Mr. Jérome Punrouch

Jérôme Ponrouch is Head of Company Engagement, BNP Paribas Corporate and Institutional Banking (CIB) for the Middle East & Africa region. Since January 2020 Jérôme has been based in Bahrain, BNP Paribas’ regional Headquarters, in an earlier capacity as Head of CSR and Sustainable Finance for MEA. In his current expanded role, Jérôme’s Company Engagement mission covers Corporate & Social Responsibility (CSR) and Corporate Communication, where he can count on a team of dedicated Communication professionals. His focus is to support the business origination resources of the bank (coverage & product lines) and grow Sustainable Finance as a client business, yet ensuring compliance with BNP Paribas’ comprehensive set of CSR Policies. Jérôme also promotes internal and external awareness on matters and expertise pertaining to the broad development of Environment, Social and Governance (ESG). This involves both internal training initiatives, client workshops and external events as a spokesperson. His responsibilities include coordination with BNP Paribas’ global network to optimise discipline in business origination, and maximise success with clients on their sustainability journeys. Out of thirty years with BNP Paribas, Jérôme dedicated twenty as a Banker in France, Italy, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. He led and coordinated teams across the bank’s diverse products and services, serving both institutional and corporate clients. Based in New York City from 2014 to 2019, Jérôme was in charge of Multinational Institutional Clients, also leading the development of a Sustainable Finance commercial strategy within this client segment. From 2008 and 2014, he was Head of FIC Insurance Asia-Pacific (APAC), a Coverage unit focused on the insurance industry in that region. Prior to Hong Kong, Jérôme was Deputy Head of Financial Institution Clients Coverage in Italy for four years, between 2004 and 2008. He developed his Investment Banking acumen with the financial industry from Paris in 2000 when BNP Paribas established a more formalised engagement of financial institutions as a strategic client group. Jérôme began his career with BNP Paribas in Paris in 1992 as a Credit Analyst. He moved to Global Markets - Fixed Income as a Corporate Clients Marketer in 1994, before joining the Inspection Générale division in 1997. He is a Graduate from Université Claude Bernard in Lyon and EDHEC Business School. He speaks three languages, French, English, Italian and says he forgot Spanish when he was in Italy