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Cetelem (Cetelem - SFDI) Aurélia
Chappet-Teissedre, Virginie Fauvel,
Charles Népote, Ugo Setti and
Frédéric Tardy - awarded by
Baudouin Prot, BNP Paribas' Chief
Executive Officer
This recognition extends beyond the framework of research activities alone, and adopts a broader perspective intended to encourage the spirit of innovation among all our employees.
We provide recognition for innovations proposed by individuals or teams from all our employees with the goal of making innovation:
-a tool for mobilising employees,
-a factor in improving our customer service.
Each year, BNP Paribas selects Award categories based on the Group's strategic objectives.
2006 Innovation Awards
2 categories, "The Business Innovation Awards" and "The Innov@ction Awards"
"The Business Innovation Awards" 
These awards are given in recognition of innovations from employees or teams whose professional role is precisely to develop innovations in their fields of activity :
-The Business Innovation Award
-The Internal Efficiency Award
"The Innov@ction Awards"
These awards are given for suggestions made by employees outside their usual area of responsibility, whether individually or as a group, whatever their professional roles, to improve product offerings, services or processes and to contribute to customer satisfaction:
-The Products and Services Innov@ction Award
-The Process Innov@ction Award
The newly introduced Innovation Awards met with resounding success: there were over 100 submissions for all categories combined.
After numerous meetings and discussions by various selection committees, BNP Paribas' Executive Committee named 14 prize winners of this first edition of the BNP Paribas Innovation Awards.
The Innovation Awards were presented to the winners at the beginning of April 2007 during the 2007 Group Days.