BNP Paribas Securities Services NL strengthens team of institutional relations

BNP Paribas Securities Services, BNP Paribas’ global custodian with EUR 10,100 billion in assets under management, has strengthened the organization with John Gout as senior sales executive institutional relations.

John’s arrival is in line with BNP Paribas’ strategy to further expand the growth in the Dutch institutional market. John has over 25 years of experience in the financial sector and has worked at various international financial institutions active in the Dutch institutional market.

Mark Schilstra, Country Manager Netherlands & Nordics at BNP Paribas Securities Services, added: “We are pleased with John’s arrival to further develop our strong growth in the Dutch institutional market. In recent years we have developed a proposition for Asset Owners and Asset Managers in which the strength of our global custody network is combined with local knowledge of accounting and legislation and regulations. Among other things, we focus on complete insourcing of all non-core tasks of our customers. This has led to a growing customer base representing approximately EUR 400 billion Assets under Custody and Assets under Administration. John’s knowledge and experience will help us to further boost this growth and further strengthen our market position. “