BNP Paribas appoints new head of credit

BNP Paribas has appointed Brian Lazell as head of credit markets for the Asia-Pacific region, excluding Japan. The post is based in Hong Kong, and Lazell will report to David Ovendon, global head of credit.

"Brian will bring to our already fast-growing fixed-income activities in Asia-Pacific his seniority and broad wealth of experience. This will allow us to enhance our client franchise, especially with regional debt issuers,” said Ovendon.

As head of credit, Lazell will be responsible for BNP Paribas' credit market activities in Asia, including origination, syndication, sales, trading and research for credit derivatives and debt products such as securitisations. Lazell has been at the French bank since 1998, most recently as global head of emerging markets. Before that, he was European head of credit trading.