BNP names fixed-income trading head

BNP Paribas has named Guillaume Amblard as global head of fixed-income trading, a new post.

Based in London, Amblard reports to Frederic Janbon, global head of fixed income.

In effect, Amblard retains his existing responsibilities as global head of interest rate and FX trading, but adds structured credit, credit arbitrage and flow credit to his brief. He will also head up the quantitative research team.

Amblard has worked at BNP Paribas since 1990. He was asked to head up the interest rate and FX trading team in February 2006, after the bank merged these two desks. He had previously been head of interest rate options trading.

During his time at BNP, he has also served as head of inflation, options and structured products, and in various other positions in quantitative research, exotic trading, inflation and vanilla option trading in Tokyo, London and New York.

“Over the past few years, Guillaume has built a world-class trading platform for interest rate and FX products, achieving very impressive results during 2007, not only in terms of revenues and client franchise, but also in product innovation and risk management. We are confident that with his experience and expertise, he will help propel the bank forward as a global fixed-income leader,” says Frederic Janbon.