Garance Wattez-Richard

Garance Wattez-Richard began her career at the European Commission in Brussels in 1997 before working in the office of the Chief Economist of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London until 1999. From 2000 to 2005, she works as a strategy consultant for London Economics and Arthur D. Little. She joined AXA Investment Managers in 2005 in Paris and, in 2012, became Head of External Communications for the AXA Group. In 2016, she founded AXA's inclusive insurance business, AXA Emerging Customers, which distributes insurance products to modest populations in emerging markets. This activity will become AXA EssentiALL in 2024 when expanding into mature markets.

She holds the Intrapreneur of the Year award from the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, and the first Women in Insurance Award from the Geneva Association. Garance is a graduate of Université Paris IX Dauphine, the London School of Economics, the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po.) and holds an MBA from INSEAD.