BNP Paribas appoints new head of Seoul operation

Dorothée Regazzoni / Courtesy of BNP Paribas

BNP Paribas appointed Dorothée Regazzoni as the new head of its South Korea branch, the banking group said Tuesday.

Regazzoni succeeds Aymar de Liedekerke Beaufort, who has relocated to Hong Kong and will lead the bank's global banking unit for the Asia-Pacific region.

Regazzoni will manage the bank's overall activities in Korea. She will report to Paul Yang, CEO of BNP Paribas Asia Pacific.

"South Korea is an important market for BNP Paribas, where we support several strategic clients internationally. With Dorothée's deep understanding of corporate and institutional banking and extensive experience in various industries, we are confident that BNP Paribas' Korean business will further develop under her leadership," Yang said.

Regazzoni is a corporate banking expert with over 25 years of experience. She joined the BNP Paribas Group in 2009 as a senior banker at BNP Paribas in Switzerland and has since held various executive positions across the corporate banking business in Europe. Most recently, she was global head of the Multinational Corporate Coverage, Corporate and Institutional Banking division at the bank's headquarters in Paris.

Before joining BNP Paribas Group, she was a senior banker in corporate and investment banking at Citigroup Switzerland. She holds an MBA from the University of St. Gallen.