People Moves
European Asset Management House Makes Raft Of Appointments

This publication carries latest news of moves in the wealth management sector.
European firm CPR Asset Management has appointed Valerie Baudson as its chief executive, joining from Amundi, which is the parent firm of CPR.
CPR Asset Management is a subsidiary of Amundi which manages, in particular, thematic equities with close to €38 billion in assets under management.
This firm also promoted Emmanuelle Court and Arnaud Faller respectively to deputy CEO heading business development and deputy CEO heading investments.
Nadine Lamotte has been confirmed as chief operating officer responsible for administration and finance. The management committee also includes Gilles Cutaya, head of marketing and communication.
In her previous role, Baudson was CEO, exchange traded funds, indexing and smart beta at Amundi since 2013. She is a member of the executive committee.
From 2004 to 2007, she was marketing director and member of the European management committee at Crédit Agricole Cheuvreux, the European stockbroking subsidiary of Crédit Agricole Group. From 2001 to 2004, Baudson held the position of corporate secretary and was a member of the management committee. She joined Crédit Agricole Cheuvreux in 1999 as project manager.
In her new post, she takes over from Jean-Eric Mercier. Meanwhile, Baudson retains responsibility for ETF, indexing and smart beta at Amundi. A managing director will be appointed shortly for that business, who will report to her.
Court started her career in 1993 as head of control at Banque Paribas, and became head of private banking customer base in 1996. In 1998, she joined the institutional sales team of Paribas Asset Management. She joined SG Asset Management in 2000, where she became head of institutional and retail sales in 2004. She has been head of sales of CPR Asset Management since 2009.
Cutaya started his career in 2000 as a product manager at Selftrade before joining Société Générale Asset Management in 2002 as an IT consultant. In 2004, he worked for Axa Investment Managers as a product engineer then joined Lyxor Asset Management in 2007, where he was appointed head of marketing and strategy. In December 2015, he joined CPR AM as head of marketing and communication.
Faller began his career in 1989 as new product engineer and fixed income manager at Banque Pallas. He joined CPR AM in 1993 as a portfolio manager of diversified and structured products and then became head of diversified and convertible products (1999-2005). In 2005, Faller was appointed head of diversified management and convertibles before becoming chief investment officer in 2009. He has been a member of the executive committee since 2005.
Lamotte started her career in 1990 at the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations. In 1997, she joined Société Générale as head of the custodian control department. She was subsequently promoted to head of the products team within Société Générale Asset Management. Before joining CPR AM, Lamotte was deputy CEO of Etoile Gestion, an Amundi subsidiary, since 2010.