BNP Changes LatAm Guard

Lodewijk Spoorenberg, head of Americas for energy, commodities, export and project finance at BNP Paribas, is relocating back to Europe for a senior role in corporate and investment banking (CIB). Louis Bazire becomes head of CIB LatAm, excluding Mexico which will be run by Everett Schenk, head of CIB for BNP Paribas North America. Bazire, formerly BNP’s Brazil head, will remain in Sao Paulo. He was appointed to the Brazil post in September 2007, replacing Bernard Mencier. Bazire joined BNP in 1977 and has had various appointments, including in Mexico and Spain.