NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Crédit Agricole Group’s corporate and investment banking arm, has announced the appointment of Jean-François Deroche as Senior Regional Officer for the Americas Region and US Senior Country Officer. He is based in New York City.

Mr. Deroche succeeds, and will report to, Thierry Simon, who has been named Head of Coverage and Investment Banking as well as a member of the bank’s Executive Committee. Mr. Simon is now headquartered in Paris, France.

“I am pleased and proud to be given this responsibility of heading up the very talented organization we have in the Americas,” said Mr. Deroche. “The Americas represent an important market for Credit Agricole CIB, one where we have established a strong, team-oriented management group, and a staff of highly dedicated and creative professionals. With their continued support, we will continue to enhance our mission of serving, in the most capable manner that has become our hallmark, our bank’s large client base both locally and globally.”

Mr. Simon, prior to his current appointment in Paris, has been with Credit Agricole CIB in New York since 2008, first as deputy CEO and then CEO of Calyon Americas, predecessor to Credit Agricole CIB. Starting in 1985 he held various positions within Credit Lyonnais international network, notably in the United Kingdom and Denmark, before becoming Head of the Special Corporate Branch in Paris. He then was named Head of Financial Institutions and in 2004 was promoted to Global Head of Real Estate and Hotels within the Structured Finance Division of Calyon, his last post in Paris before heading to the US.

Mr. Simon holds a degree from the Ecole Central de Lille, and an Executive MBA from HEC/CPA in Paris.

Since joining in 1982 what was then Crédit Lyonnais, acquired by Crédit Agricole in 2004, Mr. Deroche has served in a number of key management positions. He started in France then worked in New York and Boston until 1990. Back in France in 1989, he joined the Investment Bank of the group, Clinvest until 1992, when he was appointed Head of Investment Banking and Marketing Division for Crédit Lyonnais Securities Japan. He then headed up the Counterparty Risk Department for Capital Markets as of 1996. From 1999 to 2001, Mr. Deroche was Head of Crédit Lyonnais Securities Japan in Tokyo and Head of Capital Markets Japan.

Mr. Deroche returned to Paris in 2001, where for the next three years he served as Global Head of Debt Capital Markets, thereafter becoming a member of the DMC Management Committee at Crédit Agricole CIB. In 2005 he was appointed Chief Administrative Officer for Markets and Brokers. Most recently, he was Head of Fixed Income Markets for the Americas region, a position he assumed in 2007.

Mr. Deroche is a graduate of the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris (IEP). He holds a law degree.

About Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank:

Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank is the corporate and investment banking arm of the Crédit Agricole Group. With approximately 13,000 employees in more than 50 countries, Crédit Agricole CIB offers its clients a comprehensive range of products and services in capital markets, brokerage, investment banking, structured finance, corporate banking and international private banking.

In the Americas, Crédit Agricole CIB provides the latest in financial products and services for its corporate and institutional clients, including loan syndication, project financing, global equity research and trading, as well as capital markets services in the areas of debt and capital raising and derivative hedges. The bank has a U.S. presence in New York, Chicago and Houston, a Canadian presence in Montreal, and a Latin American presence in Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina.

CONTACT:

Crédit Agricole CIB Americas
Ms. Mary Guzman, +1 212 261-7129
mary.guzman@ca-cib.com
www.ca-cib.com
or
Anreder & Company
Steven S. Anreder, +1-212-532-3232
steven.anreder@anreder.com
or
Cristina Bacon, +1-212-532-3232
cristina.bacon@anreder.com

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