The Group Financial is present this day in 6 States of sub-Saharan Africa: Benin, Gabon, Guinea, Mauritania, Chad and Togo. It is led by about 500 co-workers to the exclusive service of its clientele.

The resumption, in March, 2008, of FINANCIAL BC by the Investment fund ECP, a leader of the capital-investment in Africa, marks a break in the history of the group FINANCIAL.

The new will is to transform a group of banks into a structured, harmonized banking group, working the synergies, developing the transparency, on the attentive listening of his(her) clientele to bring to the requests of that this relevant, original and reagent answers.

To do it, the Group Financial turns to good account year 2009 for:

• establish a high-quality management team and of strong experience;
• strengthen the financial means of the filial banks to allow their growth in the respect for the statutory constraints;
• revisit the portfolios of subsidiaries to insure a strict correspondence with the rules of the organs of supervision(guardianship) and control;
• Elaborate the strategic plans of development for period 2010 - on 2014 and action plans 2010 correspondents.

2010 will see this dynamics increasing, the Group refining its organization, modernizing its means of payment and communication with its clientele, developing its network to increase its nearness and still strengthening the team spirit within its co-workers.

The practice of the Group Financial is led from now on by a permanent and founding concern of governance. The values of the Group, the ethics and the professionalism correspond to the project carried by ECP for Financial Bank and are daily realities which frame all our banking initiatives. Bases of a corporate culture, they will be strengthened and will continue to be declined to the everyday life in our banks with the support and the commitment of their respective staffs.

All these actions aim only at serving better the clientele of the group in all its constituents: private individuals, Diaspora, Small and medium-sized companies, big companies, non governmental organization, Institutions, authorities, local authorities, embassies, and to grant them to all, without distinction, a high-quality service.

The Group Financial wants economic actor citizen and person in charge and wishes to set its entire place in the bancarisation and the financing of savings thanks to the trust renewed from its clientele to a Group in the irreproachable practices.

Patrick MESTRALLET

Chief Executive Officer