Matthieu Kiss
Chair
Mr. Matthieu Kiss was appointed as Independent Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors of the National Bank of Greece in December 2020.
Mr. Kiss possesses extensive experience in the banking sector, having served in prominent financial organizations, and expertise in the area of audit.
After a start of his career in the French Ministry of Finance in Paris and New York, he joined one of the largest French industrial group as International Treasurer; he then developed a 26 years banking career in investment banking (structured finance, corporate finance and M&A, COO), as Head of strategy for HSBC France and then as CFO for HSBC France, for HSBC Continental Europe and finally as Global CFO, Retail Banking & Wealth Management at HSBC Group, that also covers asset management and insurance business of HSBC world-wide.
In addition, he has served as Member of Boards and Audit Committees at various financial organisations, including at CCF-Charterhouse and Elysées-bourse (the brokerage subsidiary of CCF), Aurel-Leven and Charterhouse bank. Mr. Kiss had been a Member of the Board at HSBC Asset Management France from 2009 to 2022.
He has also served as a Member of the Board and Chair of the Audit Committee at HSBC Insurance France.
Currently, he serves as Non-Executive Director at Europe Arab Bank S.A. (EAB) and he also chairs as a volunteer the Finance Committee of the French arm of the Salvation Army.
He holds a BA in law from the University of Paris II, an MBA Degree from Institut d’études Politique de Paris and a diploma in Public Administration from L’ École Nationale d’ Administration.