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Corentine Poilvet-Clédière, CEO — LCH SA |
LCH Group has promoted Corentine Poilvet-Clédière to CEO of its Paris-based European clearing house LCH SA. She will begin her new role in October and succeed Christophe Hémon, who has led the company since 2004.
Ms Poilvet-Clédière has more than 15 years’ experience in financial markets. She was previously head of LCH SA’s RepoClear and collateral management service, and before that served as London Stock Exchange Group’s head of regulatory strategy. In addition, she has experience working for EY Financial Services, as well as BNP Paribas in New York.
HSBC Saudi Arabia appoints investment banking co-heads and head of global banking coverage
HSBC Saudi Arabia has announced the appointments of Mohammed Fannouch and Faisal Qadri as managing directors and co-heads of its investment banking business, and Amir Bourani as managing director, head of global banking coverage.
Mr Fannouch, who joined HSBC in Riyadh in 2008, has 17 years’ experience in the Middle East, including 15 years in Saudi Arabia supporting clients in the origination and execution of M&A and capital markets transactions.
Mr Qadri, who joined HSBC’s business in the UAE in 2003, has been based in Riyadh for 17 of his 23 years in banking, providing clients with Islamic financing, debt advisory, project finance, loan syndication and debt capital markets expertise.
Mr Amir, who joined HSBC in the UK in 2007 and relocated to the Middle East in 2014, brings 16 years of investment banking experience.
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Diego De Giorgi, chief financial officer — Standard Chartered |
Standard Chartered has named former Bank of America executive Diego De Giorgi as its new chief financial officer. Mr De Giorgi will initially serve as group chief financial officer (CFO) designate, before his appointment to group CFO in the first quarter of 2024, subject to regulatory approval.
Mr De Giorgi was most recently the co-CEO of Pegasus, a European special purpose acquisition company. Before that, he worked at Bank of America in numerous senior leadership roles including head of global investment banking and co-head of corporate and investment banking for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
He will succeed Andy Halford, who will continue in his role as group CFO until Mr Giorgi receives regulatory approval. Mr Halford will then remain with the bank as a senior advisor until he retires in August next year.
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Pedro Costa, vice-chairman, technology, media and telecommunications M&A in the Americas — Barclays |
Barclays has appointed Pedro Costa as vice-chairman of its technology, media and telecommunications M&A business in the Americas. He will be based in New York and report to Ihsan Essaid and Gary Posternack, global co-heads of M&A.
Mr Costa joins from Morgan Stanley, where he most recently served as a managing director within its technology investment banking group and head of technology M&A for the Americas. Prior to that, he worked at Bain in New York and McKinsey in Warsaw and Lisbon.
His appointment comes as Barclays continues to accrue talent within its corporate and investment banking business. Last week, the bank announced it had appointed two former Goldman Sachs bankers to senior roles within its technology investment banking team.
