Denis Kessler

See also: Kessler (homonymy)

Denis Kessler (born the March 25th 1952 with Mulhouse), was vice-president of the MEDEF, is currently president of the group Scor. Graduate of HEC, it began a career of academic in economy, taking an active share with emergence in France of the debate on the “end of the retirements”, in collaboration with Dominique Strauss-Kahn, one of the former professors with HEC, or André Masson. He became president of the French federation of the insurance companies (FFSA) then, vice-president of MEDEF, symbolizing the increase in the weight of the sector of the insurances in employers' association. Promoted in 1997 international director of Axa and right-hand man of his president Claude Bébéar, it is laid off at the end of sixteen months. It defends a total dismantling of the French social protection system as it entrusted to the magazine Challenges in October 2007: “the list of the reforms? It is simple, take all that was set up between 1944 and 1952, without exception”.

Diplomas

Graduate of:

the School of the high commercial studies
Qualified schoolteacher of Social sciences
Qualified schoolteacher of Economic scenes
Doctor d' État in economy
D.E.A. of political Philosophy
Control of Sciences

Career

Currently:

Leader-writer with the economic magazine “Challenges” as from October 2007
Chairman and managing director of the group Scor (reinsurance) since November 4th, 2002
President of the French federation of the 1998 and 1990, Insurance companies (FFSA) to 1997 to November 4th, 2002
Member of the Economic and Social Council since 1993
Member of the National council of the insurances
Member of the Commission of the social accounting since 1994
Administrator of BNP Paribas, Dexia, Bolloré, Dassault Aviation and INVESCO

Previously:

executive Vice-president of the MEDEF of 1998 to 2002
President of the Economic commission of MEDEF, in charge of the economic affairs and international of 1994 to 1998
Member of the European Committee of the insurances of 1990 to 1997 and 1998 to 2002
Managing director and member of the executive committee of Axa in 1997 and 1998 Directing
of studies to the School of the high studies in social sciences (EHESS) in 1990
Professor with the University of Nancy II in 1988 Enquiring
with CNRS of 1976 to 1988
Administrator of the Union from the banks in Paris and the Union of the Insurances of Paris
Member of the National council of the credit and President of his Committee of the users

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