Société Générale is one of the largest financial services groups in the euro-zone. The Group employs 151,000 people worldwide in three key businesses:

• Retail Banking & Financial Services: Société Générale serves 30 million individual customers worldwide.
• Global Investment Management & Services: Société Générale is one of the largest banks in the euro-zone in terms of assets under custody (EUR 2 731 billion, March 2008) and under management (EUR 391 billion, March 2008).
• Corporate & Investment Banking: Société Générale ranks among the leading banks worldwide in euro capital markets, derivatives and structured finance.

Société Générale is included in the five major socially-responsible investment indexes.

The group is pursuing a profitable growth policy based on the selective development of its core activities through a combination of organic growth and acquisitions, and is drawing on a strong capacity for innovation geared towards satisfying customers. The group’s three fundamental values are Professionalism, Team spirit and Innovation.