Pascal Boris
Pascal Boris CBE | |
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| Born | Pascal Albert Boris 1 February 1950[citation needed] Boulogne-Billancourt (Hauts-de Seine), France |
| Education | Lycée Janson-de-Sailly |
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| Known for | Investments in early stage technology companies |
| Children | 5 |
| Website | uk |
Pascal Boris, CBE, is an active business angel. He also sits on a number of boards as a non-executive director (chair, remuneration committee, strategy committee). He is a former senior international banking executive. He was CEO of BNP Paribas UK (1999–2007) and CEO of BNP Paribas Suisse (2007–2013).
Early life[edit]
Pascal Albert Boris was born in 1950[citation needed] in Boulogne-Billancourt (Hauts-de Seine), France. He is the son of Jean-Mathieu Boris, industrialist and Monique Hecker, international civil servant at UNESCO.[citation needed]
Boris attended the Lycée Janson-de-Sailly, Paris, before graduating from HEC Paris (international business management), from the London Business School, London, United Kingdom, and from the New York University Graduate School of Business Administration (today the Stern School of Business).[citation needed]
He discharged his military duties in the French Navy, as deputy to the commanding officer of the Paris Naval Headquarters in 1974–1975.[citation needed]
Career[edit]
Pascal Boris started his career at the Chase Manhattan Bank (1975–1988) as a credit analyst, before being promoted in a number of international banking roles in New York, Geneva and London, until being appointed MD investment banking at Chase Manhattan Limited in London, UK.[citation needed]
In 1988 he joined Paribas as head of fixed income in Switzerland; after growing the UK banking franchise in London from 1992, he was appointed CEO BNP Paribas UK in 1999,[1] to implement the merger of Paribas and BNP in the UK.
In 2007, he was appointed CEO BNP Paribas (Suisse), a position he held until late 2013. He also served as president of the Fondation BNP Paribas Suisse (2007–2014) and ran the global international (except Asia) wealth management network of BNP Paribas from 2010 to 2013. He was appointed vice-chairman of BNP Paribas Wealth Management in 2013 and served until his retirement in 2015. He was a board member of BNP Paribas (Suisse) from 2013 to 2016.[citation needed]
As part of his activity as a business angel, Boris is currently a non-executive director (since 2012) at Bankable,[2] a London-based fintech and of ByzGen Ltd (since 2019).[citation needed] He joined the advisory board of Kazuar Advanced Technologies in 2018.[citation needed]
He was elected to the board of Harel Mallac & Co. Group Ltd in 2017, a listed company.[citation needed]
He served two terms as an independent director at Grant Thornton International Ltd from 2012 to 2018.[3][failed verification]
He was chairman of the supervisory board of Bank Insinger de Beaufort N.V. in Amsterdam from 2010 to 2015.[citation needed]
Other roles[edit]
Boris has been a foreign trade adviser to the French government (Conseiller du commerce extérieur de la France) since 2001.[4][failed verification][5][failed verification]
He is the co-founder of the Cercle d'Outre-Manche, a London-based think-tank established in 2004.[citation needed]
He is honorary president of the French Chamber of Great Britain[6][failed verification] having served as its president[7] from 2001 to 2007. He was deputy president of CCI France International (which coordinates the international network of French Chambers of Commerce) from 2013 to 2016.[citation needed]
Boris is a Freeman (by redemption) of the City of London (Freedom of the City)[citation needed] and a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of International Bankers.[citation needed]
Philanthropy[edit]
Boris served as president of the BNP Paribas Foundation Suisse (2007–2014).[8][failed verification]
Honors[edit]
Boris was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2007 for service to UK-French commercial relations,[9][failed verification] and was promoted to Officier de la Légion d'honneur (Officer of the Legion of Honour), in 2011[10]
Personal life[edit]
Boris is married and has five children. He lives in London, United Kingdom.[citation needed]
Selected publications[edit]
- Boris, Pascal (2016). Starts-ups c'est bien, scale-ups c'est mieux, France vs Royaume-Uni (en coll., 2016) (PDF). London: Cercle d'Outre-Manche. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
- Boris, Pascal (2014). La France et le Royaume-Uni face à la crise 2008–2014 (en coll., 2014) (PDF). London: Cercle d'Outre-Manche.
- Boris, Pascal (2013). Immigration et travail, quelques bonnes pratiques à intégrer (en coll., 2013) (PDF). London: Cercle d'Outre-Manche.
- Boris, Pascal (2011). Faire de la France une puissance numérique pour accélérer la croissance et l'emploi (en coll., 2011) (PDF). London: Cercle d'Outre-Manche.
- Boris, Pascal (2010). Premier emploi inaccessible, retraite précoce : six mesures pour changer la donne (en coll., 2010) (PDF). London: Cercle d'Outre-Manche.
- Boris, Pascal (2009). L'Université et la Recherche : moteurs de la création d'entreprise (en coll., 2009). London: Cercle d'Outre-Manche.
- Boris, Pascal (2008). Du Brain drain au Brain gain (en coll., 2008 (PDF). London: Cercle d'Outre-Manche.
- Boris, Pascal (2007). 6 mois, 6 mesures pour que la France repasse devant le Royaume-Uni (en coll., 2007) (PDF). London: Cercle d'Outre-Manche.
- Boris, Pascal (2006). My Neighbour is rich (en coll., 2006) (PDF). London: Cercle d'Outre-Manche.
- Boris, Pascal (2004). Sous-emploi français, plein-emploi britannique: un paradoxe bien peu cordial (en coll., 2004) (PDF). London: Cercle d'Outre-Manche.
References[edit]
- ^ "Pascal Boris named new head of UK territory". BNP Paribas.[dead link]
- ^ "Team". Bankable. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ^ "Pascal Boris NED at Grant Thornton". Grant Thornton International.
- ^ "Décret du 1er août 2014 portant nomination de conseillers du commerce extérieur de la France". Légifrance.
- ^ "Comité National des Conseillers du Commerce Extérieur de la France". CNCCEF – French Foreign Trade Advisors.
- ^ "French Chamber of Great Britain". French Chamber of Great Britain.
- ^ "Pascal Boris President of the FCGB". French Chamber of Great Britain. Archived from the original on 23 December 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
- ^ "BNP Paribas Swiss Foundation".
- ^ "The New Year Honours Lists 2007". Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Archived from the original on 23 December 2012.
- ^ "Décret du 13 juillet 2011 portant promotion et nomination". Légifrance. Retrieved 4 December 2021.