Natixis Adds Three in Americas

Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking has made three appointments to its global markets Americas teams, largely focusing on FX and Rates.

Zach Rose, Matthew Pewarski, and Nate White have joined the bank to “underpin Natixis CIB’s investment in its global markets franchise in the Americas”, the firm says, particularly its Macro business. Their focus will be on expanding its presence with insurance companies, financial sponsors, asset managers, and banks and all three will be based in New York.

Rose has been named head of macro sales, Americas, and will report locally to Emmanuel Issanchou, Natixis CIB head of global markets Americas and global head of credit markets; and globally to Elie Bitton, Natixis CIB global head of sales and structuring. He joins from Mizuho in New York, where he was head of Rates sales and worked for just over six years. Prior to that he spent 13 years at Credit Suisse, where most latterly he was head of interest rate sales in New York.

Pewarski will serve as head of financial sponsors & corporate sales Americas, Macro group, where he will lead efforts to drive new business and expand relationships with financial sponsors and corporates across the Americas. He will report locally to Rose, with whom he worked at Mizuho, and globally to Paul Eterstein and David Sciolette, global co-heads of Rates & FX corporates, sponsors, and SSA sales.

He joins from BNP Paribas in New York, where he worked for over four years and was most recently head of financial sponsor & infrastructure sales. Prior to that he spent six years at Mizuho in the risk solutions group for five-and-a-half years, having joined from four years at Wells Fargo in corporate FX sales.

White, meanwhile, will serve as managing director, Rates sales, responsible for expanding Natixis CIB’s Rates business with US regional banks and insurance companies, in addition to promoting its capabilities in trading and research, and advising clients on customised derivatives strategies. He will also report to Rose, and joins from Mizuho where, also, he worked with Rose and was a managing director in interest rate derivative sales. Before Mizuho, he spent more than seven years in fixed income sales at Credit Suisse.

“The addition of Zach, Matthew, and Nate dovetails perfectly with our strategic vision to drive our global Macro business forward across insurances, pensions, banks, asset managers, and sponsors, enhance our capabilities, and deliver expertise to our clients in an ever-evolving market landscape,” says Bitton.