
Driving the evolution of smart finance
Dive into our expert views and discover our insights into the key issues that are discussed at Sibos. This year's Sibos theme resonates with us, our experts from transaction banking and securities services and with our clients "Driving the evolution of smart finance".
Our latest expert views

Despite the massive slowdown that we have witnessed in recent months as a result of government reaction globally to the...

Time and time again, correspondent banking has been reported dead as technology has advanced and we have moved into a...

The onward march of sustainability as a key element in corporate thinking and planning continues, accelerated by the...

In this article, we look back at 2020 and discuss the ramifications for the future of global trade. World trade and...

As a treasurer, when you start to look at a vast continent like Asia, you have to realise that there is not one Asian...

Cecile BARTENIEFF, COO and Head of IT & Operations for Societe Generale Global Banking & Investor Solutions (GBIS) took...

Any would-be potential cyber-attacker who thinks that Covid-19 has created some kind of open season on high-end users of...

That is one of the striking features that emerges from a long-term examination of the payments industry, whether at a...

Series of masterclass videos from The Banker on correspondent banking, green trade finance and supply chain finance

During the Covid-19 crisis, resiliency, robust IT infrastructure and adoption of digital tools have become the foremost...

The health crisis forced the whole world to dive headfirst into virtualisation and innovative technologies much faster...

The creation, development and implementation of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) is beginning to look inevitable....

Digitisation and data have been the mantra of trade finance experts and consultants for several years now. In this...

Innovation has always been a hot topic in the world of investment funds. It looks for operational efficiency with...

The Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) used in Blockchains has enabled the emergence of a new type of digital asset:...

While the main challenge for bankers at the beginning of the century was to differentiate themselves from their...

Institutional investors have one topic on their mind when the climate issue is raised, which can be summed up in two...
Our speakers



Manager of the Service Unit Resources (Global Banking & Investor Solutions)
Cécile Bartenieff began her career in 1990 at Accenture's consulting division before joining BRED Banque Populaire in 1995 where she worked successively as an Arbitrage trader and then in sales for large Corporates. Cécile Bartenieff joined Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking in 2000. She held various managerial positions within the Finance and Operations Departments before joining the COO office of Global Markets. In 2014, Cécile Bartenieff was nominated Head of Operations of Global Banking & Investor Solutions. She was appointed Chief Operating Officer of Global Banking & Investor Solutions on 1st June 2017.
Cécile Bartenieff holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the ESSEC Business School.

Claire Calmejane began her career in 2006 in the Technology Transformation department of Capgemini Consulting, where she supported companies and especially financial institutions in their technological and digital transformation. Contributing to a study on the digital transformation of large companies led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2011, she joined the London office of Capgemini to lead the digital centre of the Financial Services sector. Recruited in 2012 by Lloyds Banking Group as Head of Digital Delivery in the Online Services Department, she was appointed Innovation Director and set up the Innovation Labs and the Digital Academy before being appointed Risk Transformation Director at Lloyds Banking Group.
In September 2018, Claire Calmejane joined Societe Generale as Group Chief Innovation Officer.
Claire Calmejane studied IT Engineering with a degree from the École pour l'informatique et les techniques avancées (EPITA) and a Masters degree from the HEC French school of management.