Head of Global Finance

Pierre Palmieri has been appointed Head of Global Finance as of 3 January 2012. He was previously Deputy Head of Global Finance (formerly Capital Raising and Financing) since  April 2008. Prior to that, he was Global co-Head of Natural Resources and Energy Financing.

Pierre Palmieri began his career at Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking in 1987 in the Export Finance department. Then he took the responsibility for a finance engineering team. In 1994 he joined the commodities finance team and was appointed Global Head of Structured Commodity finance in 2001. His responsibilities were broadened in 2003 to include the mining sector and again in 2005 to include trade finance activities. Pierre is a member of Societe Generale Group Management Committee since January 2011.

Pierre Palmieri is a graduate of Ecole Supérieure de Commerce in Tours.

Deputy Head of Global Finance

David Coxon was appointed Deputy Head of Global Finance in July 2009. Prior to that, he was Deputy Head of Global Capital Markets Financial Engineering Activites.

Coxon started his career as a solicitor in International Finance at Linklater & Paine's in London and New York , before moving in 1987 to Paribas Capital Markets in New York as a structured finance banker. He returned to London in 1990 with Paribas as Global Head of Structured Finance. In 1996, he moved to Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking as head of UK Financial Engineering, was promoted to Deputy Global Head of Financial Engineering in 1997 and in 2001 became global head of Tax, Debt Advisory and Hybrid Products within the Debt Capital Markets division. In January 2007, Coxon became Global Head of Structuring & Trading before being appointed Deputy Head of Global Capital Markets Financial Engineering Activites in April 2008.

Coxon holds an LLB from the University of Nottingham.

Deputy Head of Global Finance

and CEO of Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa

Slawomir Krupa was appointed Deputy Head of Global Finance in January 2012. He remains CEO of Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa, function he was appointed to in July 2009. Previously and since 2007, he was Chief of Staff for Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking

Slawomir Krupa began his career in 1996 as an Inspector within Société Générale’s Inspection (Internal Investigations) department. He left the Group in 1999 to found and run an internet start-up in the field of e-finance in Eastern Europe. He joined again in 2002 and continued his work within Société Générale’s Inspection department. He was appointed to the management committee of the department in 2005.

Slawomir Krupa is a graduate of the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris.

Global Head of Syndication

Alvaro Huete was named Global Head of Syndication in 2010.
Alvaro joined Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking in 1997 as Director of the Structured Finance Department. He was then appointed Head of Corporates and Institutions and Co-head of Debt Finance in Spain and Portugal before being promoted to Deputy Global Head of Syndication in February 2007 and then Co-Global Head of Syndication since September 2008. Prior to joining Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking, Alvaro spent three years at Nomura, first in Madrid as Director of the Iberian Desk and then in London as Director of the Corporate Finance Group. He has also held roles in the investment banking divisions of Banco Urquijo and Lloyds Bank.
Alvaro holds a degree in Economics from CUNEF in Madrid and a Masters in Business Administration from IESE in Madrid.

Global Head of Capital Markets

Patrick Menard was appointed Global Head of Capital Markets in April 2012. He was formerly Global Head of Leveraged & Media Telecom Finance, since April 2009.
His career at BNP Paribas also included a period as Head of Commercial Banking in Italy and three years as Head of the Los Angeles Office. Patrick joined Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking in 2000 as Global Head of Media & Telecoms before being appointed to his current role. He was then appointed Global Co-Head of Leveraged & Media Telecom Finance.
Patrick is a graduate of the ESSEC business school.

Global Head of Cross Asset Solutions

Richard Quessette was named Global Head of Cross Asset Solutions in 2012. He was previously Deputy Global Head of the Cross-Asset Solutions business in charge of Trading activities since 2009.
He started at Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking in 1995, working as a technical expert in the trading and pricing of exotic options. In 1998 he was placed in charge of the multi-underlying asset products range in Exotic Trading. In 2001, Richard was appointed Deputy Global Head of Exotic Trading in the Equity Derivatives division (exotic derivatives, alternative investment, mutual funds, hybrid products, etc.), responsible for Europe, US and Asia and subsequently became Head of Exotic Trading in 2004. In 2008, he was appointed Deputy Head of Global Trading within the Global Equities and Derivatives Solutions division.
Richard is a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique and of ENSAE in Paris.

Head of Global Finance & Coverage for the Americas

Bill Schmid was appointed Head of Global Finance & Coverage for the United States in July 2009. Previously, he was heading the Capital Raising and Financing activities since January 2007.
Bill Schmid began his banking career at JP Morgan in 1977 and moved to Barclays in 1980, working in the energy sector. He joined Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking in 1983 in Houston as a corporate finance energy lender and later ran the bank's Houston energy practice. In 1999, Schmid moved to Europe as Head of European Project Finance, and in 2003 became Global Head of Project Finance.

Global Co-Head of Natural Resources and Energy Financing

Federico Turegano was appointed Global Co-Head of Energy and Natural Resources Financing in April 2012. He was formerly Global Head of Natural Resources Financing, since 2008.
Federico Turegano began his career at Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking in Chicago in 1990 after seven years at Continental Bank (now Bank of America) in Chicago and Miami. Since joining Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking he has covered large corporate clients in the US, was Deputy Head of the Financial Engineering team in Paris, was responsible for Société Generale Corporate & Investment Banking's Latin American network, Deputy Head of the Corporates and Institutions Division for the Americas, and was Deputy Global Head of Natural Resources and Energy Financing as well as Head of the Energy Group for the Americas.
Federico Turegano holds a B.A. from Boston College and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

Head of Structured Finance 
Global Head of Infrastructure & Asset-Based Finance

Matthew Vickerstaff was appointed Head of Structured Finance in April 2012. He remains Global Head of Infrastructure & Asset-Based Finance, position he holds since January 2007, and that he has undertaken from Paris, New York and now he is based in London.
Vickerstaff started his career at Hambros Bank in London, with duties in a number of structured finance departments including asset finance. In 1994 he moved to project finance with Hambros Bank before moving to Canada with Hambros, and subsequently Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking in 1998 in order to head up the Americas infrastructure business. He returned to London in 1999 as Global Head of Infrastructure and Environment and in 2003 took up a position as Head of Project Finance for the EMEA region.
Matthew Vickerstaff holds a master's degree from Cambridge University.

Head of Global Finance for Asia Pacific

Ashley Wilkins was appointed Head of Global Finance for Asia Pacific in July 2009. Previously, he headed the Capital Raising & Financing division in Asia, since October 2007.

Wilkins joined Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking in 1996 to lead Project Finance, Advisory and Real Estate operations in Asia. Prior to joining SG CIB in 1996, he worked for NatWest Markets leading their project finance, advisory and syndication businesses in Asia starting in 1989. Before that, he worked for NatWest Markets and County Bank in London.

Wilkins studied at the Wolfson College and Cambridge University. He also has a BSc (Hons) from Manchester University and a MBA from the Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University. He is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers.