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Paris, 16 July 2018 - 07:30 am

Coface appoints Carmina Abad Sanchez to lead its Latin America region

Coface announces today the appointment of Carmina Abad Sánchez as the new CEO, Latin America region. She joins the Executive committee and reports to Xavier Durand, Group CEO. She takes over from Bart Pattyn who after a long career with the company (17 years) has decided to pursue career opportunities outside of the Coface Group. During the past years, he has built a solid team of leaders across Mexico and the various countries of the region, which will continue to drive the company's agenda across the region under Carmina's leadership.

Carmina has more than 30 years of experience, holding senior leadership positions in the insurance industry. Before joining Coface she was Chairman of Swiss Re Group in Mexico and CEO of Swiss Re Corporate Solutions in Mexico.

Previously, she has worked 25 years for MetLife in Mexico, Spain and the United States.

Carmina brings to Coface a strong reputation within the insurance industry. All along her career, Carmina showed a great commitment to corporate social responsibility and diversity and inclusion.

Carmina holds studies and degrees by the Smith College in Northampton, Kellogg's Management School at Northwestern University and various certifications by Harvard University. She also holds a bachelor of actuarial science from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), and followed postgraduate studies in Senior Corporate Management by the Panamerican Institute of Corporate Executive Direction (IPADE).

FINANCIAL CALENDAR 2018 (subject to change) H1-2018 results: 25 July 2018, after market close 9M-2018 results: 24 October 2018, after market close

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Coface: for trade - Building business together 70 years of experience and the most finely meshed international network have made Coface a reference in credit insurance, risk management and the global economy.  With the ambition to become the most agile, global trade credit insurance partner in the industry, Coface's experts work to the beat of the world economy, supporting 50,000 clients in building successful, growing and dynamic businesses. The Group's services and solutions protect and help companies take credit decisions to improve their ability to sell on both their domestic and export markets. In 2017, Coface employed ~4,100 people and registered turnover of €1.4 billion.

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