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Jean-Laurent Bonnafé
BNP Paribas
Jean-Laurent Bonnafé has been CEO of French banking group BNP Paribas since 2011 . An engineering graduate from the École Polytechnique and the École des Mines , he has been with the company since 1993 when he joined as an investment banker . 34th on Forbes ’ list , the company has a market capitalisation totalling $ 68.7bn . It is the largest French bank , with its retail banking core serving France , Belgium and Italy . AUGUST 2019