She is 47 years old and has a long CV.
Delphine d'Amarzit will become, on March 15, the first woman to lead the Paris Stock Exchange.
“Delphine d'Amarzit has been appointed Chairman and CEO of Euronext Paris and member of the Euronext management board” as of March 15, 2021, announced Monday the stock market operator Euronext which oversees six European stock exchanges (Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, Dublin, Lisbon, Oslo), in a press release.
The Paris Stock Exchange, integrated into Euronext since September 22, 2000 - a possibility offered by the single European currency - is the official stock market in France, which indexes the CAC 40. It is therefore a private company, while the Bourse de Paris was created by a royal edict in the 17th century.
Historically located in the Brongniart Palace, in the heart of the 2nd arrondissement, it now has its offices in La Défense.
Already women at the head of the Amsterdam and Lisbon stock exchanges
Proof that the feminization of senior positions is finally underway?
Having become one of the main market operators in continental Europe, Euronext already has two women at the head of the Amsterdam (Simone Huis in 't Veld) and Lisbon (Isabel Ucha) stock exchanges.
It employs 32% of women (excluding Borsa Italiana).
Its British competitor, the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), also announced last month the appointment of a woman, Julia Hoggett, to head the London Stock Exchange.
France is currently the largest contributor to the turnover of the Euronext group (up to 49%) but it will be supplanted by Italy at the end of the merger that is being prepared with Borsa Italia.
A graduate of Sciences-po Paris and former student of ENA, finance inspector, Delphine d'Amarzit was notably advisor for economic and financial affairs in the office of Prime Minister François Fillon from 2007 to 2009 before joining the Treasury department .
Two years later, she became general secretary of the Canal + group, before moving to Groupama and then taking up her latest position, deputy managing director at Orange Bank, the banking subsidiary of the telecoms operator.
