BNP Paribas is pleased to announce the appointment of Sebastien Galy to
its FX Strategy team in New York. Sebastian will head the FX research
function covering global currency markets. He will provide foreign
exchange solutions for BNP Paribas’ corporate,
real and leverage-account client base. He reports functionally to
Hans-Guenter Redeker, global head of foreign exchange strategy and
regionally to Christian Mundigo, head of fixed income trading for the
Americas.
Sebastien joins BNP Paribas from Dresdner Kleinwort in London where he
was senior currency strategist. Prior to that he was at UBS, where he
was responsible for the global FX portfolio tactical asset allocation of
its non-institutional base. Sebastian has also held positions at the
Bank for International Settlements, in academia and as an analyst for
the IMF in Cameroon for the CFA devaluation.
Commenting on the appointment, Hans-Guenter Redeker said, “Sebastien
comes to BNP Paribas with outstanding expertise on macro and
quantitative analysis. Our clients will greatly benefit from his
experience and knowledge of the forex market.”
About BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas (www.bnpparibas.com)
is a European leader in global banking and financial services and is one
of the 4 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. It operates
in advisory and capital markets (Corporate Finance, Equities, Fixed
Income) as well as in financing businesses (Energy, Commodities, Export
and Project Finance and Structured Finance). 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/
BNP Paribas
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