Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) appointed Zach Rose, Matthew Pewarski and Nate White in key leadership positions within the firm’s global markets Americas team. They will be based in New York.
Zach Rose will run the macro sales team in the Americas and 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.
“We are delighted to welcome Zach, Matthew and Nate to our global markets team,” Issanchou said. “With their impressive track records and deep expertise, they will be instrumental in helping us meet our ambition to scale our platform and deepen client outreach.”
“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,” Bitton said.
Rose will serve as managing director, head of macro sales Americas, bringing more than 20 years of industry experience to the role. He will be responsible for driving sales strategies, leading and managing a team of sales professionals, and ensuring the profitability and growth of Natixis CIB’s rates, currencies and commodities sales business in the Americas. He will report locally to Issanchou and globally to Bitton. Before joining Natixis, Rose was head of macro sales at Mizuho in New York, where he also served as head of rate sales and in the institutional derivatives sales group. Before that, he spent over nine years at Credit Suisse as a managing director in interest rate sales.
Pewarski will serve as managing director, head of financial sponsors and 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 and globally to Paul Eterstein and David Sciolette, global co-heads of rates and FX corporates, sponsors and SSA sales. Pewarski joins Natixis from BNP Paribas in New York, where he was most recently head of financial sponsor and infrastructure sales, leading a global markets solutions sales team focused on advising corporate and private equity clients on forex, interest rate and commodity risk management needs. Before BNP Paribas, he worked at Mizuho, Wells Fargo and Citi.
White will serve as managing director, rate sales. He will be responsible for expanding Natixis CIB’s rates business with US regional banks and insurance companies, in addition to promoting our capabilities in trading and research and advising clients on customized derivatives strategies. He will also report to Rose. White has extensive experience in fixed income and interest rate derivative sales. He joins from Mizuho, where he was a managing director in interest rate derivative sales. Before Mizuho, he spent more than seven years in fixed income sales at Credit Suisse.