Christian Gibot Appointed CEO of Cardif Lux Vie

Cardif Lux Vie has announced the appointment of Christian Gibot as its CEO with effect from Sunday 1 December 2019.

A graduate of Ecole Polytechnique Paris (2000) and alumnus of Saïd Business School Oxford (2004), Christian Gibot began his career in 2005 as an actuary in the Life Insurance Technical Division of Axa France, where he subsequently headed the actuarial team. In 2008, he joined Caisse des Dépôts as an advisor on economic and financial affairs in the Chief Executive’s Office, before being appointed Technical Director for France with CNP Assurances in 2011. Christian Gibot moved to BNP Paribas Cardif in 2015, taking up a position as the company’s Actuarial Director for savings products and asset and liability management (ALM).

A former auditor of the Institut des Hautes Etudes de l’Entreprise (IHEE) and a former student on the Executive MBA course at the Centre des Hautes Etudes d’Assurances (CHEA), Christian Gibot is also a member and board member of the Institute of Actuaries and was Vice-Chairman from 2018 to 2019.

As CEO of Cardif Lux Vie, Christian Gibot will be responsible for developing the company’s activities in Luxembourg and its other markets (France, Italy, Belgium, UK, Spain, Portugal). Commenting on his appointment, he said: “I look forward to tackling the challenges that my new position at Cardif Lux Vie brings, namely the development of our activities with a greater focus than ever before on the quality of service that we offer to our customers and partners. I will also be continuing with our initiatives aimed at making Cardif Lux Vie a company that is focused on the human aspect and on having a positive impact on our environment".

After five years as CEO of Cardif Lux Vie, Jacques Faveyrol will be responsible for BNP Paribas Cardif in the Nordic countries as of 1 January 2020.