Marielle Cohen-Branche was appointed Autorité des Marchés Financiers Ombudsman as of 16 November 2011.
Marielle Cohen-Branche will be supported in her mission by a team of legal experts coordinated by François Denis du Péage, Head of the Ombudsman’s Unit within the Retail Investor Relations Division, and will report directly to the AMF Chairman. This new organisation is part of the effort to reinforce the role of mediation in line with the AMF Strategic Plan.
Marielle Cohen-Branche served as Extraordinary Judge at the Court of Cassation in charge of banking and financial law from March 2003 and was also a member of the AMF Enforcement Committee from November 2003. Her term of office in this position ended in January 2011 att he same time as her term as judge at the Court of Cassation.
Marielle Cohen-Branche had previously served for 25 years as a legal expert in banking, notably as Legal Affairs and Litigation Director for the Crédit Agricole Bank in Ile de France from 1993 to January 2003.
Current functions:
- Member of the World Bank Board of Sanctions (in charge of the fight against corruption) since 31 January 2007.
- Member of the Banking Mediation Committee chaired by the Governor of the Banque deFrance, responsible for supervising the independence of bank mediators, since March 2003.
- Member of the Customs Tax and Exchange Litigation Committee since March 2003,responsible for issuing opinions to the Minister for the Economy on applications for forgiveness.