The promotion also opened the doors for Wega to join the management committee, making him the first sub-Saharan banker to join the decision-making body, which is made up of 60 main managers of the French banking group’s businesses and services. SG, which is headed by Frédéric Oudéa, made €22.1bn in net banking income in 2020.
“I will be involved in discussions, exchanges and seminars that contribute to building the group’s strategy and implementing it. I welcome this appointment with great enthusiasm and humility,” said Wega, who worked for General Electric in Brussels and Amsterdam, and then Barclays in London.