Man, I've heard that name before! Uh, never mind.
Anyway, it's a PR email ...
London, May 9th,2022 - Astorg announces new Partner, Business Development - Jean Raby.
Astorg is pleased to announce that Jean Raby has joined as Partner, Business Development on May 2nd, 2022.
I swear I've heard that name before! 'You have, boss.'
Jean Raby will co-ordinate the existing functions of Investor Relations and Marketing and establish two further key functions: Communications and Corporate Development. These externally facing functions are strongly interlinked and will benefit from a single leadership to support the growth of Astorg's client base - including structuring a proper access to the retail and mass-affluent channels - and to support business development across the sectors and geographies covered by the firm.
Jean Raby??? I just don't know ...
More than 30 years of experience in investment banking, asset management, law and finance.
A dual Canadian and French citizen, Jean Raby began his career in 1989 as a corporate lawyer with Sullivan & Cromwell in New York and Paris.
In 1996, he joined Goldman Sachs in Paris in the Investment Banking Division, was named Partner in 2004, and became Co-Head (and then sole Head) of the division in France, Belgium and Luxembourg in 2006. In 2011, he became Co-Head of Goldman Sachs' activities in Russia.
In 2013, Jean Raby joined Alcatel-Lucent as Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial and Legal Officer. After Alcatel-Lucent's restructuring and subsequent merger with Nokia, he became in 2017 CEO of Natixis Investment Managers (one of the world's largest asset managers with 1.3 trillion euros of assets under management) and Head of Asset and Wealth Management for Natixis.
In April 2021, he became a Founding Sponsor and Co-CEO of Odyssey Acquisition (a special purpose acquisition company), which was listed on Euronext Amsterdam in July 2021 and combined with Benevolent AI (AI-driven drug discovery platform) in April 2022, following which he joined the board of directors of the combined entity.
In addition to his current roles, he is a member of the board of directors of AerCap (aircraft leasing, listed on the New York Stock Exchange) and of Fiera Capital (asset management, listed in Toronto).
Jean Raby is a graduate of Université Laval (Canada) - LL.B. (Law degree), University of Cambridge (UK) - M.Phil in International Relations, and Harvard Law School - LL.M. (Master of Laws). He is a retired member of the New York Bar.
Well ...
I've definitely heard that name before.
Jean Raby, Jean Raby, Jean - 'Don't say his name three times, boss. You should know better than that.' Voice, where do I know his name from? 'You've written about him before.' Nonsense! I would remember. 'Ha! No you wouldn't. How many of these finance lunatics have you written about in the last fifteen years?' Er ... a lot.
Yes, a HELL of a lot.
'From your archive, boss, from February 2017 -'
Who is Jean Raby?
I'm glad you asked me that. He's the new chief executive of Natixis Global Asset Management. That's who he is. So ... 'Er, Jean, boss?' I think he's French or something. 'Oh, okay.' At least, I hope he's French, you know? 'Yeah.' He used to be a big noise at Goldman Sachs. According to my records, he was once at the mercy of Jack Pickles. 'Oh dear.' But that's an old story. There's nothing to worry about now. / Uh, maybe Bloomberg can tell us a bit more about the guy ...
'And it went on like that.'
Okay. Interesting. Thank you, Voice.
ENDS
...
So many finance souls. Have I written about all of them? Have I captured their lives?
We still don't know who Jean Raby is, not really.
Who is he?!
WHO IS JEAN RABY???
Ah, never, never ... mind.
ENDS
ENDS
ENDS
...
Anything else?
That Supersonic Oasis book of interviews is pretty funny, you know.
Here's Noel on Liam going through American customs -
'What is the purpose of your visit?'
'You what?'
'Purpose of your visit.'
'What fucking visit? I'm not visiting, mate, I'm a fucking rock star. I'm here to steal your soul.'
'Okay, you can follow me now, sir, you're coming this way.'
Yeah, sure, it's not Oscar Wilde.
Bye.
