Julien Marcilly is appointed Chief Economist of Coface, with effect from 2 March 2015, reporting to Jean-Marc Pillu, CEO. He will take over from Yves Zlotowski, who has decided to pursue a career path outside economic research and the credit insurance industry.
Julien Marcilly, 32, has been Yves Zlotowski’s deputy and Head of Country Risk at Coface since 2012. He joined Coface from New-York based asset management company, Artio Global Investors, and was an economist with Société Générale prior to this. With an extensive background in emerging markets, a PhD in financial economics from Paris-Dauphine, and a Master in Management from ESCP Europe, he is uniquely qualified to succeed in this challenging position.
In his fourteen years at Coface, Yves Zlotowski strengthened Coface’s Economic Research team, introducing new publications and deepening the group’s regional economic expertise.
About Coface
The Coface Group, a worldwide leader in credit insurance, offers companies around the globe solutions to protect them against the risk of financial default of their clients, both on the domestic market and for export. In 2013, the Group, supported by its 4,440 staff, posted a consolidated turnover of €1.440 billion. Present directly or indirectly in 98 countries, it secures transactions of over 37,000 companies in more than 200 countries. Each quarter, Coface publishes its assessments of country risk for 160 countries, based on its unique knowledge of companies’ payment behavior and on the expertise of its 350 underwriters located close to clients and their debtors. In France, Coface manages export public guarantees on behalf of the French State.
