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SGAM Appoints Lecler as CEO of SGAM Alternative Investments

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Societe Generale Asset Management (SGAM) appointed Olivier Lecler as CEO of its subsidiary, SGAM Alternative Investments, effective from June 1. 

In January 2006, Lecler joined SGAM Group as head of finance and operations, then as deputy to the deputy general manager, operations. He was also chairman & CEO of SGAM Banque, the banking entity within SGAM Group that specializes in structuring for alternative investments.

In 1996, he joined Societe Generale Group as a strategic studies manager in the finance and development division and in 1999 was appointed finance and development director of the subsidiary Fimatex, now Boursorama, of which he became deputy managing director in 2003.

Lecler started his career at French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies as editor of the INSEE Bulletin on the macro-economic situation.

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