Pierre de Pellegars has been appointed head of the Wealth Management department within BNP Paribas Private Banking.
He is a member of the management committee and reports to the manager of Private Banking in France; his mandate will be to expand the large French clients.
As the head of a team of 40 Wealth Management Private Bankers based in Paris who work in coordination with 12 Family Shareholder Private Bankers, expanding the managing shareholder clients regionally, he will manage their activity while strengthening the ties between Wealth Management and all the business lines of BNP Paribas.
“By appointing Pierre de Pellegars head of the Wealth Management department of Private Banking in France, we will put a banker and an experienced manager to work for our largest clients. His knowledge of the group and his experience with large private clients will give Wealth Management of BNP Paribas in France the opportunity for new growth,” says Alain Papiasse, head of Asset Management and Services core business.
A graduate of the Ecole Nationale Suprieure d’Ingnieurs in Caen, de Pellegars began his career in 1989 at BNP in the branch network. Two years later, he joined the Inspection Gnrale. Later he became manager of private and business clients in Guadeloupe, and then became manager of business clients in Marne la Valle.
In 2001, he was appointed manager of the BNP Paribas Aveyron-Lot group of branches. Since 2003, he has been manager of the BNP Paribas Monaco territory. In January 2008, he will succeed Etienne Barel, who joins Corporate and Investment Banking teams of BNP Paribas.