#129 - Arnaud Denis - CEO MeDirect, launching in NL, growing up in different cultures, working abroad, from intrapreneur to entrepreneur, from tennis to yoga, living on Malta, tips for starters

Arnaud Denis is Group CEO MeDirect. He grew up in Thailand and Indonesia and went on to study in France: he has a Master of Business Administration in Finance from Emlyon business school and did a Master in Strategic Management at HEC Paris. In his career he fulfilled positions such as Managing Director at Société Générale’s Fixed Income division based in New York, Deputy CEO and CEO at Eurobank in Poland and First Deputy CEO of Rosbank, Retail Société Générale's Russian retail platform. In 2019, he started at MeDirect: a pan-European wealth neobank currently operating in Belgium, the Netherlands and Malta, where he is Group CEO. Arnaud is 54 years old, he lives in Sliema (Malta), is married and father of 3 kids.  

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