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Subra Suresh chairs Societe Generale scientific advisory council
The council consists of eight members who bring diverse expertise to advise the company on future scientific and global trends.
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Bhavana P - Wed, 30, Jul 2025
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From left to right: Corinne Le Quéré, Enrico Letta, Beatrice Weder di Mauro, Slawomir Krupa, Subra Suresh, Kenneth Roth, Yann LeCun, Gilles Duranton, Christina Gravert. / Societe Generale
Societe Generale, a Paris-based banking and financial services company, has named Indian-American academic leader Subra Suresh as chair of its newly established scientific advisory council.
The council is tasked to provide science-driven insights on emerging global trends set to influence the bank’s long-term strategy. Under Suresh’s guidance, the council will explore future-defining themes in AI, sustainability, international relations, and economic resilience.
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Suresh brings decades of experience across science, technology, and global academic leadership. He currently serves as Vannevar Bush professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and professor at large at Brown University. His career includes leadership roles such as dean of the faculty of engineering at MIT, director of the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), president of Carnegie Mellon University, and president of Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore.
As NSF director, he led one of the world's foremost funding agencies for scientific research and education, managing a multi-billion-dollar budget and shaping national research priorities. At MIT and later at Carnegie Mellon and NTU, he was instrumental in steering institutions through major transformations, promoting innovation, and deepening global partnerships.
Slawomir Krupa, chief executive officer of Societe Generale said, "I am pleased to announce the final composition of our scientific advisory council, assembling under the leadership of its chairman Subra Suresh a team of eight exceptionally accomplished individuals, widely recognized for their expertise and vision.”
“Our economies and industries are facing multiple challenges, technologically, environmentally and socially. Navigating these complex dynamics requires perspective and anticipation. I am grateful to our council members for their insights informed by science, and I look forward to their further contributions helping us better understand and prepare for the emerging trends and strategic questions that will influence our activities in the years to come,” Krupa added.
Founded in 1864, Societe Generale is a leading French multinational financial services company. It is France’s third-largest bank by assets and among the top 20 globally. Designated as systemically important, it is directly supervised by the European Central Bank under the European Banking Supervision framework.
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