Christian SCHMIDT DE LA BRELIE

Bio

Christian Schmidt de La Brélie has spent his entire career in the insurance sector. He began at the AXA Group, then moved to the Bayard Group before joining AG2R. In 2005, he became Chief Executive Officer of the D&O Group. After D&O and Mornay joined forces in 2012, he became the leader of the new KLESIA Group. This group now makes €12 billion, insures 3 million people and supports 300,000 businesses. He also sits on the executive committees of AGIRC-ARRCO and the CTIP (Centre Technique des Institutions de Prévoyance). Following the merger process initiated in 2017 between KLESIA and AGPM, he now serves as CEO of both organisations. Personally committed to social and societal issues, he is Vice-President of the Institut de l’Entreprise and a board member of the ICM (Brain and Spine Institute). Under his leadership, KLESIA has strengthened its efforts to promote the inclusion of disabled people in economic life. He is a reserve second lieutenant in the French Air Force (having completed his military service at Air Base 133 in Nancy-Ochey) and a colonel in the 35th Infantry Regiment citizens’ reserve in Belfort. He has been awarded the titles of Knight of the Legion of Honour and Knight of the National Order of Merit.