‘Not a stroke of luck:’ CEO of Ukrsibbank BNP Paribas Group on continuing operations during Russia’s war
Laurent Dupuch has weathered not one but two storms over the past few years as CEO and country manager of one of Ukraine’s largest banks Ukrsibbank. He arrived in Ukraine after almost seven years as CEO of the bank’s Morocco operations at the beginning of March 2020, right at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. He stayed in Ukraine after the full-scale invasion began in 2022. According to Dupuch, it was the experience managing the bank during the pandemic that helped him to keep serving Ukrsibbank’s 2 million customers during Russia’s war. Ukrsibbank, a subsidiary of the French BNP Paribas ban...