Trade Finance & Services

Emmanuelle joined Societe Generale in Paris in 2007 to set up the liabilities management’s business of Debt Capital Markets within the Global Finance Division. From 2009 to 2012 she set up and headed the Client Management Unit of Global Finance. Then she was appointed Head of the Relationship Management Unit in charge of the Aerospace & Defense, Technology, Holding sector within the Investment Banking division.

She was appointed in 2017 as Deputy Head of Payments & Cash Management with special supervision of sales in France as well as the implementation of client projects.

In June 2020, she was named Global Deputy Head of the Trade Finance services business line. Her role includes direct supervision of Europe and the United-States.

Blandine Gamblin joined Societe Generale’s Trade Finance business line in 2015 as Regional Head of Trade Finance for Africa. Prior to this, she held different positions within Societe Generale’s corporate & investment banking activities, including more than 15 years in the commodities sector with her last post as Managing Director, in charge of Commodities Trade Finance.

Isabel Santos joined Societe Generale in 2016 where she was appointed Head of Financial Institutions within the Trade Services business line.

Prior to that, she worked in Portugal where she started her banking career in 1993 at Banco Comercial Portugues. She also worked in Barclays Bank, Portugal, and in 2003 she joined Banco Espirito Santo where she held several positions until 2014. 

Philippe Puddu started its career within Banque de Polynésie in 1979 and then held several corporate banking managerial positions in Societe Generale’s International network for 30 years.

He also held several posts within Societe Generale’s Paris Head Office in various fields, such as commodity structured finance and country risk management. In 2016 he was appointed Regional head of Trade Finance for Central & Eastern Europe and Russia.