IFR Magazine – June 08, 2019

CREDIT SUISSE CEO TIDJANE THIAM, BELLWETHER P

Antonio Pereira has

joined LAZARD as

chief executive of its

Brazil investment

banking business. He

was previously at

Goldman Sachs, where

he was head of

investment banking in

Brazil for the last three

years. Lazard also

appointed Jean Pierre

Zarouk as chairman of

the same business.

Zarouk joined Lazard

in 2004 as co-head of

a joint venture called

Signatura Lazard,

which has been fully

owned by the US

group since 2012.

SOCIETE GENERALE

has appointed Patrick

Perreault as head of

M&A for France. He

replaces Alexandre

Courbon, who has left

the bank after four

years in the role.

Perreault joined SG in

2015 from Goldman

Sachs to head

diversified industries

within the corporate

finance department.

He has been replaced

by Daniel Braun and

Gregory Gosse, who

become co-heads.

Braun is based in

London and Gosse in

Paris. Braun joined SG

in September from

Ondra Partners. He

has spent much of his

career at JP Morgan.

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