Boss or intellectual Long theorist o the Mede , Denis Kessler, i ty- our years, took the reins o the reinsurer SCOR end o 2002. "Un ortunately, in this country, we ha e a sort o border between the world o the Uni ersity and the research and business." In Germany, where the SCOR comes to an operation, most o company bosses ha e the title "doctor" or "doctor Pro essor". In rance, it is absolutely inconcei able! 
Armed with degrees master's degree in political science, DEA o philosophy, doctor o economic sciences State, aggregations o social sciences and Economics , Denis Kessler, HEC began doing teaching and research, including CNRS. Then he turned to insurance. Why this sector "Insurance is an absolutely extraordinary area because it is the area o risk." or a long time, I consider that the risk is a actor o explanation o the company. Any society organized around the management o the risk. When it is a risk o war, she organized against the risk o war, but this also applies to technological risk, or e en linked to the ageing...

Three years ago, the it was bankrupt. Today the company has been straightened. Denis Kessler he wanted to demonstrate that it could be a pattern in its own right "But the demonstration that." The real challenges, it is or yoursel that it is the ixed. I ha e ne er considered that the image could ha e was the reality. It is utile to seek to project an image, which by de inition escapes you ery o ten (...). I don't ha e a demo to others!
Be ore the SCOR, his irst experience o business leader also or the opening o a restaurant while he was still a student! takes place in AXA. In 1997, Claude Bébéar as Director General o the group. The experience lasts only a little o er a year and Denis Kessler then becomes President o the rench ederation o insurance ( SA) companies. A poor memory, his passage to AXA "You know, there are two types o plants: potting plants and those that were ne er relocated." I am a plant potting. In my li e, I o ten changed unction, en ironment, en ironment. And I ind this ery well! (...) I was o ered a di icult mission merger AXA and UAP. I had to take care o a huge area that ranged rom the Australia to the Chile. It was absolutely exhausting. There was also at the time a sketch o war o succession, it had to play, and I am le t to the ederation.
At the time, he was already, since 1995, ice President o the CNP . In 1997, it is the alternation. On 10 October, Lionel Jospin announced the implementation o the 35 hours by legislation. Jean Gandois, President o the CNP , will resign next week. Denis Kessler has nothing orgotten o this amous October 10. "This was the day o the dupes." Jean Gandois has manipulated, I ha e all the e idence, and it is not like this need to establish relationships between the State and ci il society (...). The day o the 10 is the apocalyptic point. It unites trade unions and employers in a room, at Matignon, with a considerable number o journalists Cli hanger at the door. Allowed to speak or eight hours and then, in the end, it announced them: we ha e two laws. We ha e completely been patronized. This was a total humiliation or all social partners!
A ter this amous October 10 Ernest-Antoine Seilliere accesses the head o the CNP and asked Denis Kessler to remain number two. "I said to Ernest-Antoine:"commit mysel to the CNP doesn't interest me."." "But i you commit you to create a new organization, changing the bylaws, the policy, the mode o operation, the Executi e Board, the name and location, it is a project that begins to sense!" He said banco and we created together, within a year, the Mede !
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