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NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - October 28, 2008) - BNP Paribas is pleased to announce the
creation of a global, transversal, multi-asset, hedge fund client service
team. The team will be a single point of entry for Hedge Funds for all
inquiry, will leverage the bank's capabilities and will focus on
operational efficiencies.
The team will be headed globally by John Polivko, based in New York and
reporting locally to Jean-Patrick Kaiser, Deputy Chief Operating Officer,
and globally to Bernard Gavgani, Equity and Commodity derivatives COO and
François Freyeisen, Fixed Income COO.
John recently joined the firm from Merrill Lynch where he was in charge of
the client service organization for Prime Brokerage and more recently
worked in financing sales. Prior to Merrill Lynch, John spent 7 years as a
Managing Director at Bears Stearns in Prime Brokerage.
In addition, we are pleased to announce the appointments of regional
managers who will report directly to John Polivko.
Victoria Baker has been named regional head of the Americas and will also
be based in New York. Victoria has been with BNP Paribas for ten years and
was most recently responsible for Fixed Income client services.
Neil Spice has been appointed regional head of EMEA, based in London. Neil
formerly managed the Fixed Income client service team at BNP Paribas in
London. Prior to joining BNP Paribas, Neil spent 3 years at BONY and his
previous experience includes: Deutsche Bank, Merita Bank and Prudential
Bache Forex.
Jacqueline Man becomes regional head of hedge fund client service based in
Hong Kong. Jackie was formerly responsible for client services in Asia for
SCOPE (Secondary Client Offering Post-Trade, EQD) for BNP Paribas.
Jacqueline joined the firm 4 years ago. Prior to BNP Paribas, she spent 7
years at Merrill Lynch in Asia.
Commenting, Talbot Stark, global head of hedge fund relationship management
said, "Hedge Funds are a very important client base for BNP Paribas,
following the acquisition of Bank of America's Prime Brokerage business as
well as the growth of the hedge fund relationship managements team, the
creation of this function is another step in better serving those clients."
About BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas (www.bnpparibas.com) is a European leader in global banking and
financial services and is one of the 3 strongest banks in the world
according to Standard & Poor's. The group is present in over 85 countries,
with more than 168,000 employees, including 129,500 in Europe. The group
holds key positions in three major segments: Corporate and Investment
Banking, Asset Management & Services and Retail Banking. Present throughout
Europe in all of its business lines, the bank's two domestic markets in
retail banking are France and Italy. BNP Paribas also has a significant
presence in the United States and strong positions in Asia and the emerging
markets.
About Corporate and Investment Banking at BNP Paribas:
BNP Paribas Corporate and Investment banking division (CIB) has 16,000
employees, deployed in over 53 countries around the world. BNP Paribas CIB
excels in three fundamental sectors in particular:
Derivatives -- it is one of the leading global players in rates, credit,
forex, commodity and equity derivatives.
Capital markets -- it is amongst the top ten Euro houses for both ECM and
DCM (bond issues, securitization, convertibles and shares).
Structured finance -- it is amongst the world leaders for acquisition,
export, project and commodity finance.
For further information please visit our website at
http://cib.bnpparibas.com/