An all-star roster of experienced entrepreneurs and seasoned bankers.
Our team of finance and technology experts represents decades of combined banking and engineering experience.
Executive Team
Memo Bank’s Executive Team is in charge of day-to-day operations. It is made up of entrepreneurs and bankers working side by side under the auspices of the Supervisory Board.

Jean-Daniel Guyot
Co-founder and Chairman of the Management Board
Before co-founding Memo Bank in 2017, Jean-Daniel Guyot co-founded and served as President of Capitaine Train, a booking platform which was sold to Trainline in 2016. He holds an engineering degree from INSA (Rouen) and is chairman of the Management Board.

Michel Galibert
Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer
Michel Galibert co-founded Memo Bank in 2017. Prior to that, he worked at Google and Capitaine Train, where he was in charge of marketing and then product development alongside Jean-Daniel Guyot. He is a graduate of HEC Paris.

Ferdinand Brunet
Chief Financial Officer
Ferdinand began his career at KPMG working as an Auditor for leading French banks. He then joined ING bank, where he held several positions as Manager and Financial Controller for almost ten years. He had recently joined Ditto Bank.

Yves Bédué
Chief Risk, Compliance and Control Officer
Yves Bédué oversaw control and risk management at Socram Banque for ten years before joining Memo Bank in 2018. He honed his credit analysis skills at BPCE and also worked for Natixis and Crédit Maritime. He is a graduate of Université Paris-Nanterre.

Christophe Juniet
Chief Technical Product Officer
Christophe Juniet spent five years in Crédit Agricole Cheuvreux’s financial market engineering department before joining Criteo in 2011 where he headed up a team of over one hundred software engineers.

Philippe Vinci
Chief Revenue Officer
Philippe has 20+ years of experience in scaling B2B technology companies. He worked for Bull and Ingenico in the field of banking solutions and payment infrastructure, Welcome Real-time in payment and loyalty solutions, and Budget-Insight in which he contributed to the emergence of Open Banking.
Supervisory Board
Memo Bank’s Supervisory Board oversees the smooth operation of the bank and advises the Executive Team on strategic decisions. It is made up of authoritative figures from the world of banking and investment.

Valentine Baudouin Barbelivien
Co-partner of Founders Future
An attorney formerly with Kramer Levin, Valentine Baudouin Barbelivien is now a partner at Founders Future, an investment fund created by digital entrepreneurs. She holds degrees from Panthéon Assas (Paris II) and Paris Dauphine. She is deputy chair of Memo Bank’s Supervisory Board.

Gilles Denoyel
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Dexia
Before taking over as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Dexia, Gilles Denoyel was the Chief Risk Officer for HSBC France for eleven years. He is a graduate of ENA, Écoles des Mines de Paris and Science Po. He is a member of Memo Bank’s Supervisory Board.

Paul Mizrahi
Co-founder of Blackfin Capital Partners
Before co-founding Blackfin Capital Partners, an investment fund specializing in financial services, Paul Mizrahi created the online bank Fortuneo which was subsequently acquired by the Crédit Mutuel Arkéa group. He is a graduate of HEC Paris and a member of Memo Bank’s Supervisory Board.

Our team
We’ve brought together (while keeping socially distant) bankers and software engineers from the top banks and the best start-ups, such as Capitaine Train, Criteo, Google, BPCE, BNP Paribas and Société Générale. Interested in supporting European SMEs in their growth and digital transformation ? Join our team.