Olivier Wigniolle has a reputation for being a funny man, a bon vivant, never short of anecdotes. But as soon as the focus shifts to him, the head of Allianz Real Estate France finds himself much less talkative. Yet his CV is more than respectable. Preparatory studies at the HEC business school, three years at the prestigious Jouy-en-Josas campus, twelve months in accounting and financial auditing with the late Arthur Andersen: the young man seems destined for a straightforward career.