Crédit Agricole marks 50th anniversary in South Korea

In gratitude to its clients and strategic partners, the Bank organised an event on Tuesday 20th February hosted by Xavier Musca, Chief Executive Officer of Crédit Agricole CIB and Deputy General Manager of Crédit Agricole S.A. (CASA), and Gérald Massenet, Senior Country Officer for South Korea. 70 guests joined the commemoration event along with esteemed officiating guests including H. E. Philippe Bertoux, French Ambassador to Korea, Chang Yong Rhee, Governor of the Bank of Korea, JoonSoo Lee, Senior Deputy Governor of the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS), and Ki Hyun Lee, Deputy President of NongHyup Financial Group.

Over the past five decades, the Crédit Agricole Group has demonstrated a strong commitment to South Korea, consistently investing to support clients in their development in the world’s tenth largest economy. It presently offers corporate and investment banking services via Crédit Agricole CIB and asset management solutions via Amundi’s joint venture with the NongHyup Financial Group (NHFG).

Present in South Korea since 1974 with its first office located in Seoul, Crédit Agricole CIB positions itself as the first European bank and one of the pioneering foreign banks to open a full-fledged commercial banking branch. Since then, it has firmly established itself as a leading foreign bank, and a top house in financial markets, export finance and sustainable banking.

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