BNP Paribas Appoints Head of Financial Sponsors Coverage for Continental Europe
London, UK – 26 March 2018 – BNP Paribas today announced that it has recently appointed Bertrand Valet Head of Financial Sponsors Coverage for Continental Europe. Mr Valet is based in Paris but will spend a significant amount of his time working in London. He reports to James Seagrave, the Bank’s London-based, Global Head of Financial Sponsors Coverage.
Mr Valet has more than 25 years’ experience. He joined BNP Paribas from Bank of America Merrill Lynch after nine years with that firm, latterly as a managing director and head of France coverage in its EMEA financial sponsors team. In that role, Mr Valet managed relationships with private equity clients on a pan-European basis, including priority clients in London and Paris. He also led the dialogue with key private equity firms in the context of their investments in French leveraged buyouts. Mr Valet’s recent mandates include advising on the sale of French fashion group SMCP to Shandong Ruyi on behalf of KKR in 2016, and subsequently leading SMCP’s IPO on Euronext Paris in 2017. He also advised on the sale of Germany-headquartered, industrial packaging firm MAUSER to Stone Canyon on behalf of Clayton, Dubilier and Rice last year.
Prior to this, Mr Valet led the development of Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s financial sponsors and sovereign wealth fund activity in the Middle East and North Africa until 2011. Before Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Mr Valet spent almost a decade working for Morgan Stanley in London and Dubai, and also worked for Paribas in London for two years. He started his career at Paribas Technology in San Francisco which later became Partech Ventures.
“We are delighted that Bertrand has joined BNP Paribas. He brings a strong track record in the EMEA region and excellent experience of building and developing client relationships. His recruitment is part of our ongoing strategy to increase BNP Paribas’ impact and market share with financial sponsor clients” said Mr Seagrave.
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