Board of Directors

Cvetka Selšek
President of the Board of Directors of the Bank

Education: Bachelor Degree in Economics

Work positions:
1974: Siemens Austria, traineeship;
1976: Republic Committee for International Cooperation of the Republic of Slovenia;
1986: Member of the Slovenian Government and Chairman of the Republic Committee for International Cooperation, responsible for foreign trade and foreign currency system;
1991: SKB, Deputy Director of the Bank, responsible for the area of International Operations;
1995: SKB Bank, Executive Director for International Operations;
1997: SKB, Member of the Management Board of the Bank, responsible for international operations, investment banking and capital investment;
1999: SKB, President of the Management Board of the Bank;
2010: President of the Board of Directors of the Bank.

Giovanni Luca Soma
Deputy Head, BHFM, International Retail Banking

Education: Master in Business Administration, University of Turin, Italy

Work positions:
1984: Manager, Arthur Young Consulting Rome, Milan, Italy;
1989: Principal, Deloitte & Touche Consulting Milan, Italy;
1994: Director Sales & Service, International Hyperion Software Inc. Milan, Italy, Stamford, USA;
1997: Managing Director, GE Capital Insurance Milan, Italy;
1998: Corporate Sales Director Italy, GE Capital Milan, Italy;
1999: Chief Executive Officer Dial Italia (Barclays Group) Rome, Italy; 
2000: Chief Executive Officer, ALD Automotive Italy Rome, Italy;    
2002: Group Regional Director / Deputy Chief Executive Officer, ALD Automotive Group;
2008: Chief Executive Officer, ALD Automotive Group;
2011: Chairman, ALD International, France;
2011: Chief Executive Officer SG Consumer Finance, France.

Gerald Lacaze
Chief Executive Officer of the Bank

Education: PhD in Law, Montpellier Law School, France and LLM, Tulane University, New Orleans, USA

Work positions:
Employed in Société Générale since 1978
1978: Company headquarters, Paris, Deputy Director, Export Financing Department;
1985: Chicago subsidiary, Vice-President of the Management Board;
1989: London subsidiary, Vice-President of the Management Board;
1993: Company headquarters, Paris, Deputy Director for the areas of Africa and Middle East;
1995: Company headquarters, Paris, Deputy Director for the area of American regions;
1998: Company headquarters, Paris, Head of Takeovers and Mergers Department for the areas of Africa and Middle East;
2001: Company headquarters, Paris, General Secretary, International Retail Banking;
2005: Company headquarters, Paris, Head of International Retail Banking for the areas of Africa and Middle East;
2007: Société Générale Algeria, Algeria, Chief Executive Officer;
2011: SKB, Chief Executive Officer of the Bank.

Vojka Ravbar
Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Bank

Education: Masters Degree in Economics, Bachelor Degree in Economics

Work positions:
1977: The Government of the Republic of Slovenia, economic area – from a trainee to Adviser to the Government for the area of International Cooperation and Head of the Department for Foreign Economic Relations;
1990: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, responsible for foreign economic relations of the Republic of Slovenia;
1993: Ministry of Economic Relations and Development of the Republic of Slovenia, State Secretary for Foreign Economic Relations;
2000: SKB Bank, Adviser to the Management Board, then Executive Director for International Banking Operations;
2001: SKB Bank, Executive Director for Banking Services and Business Support;
2005: SKB, Executive Director – General Secretary;
2010: SKB, Member of the Management Board of the Bank and since 2010 Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Bank.

Marko Košak
Ph.D. in Economics, Associate Professor of Academic Unit for Money and Finance at Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana

Education: Ph.D. in Economics

Work positions:
1993: Bank of Slovenia, Department for Central Banking Operations;
1994: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Economics, young researcher, Academic Unit for Money and Finance;
2003: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Economics, Assistant Professor, Academic Unit for Money and Finance;
2009: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Economics, Associate Professor, Academic Unit for Money and Finance.

Bernard Coursat
Honorary President, Revoz, Novo mesto

Education: Bachelor Degree from Technical Institution of Higher Education in Paris, and Bachelor Degree in Economics

Work positions:
1962: Renault, various managerial functions, such as: Renault representative with the agent for Yugoslavia in Ljubljana, Head of Representation in Bulgaria and Romania, Adviser for international operations for East Europe, Deputy Director and since 1985 Director;
1992: Revoz, General Director, and since 1994 Adviser for Foreign Trade of the Government of the Republic of France;
1996: President of Revoz Management Board and Director of Renault for East and South-East Europe;
2002: Honorary President of Revoz, Novo mesto.

Patrick Gelin
Masters Degree in Law

Education: Masters Degree in Law (The Institute of Political Studies in Paris)

Work positions:
1970: Société Générale, worked in various banks across Europe within the Société Générale Group;
1975: Société Générale, Division for International Finance;
1979: Société Générale, Head of Department of Syndicated Transactions, Division for International Finance;
1983: Société Générale United Kingdom, Assistant General Director for Commerce;
1986: Société Générale, General Executive Director of the Bank in the Netherlands;
1989: Société Générale, various tasks in Retail and Corporate Banking in the Société Générale business network in France;
1998: Société Générale United Kingdom, General Executive Director;
2001: BRD-Groupe Société Générale Romania, General Executive Director;
2004: BRD-Groupe Société Générale Romania, President of the Management Board and General Executive Director until the end of 2009.

Didier L. Colin
Head of Central and Southern Europe Region, International Retail Banking, Société Générale Headquarters, Paris

Education: Master in Management Science and Finance (University of Paris IX Dauphine) and Master in Business Administration (City University of New York, B. Baruch School of Business, New York, U.S.A)

Work positions:
1990: Société Générale U.S. Branch, New York, U.S.A., Financial Analyst;
1991: Société Générale Headquarters, Paris, France, Auditor;
1998: Société Générale - U.S. Branch, New York, U.S.A. Chief Financial Officer;
1999: Société Générale Americas, New York, U.S.A., Budget and Financial Reporting Director;
2000: Société Générale Canada, Montréal, Canada, Country manager;
2004: Komercni banka, Prague, Czech Republic, Chief Risk Officer;
2011: Société Générale Headquarters, Paris, Head of Central and Southern Europe Region, International Retail Banking.

Régine Tchakgarian
Head of Organisation & Projects Department, Société Générale S.A., Paris, France

Education: Degree in Chartered accountancy, Institut Supérieur de Gestion (ISG), French Business School

Work positions:
1974: NEOTUBEX, Administrative and financial management of the company, a family SMI, Supervision of the sales network
1981: Ministry of Economy and Finance, Project Manager in charge of the financial analysis of SME
1985: Hachette Publishing, Head of Accounting of the Publishing Department
1989: Société Générale, Head of Accounting of Capital Market Division
1997: Société Générale, Private banking
1999: Société Générale, Head of the Functional Department of Sourcing Division
2008: Société Générale, BHFM/SGO, Head of Organisation & Projects Department