Summit Series with Stéphane Boujnah, CEO of Euronext

We are delighted to invite you to the Summit Series event featuring Stéphane Boujnah, CEO of Euronext, the pan-European stock exchange and market infrastructure. The event will be opened by Sergei Guriev, Dean of London Business School, followed by the fireside chat between Stéphane Boujnah and Marcel Olbert, Assistant Professor of Accounting at London Business School.

Building on Euronext’s success as a founding force in European financial markets, Stéphane and Marcel will explore today’s most pressing market themes: how geopolitical tensions shape markets and business models, the rise of new financial services models in the age of AI, and what career opportunities and labor market shifts lie ahead in the wake of AI, macroeconomic change, and global uncertainty.

We look forward to seeing you there!

For any questions, please email SummitSeries@london.edu

About Stéphane Boujnah

Stéphane Boujnah is CEO and Chairman of the Managing Board of Euronext, the pan-European market infrastructure operating regulated markets in Amsterdam, Brussels, Dublin, Lisbon, Milan, Oslo and Paris. Euronext also operates post-trade infrastructures in Copenhagen, Milan, Oslo and Porto, as well as a pan-European electricity trading platform, NordPool, and a FX trading platform operating from New York, London and Singapore. In addition, Euronext operates commercial and technology platforms in Bergen, Berlin, Espoo, Helsinki, London, Madrid, Munich, Rotterdam, Stockholm, Tallinn and Vilnius.

Stéphane Boujnah became CEO of Euronext in November 2015 when the company had revenues below EUR 500m and a market capitalization below EUR 2bn. As of December 2024, Euronext generates revenues above EUR 1.6bn and as of March 2025, Euronext has a market capitalization between EUR 13bn and 14bn. Stéphane Boujnah led the acquisitions of the Irish Stock Exchange in 2018, Oslo Børs in 2019, VP Securities in Copenhagen and NordPool in Oslo in 2020, Borsa Italiana Group in 2021 and Admincontrol in Oslo in 2025.

Before joining Euronext, from 2010 to 2015, Stéphane Boujnah was part of the team in charge of developing the Banco Santander business across Europe. First, he was Head of Santander Global Banking and Markets for France and Benelux where he developed significantly the advisory business. He was then appointed Head of Santander Global Banking and Markets for Continental Europe.

From 2005 to 2010, he was Managing Director at Deutsche Bank responsible for the development of the investment banking operations in France.

Previously he founded and developed KM5 Capital, an advisory company specialized in equity raising and M&A advice for venture capital funds and innovative technology companies.

From 2000 to 2002, he was Director of the European M&A team of Credit Suisse First Boston Technology Group in Palo Alto (California) and London.

From 1997 to 1999, Stéphane Boujnah was adviser to the French Minister for Economy, Finance and Industry, Dominique Strauss-Kahn. He was responsible for innovation policies, privatisations in the technology sector, international investments projects in France and the development of the New Economy.

He started his career in 1991 as a business lawyer at Freshfields, focusing on M&A, privatisations and international investments in Eastern Europe and Cuba.

He graduated from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris. Stéphane Boujnah holds a Master degree and a DEA in Law from La Sorbonne Paris, a LLM in Law from the University of Kent in Canterbury and a MBA from Insead.

Stéphane Boujnah was a member of the Commission pour la Libération de la Croissance Française established by President Nicolas Sarkozy in 2007. He is founder and Vice-President of the French think tank En Temps Réel, where he published “L’inoxydable modèle suédois” in 2003, a book on the Swedish government and economic model. He was President of the Board of directors of Accentus and Insula Orchestra from 2013 to 2025. He is Vice-President of the Board of Prométhée Education, a non-profit organization focusing on the support to underprivileged teenagers to boost ambition, access to higher education and preparation to life changing job opportunities.

In 2008, he was made Knight in the Order of the Polar Star by the king of Sweden. In 2013, he was made Chevalier in the Order of the Légion d'Honneur by President François Hollande.