President of the Institut de l’Epargne Immobilière et Foncière (IEIF) and President of Paris Ile-de-France Capitale Economique (PCE), Xavier Lépine is also a Senior Advisor to Rothschild bank and Siparex. He began his career in the International Department of the Banque de l’Union Européenne (1981), then founded FP Consult in 1989 to invest in emerging market debt. In 1997, he joined the Fortis Group as Chairman of the Management Board of Fortis Investment Management France, in charge of Fortis Investment’s alternative investments. In 2001, he joined Crédit Mutuel Nord Europe and developed its asset management business by creating La Française, of which he was Chairman of the Management Board – a multi-asset management company (€70 billion in assets) and a leader in real estate funds – which he left in 2020. He holds a postgraduate degree in Monetary Economics and International Finance (1981) from Université Paris-Dauphine.