François Riahi

François Riahi is an advisor at 73 Strings and is based in Paris. François assists 73 Strings by providing strategic advice and in particular related, but not limited to, the banking sector expertise in conjunction with the development of our products and their introduction to the market.

François began his career at the French Ministry of Finance, where he was Inspector of Finance and then Head of Budget Policy. In 2007, he was then appointed Advisor to the French President, in charge of State reform and public finances. Following this experience, François joined Groupe BPCE where he became Deputy CEO in charge of strategy. In 2012, he became CEO of Natixis Wholesale Banking Asia Pacific. In 2016, François joined Natixis' executive Committee as co- head of global corporate banking. He then became a member of the Management Board of BPCE, in charge of finance, strategy and general secretariat. In 2018, François was appointed CEO of Natixis. Since November 2020, François is CEO of LOV Group (Financière LOV), a group present in 30 countries founded around audiovisual production (Banijay / Endemol Shine), online games (BetClic) and luxury hotels (Lov Hotels collection).

François holds MSc from Ecole Centrale Paris and IEP Paris, is graduated from Stanford Executive Program and is a former student of ENA (Nelson Mandela Class).