THIERRY GARDE
By : (K.K.)
THIERRY GARDE, 37, has recently been appointed chief executive officer of SG Bank (Societe Generale Group) in Poland. A graduate of the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris, Garde also has masters' degrees in both public law and fiscal affairs from the Pantheon-Assas University in Paris. His career in banking began in 1987, when he joined the Societe Generale Group as an inspector. During his six years in the position of inspector, Garde led numerous missions to check on the operations of the bank's international network in Brazil, the United Arab Emirates, and the Caribbean, among others. He then spent three years in the bank's domestic network. Before coming to Warsaw, Garde served as the deputy general manager in SG Moscow for four years. Garde said he speaks French, English and some Russian. He also said he is married and has four children.
