2007 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT
2007 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 2007 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT
2 StatutoryCORPORATE GOVERNANCEAuditors’ report< Contents >2.3 Statutory Auditors’ reportStatutory Auditors’ r eport, p repared in a ccordance w ith a rticle L.225-235 of the French Commercial Code, on the r eport p repared by theChairman of the Board of Directors of BNP Paribas, on i nternal c ontrol p rocedures r elating to the p reparation and p rocessing of financial anda ccounting i nformation.Year ended 31 December 200712Deloitte & AssociésPricewaterhouseCoopers AuditMazars & Guérard185, avenue Charles-de-Gaulle92524 Neuilly-sur-Seine Cedex63, rue de Villiers92208 Neuilly-sur-Seine Cedex61, rue Henri-Regnault92400 Courbevoie3BNP Paribas16, boulevard des Italiens75009 ParisThis is a free translation into English of the Statutory Auditors’ report issued in French and is provided solely for the convenience of English speaking readers.This report should be read in conjunction with, and construed in accordance with, French law and professional auditing standards applicable in France.4To the Shareholders,In our capacity as Statutory Auditors of BNP Paribas, and in accordance with article L. 225-235 of the French Commercial Code (Code de commerce),we hereby report to you on the report prepared by the Chairman of your company in accordance with article L. 225-37 of the French CommercialCode for the year ended 31 December 2007.It is the Chairman’s responsibility to describe in his report the preparation and organisation of the Board’s work and the internal control proceduresimplemented by the company.It is our responsibility to report to you on the information set out in the Chairman’s report on internal control procedures relating to the preparationand processing of financial and accounting information.We performed our procedures in accordance with French professional standards. These standards require that we perform procedures to assess thefairness of the information set out in the Chairman’s report on internal control procedures relating to the preparation and processing of financial andaccounting information. These procedures mainly consisted of:- obtaining an understanding of the internal control procedures relating to the preparation and processing of financial and accounting informationon which the information presented in the Chairman’s report and existing documentation are based;- obtaining an understanding of the work performed to support the information given in the report and of the existing documentation;- determining if any material weaknesses in internal control relating to the preparation and processing of financial and accounting information thatwe may have identified the course of our work are properly described in the Chairman’s report.On the basis of our work, we have no matters to report on the information given on internal control procedures relating to the preparation andprocessing of financial and accounting information, set out in the Chairman of the Board’s report, prepared in accordance with article L. 225-37 ofthe French Commercial Code.Neuilly-sur-Seine and Courbevoie, 13 March 200856789The Statutory Auditors10Deloitte & AssociésPascal ColinPricewaterhouseCoopers AuditÉtienne BorisMazars & GuérardHervé Hélias11642007 Registration document - BNP PARIBAS
CORPORATE GOVERNANCEExecutive Committee 2< Contents >2.4 Executive Committee1In 2007, the Executive Committee of BNP Paribas was composed of thefollowing members:■ Baudouin Prot, Chief Executive Officer;■ Georges Chodron de Courcel, Chief Operating Officer;■ Jean Clamon, Chief Operating Officer;■ Jean-Laurent Bonnafé, Head of French Retail Banking and BNL bancacommerciale;■ Philippe Bordenave, Head of Group Finance and Development;■ Jacques d’Estais, Head of Corporate and Investment Banking;■ Frédéric Lavenir, Head of Group Human Resources;■ Vivien Lévy-Garboua, Head of Compliance and Internal ControlCoordinator;■ Alain Marbach (from 1 March 2007), Head of Technology andProcesses (he succeeds Hervé Gouëzel who has become an advisorto Executive Management);■Pierre Mariani, Head of International Retail banking and FinancialServices ;■ Alain Papiasse, Head of Asset Management and Services;■ Michel Konczaty, Head of Group Risk Management, attendsExecutive Committee meetings on all matters within his sphere ofcompetence.One change has already been announced for 2008:■ Fabio Gallia, 44, joined BNP Paribas on 1 October 2007, and succeededMario Girotti as Chief Executive Officer of BNL with effect from1 January 2008. He was previously Assistant General Manager ofBanca di Roma. He will be appointed to the Executive Committee ofBNP Paribas during 2008.Since November 2007, the Executive Committee of BNP Paribas has beenassisted by a permanent Secretariat.2345678910112007 Registration document - BNP PARIBAS 65
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCEExecutive Committee 2< Contents >2.4 Executive Committee1In <strong>2007</strong>, the Executive Committee of BNP Paribas was composed of thefollowing members:■ Baudouin Prot, Chief Executive Officer;■ Georges Chodron de Courcel, Chief Operating Officer;■ Jean Clamon, Chief Operating Officer;■ Jean-Laurent Bonnafé, Head of French Retail Banking and BNL bancacommerciale;■ Philippe Bordenave, Head of Group Finance and Development;■ Jacques d’Estais, Head of Corporate and Investment Banking;■ Frédéric Lavenir, Head of Group Human Resources;■ Vivien Lévy-Garboua, Head of Compliance and Internal ControlCoordinator;■ Alain Marbach (from 1 March <strong>2007</strong>), Head of Technology andProcesses (he succeeds Hervé Gouëzel who has become an advisorto Executive Management);■Pierre Mariani, Head of International Retail banking and FinancialServices ;■ Alain Papiasse, Head of Asset Management and Services;■ Michel Konczaty, Head of Group Risk Management, attendsExecutive Committee meetings on all matters within his sphere ofcompetence.One change has already been announced for 2008:■ Fabio Gallia, 44, joined BNP Paribas on 1 October <strong>2007</strong>, and succeededMario Girotti as Chief Executive Officer of BNL with effect from1 January 2008. He was previously Assistant General Manager ofBanca di Roma. He will be appointed to the Executive Committee ofBNP Paribas during 2008.Since November <strong>2007</strong>, the Executive Committee of BNP Paribas has beenassisted by a permanent Secretariat.234567891011<strong>2007</strong> Registration document - BNP PARIBAS 65
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