Gérard Worms

Gérard Worms (1 August 1936 – 31 August 2020) was a French banker and businessman. He served as the Vice Chairman of Rothschild Europe and Senior Advisor of Rothschild & Cie Banque.

Gérard Worms
October 2009
Born(1936-08-01)1 August 1936
Paris, France
Died31 August 2020(2020-08-31) (aged 84)
NationalityFrench
EducationÉcole Polytechnique
Mines ParisTech
OccupationBanker
Businessman

Biography

Early life

Gérard Worms was born on 1 August 1936 in Paris.[1][2] He graduated from the École Polytechnique and Mines ParisTech.[1][2][3]

Career

He started his career as a technical adviser in the French civil service.[4] He served as an Advisor to Olivier Guichard (1920–2004), Minister of Industry from 1967 to 1968, and to Jacques Chaban-Delmas (1915–2000), Prime Minister from 1969 to 1972.[2][3] Since 1972, he worked at the Hachette Group, the Rhône-Poulenc group, the Société Générale de Belgique and Telecom Italia.[4][5] He served as Deputy Chairman of Supervisory Board and Vice President of M6.[4] From 1990 to 1995, he served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Compagnie de Suez.[3][4][5] From 1995 to 1999, he served as the Chairman of the Compagnie de Suez and Indosuez Private Banking.[3][4][5]

He was a Member of the Supervisory Board of Publicis from 1998 to 2013.[4] He served on the Boards of Directors of Saatchi & Saatchi, Mercapital, Éditions Atlas, Paris Orléans, Financière Saint Merri and Cofide.[4] He served as the Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) from 2011 to 2013.[6] He also served on the Board of Advisors of Degrémont.[4] Additionally, he was a member of Le Siècle, a French think tank.[7] He also sat on the Board of Directors of the Fondation Ensemble and on the Ethics Committee of Fondapol.[8]

He taught at the HEC Paris, the University of Paris and his alma mater, the École Polytechnique.[1][2] He also co-wrote a book.

He served as the Chairman of Rothschild & Cie Banque (Paris) from 1995 to 1999.[3][4] He served as Vice Chairman of the European subsidiary of Banque privée Edmond de Rothschild.[3][4] He also served as Chief Executive Officer of N M Rothschild & Sons.[7] He served as Vice Chairman of Rothschild Europe and Senior Advisor of Rothschild & Cie Banque.[4][5] Additionally, he served on the Audit Committee of Publicis.[5]

Death

Worms died on 31 August 2020.[9]

Bibliography
  • Gérard Worms, Jean Mothes, Méthodes modernes de l'économie appliquée (Dunod, 1974, 259 pages).[10]

References
  1. "Association Georges Pompidou". Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2013-12-13.
  2. Archives Nationales
  3. Gérard Worms est élu président mondial de la Chambre de commerce internationale, Les Échos, April 05, 2011
  4. Bloomberg BusinessWeek
  5. Public Groupe: Audit Committee
  6. International Chamber of Commerce
  7. Rachida Dati, Fille de M'Barek et de Fatim-Zhora: Ministre de la Justice, Paris: XO Editions, 2011, pp. 197-199
  8. Fondapol
  9. La mort de Gérard Worms, industriel et figure de la finance (in French)
  10. Google Books
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