Bruno WeillVice President of the European Chamber; Chief Group Representative for China, BNP Paribas (China)
Since November 2014, Bruno Weill is Vice Chairman of the BNP Paribas Group for China. He is responsible to coordinate and develop BNP Paribas businesses in China. He also contributes to the definition of the Group's strategy and represents all the activities of the Group in China towards the Chinese financial regulators. As a Group representative, he assumed the role of Director or Supervisor at the Board of most BNP Paribas’ wholly owned legal entities and joint ventures in China. He is also the Group Executive Sponsor for a few Chinese and International strategic clients in China.
Career
After his baccalaureate in Spain, Bruno obtained a Master degree in Physics and Engineering diploma from the French Ecole des Mines de Paris.
He started his career in the mining industry in South Africa, in petroleum applied-research in Belgium and in consulting in France and in the US. However, since he joined BNP Paribas Group in 1989, Bruno Weill has dedicated his professional career to the banking industry.
He started in Paris at Inspection Generale and then joined Project Finance before been promoted in Singapore as Project Finance Head of South East Asia and then Deputy Head Asia. In 1999, Bruno returned to Paris and was appointed as Global Senior Relationship Manager of some large multinational companies. In 2004, in Hong Kong, he was named Head of Financial Institutions Group for Asia and managed teams of investment bankers in seven APAC countries.
End 2009, Bruno moved to Nanjing as Executive Vice President of the Chinese listed bank, Bank of Nanjing. He led the transformation of the cooperation to a broad strategic partnership based on business complementarities (particularly in the areas of consumer finance, corporate banking, financial markets, etc.).
Others
Born in 1962, Bruno Weill is also National Vice President at the Executive Committee of the EU Chamber of commerce, member of the French Foreign Trade Advisers, and of the board of the French Chamber of Commerce in China.
