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The Bank of France (French: Banque de France [bɑ̃k də fʁɑ̃s], the name used by the bank to refer to itself in all English communications) is the member of the Eurosystem for France. It was established by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1800 as a private-sector corporation with unique public status.
The Governor of the Bank of France (French: Gouverneur de la Banque de France) is the most senior officer of the Bank of France. The position is currently held by François Villeroy de Galhau, who took office on 1 November 2015.
As Bank of France governor, Villeroy de Galhau also sits in the Governing Council of the European Central Bank, [5] which makes monetary policy decisions for the whole Eurozone. Upon his arrival, Villeroy de Galhau amplified the transformation plan of his predecessor Christian Noyer, which he named "Ambition 2020".
François Pérol was the architect of the creation of Groupe BPCE, which he subsequently led for nearly a decade. Before moving to the Tours Duo in 2022, Groupe BPCE and Natixis were headquartered respectively on 50 and 30, Avenue Pierre-Mendès-France [] in Paris, flanked on both ends by office buildings of the Caisse des dépôts et consignations.
the Crédit Mobilier bank, founded in 1852 and subsequently the backbone of the Pereire group, taken over by the Banque de France in 1867 following the difficulties of the Compagnie Immobilière [2]: 213 the Compagnie des chemins de fer du Midi, created in 1852, one of the major French railway companies until their nationalization into SNCF in 1938
The Rothschild banking family of France (French: Famille banquière Rothschild) is the French branch of the Rothschild family. It was founded in 1812 by James Mayer de Rothschild (1792–1868) in Paris, which was then part of the First French Empire. He was sent there from his home in Frankfurt by his father, Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744 ...
Émile Moreau (29 September 1868 – 9 November 1950) was a French banker who served as Governor of the Bank of France from 1926 to 1930 and chairman of Paribas from 1931 to 1940. After retiring from his role as governor he took a job in a private bank.
Christian Noyer (born 6 October 1950) is a French economist who served as Governor of the Bank of France from 2003 to 2015. In this capacity, he chaired the Bank for International Settlements from 2010 until 2015. [1] [2] He had previously served as vice president of the European Central Bank from 1998 to 2002.