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Western EuropeMay 1 2005

A head for finance and a palate for pike

SocGen CEO Daniel Bouton talks to Karina Robinson about the sense and synergies of cross-border mergers.Once I got over the disappointment of having lunch in the utilitarian Société Générale tower in the conurbation of La Défense, rather than in a superb Parisian restaurant such as Pierre Gagnaire, it was awfully pleasing on the food front.
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