Henri de Castries
Chairman of the AXA Management Board
Born on August 15, 1954
Mandate and number of AXA Shares
Elected on October 12, 2009.
First elected to the Board in January 19, 2000
Number of AXA shares held as of December 31, 2008: 1,417,582
As of December 31, 2008
Expertise and experience
Mr. Henri de Castries is a graduate of the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) and obtained a law degree before completing preparatory studies for the Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA). After graduating from ENA, Mr. de Castries began his career with the French Finance Ministry Inspection Office. Mr. de Castries joined AXA's corporate finance department on September 1, 1989. He was appointed Corporate Secretary in 1991 and Senior Executive Vice-President for the Group's asset management, financial and real-estate businesses in 1993. In 1997, Mr. de Castries was appointed Chairman of The Equitable Companies Incorporated (now AXA Financial Inc). Mr. de Castries has been Chairman of the AXA Management Board since May 2000.
Positions currently held in the AXA Group
Chairman of the Management Board: AXA
Chairman of the Boards of Directors:
- AXA Assurances IARD Mutuelle
- AXA Assurances Vie Mutuelle
- AXA Financial, Inc. (United States)
Director:
- AXA France IARD
- AXA France Vie
- AXA Belgium SA (Belgium)
- AXA Holdings Belgium (Belgium)
- AXA UK PLC (United Kingdom)
- AllianceBernstein Corporation (United States)
- AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company (United States)
- AXA America Holdings, Inc. (United States)
- MONY Life Insurance Company (United States)
- MONY Life Insurance Company of America (United States)
Previous directorships held during the last five years
- Chairman of the Board of Directors: AXA Courtage Assurance Mutuelle
- Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors: FINAXA
- Director or member of the Supervisory Board: AXA Konzern AG (Germany)
