The new COO previously served as chief executive officer at Societe Generale

Paris-headquartered Amundi, a European asset manager which also operates in Asia, has appointed Claire Cornil (pictured below) as chief operating officer (COO) with immediate effect. She is a member of of the Amundi General Management Committee.

Previously she had served as chief executive officer of Societe Generale Gestion since 2023, having joined in 2022 as deputy CEO. Before that, she was the deputy head of the structured solutions business at Amundi.

In 2005, Cornil joined Crédit Agricole Structured Asset Management, then Amundi where she held various positions within the structured products division. Before that, Cornil was with CACIB, where she began her career in 1998 in the risk department, before joining the capital markets activities in 2001.

Cornil is a graduate from Sciences Po Paris and holds a master’s degree in business law from the University of Paris.