BNP Paribas Appoints Betty Whelchel General Counsel North America.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- BNP Paribas BNP Paribas (Euronext: BNP, TYO: 8665 ) is one of the main banks in Europe and France. It was created on 23 May 2000 through the merger of Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP) and Paribas. is pleased to announce the appointment of Betty Whelchel as General Counsel for North America. She is based in New York and reports to Hubert de Vauplane, Global Head of Corporate and Investment Banking, Legal and Everett Schenk, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Corporate and Investment Banking, North America. Betty joins the firm with significant international experience, including serving four years as Global General Counsel at Deutsche Asset Management. Prior to that, Betty was the Deputy General Counsel for Deutsche Bank's New York branch. Before that she was an attorney with Shearman Sterling both in New York and Tokyo and was also an Attorney-Advisor with the U.S. Treasury U.S. Treasury Created in 1798, the United States Department of the Treasury is the government (Cabinet) department responsible for issuing all Treasury bonds, notes and bills. Some of the government branches operating under the U.S. Treasury umbrella include the IRS, U.S. in Washington D.C. Commenting on the appointment, Everett Schenk said, "The growing importance of our corporate and investment banking business as well as the expansion of our asset management activities in the U.S has required a significant growth in all of our functions, but especially in the legal area given the increasing complexity of product offering." About BNP Paribas BNP Paribas (www.bnpparibas.com) is a European leader in banking and financial services, with a significant and growing presence in the United States and leading positions in Asia. The most profitable bank in the Euro zone, it has a presence in 85 countries with close to 100,000 employees. The group enjoys key positions in Corporate and Investment Banking, Private Banking & Asset Management, Insurance, Securities Services and Retail Banking. BNP Paribas provides a full array of financial products through a portfolio of brands that cover a variety of distribution channels. With offices in New York, BNP Paribas in North America offers a broad range of corporate, investment banking and securities brokerage activities. With locations in all the major corporate and financial centers across the United States and Canada, BNP Paribas in North America serves a world-class client base of multinational corporate and mid-cap companies, major issuers and institutional buyers. As a registered member of the NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange , a NASD NASD See: National Association of Securities Dealers NASD See National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD). broker-dealer and member of SIPC (Simply Interactive PC) An earlier umbrella term from Microsoft and Intel for a PC that works like a home appliance. For example, it has a sealed case, uses external connectors for expansion and boots in just a couple of seconds. , BNP Paribas Securities Corp. trades and markets a vast array of global and domestic fixed income and equity products. |
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