Yves Perrier

Yves Perrier
Born1954 (1954) (age 70)
EducationESSEC Business School
Chartered accountant
Occupation(s)Chief Executive Officer, Amundi
Deputy General Manager, Crédit Agricole
AwardsOfficer of the French Legion of Honour
Officer of the French National Order of Merit

Yves Perrier (born 1954 in Scionzier) is a French financial manager. He served as chief executive officer (CEO) of Amundi from the creation of the company in 2010 to 2021.

From 1987 onward, he successively held the roles of Chief Financial Officer at Société Générale, Executive Committee member at Crédit Lyonnais, Executive Committee member at Crédit Agricole, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Calyon, which later became CACIB (the investment banking arm of Crédit Agricole), after which he was Chief Executive Officer for Crédit Agricole Asset Management (CAAM), which became Amundi in 2010.

During his career, he oversaw the merger of the investment banking activities at Crédit Lyonnais and Crédit Agricole in 2002–2003, then led and implemented the merger of Société Générale Asset Management and CAAM, creating Amundi group, which he brought to its introduction on the Paris stock exchange in 2015. In 2017, Perrier oversaw Amundi's acquisition of Pioneer Investments, a subsidiary of Unicredit.