BNP Recruits Elizabeth Chia To Singapore Office

BNP Paribas Securities Services is pleased to announce the recruitment of Elizabeth Chia. Elizabeth joins the Singapore office in January 2009 as Senior Relationship Manager and will be in charge of Global Custody Solutions across the region she will report

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BNP Paribas Securities Services is pleased to announce the recruitment of Elizabeth Chia. Elizabeth joins the Singapore office in January 2009 as Senior Relationship Manager and will be in charge of Global Custody Solutions across the region; she will report to Arnaud Claudon, Co-Head of the ASEAN securities services business unit.

Elizabeth joins BNP Paribas from DBS Bank where she was managing director, heading GTS-Securities Services. She also held other key product and client management positions with Deutsche Bank Asia Pacific, based in Singapore, accumulating more than 25 years of fund administration and custody experience across multiple Asian markets.

Commenting on this appointment, Jean Marc Pasquet, Head of BNP ParibasSecurities Services for Asia Pacific, said: “We are delighted to welcome Elizabeth to our regional team. Her wealth of experience within the asset servicing industry in Asia reinforces the bank’s ambition to provide its global and regional clients with market-leading solutions and support.”

This appointment takes place within BNP Paribas Securities Servicesstrategic expansion in the Asia Pacific region. Present in this region since 2002, BNP Paribas Securities Services is now accelerating its development. Following the opening of new offices in Singapore inDecember 2007 and in India in 2008, the Hong Kong office will be upand running in 2009. The bank will continue to seek new opportunitiesto grow and enrich its range of services and products in Asia Pacific,and plans to be operational in 8-10 key markets in the region by 2013,offering local client support and operations infrastructure.

JT

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