Joanna Massaad

Société Générale de Banque au Liban SAL

SGBL group is a major player on the international banking scene with more than 300 000 clients, 2.161 employees and 91 branches, offering universal banking services in Lebanon, Jordan, Cyprus, UAE and Europe. The SGBL group offers a complete and personalized range of banking services to all customer segments, whether individuals or companies. The Group's activity is concentrated around 4 core business lines: Retail Banking; Corporate Banking; Investment Banking and Private Banking. The Group also provides specialized financial services through its affiliated companies: fidus (wealth management and financial brokerage), Sogelease Liban (financial leasing), SGBL Insurance (life insurance) and CTM (credit card processing). As part of its international development strategy, SGBL group acquired Banque Richelieu France, Banque Richelieu Monaco and Richelieu Gestion in July 2018. This group of companies, with an aggregate amount of assets under management of US$ 3.6 billion, is steered by Compagnie Financière Richelieu (fully owned by SGBL) which manages this new platform of private banking and asset management.