BNP Paribus Boosts Hedge Fund Service Team

BNP Paribas has created a 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.