Societe Generale Corporate & Investment further strengthens strategic dialogue with its clients

Michael Maringe is appointed Senior Banker, Head of Financial Sponsor Coverage for France, Belgium and Luxembourg effective from February 2nd. Formerly, Michael Maringe was Head of Equity Capital Markets France, Belgium and Luxembourg and Deputy Head of Corporate Finance France. Based in Paris, he reports to Scott Phillips, Global Head of Financial Sponsor Coverage and to Thierry d’Argent and Sylvie Rémond, Co-Heads of Coverage and Investment Banking division.

Cathia Lawson-Hall* is appointed Senior Banker, in charge of a client portfolio of large corporates and financial institutions for Africa. Previously, she was co-Head of Debt Capital Markets for Corporates France, Belgium and Luxembourg. Based in Paris, Cathia reports to Michel Payan, Head of Coverage and Investment Banking for Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa and to Pierre-Yves Bonnet, Global Head of Financial Institutions Group.

In addition to his new role as Senior Banker*, Oliver Meyer will retain his current position as Head of Financial Sponsor Coverage for Germany and Austria. Based in Frankfurt, he reports to Scott Phillips, Global Head of Financial Sponsor Coverage and Guido Zoeller, Group Country Head of Germany and Austria. Oliver also remains responsible for Private Investment Banking for Germany and Austria.

Previously Senior Relationship Manager, Pascal Bernard* remains in charge of a client portfolio of financial institutions in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Based in Frankfurt, Pascal reports to Rolf Petermann, Head of Financial Institutions in Frankfurt and to Pierre-Yves Bonnet.

Previously Senior Relationship Manager, Kenneth McDermott* remains in charge of a client portfolio of financial institutions primarily in the United Sates. Based in New-York, Kenneth reports to Ted Kelleher, Head of Financial Institutions Group for Americas.

In addition to his new role as Senior Banker*, Batu Cetin will continue to hold on to his current position as Head of Corporate and Investment Banking for Turkey and will remain in charge of the portfolio of large corporates and financial institutions for the country. Based in Istanbul, he reports to Michel Payan and Stéphane Hild, Chief Country Officer of Global Banking & Investor Solutions for Turkey and to Pierre-Yves Bonnet.

Previously Senior Relationship Manager, Carlos Gomez de Olea* will remain in charge of a client portfolio of large corporates for Spain. Based in Madrid, he reports to Donato Gonzalez-Sanchez, Group Chief Country Officer and Head of SG CIB for Spain and Portugal.

*These appointments are effective as of March 2nd.

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Notes to editors

Biographies

Michael Maringe, Senior Banker as of February 2nd, is Head of Financial Sponsor Coverage for France, Belgium and Luxembourg. Previously, he was Head of Equity Capital Markets for France, Belgium and Luxembourg since 2011.
Michael Maringe joined SG CIB in 2005 as a Director in Equity Capital Markets after 5 years spent at Deutsche Bank in Corporate Finance. He started his career at Indosuez in Internal Audit before moving to Mergers & Acquisitions activities.
Michael Maringe is graduated from ESCP Europe and holds a German Masters Degree “Diplom Kaufmann”.

Cathia Lawson-Hall, Senior Banker as of March 2nd, covers a client portfolio of corporate and financial institutions in Africa. Previously, she was acting as Managing Director, co-Head of DCM Corporate France, Belgium and Luxembourg since 2010.
Cathia joined SG CIB in 1999 as sale-side Credit Analyst, responsible for Telecommunications and media sectors before integrating the corporate origination team. She has more than 18 years of experience in Corporate and Investment Banking, especially in Debt Capital Markets and financial analysis.
Cathia is graduated from University Paris-Dauphine with a Master’s degree and Postgraduate degree in Finance.

Oliver Meyer, Senior Banker as of March 2nd, is Head of Financial Sponsor Coverage for Germany and Austria, based in Frankfurt, since he joined SG CIB in 2010 after 10 years at Rothschild. Oliver Meyer has more than 18 years of experience in mostly international M&A and ECM transactions.
Oliver studied Business Administration in Essen (Germany) and he received an MBA from the American University Washington, DC, USA.

Pascal Bernard, Senior Banker as of March 2nd, covers a client portfolio of financial institutions in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Previously, he was acting as Senior Relationship Manager in the Financial Institutions Group.
Pascal joined SG CIB in 2005 as Managing Director, responsible for Strategic Equity Transactions in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. He started his career and acted during 8 years as DCM and ECM originator for French and Spanish issuers, at Commerzbank and Dresdner Bank. He then worked as a senior structurer and marketer, in charge of strategic equity transactions for corporates, holdings and HNW individuals. As such he headed the Strategic Equity Transaction desks for German speaking countries at Deutsche Bank and within the Financing Group of Goldman Sachs.
Pascal has an MBA from HEC (ISA-Paris & IESE-Barcelona), a Magister in Commercial Law from Bordeaux Law University and a Diploma of Political Science from Institut d’Etudes Politiques.

Kenneth McDermott, Senior Banker as of March 2nd, covers a client portfolio of financial institutions primarily in the United States. Previously, he was acting as Senior Relationship Manager in the Financial Institutions Group since he joined SG CIB in 2010.
Prior to this, Kenneth led structured credit and financing businesses, targeting financial institutions, at Citigroup and also led certain business development activities at GE Capital. He then was Managing Director of Finance, Risk and Research for Asset Management Finance Corporation. Prior to joining SG CIB, Kenneth McDermott owned his own consulting and structured finance business.
Kenneth McDermott received his Bachelors of Science in Accounting from Binghamton University.

Batu Cetin, Senior Banker as of March 2nd, covers a client portfolio of large corporates and financial institutions for Turkey. In addition to this role, he remains Head of Corporate and Investment Banking in Turkey since 2012.
Batu Cetin joined SG CIB in 2005 and has held various positions within the bank's Corporate Finance practice in Turkey. Prior to joining SG CIB, Batu held positions in the Corporate Finance and M&A divisions at Oyak Securities in Istanbul, at Merrill Lynch in New York and at FinansInvest in Istanbul.
Batu Cetin holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from ODTU, an MBA with concentration in Finance and Accounting from New York University, Stern School of Business and a Master of Science in Finance from Bilkent University.

Carlos Gomez de Olea, Senior Banker as of March 2nd, covers a strategic client portfolio of large corporates for Spain, with a focus in developing SG CIB opportunities in Spain.
Carlos Gomez de Olea joined SG CIB in 1999. He started his career in the fixed income area of Deutsche Bank´s treasury desk in 1994. Then he joined HSBC´s credit analyst department in 1995 and developed corporate banking business for this institution until 1999.
He has also been teacher in corporate banking related programs organized by IMEFE-Comunidad de Madrid, Universidad de Deusto and CECA (Spanish Savings Banks Organisation).
Carlos Gomez de Olea is a graduated of Business Administration by the University of Wales and holds an MBA by IESE (Barcelona).