Jake King-Smith has returned to BNP Paribas as head of corporate rates and FX for the UK, Middle East and Africa.
In the role, he is responsible for client coverage and commercial development across the region.
In Q1 2026, BNP Paribas reported €5.2 billion in net income within the corporate and institutional banking business. This marked a 0.8% decline year-on-year.
Earlier this year, James Hickling joined the bank as a rates repo trader.
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King-Smith has more than 15 years of industry experience and began his career on the UK, Ireland and Nordic corporate rates team at the bank. He has been an executive director for the corporate DCM and derivatives capital solutions group for the UK and Ireland at Goldman Sachs since 2018.
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