Henri de Castries

Chairman & CEO of AXA since April 2010. He joined AXA’s Corporate Finance Division in 1989. In 1991 he was named Corporate Secretary. Two years later, he was appointed Senior Executive Vice President. He was Chairman of the AXA Management Board (May, 2000 – April, 2010). He started his career in the French Finance Ministry Inspection Office. He sits on the Board of the Association pour l’aide aux jeunes infirmes, and is Chairman of AXA Hearts in Action, AXA’s volunteer community outreach program. He graduated from the business school HEC and holds a bachelor degree in Law. He is a former student of ENA (Ecole Nationale d’Administration).