Philippe Gautier is Sector Financial Services Specialist for UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) and is responsible for contributing to a marketing strategy to promote the UK, supporting existing inward investor relations and prospective new inward investors. Prior to joining the Sector Champion programme, Philippe was a business consultant and has acted as a Business Expert witness on behalf of the Liquidator in the Barings case, which was heard at the High Court. Most of Philippe’s career has been in capital markets and he has been successively global Head of Derivatives for Chase Manhattan, Deputy Head of Capital Markets for BNP Capital Markets and assumed a similar position for Indosuez International Capital Markets. Philippe has an extensive knowledge of most areas of Capital Markets including equity and debt origination
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