Dany Houl

BRED is a cooperative people’s bank, supported by its 200,000 members, €5.0bn in equity and 6,000 employees, 25 % of whom work outside mainland France and the French Overseas Departments. It operates in the Greater Paris region, Normandy and in the French Overseas Departments, as well as in South East Asia, the South Pacific, the Horn of Africa and Switzerland via its commercial banking subsidiaries. As a community bank with strong ties in local areas, it has a network of 475 business sites. It maintains a long-term relationship with 1,3 million customers. As part of the BPCE Group, BRED Banque Populaire operates in various activity sectors: retail banking, corporate banking for large - cap companies and institutional investors, wealth management, international banking, asset management, trading, insurance, and international trade financing. In 2020, BRED reported consolidated NBI of €1.28bn, up + 2.5 %, and net income of €270m.

Forbes Media is a global media, branding and technology company, with a focus on news and information about business, investing, technology, entrepreneurship, leadership and affluent lifestyles. The company publishes Forbes, Forbes Asia, and Forbes Europe magazines as well as Forbes.com. The Forbes brand today reaches more than 94 million people worldwide with its business message each month through its magazines and 37 licensed local editions around the globe, Forbes.com, TV, conferences, research, social and mobile platforms. Forbes Media’s brand extensions include conferences, real estate, education, financial services, and technology license agreements. Forbes is an equal opportunity employer.

Ssoei is the strategy partner for leading and emerging companies, no matter the segmentation or vertical. By providing bespoke advisory, financial consulting, data-driven insights, and a wide portfolio of partner in a single global contact, Ssoei supports businesses to achieve their vision and ambitions faster. We collaborate with companies of all sizes on a multitude of challenges including: ✓ Strategic thinking: developing payments strategies (market entry, go-to market preparation), partner research and evaluation; ✓ Product management: advising on product development and management, end-to-end tender management processes (Request for Information, Request for Proposal) ✓ Business modelling: defining commercial structure and pricing ✓ Commercial and business development strategy: implementing and executing sales strategy, partner negotiations and operational management ✓ Strategic partnership management and development: identifying and developing high value partnerships We understand that developing companies can be sometimes complex when starting your own business, or when you want to expand globally your current one, that is why Ssoei is putting at disposal its services to assist any ambitious leaders in their journeys.