As part of this partnership, AXA will also be involved in the permanent exhibition at the OSAKA KANSAI 2025 Expo, of which the theme will be "Designing Future Society for Our Lives".
AXA is a major player in Japan. With 9,000 employees and sales agents in the country, the Group has around 4 million customers and has generated more than 5 billion euros in gross revenues in 2022.
George Stansfield, Group Deputy CEO and General Secretary, said : “Our participation in Expo 2025 OSAKA KANSAI, through this partnership with the French Pavilion, is perfectly in line with our purpose: to act for human progress by protecting what matters. AXA, thanks to its expertise in the environmental and social fields, continues to prove to the world its ability to respond to the needs of today and, above all, of tomorrow. Our role as an insurer is to enlighten the widest possible audience about the risks and changes of our time, and also to help them overcome them.”
Jacques Maire, Commissioner General of the French Pavilion at Osaka 2025 (Japan) and President of COFREX SA, added: “The ambition behind the French Pavilion is to share solutions that will provide the vital spark needed to tackle the immense challenges facing our planet. In Osaka, [AXA’s participation] will help put the French Pavilion one step ahead in terms of anticipating upcoming challenges, as part of this unforgettable experience at the Osaka World Expo.”
About the AXA Group
The AXA Group is a worldwide leader in insurance and asset management, with 145,000 employees serving 93 million clients in 51 countries. In 2022, IFRS revenues amounted to Euro 102.3 billion and underlying earnings to Euro 7.3 billion. AXA had Euro 933 billion in assets under management, including assets managed on behalf of third parties, as of December 31, 2022.