Credit Lyonnais Americas appoints new chief executive officer in New York.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 22, 1997--Credit Lyonnais today announced that it has named Jerome Brunel chief executive officer of Credit Lyonnais Americas. With combined assets in excess of $43 billion, Credit Lyonnais Americas encompasses all the bank's operations in the United States, Canada and Latin America. Mr. Brunel will assume his position on March 1, 1997. He succeeds Robert A. Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. who, for personal family reasons, is unable to leave New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of at this time and therefore, could not accept a senior executive position offered to him by Credit Lyonnais in Paris. Mr. Cohen will join both Republic New York Republic New York Corporation was the holding company for the Republic National Bank of New York and the Safra Republic Bank. The company was controlled by billionaire Edmond Safra, who was killed in a fire in his Monte Carlo penthouse apartment in 1999. Corp. and Republic National Bank of New York The Bank of New York, abbrieviated to BNY, was a global financial services company that existed until its merger with the Mellon Financial Corporation on July 2, 2007.[1] The bank now continues under the new name of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation. as a vice chairman and member of the boards of directors, also effective March 1, 1997. Mr. Brunel, 43, is currently the bank's general manager in Hong Kong, responsible for operations in Greater China (Hong Kong-China-Taiwan) and the Philippines. He joined Credit Lyonnais in 1990 as manager of a French network corporate banking group and took up his post in Hong Kong in 1994. From 1980 to 1990, Mr. Brunel held several posts in France's Ministries of the Interior and Health. A French national, Mr. Brunel is a graduate of France's National School of Administration (ENA ENA Ecole Nationale d'Administration (French) ENA Emergency Nurses Association ENA Energy Networks Association (Australia) ENA Ethiopian News Agency ENA Energetic Neutral Atom ), 1980, and the European institute of Business Administration (INSEAD INSEAD Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires (European Institute for Business Administration; now know simply as INSEAD) INSEAD I Never Stop Eating And Drinking ), 1990. He holds a Master of Public Law from Paris-Assas University, 1976, as well as a diploma from Paris' Institute of Political Studies, 1975. Credit Lyonnais is a full service worldwide banking institution with assets of approximately $328 billion and operations in more than 80 countries. CONTACT: Credit Lyonnais, New York Libby Glazer, 212/261-7007 or Anreder and Company, New York Steve Anreder, 212/421-4020 REPEATS: New York 212-752-9600 or 800-221-2462; Boston 617-236-4266 or |
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