BNP Paribas is pleased to announce the appointment of Adnan Zuberi as a Director on the Structured Credit desk in New York. He reports to Jerome Wong, Managing Director, Head of Credit Structuring, Americas.

Adnan joins from JP Morgan Chase where he was an Executive Director in Structured Credit since 2007 and was responsible for structuring for North American real money accounts. Prior to that, he spent five years at UBS in structured credit derivatives most recently as head of credit derivatives structuring. Adnan also spent 3 years at Credit-Suisse in the Collateralized Debt Obligation group.

Commenting on the appointment, Jerome Wong said, “Adnan is a great addition to the team, as we continue to expand our business opportunistically in this challenging environment, it is important to continue adding people of his caliber to our already successful team.”

BNP Paribas was recently named ‘Credit Derivatives House of the Year’ by Euromoney magazine.

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/

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