BNP Paribas Securities Services has appointed Akshay Thakurdesai as head of India. BP2S in India offers asset servicing as well as third-party clearing and settlement services for local financial institutions. The bank also acts as a local custodian to foreign investors investing in the country. Thakurdesai, who joined the bank in 2006, was previously COO of BNP Paribas India’s brokerage business. He will report to Franck Dubois, Head of BNP Paribas Securities Services Asia Pacific, and Sanjay Singh, Deputy CEO, India Branches at BNP Paribas. He replaces Christophe Beelaerts, who has been appointed Asia Pacific senior sales specialist, based in Luxembourg.
