Stéphane PALLEZ

Bio

Chairwoman and CEO of La Française des Jeux since 2014, Stéphane Pallez has led a major transformation of the company, combining growth, digitalisation, innovation and social commitment, which paved the way in 2019 for FDJ's IPO in 2019. Stéphane Pallez will be speaking at the plenary session on “Sport, the batons of integration and excellence”. Since 2014, Stéphane Pallez has stepped up FDJ's support for both amateur and professional sport, with a particular focus on women's sport. A long-standing partner of French sport for 40 years, the FDJ Group is a partner of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Stéphane Pallez was previously Chairwoman and CEO of the CCR reinsurance group from 2011 to 2014 and deputy Chief Financial Officer at Orange telecommunications Group from 2004 to 2011. From 1984 to 2004, Stéphane Pallez held various positions in the executive management of the Treasury at the Ministry of Economy and Finance, particularly in financial regulation and international negotiations. From 1988 to 1990, she was Alternate Executive Director for the World Bank in Washington and from 1991 to 1993, she was advisor to the Ministers in charge of the Economy and Finance, responsible for industrial matters. Stéphane Pallez is a graduate of the Institut d’études politiques in Paris and of the Ecole nationale d’administration.