Sanjay Singh elevated as BNP Paribas’ head of India territory

stated it has promoted Sanjay Singh to go of India territory with impact from January 1.

Singh, who’s presently the chief govt officer of the French financial institution’s Indian banking unit, will take over from Aymar de Liedekerke Beaufort, who has been the pinnacle of India territory since September 2021.

The promotion will likely be topic to regulatory approvals, a BNP Paribas spokesperson stated in response to an electronic mail question.

In his new function, Singh will likely be in command of BNP’s back-office operations and retail brokerage arm Sharekhan. BNP’s banking arm in India has round 450 executives, whereas different companies make use of near 14,500 individuals.

Singh’s appointment because the CEO of BNP’s home unit in September 2021 was a departure from the financial institution’s custom of appointing largely French nationals to go India operations.

BNP arrange its operations in India in 1860. The financial institution operates a company and institutional banking franchise within the nation. BNP Paribas shut down its home unit that caters to the nation’s wealthy traders in 2020, after twenty years of existence within the nation.

Singh, who joined BNP Paribas in 2013, has been the chief govt of the financial institution’s securities arm and head of world markets. Earlier than becoming a member of the French financial institution, he was the director of Credit score Suisse’s prime providers and CLSA’s derivatives head.