Jean-Yves Hocher has been Chief Executive Officer of Crédit Agricole CIB since 1 December 2010. He is also Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Crédit Agricole S.A.

After spending his early career at the Ministry of Agriculture and the French Treasury, Jean-Yves Hocher joined Fédération Nationale du Crédit Agricole (FNCA) in 1989 as Head of Banking. In 2001, he became Chief Executive Officer of the Charente-Maritime Deux-Sèvres Regional Bank.

In 2006, Mr Hocher became Head of Insurance at Crédit Agricole and Chief Executive Officer of Predica.

He was appointed Head of Specialised Financial Services in May 2008 and became Deputy Chief Executive Officer in charge of Development of the Regional Banks, Payment Systems and Insurance at Crédit Agricole S.A. in October 2008.

Since 1 March 2010, Mr Hocher has been Deputy Chief Executive Officer in charge of specialised business lines (Coverage and Investment Banking, Asset Management, Insurance, Specialised Financial Services, Private Banking and Real Estate).

Born in 1955, Jean-Yves Hocher is a graduate of the Institut National Agronomique Paris-Grignon and the Ecole Nationale du Génie Rural, des Eaux et Forêts.