Multinational

BNP Paribas

’Systemic’ mega-bank, funder of controversial industries, facilitator of speculation and tax avoidance... A financial giant at the centre of criticism.

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Rankings

1^st of banking in Europe
N° 8 of banking globally

Profits dans dividends (million €)

Employees in France and globally (fin 2021)

Greenhouse gas emissions (without financed emissions)

CEO pay

3,9 million € (2021)

Pay ratio between CEO and average worker

45 (2021)

Women

52 % of employees 31,6 % of executive committee (2021)

Lobbying expenses declared

2 -2.4 million € (Paris, Brussels and Washington, 2021)

Share of subsidiaries in secret jurisdictions

20,3 % (2019)

Wages

36 % of turnover (2021)

Website group.bnpparibas/
Headquarters 16, boulevard des Italiens, Paris
Leadership Jean-Laurent Bonnaffé (CEO), Jean Lemierre (chairman of the board)
Shareholders Belgium via SFPI (7.8%), BlackRock (6.1%), Grand Duché du Luxembourg (1%)
Board members Jean Lemierre (chairman of the board), Jean-Laurent Bonnaffé (CEO), Jacques Aschenbroich (Valeo), Juliette Brisac (shareholding workers representatives), Pierre-André de Chalendar (Saint-Gobain), Monique Cohen (Apax Partners), Wouter De Ploey (ZNA), Hugues Epaillard (workers representative), Rajna Gibson Brandon (Professor of Finance), Marion Guillou (administrator of companies), Christian Noyer (former governor of Banque de France), Daniela Schwarzer (Open Society), Michel Tilmant (administrator of companies), Sandrine Verrier (workers representative), Fields Wicker-Miurin (administrator of companies)
Key subsidiaries BNP Paribas Asset Management, Hello bank!, BNP Paribas Fortis, Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, BNP Paribas Cardif, Cetelem
Former names and companies absorbed Banque nationale populaire, Paribas, Comptoir national d’escompte de Paris, Banque nationale pour le commerce et l’industrie
Main countries France, Belgium, Italy, United States, Switzerland, Luxembourg