RBC Capital Markets has announced that it has recently hired Patrick Bauné as a Managing Director, Head of Corporate and Institutional FX Sales Europe and Corporate FX Sales Asia. Bauné will be based in London and reports to Avril Pomper, Head of Fixed Income & Currencies and Financial Products Sales, Europe, RBC Capital Markets.
Bringing over 19 years of strategy and sales expertise, Bauné joins RBC Capital Markets from Tikehau Capital, where he was a Partner focused on Marketing & Business Development. Prior to this, Bauné held senior positions at Merrill Lynch, where he was Global Co-Head of Issuer Clients Group and at Goldman Sachs, where he was Co-Head of Foreign Exchange Sales.

Commenting on the hire Harry Samuel, Global co-Head of Fixed Income & Currencies, said: “Patrick’s breadth of experience in FX strategy and sales will play a significant role in further developing our integrated client offering across corporate and institutional FX sales. In parallel with our recent expansion of European corporate coverage from an investment banking perspective, this is an area where we see continued scope for growth.”