Isabelle Santenac

Isabelle is the Global Insurance Leader at EY. She leads a team of over 23,000 industry professionals committed to helping insurers transform and reshape their businesses through EY’s assurance, consulting, tax and transaction services.

Isabelle has over 30 years of experience working with large financial services organizations. At EY she has held the role of Assurance Managing Partner for EY EMEIA Financial Services and before that she held the role of Global Assurance COO, based in London. She has served as the lead partner for large international financial institutions headquartered in Europe, including both audit and non-audit clients.

Isabelle is an active member of the Insurance Supper Club. She served as a Board member and treasurer for the Positive Planet Foundation from 2013 to 2022.

She received a master’s degree in Management from ESCP.

How Isabelle is building a better working world

“In my role, I constantly ask if we can do better. I consistently ask tough questions in our audits and provide a timely, constructive challenge to management and a robust, clear perspective to audit committees. My objective is to lead the development of trust and high standards within financial services. Transparency breeds clarity. Clarity breeds confidence. Without upholding these high standards, we cannot expect to progress and build a better working world.

"Alongside my work in insurance, I am a champion for nurturing talent and diversity in our organization. I readily welcome and encourage positive change and actively build inclusive teams. This is essential to providing services to clients and for our own organization. I continue to encourage and mentor Diversity & Inclusiveness in order to achieve this goal.”