Marc Alaurent

Marc Alaurent, 53, is senior VP External Relations/Corporate Business Development at LaSer (Groupe Galeries Lafayette – Groupe BNP Paribas 50/50). He is also in charge, at corporate level, of payment related issues, SEPA and, until recently, of new products marketing.
He has held over the last 20 years several positions at LaSer including Credit Risk Manager at Cofinoga, Development Manager France, International Development Head Manager, and Strategical Process Manager.
Before joining LaSer Cofinoga, Marc worked for Peugeot SA Finance Division where he held various positions in Paris, Milan and Frankfurt, including I.S. Project Manager Europe, Marketing and Development Manager, and Assistant Operations Manager.

After launching a start up animation movie company in Canada in 74, he initiated a finance career at Caisse de Dépots et Placements du Quebec in Montreal as a financial analyst. He move on to Banque Francaise Du Commerce Exterieur (BFCE, now in Natexis Banques Populaires) in Paris in 78.

Marc graduated from H.E.C. (Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales) in Montréal (University of Montreal Business School) , the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris and studied at University of Montreal in Economy,.He also studied Japanese at Université de Paris and Università Statale di Milano.