Natixis Appoints Asia Pacific Chief Operating Officer
Natixis has appointed a new chief operating officer in the Asia Pacific, who will lead the transformation of the firm's operating model as it moves towards a higher level of digitalization.
Natixis announced the appointment of Robin Samee as chief operating officer (COO), Asia Pacific, and member of the APAC executive committee and the operations and information systems global executive committee. Based in Hong Kong, Robin reports to Alain Gallois, CEO Asia Pacific, and to Veronique Sani, global COO.
«His strong experience and deep understanding of operations combined with his firsthand knowledge of the Asia Pacific region, position him to well address the needs we have as a bank operating in the region. I also welcome the new perspective Robin brings as a fresh face at the company,» said Alain Gallois in a media statement on Tuesday. Robin succeeds William Hendriks in the role, who moved to Paris as global head of corporate and investment banking operations.
Higher Level of Digitalization
As COO for Asia Pacific, Robin is responsible for operations, information technology, corporate real estate and services, client support group and legal. In this role, he leads the transformation of the operating model, as Natixis strives towards a higher level of digitalization – one of the key pillars of its New Dimension Plan. As an operations and information systems global executive committee member, Samee has a responsibility to contribute to the definition and implementation of the global strategy, on operations, technology and corporate real estate.
Samee has over 20 years’ experience, having served in various senior management positions with Société Générale in Hong Kong, India, Singapore, Korea, London, and Paris. During that time, he successively held the roles of COO/head of operations in Korea, head of regional hub operations for FICC activities in Singapore, and head of operations for Asia Pacific based in Hong Kong, before becoming the deputy CEO, head of corporate functions and transformation at Société Générale's Global Solutions Center in India.
More recently, Robin was the Chief Operations Officer for the Insurance shared services center of Allianz Group in Mauritius, in charge of front-to-back delivery for French retail and corporate clients.
