Career

Jean-François Garin graduate of de the École des Ponts ParisTech, actuary and graduate of the Collège des Ingénieurs, started his career in 1993 at UAP Vie as head of profitability for life insurance products.

After the merger with Axa, he spent his entire career in the Axa group: in 1996, he was appointed deputy director of salaried sales force distribution in Axa Conseil and then, in 1998, director of PBR (Plan/Budget/Results). In 2000 he became director of economic and strategic management for Axa France’s distribution channels.

Between 2002 and 2006, he held various operational and business positions in Axa Retail/Professionals, including regional commercial director for the North-East salaried sales force distribution. In 2007, he was appointed Axa Group Distribution Director. In 2009, he joined the executive committee of Axa Belgium as Chief Marketing Officer and life/bank product director. He returned to the Axa headquarters from 2011 to 2013 as the global head of savings/retirement business & life/savings/health digital head. Since the end of 2013, he has been the head of Axa CEOFrance’s salaried sales force distribution.

He became Chief Executive Officer of Groupama Gan Vie on September 1, 2015, also having responsibility for coordinating Gan Patrimoine and Gan Prévoyance. He takes up the title of Deputy Managing Director in charge of Groupama’s life business on September 1, 2020.

Since November 7, 2023, he is Deputy of the Chief Executive Office of Groupama Assurances Mutuelles.