BNP Paribas Peregrine's deputy CEO, Guillaume Dry will leave at the end of July to pursue personal goals and will be replaced by Jean-Claude Bergadaa.
Dry has spent the last few years refocusing BNP Paribas Peregrine's China strategy, turning it into a firm that chases China mid-cap deals. BNP's pipeline of ECM deals this year reflects the success of this strategy.
FinanceAsia will forever remember the first time we met Dry and heard this strategy over a lunch at Jimmy's Kitchen in Hong Kong two years ago. The enigmatic Dry appeared to smoke the better part of a box of cigarettes as he told us with incisive clarity...