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Tidjane Thiam
Tidjane Thiam | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Thiam in 2015 | |
| Born | 29 July 1962 |
| Education | École Polytechnique Paris School of Mines INSEAD |
| Spouse | Annette Thiam (divorced) |
| Children | 2 |
Tidjane Thiam (French: [tidʒan tiam];[1][2] born 29 July 1962) is an Ivorian and French businessman, and the executive chairman of Freedom Acquisition Corp.[3] He was the chief executive officer (CEO) of Swiss bank Credit Suisse from March 2015 to February 2020. He was the chief financial officer of British banking group Prudential from 2007 to 2009, and then its CEO until 2015. In 2019, Thiam became a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).[4][5][6]
Born into a prominent political family in the Ivory Coast, he holds dual Ivorian and French nationality. He studied advanced mathematics and physics in France before joining the management consultants McKinsey & Company in 1986, where he worked until 1994. From 1994 to 1999 he worked in the Ivory Coast first as chief executive of the National Bureau for Technical Studies (BNETD). Following the 1999 Ivorian coup d'état, he resumed a private sector career and rejoined McKinsey in Paris from 2000 to 2002, then worked as a senior executive for Aviva before being recruited by Prudential.
In 2020, Thiam was appointed by the shareholders of the Kering Foundation to become part of the board of directors, as well as to take the position as Chair of the Audit Committee.[7][8]
- ^ Clinch, Matt (March 10, 2014). "Who is the new CEO at Credit Suisse?". CNBC. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
- ^ RTS - Radio Télévision Suisse (July 6, 2015), L'interview de Tidjane Thiam, archived from the original on 2021-12-19, retrieved October 8, 2018
- ^ "SPAC Freedom Acquisition I, led by the former CEO of Credit Suisse, files for a $250 million IPO". www.nasdaq.com. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ^ "Tidjane Thiam". The International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ^ "Greek official tied to scam among IOC nominees". ESPN. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ "IOC Session elects two Executive Board Members and ten new IOC Members". International Olympic Committee. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ "Kering : Jean Liu, Tidjane Thiam and Emma Watson join the Board of Kering as Directors". Market Screener. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Emma Watson joins Kering's prestigious Board of Directors". Lifestyle Asia. 18 June 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
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