Banque Richelieu France

The Group

Our Banque Richelieu Group is the heir to a long European banking tradition

Banque Richelieu’s roots plunge into the heart of the seventeenth century, at a time when Cardinal de Richelieu, Louis XIII’s Chief Minister, created the Compagnie des agents de change (brokerage and trading company), which regulates the profession and installs the first stock exchange in Paris.

Our origins are part of a long European banking tradition where major names in finance have followed one another over the centuries up to the contemporary period.

Just before the 2000s, the Kredietbank Luxembourg group, over a period of twenty years, has undertaken to successively buy out the entities from the large financial dynasties with their skills, their histories and identities, to found KBL Monaco Private Bankers, KBL France, and then KBL Richelieu through the merger of KBL France and Richelieu Finance in 2008.

2018 marked a turning point with a new European project managed from Paris. In April 2018, Société Générale de Banque au Liban created a Paris – based holding company, Compagnie Financière Richelieu, and incorporated the three operational subsidiaries it had just been authorised to buy in July 2018 – Banque Richelieu France, Banque Richelieu Monaco and Richelieu Gestion – to it.

This heralded the birth of the Banque Richelieu brand which, through its heritage, promotes a modern and human approach to private banking to continuously support private and professional clients.

A French family human-sized banking Group

Deeply anchored in our history, we draw from our origins, the wisdom, the strength and the resources necessary to go through trials serenely, by constantly reinventing ourselves.

The French family human-sized banking Group, specialized in wealth management and managed from Paris by the Compagnie Financière Richelieu holding company, is composed of three subsidiaries, Banque Richelieu France, Banque Richelieu Monaco and Richelieu Gestion, totally focused on their clients and constantly adapting to their requests with a recognized speed of execution. It is this agility and this ability to respond in all circumstances to their queries and search for opportunities that our clients and prospects, whether individuals or professionals, most often multi-banked, are looking for.

Our executive board

Antoun Sehnaoui

Chairman of Compagnie Financière Richelieu

Antoun Sehnaoui

Antoun Sehnaoui has been Chairman and CEO of SGBL Group since 2007. Under his leadership, SGBL has expanded significantly and is now one of the three top banks in Lebanon. Mr. Sehnaoui is also active in the metallurgy, sea transport, real estate and media industries.

Jacques-Henri David

Board member of Compagnie Financière Richelieu

Jacques-Henri David

Jacques-Henri David was Chairman of the “Commission de Contrôle des Activités Financières” (Financial Activities Supervisory Commission) in the Principality of Monaco. He began his career at the Banque de France, before joining and managing the cabinet of the French Finance Minister in 1980 and 1981. He was Chief Financial Officer, then Chief Executive Officer of Compagnie de St Gobain between 1985 and 1989. Founder and first Chairman of Banque des PME, today BPI France, before serving as Chairman of the Deutsche Bank France from 2000 to 2009.

Nadine Khairallah

Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Compagnie Financière Richelieu

Nadine Khairallah

Nadine Khairallah first joined the Compagnie Financière Richelieu in 2018 as Chief of Staff and then became in November 2019 Deputy Chief Executive Officer, which she holds to this day. She is also CFR’s Representative on the Board of Directors of Banque Richelieu Monaco, Banque Richelieu France and Richelieu Gestion. She was previously Head of Strategic Planning Project Management and Organization Department of SGBL since 2012.

Philippe de Fontaine Vive

Chief Executive Officer and board member of Compagnie Financière Richelieu

Philippe de Fontaine Vive

Philippe de Fontaine Vive was the first Vice-President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) from 2003 to 2015.
Previously, Mr.de Fontaine Vive has worked at the beginning of his career at the French Treasury Department of the Ministry of the Economy and Finance.

Georges Saghbini

SGBL representative on Compagnie Financière Richelieu’s Board

Georges Saghbini

Georges Saghbini joined the SGBL group in 1996 and is currently the Deputy General Manager. Mr. Saghbini is also Chairman of SGBL Insurance and sits on the Board of Directors of many SGBL Group subsidiaries in Jordan, Cyprus and Abu Dhabi. Société Générale Group.

Bernardo Sanchez Incera

Board member of Compagnie Financière Richelieu

Bernardo Sanchez Incera

Bernardo Sanchez Incera, currently Chairman of the board of directors at COFACE’s, was, from 2010 to 2018, Deputy CEO of Société Générale Group, in charge of Retail Banking in France and of International Retail Banking , Financial Services and Insurance.
Previously, Mr. Sanchez Incera has held various executive positions in global groups such as Monoprix, Vivarte, LVMH, Inditex, Zara France, Banca Jover (Spain) and Crédit Lyonnais Belgium.