Euronext NV, one of Europe’s largest stock exchanges, has recently made an announcement, This announcement was to reveal the addition of Georges Lauchard into the company, serving as its Chief Operating Officer, or COO. Furthermore, Lauchard will serve as a member of Euronext NV’s Managing Board.

Oversight Of Strategies

Lauchard will oversee the policies, execution, and overall operational strategies of Euronext. Furthermore, he will support the ambition of the company to be the leading market infrastructure within the entirety of Europe. He will start serving in his position as of the 17th of March, 2020, and will be situated in Paris, France.

A Man Of Many Roles

Lauchard had previously served as a COO/CFO within the Corporate and Investment Bank Technology team of none other than JP Morgan, doing so since February of 2018. He had worked in London & Hong Kong for the company for more than 20 years.

There, he had held numerous roles in leadership. He served as COO of Global Currencies and Emerging Markets Trading, Head of Global Front Office Markets supervision., as well as the COO of Investor Services Sales and Asia Markets. Furthermore, he served as an Operations and Client Service manager, as well as a merger integration project manager. Before he served JP Morgan, Lauchard had worked at Paribas, based in New York.

In terms of academic qualifications, not to mention Lauchard’s massive amount of experience, he holds an MSc. in Management. He gained this degree from NEOMA Business School, situated in France. Furthermore, he has a degree in Economics he earned from Nice University.

The Mandatory Kind Words

Lauchard gave the mandatory kind words in regards to his statement. He first expressed his overall delight when it comes to joining the team of Euronext. He explained that the company had delivered significant growth over the past four years. He stated that the company grew while also diversifying from the original pure exchange format to an infrastructure-as-a-service heavyweight within the financial industry and the economy at large.

As one would expect from these statements, he expressed his anticipation to be part of this “next phase of this journey.” This phase Lauchard refers to, is to accelerate the company’s growth, as well as to scale up its technology platform. Furthermore, Lauchard stated that Euronext plans to drive innovation forward for its respective clients.

Flowery statements aside, Euronext added a heavyweight to their ranks.