Michel Cottet

Michel Cottet has extensive experience in the financial and chocolate industries. As Directeur Général at SIAGI since April 1993, Michel Cottet leads a financing company specializing in credit guarantees for businesses. Additionally, as Président de la Commission sociale and a Board member of ASF since September 2017, Michel Cottet represents financial companies employing 25,000 people. In the chocolate sector, Michel Cottet has been a member of the board at Club des Croqueurs de Chocolat since March 2006 and an active participant in the Confédération des Chocolatiers Confiseurs de France since January 2005, serving as treasurer and on the social commission. Michel Cottet also founded Via Chocolat, the first chocolate gallery promoting artisan chocolates and created the Chocodon concept for charitable donations. Previous roles include Directeur d'unité at Banque Neuflize and various positions at Banque Paribas. Michel Cottet holds an HEC Executive MBA and degrees from ISG and IGPDE.