International Ambassador, AFG
Chairman, Unigestion France Asset Management

Jean-Louis Laurens is AFG’s International Ambassador since October 2016 and Chairman of Unigestion France Asset Management since June 2017. Managing partner and Chairman of the management committee of Rothschild & Cie Gestion from 2009 to 2016. From 2005 to 2009, he led Robeco’s French subsidiaries before becoming global head of the group’s asset management activities. From 1999 to 2005, he held the positions of deputy CEO of AXA Investment Managers and Chairman and CEO of AXA IM France, Benelux, Italy and Spain. From 1995 to 1999, he served as Chairman of the management board of Dresdner Kleinwort Benson. He began his career at HSBC before joining Morgan Stanley in 1993 as deputy CEO in Paris, international executive director and co-head of corporate finance for France. Mr Laurens speaks French, English and German, and is a graduate of HEC and has a doctorate in economics.