Julien Parot, previously Chief of Staff to Axa Group CEO Thomas Buberl, has been appointed Group Head of Public Affairs. He will report to Gilles Moëc, Axa Group Chief Economist and Head of Public Affairs. Julien Parot succeeds Patricia Plas, who has decided to retire this year. Bertrand Noize, formerly Axa Group Head of Corporate Finance, succeeds Julien Parot as Chief of Staff to CEO Thomas Buberl. These changes will take effect on May 4, 2026.
Julien Parot holds a Master's degree in General Private Law from Paris II - Panthéon-Assas University and a DESS in Business Law from the University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.
He began his career as a freelance journalist in 2003. In 2006, he joined La Correspondance économique, the business journal of Société Générale de Presse. Appointed Deputy Editor-in-Chief in 2013, he became Editor-in-Chief in 2015.
In July 2016, he joined Axa as Group Head of Media Relations and Reputation, before serving from 2021 to 2023 as Group Head of Media Relations, Reputation, and Communication with individual and employee shareholders. Since April 2023, Julien Parot has served as Chief of Staff to Axa Group CEO Thomas Buberl.
Bertrand Noize is a graduate of Audencia Nantes School of Management. He began his career at HSBC, where he spent five years in the M&A department, advising financial institutions on merger and acquisition transactions.
In 2016, he joined the Axa Group and held various positions within the Corporate Finance, Capital Management, and Treasury department. Since 2023, Bertrand Noize has served as Axa Group Head of Corporate Finance.
Thomas Buberl is a German businessperson who has been at the head of 16 different companies. Dr. Buberl is Chief Executive Officer & Director at AXA SA and Member-Climate Finance Leadership Initiative at Bloomberg LP and on the board of 5 other companies.
He previously occupied the position of Chairman at The Pan European Insurance Forum (PEIF), Director at Equitable Holdings, Inc. and Director at AXA Financial, Inc. (a subsidiary of Equitable Holdings, Inc.), Chief Executive Officer at Zurich Insurance Group AG and Chief Executive Officer-Switzerland at Zurich Investment Management Ltd. (a subsidiary of Zurich Insurance Group AG), Chairman-Management Board at DBV Deutsche Beamtenversicherung AG, Member-Management Board at Winterthur Group, Chairman-Supervisory Board for Deutsche Ärzteversicherung AG, Chairman of XL Group Ltd., Chairman at Axa Leben AG, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director at Vinci B.V., Chairman-Management Board at AXA Lebensversicherung AG, Chairman-Management Board at AXA Krankenversicherung AG and Chairman-Management Board at AXA Versicherungen AG.
Thomas Buberl received an undergraduate degree from WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management, an MBA from the University of Lancaster and a doctorate from the University of St. Gallen.
AXA is the European leading insurance group. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- damage insurance (62.1%): mainly car insurance, home insurance, property damage, civil liability, and major risk insurance. The group also offers assistance services (medical assistance for travelers, breakdown service for vehicles, etc.);
- life insurance (36.6%): sale of savings policies, retirement accounts, estate planning services, and health insurance to individuals and companies;
- other (1.3%): mainly banking activities in France, Belgium and Germany.
This super rating is the result of a weighted average of the rankings based on the following ratings: Valuation (Composite), EPS Revisions (4 months), and Visibility (Composite). We recommend that you carefully review the associated descriptions.
Investor
Investor
This super composite rating is the result of a weighted average of the rankings based on the following ratings: Fundamentals (Composite), Valuation (Composite), EPS Revisions (1 year), and Visibility (Composite). We recommend that you carefully review the associated descriptions.
Global
Global
This composite rating is the result of an average of the rankings based on the following ratings: Fundamentals (Composite), Valuation (Composite), Financial Estimates Revisions (Composite), Consensus (Composite) and Visibility (Composite). The company must be covered by at least 4 of these 5 ratings for the calculation to be carried out. We recommend that you carefully review the associated descriptions.
Quality
Quality
This composite rating is the result of an average of rankings based on the following ratings: Returns (Composite), Profitability (Composite) and Quality of Financial Reporting (Composite), and Financial Health (Composite). The company must be covered by at least 2 of these 3 ratings for the calculation to be performed. We recommend that you carefully read the associated descriptions.
ESG MSCI
ESG MSCI
The MSCI ESG score assesses a company’s environmental, social, and governance practices relative to its industry peers. Companies are rated from CCC (laggard) to AAA (leader). This rating helps investors incorporate sustainability risks and opportunities into their investment decisions.
