Sophie Heller

Member of the Supervisory Board

Sophie Heller graduated from the ESSEC Business School with an MBA degree.

She started her professional career in 1988 as associate consultant in Bain & Company. She was the founder of Points Ciel, where she served as Chief Marketing Officer from 1992 to 1997. Between 1997 and 1998 she was the CEO of Consodata, then the Vice President for Marketing and e-Business in Jakala in the years 2000-2003. From 2003 to 2006 she was the Chief Marketing Officer in Equilon, an innovative consumer lending entity of the BNP Paribas Group, then between 2006 and 2009 she served as Chief Marketing Officer in Mediatis, a multi-channel direct sales organization. In the years 2009-2016 she worked at ING Direct, first as a Vice President for Marketing and Communication, then as CEO of ING Direct. In 2016 she became the COO of Retail Banking and Services in the BNP Paribas Group.

She has broad experience in financial services (general management, digital, innovation) and an entrepreneurial background. Sophie Heller meets the requirements of Art. 22aa of the Banking Law dated 29 August 1997 (as amended).