French connection
Franaois-Xavier Boisseau, managing director of Groupama Insurances, the UK arm of £8bn French insurer Groupama, had a great 2005, as the firm doubled its profits. Andrew Tjaardstra finds out how he turned the company around and about his plans for the future
Despite Franaois-Xavier Boisseau's recent success, his education suggested a different career path. He studied aerodynamics and mechanics at university and says he had no predisposition to go into the insurance world. Deciding to work in insurance because of its people-orientated nature, he joined French giant Axa and, after three years in France, where he worked with agents designing, pricing and selling products, he moved to its UK Cardiff office in 1993. At this time Axa had only 350 staff in
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