He picks up the reigns from Carlo Thill who will retire at the end of June. In his new role, Bazin will head BNP Paribas in Luxembourg as well as be president of the bank’s executive committee.

Bazin started his career with BNP Paribas in Paris in 1989 and was managing director of BNP Paribas Securities Services in Luxembourg from 2003–2010.

Since 2014 he has been CEO of BNP Paribas and head of group of activities in Switzerland.