BNP Paribas has announced three new hires to its agency lending business in the U.S., including the appointment of John Fox as head of U.S. agency lending. Fox was most recently head of client management and sales – North America for BNY Mellon. Based in New York, he will report to Andrew Geggus, global head of agency lending, and locally to Laurent de Lattre, head of market and financing services Americas, securities services at BNP Paribas. Alex King and Vincent Modica join as traders, reporting to Fox.