BNP’s alternative arm appoints development head

He will report to managing director Nicolas Blanc, and will be responsible for business development at CooperNeff Alternative Managers.

Gautier was previously associate managing director at Systeia Capital Management, which he joined when it was created in 2001, and where he was head of international development. Prior to that he spent two years at SGAM subsidiary BAREP Asset Management as a member of the French sales team, before becoming co-head of sales Europe. He started his professional career in 1997 in Société Générale’s corporate and investment banking division.