Pierre Ledoux

Pierre Ledoux
Born	30 September 1914 Bordeaux, France
Died	24 June 2005 (aged 90) Paris, France
Alma mater	Faculty of Law of Paris HEC Paris
Occupation	Private banker

Pierre Ledoux (September 30, 1914, Bordeaux – June 24, 2005, Paris) was a French banker.

Biography

A graduate of the Faculty of Law of Paris and HEC Paris, he held a PhD in law. Inspector of Finance from 1945 to 1979, he was chosen by François Bloch-Lainé as a member of the financial mission to the Far East from 1945 to 1946, then was financial attaché in Washington from 1947 to 1948 and mission manager at the presidency of the council (European economic cooperation affairs) from 1949 to 1950.

Seconded as secretary general of the Banque Nationale pour le Commerce et l'Industrie (BNCI) from 1950 to 1956, he was director-general director of BNCI Africa from 1957 to 1962, deputy general director in 1962, then general director in 1963 from the BNCI in Paris.

Ledoux was appointed director-general director at the creation of the Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP) in 1966. In 1971, he succeeded Henry Bizot as president of BNP, which he retained until 1979. Then replaced by Jacques Calvet, he became honorary president of the BNP, as well as vice-president of the BNP-Intercontinentale from 1979 to 1980.

Vice-president of the Arab and International Investment Company and the BMCI from 1973 to 1980, he chaired the European Business Group from 1980 to 1999. He is a member of the Privatization Commission, now the Public Enterprise Evaluation Commission, as well as president of the French Banking Association.

Publications

• L'imposition des réserves dans les sociétés par actions en France (1938)
• La Banque française en 1979 (1980)
• La France, pays neuf (1985)
• Journal imprévu d'un banquier: une aventure, un métier, 1943-2000 (Odile Jacob, 2001)
• Ma vie a ses raisons (2004)

Awards

• Commander of the Legion of Honour (1972)