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SOPHIE PRUGNARD DE LA CHAISE
French, 39 years old
Cell: +33 6 41 12 31 85
[email protected]
EXPERIENCE
BNP PARIBAS – 2008 to present
Director, Middle-East & Africa (MEA) Finance - Bahrain
2012 to 2015
Head of MEA Strategic Financial Management
Restructuration of the team and talent development (12-15 Headcount)
Leading of Performance Management reporting and coordination with Head-Office
Monitoring of the performance by country and by business lines
Creation of new dedicated monitoring tools and KPIs for the Regional Management
Implementation of Balance-Sheet indicators monitoring (liquidity, RWAs, deposits…)
Head of MEA “Gestion Financiere”
Creation of the regional function
Monitoring of regulatory ratios and analysis of the organisation against regional regulations
Leading of business plan elaboration for financial data, in line with management accounting data
Head of CIB “Gestion Financiere”, CIB Finance – Paris, France
2008 to 2012
Creation of the function
Definition of the mission statement
Recruitment and training of the team
Implementation of global governance (international committees, monitoring tools...)
Management of capital-related transactions: capital increase, restructuration, creation or liquidation
Review focused on business needs, regulatory constraints, tax matters
Coordination with Tax, Accounting, Legal, Compliance
Project management – e.g. Fortis China integration, restructuration of Japanese entity “KK Project”
Leading of CIB COO transversal projects
Monitoring of CIB Captive and Market Insurances and Claims review along with ITP and Legal
Project Management with external consultants
• Implementation of ITO Capital Markets Monitoring Dashboard (2009)
• CIB Offshoring (2008)
Management of cost monitoring program for CIB (“Program ECO” 2008-2009)
ERNST&YOUNG – 2002 to 2007
Manager, Audit – Houston, USA
2005 - 2007
Assessment of internal controls for Sarbanes Oxley requirements
Quarterly (10-Q) and year-end (10-K) audit
Review of international oil&gas contracts, audit of Exploration & Production activities
Planning of audit missions, budget monitoring, audit team management
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ConocoPhillips, Koch Industries Ltd, Input/Output Inc
Senior Auditor, Audit & Financial Advisory – Paris, France
2002-2005
Building of consolidated financial statements under French and US GAAP
Creation of accounting reporting and definition of US GAAP conversion processes
Coordination of various Ersnt&Young expertise: capital market, tax and legal, environment, information
technology, accounting
Training of a client's team expert
• Sonatrach, Areva
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Financial valuation
Due diligence, including analysis of contractual financial clauses and audit of adjustment variables
Proposal of services
• Algerian Energy Company (Sonelgaz group)
Audit of statutory and consolidated accounts - French GAAP, US GAAP, IFRS
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Havas, Aprovia Group, TotalFinaElf
BNP PARIBAS, Paris, France – 2001/2002
Internship, CIB Export Finance, 6 months
EDUCATION
2000-2001
Master of Business in International Risk Management
(Mastère Spécialisé en Management des risques internationaux)
HEC - School of Management, Paris
1998-2000
B.A. in International Law
(Diplôme de l'Institut des Hautes Etudes Internationales)
IHEI, University Panthéon-Assas, Paris
1999-2000
Lectures in International Politics and Geo-strategy
(Auditeur Libre DEA en Relations Internationales)
University La Sorbonne, Paris
1995-1999
B.A. in History with Highest Honors
(Maîtrise d'Histoire, mention Très Bien)
University La Sorbonne, Paris
1995
Baccalauréat (Economics) with Honors, Paris
Languages
French:
English:
native
fluent
ADDITIONAL
Board Member, Treasurer of the French Alliance of Bahrain, 2012 to 2015
Mentor for BNP Paribas Finance Community program, 2012-2014
Board Member of the Association BNP Paribas MixCity, 2011-2013
Member of the French-American Chamber of Commerce of Houston, 2006-2008
Member of Art Associations (Museum of Fine Arts of Houston, Contemporary Art Museum
of Houston), 2005-2008
Member of the International Relations French Institute (IFRI), 1998 to 2005
Certificate of the National Defense High Studies Institute (IHEDN) French Ministry of
Defense, 2000
Internship work experience in French Embassy in Burma, 4 months in 1998
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