Paris-based BNP Paribas has announced the appointment of a Seoul branch CEO.

BNP Paribas has named Dorothée Regazzoni as the head of territory for South Korea and CEO of its Seoul branch, according to a statement, succeeding Aymar de Liedekerke Beaufort who has relocated to Hong Kong and assumed the role of head of global banking, Asia Pacific. In the role, Regazzoni will be responsible for managing the bank’s overall activities in Korea and reports to APAC CEO Paul Yang.  

Regazzoni has over 25 years of experience, most recently as the French lender's Paris-based global head of multinational corporate coverage, corporate and institutional banking. She first joined BNP Paribas in 2009 as a senior banker in Switzerland and previously also worked at Citigroup Switzerland as a senior executive in corporate and investment banking.