Biography

SYLVAIN HEFES

BOARD OF DIRECTORS, NYSE EURONEXT

Mr. Hefes joined NM Rothschild & Sons Ltd. in 2005 as Senior Advisor.

Prior to this time, Mr. Hefes, 54, was Head of European Wealth Management at Goldman Sachs, where he became a partner in 1992 and served as head of the firm’s Paris office and eventually all of the firm’s private banking business in Europe.

Mr. Hefes currently serves as Chairman of the executive board of Paris Orl´eans, France, and as a director of Rothschild Continuation Holdings AG, Switzerland.