Philippe Sourlas and Didier Deleage have been appointed to senior leadership positions at France’s Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), effective October 1, 2026. Sourlas moves from his current role as Deputy Secretary General of the Asset Management Directorate to oversee the Regulatory Policy and International Affairs Directorate and strategy, replacing Jérôme Reboul, who departed the AMF on September 30 to join the Cour des Comptes. Deleage, formerly Deputy Director of the Asset Management Directorate, assumes the role of Deputy Secretary General in charge of asset management.
- Effective Date: October 1, 2026
- Sourlas New Role: Deputy Secretary General, Regulatory Policy and International Affairs Directorate and Strategy
- Deleage New Role: Deputy Secretary General, Asset Management Directorate
- Predecessor: Jérôme Reboul led DRAI for over five years
Sourlas brings extensive regulatory experience to his expanded remit. A graduate of École Polytechnique and École Nationale de la Statistique et de l’Administration Économique, he holds advanced degrees in economic analysis and policy from Paris School of Economics and law from the University of Paris I – La Sorbonne. He began his career at the Inspection Générale des Finances in 2006, later joining what became the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR), where he managed insurance and bank inspection departments. Sourlas joined the AMF in 2016 as Deputy Director of Asset Management before his 2019 promotion to Deputy Secretary General.
Deleage arrives with two decades of asset management industry experience spanning Coopers & Lybrand Audit, Sinopia Asset Management, HSBC Global Asset Management, and Edmond de Rothschild asset management, where he served as Global Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer. An ESSEC graduate, he has taught at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers since 2001 and previously served on the board of the Association Française de la Gestion d’Actifs. Deleage joined the AMF in October 2019 as Deputy Director of the Asset Management Directorate.
The AMF is France’s independent financial markets regulator, responsible for protecting savings in financial products, ensuring investor access to clear information, and maintaining orderly markets. The regulator works with European and international bodies to support financial stability and contributes to transforming the financial sector through innovation and sustainable finance oversight.
Philippe Sourlas, Deputy Secretary General, Regulatory Policy and International Affairs Directorate and Strategy at AMF. Source: LinkedIn
Didier Deleage, Deputy Secretary General, Asset Management Directorate at AMF. Source: LinkedIn
