricole CIB in 2015 as a Senior Banker in the Large French Clients team, focusing on public sector companies, and was appointed Head of Global Coverage Organisation in January 2019.

Laurent Capes is a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique, the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées and the London School of Economics.