Catherine Lawson-Hall

Non-Executive Director
Member of the Audit & Sustainability Committee, Havas

Catherine Lawson-Hall is a graduate of Paris-Dauphine University (1994). She has over twenty-five years’ experience in finance.

She served as Head of Coverage and Investment Banking for Africa at Société Générale, in charge of relations with African governments, large corporations and financial institutions, from 2015 to 2023. Previously, she was Managing Director, Co-Head of Debt Capital Markets for corporates in France, Belgium and Luxembourg at Société Générale.

Catherine Lawson-Hall began her career as a financial analyst covering the telecommunications and media sectors before moving into financial consulting. She has built up solid experience in corporate and investment banking, primarily in debt capital markets, financial analysis and consulting.

Catherine Lawson-Hall is currently a board member of four listed companies: Vivendi SE, Universal Music Group N.V. (UMG), Eurazeo SE and Endeavour Mining plc. She is an independent member of the Board of Directors of Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and Les Amis du Centre Pompidou.

In December 2015, she was named Manager of the Year for 2015 in the sixth edition of La Tribune Women’s Awards.

In March 2017, she was one of the six winners alongside the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, of the Diversity Trophy awarded by the Club XXIe Siècle think-tank in the “Career” category.

Current directorships/partnerships

Listed companies:
Vivendi SE: Independent member of the Supervisory Board
Universal Music Group N.V.: Director
Endeavour Mining plc: Independent Director
Eurazeo: Member of the Supervisory Board

Other entities:
Agence Française de Développement (AFD): Independent Director
Amis du Centre Pompidou: Independent Director

Past directorships/partnerships (last five years)

Sociétés cotées :
Société Générale Côte d’Ivoire: Director

Autres sociétés :
Société Générale: Head of Coverage and Investment Banking for Africa
Société Générale Bénin: Director

Autres entités :
Fondation Société Générale: Director