Antoine Castel

Antoine Castel is Chief Risk Officer and heads the Risk Management Department. His main responsibilities are to ensure the stability and financial continuity of AIIB. He oversees risk capital allocation and utilization, manages financial and non-financial risks, including reputational consequences, as well as fosters a strong risk culture throughout the Bank. He further oversees the Bank’s compliance and integrity function assuring KYC/AML/Financial Crime and sanction compliance. Castel has extensive commercial and investment banking experience across Asia, Africa and Europe. Coming from a background in business development, he progressively grew his risk focus to balance significant commercial development with a selective risk approach. From 2018 to the end of 2020, he was Country Head of Société Générale (SG) in India, particularly active in aligning its credit portfolio and raising its renewable structured financing platform, but also leading the sound development of its footprint in financial markets. In 2017, he was deputy-CEO of SG in China where he was also in charge of Risk, Legal and Compliance. From 2000 to 2016, he held various financial markets management positions in China, South Africa and France in SG CIB and previously, in Credit Agricole CIB. He started in financial markets sales in 1998 after four years working for Danone. He is a graduate of Université Lumière Lyon II and holds a master’s degree in Finance with honors. Prior to a life in finance, he graduated EOR from IVème Bataillon ESM de Saint-Cyr and paratrooper from ETAP. Castel is from France.