Appointment To The Markets Directorate Of The Autorité Des Marchés Financiers

Philippe Guillot has been appointed Executive Director of the Markets Directorate, with effect from 19 March 2012. The Markets Directorate is a new entity formed in 2011 to monitor the markets, infrastructures and market stakeholders. With a headcount of around 40, it reports to the Asset Management and Markets Directorate, run by Arnaud Oseredczuk.

Philippe Guillot, 50, graduated from Paris XI University with a degree in private law, began his career in finance in 1987, at DKL James Capel (now HSBC), where he held various positions  working on the markets. In 1991 he joined Enskilda Securities as a market maker, first in Paris then in London. In 1998 he moved to Crédit Agricole Cheuvreux in Paris, taking over as head of Facilitation, before being made Group Trading Director in 2006, in Paris then London. Throughout all these years Philippe played an active role in numerous working groups and market authorities dealing with MiFID issues. He was a member of the Securities Trading Committee of the AFME (Association for Financial Markets in Europe), and represented Cheuvreux with the Regulated Markets and MTF (Multilateral Trading Facilities).