A banker with nearly 30 years of experience assumes responsibility for one of France's largest financial groups in Switzerland at the beginning of July.
French financial group BNP Paribas appoints Enna Pariset as CEO of BNP Paribas Suisse effective July 1, the institution announced earlier Friday. She also will continue to lead the Corporate and Institutional Banking business for Switzerland.
The CEO-designate has nearly three decades of banking experience, including 19 years with BNP Paribas in Corporate & Institutional Banking, where she held senior client advisory and management positions.
Clear Priorities
Her expanded remit is to further accelerate growth and expand operations in Switzerland while accelerating the transformation of the business model to lay the foundation to improve efficiency improvements, according to the statement.
«BNP Paribas has been present in Switzerland for over 150 years, having contributed to the early industrialization of the country by financing the Gotthard and Simplon railway infrastructures. Switzerland with its strong export-oriented economy is an important growth market for BNP Paribas,» Pariset said of her appointment.
The appointment is subject to approval by Finma and the BNP Paribas Suisse board of directors.
