Éric Petitgand is the Chief Executive Officer of Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale. He heads up the Crédit Mutuel Antilles Guyane federation and is also a member of the Management Board of Groupe des Assurances du Crédit Mutuel.

Eric Petitgand began his career in the banking sector in 1987. He joined the Crédit Mutuel group five years later, initially at the Caisse Centrale de Crédit Mutuel in 1992, where he headed up the financial and custody back offices, then at Caisse Fédérale de Crédit Mutuel from 1997 to 1998 where he participated in the takeover and merger with CIC. At the end of 1999, he joined the Crédit Mutuel Centre Est Europe federation, where he was appointed Regional Director for Lorraine based in Metz. He subsequently joined Crédit Mutuel Savoie-Mont Blanc as Chief Executive Officer from 2003 to 2013. In 2008, he created the support and services EIG, Centre de Conseil et Services, which he managed until 2013.

After a three-year assignment with Mouvement Desjardins – Canada’s sixth largest banking group – in May 2016, he was appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale and the Crédit Mutuel Centre Est Europe federation.

Since October 2017, Éric Petitgand has led the Crédit Mutuel Antilles-Guyane federation and has been a member of the Management Board of Groupe des Assurances du Crédit Mutuel since 2024. Up until April 2024, he managed Caisse Agricole du Crédit Mutuel (from May 2022) and CCS (from 2023).