Jerome Ponrouch
BNP Paribas MEA
Head of Company Engagement & Sustainability
Jérôme Ponrouch is Head of Company Engagement & Sustainability, BNP Paribas Corporate and Institutional Banking (CIB) for Middle East & Africa. His responsibilities include coordination with the BNP Paribas global network to support business origination for sustainable finance and support clients’ needs on their sustainability journeys. His experience includes 30 years of banking experience in France, Italy, the Americas, Asia-Pacific prior to moving to the Middle East.
Jérôme led and coordinated teams across BNP Paribas Group’s diverse products and services, covering both institutional and corporate clients. Before his current posting Jérôme was in charge of Multinational Institutional Clients in New York where he also led the development of the sustainable finance strategy for this client segment. From 2008 and 2014, he was Head of FIC Insurance Asia-Pacific (APAC), a coverage unit in charge of the insurance industry in APAC. Prior to Hong Kong, Jérôme was Deputy Head of Financial Institution Clients Coverage in Italy for four years until 2008. Jérôme began his career with BNP Paribas in Paris in 1992 as a Credit Analyst prior to moving to Global Markets - Fixed Income in 1994 and joining Internal Audit division in 1997. He is a Graduate from Université Claude Bernard in Lyon and EDHEC Business School.
