Duverne joined AXA in 1995 as senior vice president finance, overseeing the group's US and UK operations.

In April 2010, he became member of the board of directors and deputy chief executive officer, in charge of finance, strategy and operations.

For AXA, one of the aims of appointing Duverne chairman was to build on his regulatory affairs experience in France and abroad.

[9] In 2014, Denis Duverne joined the Private Sector Advisory Group, which was co-founded by OECD and the World Bank to improve corporate governance in developing countries.

Changer par le don aims to encourage wealthy people to donate at least 10% of their revenues or property to charitable causes.